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Meeting for Sufferings: Exploring diversity
The issue of diversity within the Religious Society of Friends was raised at Meeting for Sufferings. A paragraph of Yearly Meeting’s Minute 38 was sent to Meeting for Sufferings and asked that representatives ‘look at how we can remove barriers and actively seek wider participation in the full life of...
Meeting for Sufferings: Committee on Clerks
A minute sent by Yearly Meeting was considered by Meeting for Sufferings. Minute 23 asked Sufferings to undertake a review of the Committee on Clerks, specifically of their ‘manner of working’, with a view to revising their Terms of Reference.
Meeting for Sufferings: QPSW’s work
Helen Drewery talked about the annual report of Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW).
Peace protestors ‘admonished’
Three peace protestors, including Hull Quaker Sam Donaldson, have been ‘admonished’ by a Scottish court after taking part in a nonviolent blockade of the UK’s nuclear weapons storage facility in the summer.
Grenfell Tower witness
Friends joined for a Quaker Meeting for Worship on Saturday 14 October and stood in solidarity with all those who had suffered from the Grenfell Tower fire.
Meeting for Sufferings: Friends gather in Manchester
A very full agenda, which covered subjects as diverse as ‘speaking out’ in Britain to peace work in East Africa, was dealt with at Meeting for Sufferings held at Friends Meeting House in Mount Street, Manchester on Saturday 7 October.
Meeting for Sufferings: Britain Yearly Meeting trustees report
Ingrid Greenhow, clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees, reported to Meeting for Sufferings about the June trustee meeting that was held in Liverpool. She described a ‘strong sense of working together’ and emphasised the importance of meeting in person, quoting the need to ‘see one another’s faces’ and...
Meeting for Sufferings: Quakers in Britain
A paper addressing concerns raised by Cambridgeshire Area Meeting about use of the phrase ‘Quakers in Britain’ was prepared by the Recording Clerk’s Office for Meeting for Sufferings.
Meeting for Sufferings: Social Justice Subcommittee
At the meeting of Britain Yearly Meeting trustees in June it was noted that a new Social Justice Subcommittee had been established within the structure of Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW).
Meeting for Sufferings: Ackworth School
Friends were informed of proposals for a revision of the relationship between Ackworth School in Yorkshire and Meeting for Sufferings.