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FWCC ‘Living the Change’
Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) has joined a new project involving a global community of religious and spiritual institutions to champion sustainable living.
Twentieth anniversary reprint
Heaven on Earth: Quakers and the Second Coming, first published in 1998, has been reprinted as a twentieth anniversary edition.
Correction
In the 13 July edition of the Friend the story ‘March against Donald Trump visit’ contained a mistake. The sentence ‘A Quaker contingent to the main “Stop Trump” demonstration met at Friends House on 13 July and marched from Portland Place to Trafalgar Square’ should have read ‘Some Friends are gathering in...
Friends in Ireland agree to hold same-sex marriages
Quakers in Ireland made a major decision at Ireland Yearly Meeting in Limerick at the weekend. A statement released on 21 July said: ‘The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Ireland has agreed to the holding of same-sex marriages in Quaker Meetings for Worship, currently legal in the Republic of Ireland.’
Paul Parker speaks at first church eco-conference
The first ever ecumenical eco-conference took place this month, featuring a speech by Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting. ‘A Future for All… Implementing the Christian imperative to care for our World’ on 14 July was organised by the Birmingham Anglican Climate Action Group and Central England Quaker Low...
Quaker MP hosts London Cycling Campaign launch
Ruth Cadbury, the Quaker MP, recently hosted the launch of a campaign aimed at making London roads safer for cyclists.
New peace and disarmament minister talks to Roundhay Friends
Roundhay Meeting House in Yorkshire hosted a talk this month by the shadow minister for peace and disarmament. Fabian Hamilton, Leeds North East MP, gave the talk on 13 July.
Woodbridge Friends’ ‘Tree for Peace’ at first world war centenary event
Woodbridge Meeting took part in a world war one centenary event this month, with its newly adopted ‘Tree for Peace’ playing a key role.
Artwork from Art the Arms Fair on display
A small exhibition of artworks devised as a response to the arms trade and first shown at the Art the Arms Fair in September 2017 was opened this month.
Quaker play airs
An attender at Lewes Meeting in Sussex has cited Quakers as the inspiration behind her new play set in a Quaker community during the Napoleanic wars. Charlotte Jones, writer of The Meeting, has said that in her five years attending the Meeting house, she has found Friends to be ‘incredibly...