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Meeting for Sufferings: Role for Young Friends in revision

26 July 2018 | by Ian Kirk-Smith | 0 comments

Meeting for Sufferings, on 7 July at Friends House in London, agreed to appoint and oversee a Book of Discipline Revision Committee.

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Meeting for Sufferings: Israel/Palestine letter

26 July 2018 | by George Osgerby | 0 comments

A minute from Devon Area Meeting regarding Israel/Palestine was heard by Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) on 7 July. Sufferings was asked to consider sending a letter to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) urging a follow-up visit to the one made in 2012.

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Norwegian pilgrimage to ‘1652’ country

26 July 2018 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Friends in England welcomed six Norwegian Young Quakers last month on a trip to visit George Fox ‘1652’ country.

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Friends protest Trump visit

FREE 19 July 2018 | by Rebecca Hardy | 1 comment | 1 comments

Friends gathered outside Friends House before joining the march. | Elinor Smallman.

More than 150 Quakers gathered in Euston, London last week to stand against US president Donald Trump’s visit to the UK.

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Quakers voice PIP concern

FREE 19 July 2018 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Nineteen Quakers in Manchester and Warrington have written letters to their MPs about the distress and hardship caused by the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) scheme.

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‘Block Around the Clock’ anti-fracking camp

19 July 2018 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Friends joined a fifty-four-hour blockade against fracking. | Sam Walton.

Around ten Quakers took part in the ‘Block Around the Clock’ camp this month to protest against fracking in the Preston New Road Cuadrilla site near Blackpool.

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Welcome for divestment decision

19 July 2018 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Friends have welcomed the news that the Church of England’s governing body, the General Synod, has voted almost unanimously to divest by 2023 from oil and gas companies not on track to meet the Paris Agreement. Its target is to limit global average temperature rise to well below two degrees...

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Celebration party

19 July 2018 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Winchmore Hill Quakers held a celebration party at their Meeting house to mark the successful end to the main phase of refurbishment work.

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‘Waves, Motion and Stillness’ exhibition

19 July 2018 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

A painting from the exhibition. | Courtesy of Alison Chaplin.

Wanstead Friends this month hosted an arts event featuring work by local Quakers. ‘Waves, Motion and Stillness’ was part of Leytonstone Arts Trail and included storytelling, art and activities.

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Paintings on ‘The Life of George Fox’

19 July 2018 | by Rebecca Hardy | 0 comments

Visitors to the exhibition. | Sara Chapman.

Harpenden Meeting House displayed an exhibition of paintings last month illustrating ‘The Life of George Fox’.

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