Listings
from the Quaker Centre Bookshop:
September 2019 editions of Books of the Month LINK
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and Children & Young Adults Books of the Month LINK
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Support for
meetings
Meeting centred support
Building on the successful Vibrancy
in Meetings Pilot Programme, BYM and Woodbrooke invite input from Quaker communities
across Britain to help us work out where to site a pilot staff hub and how to grow
the number of local development workers across the yearly meeting.
The ‘experiments in Faith’ leaflet
gives more information about our
Book of Discipline revision
What comes
after Quaker faith & practice?
8–10 November, Woodbrooke, Birmingham
A weekend to explore “Why have a Book
of Discipline?” will take place at Woodbrooke. Britain Yearly Meeting is at the
beginning of the once- in-a-generation process of revising our Book of
Discipline, creating something new to replace Quaker faith & practice.
Quaker Week
2019
Experiment with Light
During Quaker Week, Experiment
with Light are holding a series of five online meetings for meditation, from
Monday 30 September to Friday 4 October. They will on the themes of: privilege (Monday),
sustainability (Tuesday), peace (Wednesday), diversity (Thursday) and
simplicity (Friday).
These would ideal for Quakers or for
the Quaker-curious and for anyone wanting to know more about this practice.
Please do share with anyone you know who may be interested. The name ‘Experiment
with Light’ derives from terms used by early Quakers, who described their
practice as ‘an experiment upon the soul’.
To find out more and to receive a
link to the meeting
Peace Week
resource
Peace education resource available
Quaker Peace & Social Witness
have produced ‘Peace Week’, a peace education resource for use in primary and
secondary schools. It’s full of tried and tested ideas for how to structure a peace
week, a suite of primary lesson plans and activities for the whole school.
Hard copies can be bought from the
Quaker Centre Bookshop for £10 plus p&p: LINK or phone 020
7663 1030/1031
All-age
community
All Are Welcome – all-age event at Woodbrooke 1–3 November 2019,
Woodbrooke, Birmingham Woodbrooke and Quaker Life working in partnership.
This engaging and interactive weekend
is an opportunity to explore how Friends and meetings can reach out to families,
connect with each other and enrich our all-age worshipping community. It is ideal
for anyone wanting to make change happen and help build inclusive and welcoming
communities, especially for Friends with responsibility for eldership and
oversight. This weekend is open to all ages and we will practice building an all-age
community. LINK
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Children and
young people
Young Quakers Participation Day
Saturday 7 December 2019, Friends
House, London
We have written to Area Meeting
Clerks with information about this year’s Young Quakers Participation Day.
For young Quakers (14-18 years
old) who are interested in a day held alongside MfS, seeking their views on issues
of concern to them and also to Quakers in Britain.
Each Area Meeting can book two young
people born between 1.9.2001 and 31.8.2005, inclusive (aged 14-18).
Children & Young People booking reminders
Facilitation
and Leadership
Friday 18 – Sunday 20 October
2019, Woodbrooke
An energetic and interesting event
for 16 to 21 year olds, helping them understand groups and try out skills. It
is for those new to facilitation and for those with previous experience –
developing confidence, understanding and skills alongside considering how to
engage with Quaker aspects of facilitation. LINK
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Living as a Quaker
18–21 October 2019, The Sustainability
Centre, Hampshire
Exciting opportunity for 12 to 15
year olds – residential event exploring personal beliefs alongside outdoor
skills and activities organised by the Children and Young People’s Team and Youth
Work project. LINK
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Book at https://forms.quaker.org.uk/laaq-2019
Outreach
Membership Weekend
1–3 November
2019, Charney Manor, Bassett, Oxfordshire
This weekend
is for people who have been around Quakerism for a while and want to explore further.
Those attending will be guided, without pressure of any kind, by experienced
facilitators from the Quaker Quest team. LINK
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Peace
and social witness event reminders
Stop the Arms Fair this September
September 2019,
mainly London & some events across Britain
The international
arms fair, DSEI, is setting up shop in London
in
September 2019, to export war and conflict around the world. When Britain plays
host to one of the world’s largest arms fairs, war, repression and injustice follow.
Let’s stop it here.
Daniel Jakopovich, danielj@quaker.org.uk, 020 7663
1090
Quaker Activist Gathering 2019
2 November 2019,
Friends House, London
The activist
gathering is a free event for Quakers and Quaker curious to come together for an
intergenerational, restorative and invigorating day focusing on how we do
social action. We will create a space to build connections, reflect and share
stories and to bring faith deeper into practice. LINK
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Conference: Envisioning a world that
is open to all: let us see what love can do
27–29
September 2019, Woodbrooke, Birmingham
A timely
interactive conference to learn about asylum and migration, hearing from those who
have felt its impact, and working together to create the change we need. Through
workshops, performances, panel discussions we will explore the interplay between
race, privilege and migration. How it works and what we can do. LINK
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