Issue 14-10-2016
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Thought for the Week: The present
All presents don’t arrive wrapped in pretty paper tied up with ribbon. Some come stealthily in the night. This is the way my most frequently received presents arrive. I awake and find the gift of a new day, sometimes wrapped in the pink and orangey hues of dawn. At...
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A new direction
‘So, now we’re out of Europe there’s no point to QCEA any more, is there?’ It might seem a fair question. The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) was set up in 1979 following UK (and Irish and Danish) entry to what was then the European Economic Community and...
Simplicity: Location and lifestyle
What is a ‘simple life’ and how and where can we lead one? An unexpectedly rich seam from the interviews I conducted for my research came from asking how people’s cultural background and upbringing affected their approach to simplicity. In the BBC Radio 4 series Great Lives, Ann Limb suggested...
Animals feted in Friends House
Friends House was the setting for an anniversary celebration on World Animal Day, 4 October.
Inverness children honour Edith Cavell
Children from Inverness Meeting laid a wreath of red and white poppies at the Edith Cavell Memorial in Inverness on Sunday 2 October.
New appointment at QCEA
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has appointed a new ‘peace programme lead’.
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Eco Church award won by Friends
Bradford on Avon Meeting has had its environmental efforts acknowledged by the new Eco Church scheme.
Israeli CO speaks of hope and dialogue
Huddersfield Friends recently organised two events featuring Sahar Vardi, an Israeli conscientious objector (CO) and peace activist.
A Friendly look at the news
Gerald Conyngham of Exeter Meeting was a guest on BBC Radio Devon’s Maggy Whitehouse show on Sunday 2 October during Quaker Week.
Friend launches petition
A Friend has launched an online petition to remove the ban on people in prison being allowed to vote in national and local elections.
Break up the banks?
The need for a radical revolution in banking was the subject of a stimulating event organised by London Quakers on 1 October, ‘Break up the banks?’, which attracted more than 100 people to Friends House.
Facing up
A weekend talking about death and dying may not sound a very appealing prospect and my husband, Steve, took some persuading to join me at the recent Bamford Quaker Community’s ‘When my time is up…’ workshop!
Membership
I am one of those awkward people who have attended for many years (twelve so far) with no intention of applying for membership to the Religious Society of Friends. In a recent article (9 September) Craig Barnett wrote: ‘Membership provides an opportunity for newcomers to make a deliberate act of commitment...
Earthly limits
Dear Lord, thank You For the light of day For three birds flying across the sky For grey and white clouds
Eye - 14 October 2016
Putting wheels in motion A Quaker prison chaplain donned his shorts and set his wheels in motion to help raise over £10,000 for The House of Genesis. The project provides accommodation and practical support to homeless men, especially homeless ex-offenders, in Norwich. On 25 August Mark Bredin, who is a member of...
Letters - 14 October 2016
The dead weight I would like to know how people like the anonymous author of ‘The dead weight’ (7 October) could find a way to wriggle out from under ‘the dead weight of bureaucracy around our necks’. How can the Friends at Sufferings (7 October), who felt that membership of Sufferings was â€...