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Meeting for Sufferings: Publicising the activities of Young Friends
Tim Rouse, trustee and management officer of Young Friends General Meeting (YFGM), presented a report on the activities of young adult Friends in the past year. YFGM’s main activity is running residential weekends three times a year in Meeting houses around the country. The weekends usually involve between sixty...
Meeting for Sufferings: British Friends visit to Dublin
Meeting for Sufferings, on 3 June, heard of a visit held on 6 May by representatives of Britain Yearly Meeting to Quaker House in Dublin where they met with representatives of Ireland Yearly Meeting. Among those present were the clerk and assistant clerk of Ireland Yearly Meeting, Heather Bewley and Bairbre Nic...
Quakers welcome new MPs
Several Quakers were involved as candidates in the general election held on Thursday 8 June.
Building a culture of sanctuary
Quakers in Britain have announced a packed programme of events to mark Refugee Week on 19-25 June. A highlight will be the visit of internationally acclaimed authors to Friends House to take part in a series of ‘in conversation’ interviews in the Quaker Bookshop.
QSA marks 150 years
Quaker Social Action (QSA) staff gathered to celebrate the charity’s one hundred and fifth birthday with, what else, a cake.
Meeting for Sufferings: Setting priorities
Is Meeting for Sufferings fulfilling its role in setting priorities for the centrally managed work, or has it abdicated that task to trustees and other bodies?
Meeting for Sufferings: Engaging with ‘Our Faith in the Future’
Our Faith in the Future is a word picture of what Quakers in the UK to would like the Religious Society of Friends to be in the future. In September 2015 the document was accepted in Sufferings. The layout for the current leaflet has changed but the wording remains the same.
Meeting for Sufferings: Central nominations committee
Christine Habgood-Coote and Terry Faull, the clerks of the central nominations committee (CNC), reported on how they are working under their new terms of reference, which were adopted by Yearly Meeting (YM) in 2016. They will report to YM in 2019, but have been asked to give annual reports to Sufferings in...
Reverse hustings at Reading
Seven candidates and representatives campaigning for election in the Reading East and Reading West constituencies took part in a ‘reverse hustings’ at Reading Meeting House on Wednesday 31 May.
Friends share sorrow and show solidarity with Manchester
Friends around the UK and beyond have expressed sorrow and solidarity with the people of Manchester following the attack at the Manchester Arena on 22 May.