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Oliver Robertson is the new head of witness and worship
Oliver Robertson is to be the new head of witness and worship at Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), it was announced at Meeting for Sufferings on 24 November.
Meeting for Sufferings: Sustainability Group laid down at MfS
Meeting for Sufferings decided to lay down the Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) Sustainability Group on Sunday 25 November.
Meeting for Sufferings: Implications of Book of Discipline revision
Mark Tod, convenor of the Church Government Advisory Group (CGAG), spoke to Meeting for Sufferings on Friday 23 November about implications of the decision to revise Quaker faith & practice (Qf&p), and the revised text pertaining to Central Nominations Committee and Yearly Meeting Nominating Group.
Traidcraft unveils new plan
Traidcraft, the Christian retailer promoting Fairtrade goods, has unveiled a plan to rescue it from the threat of closure.
Llandrindod Wells Friends in world meditation day
Llandrindod Wells Friends hosted a day of ‘silence, inner stillness and sacred music’ this week as part of a global event celebrating meditation.
QPSW funding will aid debate on Land Value Tax
A Quaker online discussion group set up to explore the potential benefits of Land Value Tax (LVT) has been awarded a Quaker Peace Social & Witness (QPSW) sustainability and new economy grant.
BYM will not invest in firms that profit from ‘occupation’
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has become the first faith group in the UK to announce it will not invest any of its centrally-held funds in companies profiting from ‘the occupation of Palestine’.
New editor for The Friend
The trustees of The Friend Publications Limited (TFPL) have expressed their delight at welcoming the new CEO and editor of TFPL on board. Joseph Jones will be the twentieth editor of the Friend since it began in 1843 and is currently publications manager for Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM). He was previously...
Kindertransport anniversary marked at Friends House
As 1,000 guests gathered at Friends House in London for a Kindertransport eightieth anniversary commemoration, survivors of the rescue operation called for a new Kindertransport for today’s child refugees.
Dismay at theft of white poppy wreaths
Friends were dismayed when two white poppy wreaths from the centenary of Armistice Day were stolen from local war memorials. Bath Quakers had their white poppy wreath stolen for the fourth time, according to the Peace Pledge Union (PPU).