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Answering that of God with ‘Yes… and’, not ‘Yes… but’
Jennifer Barraclough gave the keynote speech on ‘Creating community’ Facing a Central Hall packed with over a thousand all-age Gatherers, already two-and-a-half days into creating its own community, representing a diverse range of home communities and supported by thousands of dedicated person-hours of preparation, Jennifer Barraclough, Monday’s keynote speaker,...
Connecting to the Spirit
Rachel Muers delivered prepared ministry on connecting to the Spirit “When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him”
Committed Relationships
How should Friends celebrate and recognise committed relationships? And what revisions of Quaker faith & practice would follow from this to include same sex partnerships? Colin Billett began Britain Yearly Meeting’s discussions by sharing his personal experience of committed relationships in his family and wider community. Here are some...
Committed Relationships
It is a rare and privileged experience to take part in Yearly Meeting (YM) when it takes a major decision. It is also difficult to report, because the process of convincement that many Friends present will have experienced, as the Meeting came into unity, will have been different for each...
Friends employ children’s workers to enhance Meetings
When a new attender joined Carlton Hill Meeting in Leeds some fifteen years ago, Friends had to think how best to look after the gaggle of small children she brought with her. The solution they settled on? Paying someone to do it
Conference overshadowed by death
Bonnie Tinker, who was aged sixty-one, died when her bike collided with a truck near the Virginia Tech university campus. She was founder of Love Makes A Family, Inc, a group of families headed by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual people.
FGC takes up green challenge
At the Friends General Conference Annual Gathering, speaker Shane Caliborne agreed to participate only on condition that Friends attempt to offset the carbon emissions produced by his travel to and from the event in Blacksburg, Virginia. By the end of the week, participants had made enough pledges to compensate...
Friends General Conference news
Adult Young Friends (AYF) at the Friends General Conference Annual Gathering in Blacksburg, Virginia, which brought together 1,200 Quakers from across North America earlier this month, spent much of the week focusing on issues of identity, in a move parallel to that of Young Friends General Meeting (YFGM) in Britain.
Jordans rebuild recognised in awards
This prize is given by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) for the best examples of repair to the fabric of churches and chapels in England and Wales. The work must be based on the principles of conservative repair advocated by the SPAB.
Disquiet over Friends House renewables supplier
The controversial firm has been the subject of sustained campaigning over its plans to build a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent, with many Friends involved in protests against the development. The Friend understands that a number of staff working at Friends House are upset by the move...