Among
Friends Issue 139, Summer 2017 [I find this broader look at
Quakers of Europe & Middle East interesting MH]
This issue includes: the epistle and photos of EMES Annual Meeting in Bonn; the epistle of Nordic Yearly Meeting; reports of Church & Peace AGM and Central European Gathering; news from Woodbrooke and QCEA.Paper copy available in Meeting LINK to PDF version
This issue includes: the epistle and photos of EMES Annual Meeting in Bonn; the epistle of Nordic Yearly Meeting; reports of Church & Peace AGM and Central European Gathering; news from Woodbrooke and QCEA.Paper copy available in Meeting LINK to PDF version
Earth
and Economy Issue 10, Summer
2017 Economic Issues, Sustainability & Peace Programmes from Quaker
Peace & Social Witness.
This issue includes a look at movement- building, plus updates on fossil fuel divestment, new economy work and the support available to meetings wishing to take action.Paper copy available in Meeting LINK to PDF version
This issue includes a look at movement- building, plus updates on fossil fuel divestment, new economy work and the support available to meetings wishing to take action.Paper copy available in Meeting LINK to PDF version
Swarthmoor Hall 2018 Residential Programme Preview
A handy
guide to the Swarthmoor Hall
programme in 2018. Courses
cover early Quaker history & spirituality, vocal ministry and Quaker Theology. Swarthmoor Hall also
runs retreats and Quaker pilgrimages. New for 2018
is a pilgrimage for German speakers.
LINK
to PDF
There will be a copy available at Meeting, but if you would like one for yourself contact info@swarthmoorhall.co.uk
There will be a copy available at Meeting, but if you would like one for yourself contact info@swarthmoorhall.co.uk
Engaging with
Families – an event for elders, overseers and other interested Friends
Saturday 11 November 2017, Friends House, London
& Saturday 2
December 2017, Lancaster Meeting House
An event
bringing together elders, overseers and others to explore
how meetings might
engage imaginatively with families and encourage them on their spiritual journeys. Each day will include
short presentations with opportunities to take part in open
and
creative conversations in small
groups. We don’t aim to provide simple answers or
identify the ‘next new thing’ to do. Together
we will think deeply about how our Quaker meetings might reach
out to, connect with
and be enriched by families. The day is
free, including refreshments and lunch. Advanced
booking essential: book by
30
October for London
and by 20 November for Lancaster.
For booking details see https://forms.quaker.org.uk/families or
contact 020 7663 1013, cypadmin@quaker.org.uk
God, Words and Us
A book
about Quakers in conversation about religious difference is coming soon. It
may help with your meeting’s
spiritual preparation for Yearly Meeting 2018.
Quaker Centre Bookshop, www.quaker.org.uk/resources/bookshop 020 7663 1030/1125,
quakercentre@quaker.org.uk
£8
Sharing our treasures at Woodbrooke!
17–19
November 2017, Woodbrooke, Birmingham
How are we nourished
and nurtured to live out
our Quaker faith in the world? What keeps us grounded
and feeds our inner
lives? How do
we tell our stories and
share our experience with others: in
our
meetings and in our lives? Reflective, practical and experiential,
this weekend
will be an opportunity to explore and deepen our
own
spiritual practice. We will experience
and experiment with ways of deepening our
encounters and gain some ideas
to help us share our life stories and Quaker journey with others. Led
by
Alistair Fuller, Gill Sewell and Caro Humphries.
Bookings and details at https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/item/ something-to-be-treasured-something-to-be-shared/
Join the
QLN Network Outreach Cluster
Are you part of
the Outreach Cluster
of the Quaker Life Network?
We hope every meeting will
have at least one Friend signed
up for the outreach cluster newsletter! Get regular
updates on leaflets, posters, outreach
initiatives and read stories
of other meetings’ activities.
These regular
emails also share information, tips and opportunities for sharing outreach experience!
Keep up to date with Quakers in Britain outreach, be inspired and have
a chance to share your challenges and successes with other
Quakers.
Sign up at
www.quaker.org.uk/outreach
You can be a Sanctuary Meeting
The Quakers’
new national migrants’ rights programme has launched. Any local or area
meeting that wants
to can become a Sanctuary Meeting.
If you want to become a
Sanctuary Meeting, you will be supported through training, networking and retreats to help welcome
newcomers to Britain,
build alliances against
racism and work together for political change.
LINK
to Q&A FLYER
Send any
questions – or indeed your decision to become a Sanctuary Meeting
to sanctuary@quaker.org.uk
QPSW Relief grant
and Simmons grant applications open next month
QPSW Relief
grants of up to £4,000
per year for a maximum of three years will
be available for projects
both overseas and in the UK for peace-building, and addressing relief of people who are suffering as a result
of social and economic deprivation, natural disasters,
climate change,
war or conflict but not immediate crisis relief. Simmons grants of about £1,500
for one
year will be available to aid Quakers’ support / involvement in overseas projects helping
rural young people become self-sufficient, or with a similar educational
purpose. The deadline for applications is
the end of February. 020 7663 1053,
annp@quaker.org.uk
FWCC peace calendar
Friends World Committee for Consultation and the Quaker Arts Network have
created a beautiful calendar to celebrate the diverse peacemaking
activities of Friends around the world, and to
inspire and strengthen further witness.
We hope that calendar
sales will raise funds for FWCC in support of Quaker work,
and also serve as inspiration and outreach. It has been designed as a wall calendar to hang in the
meeting house, office or home, and would be a lovely gift for
Friends or others
this Christmas
FLYER
& ORDER FORM
if more than one person interested we could order together
if more than one person interested we could order together
A Quaker funeral (leaflet)
Quaker
Life has produced a new leaflet that meetings can use when holding a funeral or
memorial meeting. The leaflet has
been written in plain English and is easy
for non-Quakers to understand. One copy of the leaflet in Meeting; Quaker Life
is encouraging meetings to order this leaflet instead of printing the previous
version. LINK
to PDF VERSION
If several
people would like the leaflet we can order MH
