French connection: Richard Thompson on France Yearly Meeting

17 Nov 2022 | by Richard Thompson

‘The town hall was absolutely packed as people from the locality joined us.’

‘The first French Quakers were led by the Spirit to confront violence.’ | Photo: Excercise on the beach, courtesy of the author.

The annual assembly of France Yearly Meeting this year was unusual: two days at Le Lazaret, a Protestant centre next to the beach at Sète; and two days at Congénies to celebrate the bicentennial of its Meeting House. Our theme was ‘How does the Spirit guide me? How am I open to the guidance of the inner voice?’ Most of the Meeting took place, of course, in French.

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