Listings
Books of the Month
April 2019 from the Quaker Centre Bookshop. LINK
TO PDF
Woodbrooke Upcoming
Courses April 2019 LINK
TO PDF
In Fox’s Footsteps:
Planning 1652 Country Quaker Pilgrimages 2019 LINK
TO PDF version of booklet
Children
and young people
15–18s Come to Yearly
Meeting Accompanying 24–26 May, Friends House, London (non-residential), Booking
deadline Sunday 28 April
Accompanying is a non-residential offer for 15–18s at Friends
House in London during Yearly Meeting (YM). It includes attendance at YM and optional
social activities out of session time.
Please promote Accompanying to young people aged 15–18
(born between 1 September 2000 and 31 August 2003) using the leaflet enclosed
with the mailing.
Anyone can come to YM. However to participate in Accompanying,
individuals need to book in advance.
Aleks Zawadzka, cypadmin@quaker.org.uk,
0207 663 1013
Climate
justice
The Time is Now – mass
climate lobby
Wednesday 26 June, Central London
Save the date! Quakers in Britain will join people from
across the UK for a mass lobby of Parliament to demand urgent action for our
climate and environment. We’ll call for bolder climate targets, and
a strong environmental policy. Join us on the day to meet
with your MP. Details of the day to be confirmed. The lobby event will happen in
the afternoon at Parliament. Friends are invited to join interfaith workshops
in the morning at a nearby venue.
To sign up and for more details, please contact: Chris Walker,
chrisw@quaker.org.uk, 020 7663 1047
On this subject there is a new petition 38 degrees
petition asking Pembrokeshire CC to support
a climate emergency LINK
HERE
Young
Friends General Meeting
The Young Quaker magazine
The latest issue of YFGM’s magazine ‘The Young Quaker’ can
now be read online – please note that a print version is not being included in the
monthly mailing this time. Offering readers a deep dive in the kaleidoscope of
spirituality that defines our Young Quaker community, this issue explores what
the spiritual means in modern Quakerism through poetry and prose: theyoungquaker.org.uk
Faith Biddle yfgm@quaker.org.uk
020 7663 1050
Young Friends General
Meeting gathering
3– 6 May 2019, Liverpool Quaker Meeting House
Young Friends General Meeting (YFGM) is a national
community of young Quakers aged 18-35(ish). There are three gatherings a year
in different meeting houses across the UK. Each gathering is a chance to cook and
share meals together, explore the Quaker faith, hear from speakers within and beyond
the community, and engage in Quaker business method to continue the running of
the YFGM charity.
To register and for further details, see the YFGM website
at http://yfgm.quaker.org.uk, where
you can also find Documents in advance. Documents in advance two, with the full
agenda will be available there shortly after the planning weekend at the end of
March. You can also see updates on the facebook group page at www.facebook.com/events/2621013311259607.
For further
information contact: yfgm@quaker.org.uk, 0207 663 1050
Peace
work
Seeking participants for human rights programme in Palestine
and Israel
The Ecumenical Accompaniment
Programme in Palestine & Israel (EAPPI) is seeking participants to serve
in Palestine and Israel for 3 months in 2020. Ecumenical Accompaniers provide protection
by
presence to vulnerable Palestinian communities, monitor
human rights abuses, support Israeli and Palestinian peace activists, and
advocate for an end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.
Expenses are covered and a living allowance and benefits offered.
The closing date for applications is 23 April 2019.
Apply at: www.quaker.org.uk/applyeappi
Call for Nobel peace
prize nominations
As recipients of the Nobel peace prize in 1947, Quakers
have the right to send a nomination each year to the Nobel committee in Oslo. If
you or your meeting have a suggestion to offer for the 2020 award, please see
the attached flyer to find out how you can get involved.
The closing date for nominations is 1 June 2019. LINK
TO PDF with more information
Philip Wood, philipw@quaker.org.uk,
020 7663 1071
Help us
with feedback
BYM events – give your
feedback
Have you attended a BYM event in the past few years? Please
tell us about your experience of any BYM events you have attended, or tell us
why you haven’t been able to attend. BYM hosts regular events
for Friends to develop our thinking, encourage action on
a variety of Quaker concerns and share experience among role holders. Your feedback
will help us to develop events that are both relevant and accessible for you.
Please visit https://forms.quaker.org.uk/bym-events-feedback
to complete a short survey that should take no longer
than 15 minutes.
The deadline for responses is 8 April 2019.
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