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- Paul — Apostle by Special Appointment, new edition published 30 October 2025
- SAQN 256, August 2025, now available 27 August 2025
- Epistle of the BBIPOC Gathering 7 July 2025
- Epistle from SAYM Yearly Meeting 2025 20 January 2025
- SAQN 255, October 2024, now available 30 October 2024
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SAQN — September 2017 edition available
The latest edition of the SA Quaker News is now available on our Publications page. Contents include: Report on MYRM Quakers Thinking, including a piece on surviving the devastation of having one’s home destroyed by fire Quakers (and others) in … Continue reading
YM 2018 forms available
YM 2018 will be taking place at the Good Shepherd at Hartebeespoort from 2-8 January 2018. The registration & ECTF funding form, the programme and the Meeting/Cluster report template are all available on the SAYM page.
Posted in Forms & Admin, Quaker community, Yearly Meeting
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Membership list template available
An Excel spreadsheet template for membership lists is now provided on the Publications & Resources page. Please click the link ‘Resources‘ at the top of the page, or scroll down to the relevant section.
Posted in Forms & Admin, Quaker community, Resources
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September 2017 edition of Friends Journal
The September edition of Friends Journal is out. It’s cover story is titled “Ah, Go Fly a Kite”. Read this and other articles by clicking the link below: Friends Journal, September 2017
Posted in Newsletters, Publications, World community
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FWCC Clerk writes about his visit to Friends in Burundi
Read about FWCC Clerk Simon C. Lamb’s visit to Friends in Burundi, the third largest group of Friends in the world. Letter from the Clerk of Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC)
Book Review: An Unlikely Bunch of Anti-Apartheid Activists
The Black Sash: Women for Justice and Peace by Burton, Mary Ingouville (2015), Jacana, Johannesburg Book review by Janneke Weidema, Pretoria Monthly Meeting The Black Sash were an unlikely bunch of South African anti-apartheid activists. They were mostly English speaking … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Book Review, History, Human Rights
Tagged Africa, apartheid, Black Sash, history, Racism, South African history, women activists
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Summer issue of Quaker Concern examines physical punishment of kids
Other articles include: Working for Peace in Burundi What’s in a Typical Day at the UN? Bridge of Hope My Summer with CFSC Click here to read them.
Posted in Modern living, Newsletters, Publications
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Welcoming families in meetings
How do we rejoice in the presence of children in our meetings and nurture their spiritual growth? Alistair Fuller shares in a Quakers in Britain blog how his meeting took small steps to welcome his family. Some thoughts on our … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Modern living, Quaker community
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There is no “both sides” to racist hate and violence
Statement from American Friends Service Committee on racist hate and violence in Virginia. Click here to read it.
Quakers in Britain: Peace delegation urges restraint in nuclear row
Quakers joined a peace delegation today seeking to defuse the growing international tension sparked by dangerous threats exchanged between the Presidents of the US and North Korea. The US Embassy declined to accept a letter from the delegation of journalists, … Continue reading