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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
Category Archives: Quaker community
Worship in the Facebook age
The Huffington Post carried an excellent article by Philip Gulley, a Quaker Pastor and author in the US. He addresses the dichotomy of challenging but also loving in and age where we have to be our own censors. [Harry Emerson] Fosdick … Continue reading
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Friends of Monze update
Deana went to Monze, a small town of 19,000, in Southern Zambia, where she lived within the local community doing much the same work as she did as a health visitor in Port Talbot. Seeing people in their own homes … Continue reading
Quakers stand alongside victims of racist policies
Further to the item on forced migration carried in Quaker News 97 (and shared on this site last week), Ekklesia has published the following item. Ekklesia is an independent, not-for-profit thinktank which orients its work around the changing role of beliefs, values … Continue reading
Becoming a Quaker Clerk — Woodbrook online course begins 6 February
Forthcoming Woodbrook On Line course: Being A Quaker Clerk (6 February – 19 March 2017) Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in the UK is again offering it’s 6 week on-line course on Becoming a Quaker Clerk. The course is meant for … Continue reading
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Responding to forced migration
Britain Yearly Meeting’s Quaker News number 97 covers the current migration tragedy being played out on the world stage. Click on the link to download the PDF version of Quaker News 97.
Posted in Activism, Ethics, Newsletters, Publications, Quaker community, Resources, Uplift and outreach, World community, World issues
Tagged Europe, Refugee crisis, refugees, response
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Book Review: Approved! A Storey About Quaker Meeting for Business
Approved! A Storey About Quaker Meeting for Business by Nancy L. Haines Illustrated by Anne E.G. Nydam Book Review by Amanda Gibberd, Pretoria Worship Group Approved! Is a short children’s – style book about the Quaker Business methods used in running Quaker … Continue reading
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BQM December 2016 Retreat
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World Quaker Day — 2 October; Quaker Week — 1-9 October
Britain Yearly Meeting is holding Quaker Week from 1-9 October, with the theme: Working together to build a better world. Their support material is on the BYM website. FWCC is using the theme “Inspired by Faith, Witnessing the World”. They have a … Continue reading
Shelagh Willet’s tombstone unveiling
Today there was a short service in the graveyard in Gabane for the Unveiling of Shelagh’s tombstone. Sebastian Okello-Wengi organised it and provided the stone. It has been very important to him and he has been planning it since her funeral. There was … Continue reading
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New Outreach resources are now available
There are now additional resources for Quaker activities on our website. A Resources section has been added to our Publications page. The New England meeting has just made some new and useful Outreach resources available.