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Category: Quaker A-Z

Quaker A-Z is our year-long blog series posted fortnightly. Brief snippets of information presented – you guessed it – from A through to Z!

  • Quaker A-Z F: Fair Trade Churches & First Aid

    Quaker A-Z F: Fair Trade Churches & First Aid

     This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. F is for Fair Trade & First Aid Fair Trade Churches Fair Trade Fortnight was 24 February – 9 March 2014 this year – did you do anything? A Meeting House can become a Fair Trade Church – a small but significant step

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  • Quaker A-Z E is for Equality & Environment

    Quaker A-Z E is for Equality & Environment

    This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. E is for Equality and Environment Environment Here I’m not thinking of our green and pleasant land, but around the Meeting House inside and out. According to Quaker Faith & Practice – Elders have a responsibility to ensure ‘the right holding of

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  • Quaker A-Z D is for Dangers

    Quaker A-Z D is for Dangers

    This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. D is for Dangers I don’t want to suggest that there are unsuspecting dangers lurking around every corner – but there are a few things I’d like to suggest that each Premises committee should consider. What are the dangers that you might

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  • Quaker A-Z: C is for Choices and Changes

    Quaker A-Z: C is for Choices and Changes

    C is for Choices and Changes (+ Cleaning) This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. Perhaps not a very interesting title but have you ever thought of the Meetings Choices, Changes and Cleaning as a form of Outreach? Why Have a Meeting House? Wherever a few are gathered, in

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  • Quaker A-Z: B is for Buildings

    Quaker A-Z: B is for Buildings

    This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. B is for Building Records and Tours Building – perhaps if you read the last post you suspected that B might be for Building. However, I’m going to concentrate on two bits of caring for a building that I often see forgotten.

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  • Quaker A-Z: A is for Advice

    Quaker A-Z: A is for Advice

    This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. A is for apple and also for Advice Where do you get advice about how to be a Warden or a member of Premises or a Trustee with responsibility for buildings? Starting off the series with a serious post. One of the

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  • An Explanation of the Quaker Alphabet Blog project for 2014

    An Explanation of the Quaker Alphabet Blog project for 2014

    I’m joining in with the Quaker A-Z blog event – where all sorts of Quakers from all walks of life are coming together to share ideas. Linked only by our Quakerism and the format of publishing blog posts A-Z. In 2013 Rhiannon Grant, Stephanie Grant and Gil Skidmore wrote a blog post each week on

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