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

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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