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Photo from FWCC in Peru

Justine and Khosi are in there somewhere. Click on the image to see a bigger version of it if you want to try to spot them. Hint: Khosi is wearing his traditional Lesotho grass hat.

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News from the World Plenary Meeting in Peru

CSAYM Co-Clerk Justine Limpitlaw and Young Friends Co-Clerk Khosi Sekoere are attending the World Plenary Meeting in Peru as representatives of C&SAYM. Though they are out of email contact, Friends from the British Yearly Meeting were kind enough to share … Continue reading

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Last Meeting for Worship at Quaker House, Johannesburg

This was the last JMM Meeting for Worship to be held at Quaker House – from now on we will be nomadic. JMM will be meeting at Wits for the foreseeable future. The specifics of the new location will be posted shortly. … Continue reading

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European Quakers call for an end to the cycle of violence

FWCC Europe and Middle East Section Peace and Service Consultation [to go directly to the statement, click here] from George Thurley From the 20th to the 22nd of November, 23 Friends from a number of European countries met in Belgium … Continue reading

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NAM’s Krumhuk Retreat 31 Oct/1 Nov 2015

Here is a really good photo of our group at our Quaker retreat this past weekend taken by Justin Ellis with his new snooty camera. Even I look reasonable and am NOT blinking – for a change ! Those of … Continue reading

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Young Friends Work Camp in Lesotho postponed

The Young Friends Work Camp in Lesotho which was tentatively scheduled for December has been postponed to a date that we’ll determine at YM. YM will be taking place between 27 April – 3 May next year.

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JMM Picnic

The Johannesburg Monthly Meeting Thursday Fellowship had a picnic tea in September.

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Peace, Justice & Development Fund

The 2015 Yearly Meeting approved the establishment of the PJDF, as a subset of ECTF, to encourage peace, justice and development work within C&SAYM. For more information on the fund, donating and applications for funding, please download the PJDF final forms … Continue reading

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Pope holds up Philadelphia’s founding Quakers as inspiration for religious tolerance

As the Pope spoke in Philadelphia this weekend: “The Quakers who founded Philadelphia were inspired by a profound evangelical sense of the dignity of each individual and the ideal of a community united by brotherly love. This conviction led them to found a … Continue reading

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Washington Quakers welcome Pope’s upcoming visit

The Friends Committee on National Legislation, a Quaker organisation working for policy changes on Capitol Hill, has issued an article on the upcoming Papal visit and address to a joint sitting of Congress on 24 September. The article details a number … Continue reading

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