Category: Quakers
Quaker specific content, theology, worship, training, community, both relating to Britain Yearly Meeting and the wider Quaker family.
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Radical Spirituality
Lancaster University are running a free on line course exploring how/why Quakers formed and grew into the radical group they are today. ” Together, we will explore the beginnings of Quakerism and this critical piece of religious history of a group who gathered around a radical and outspoken spiritual message that was to change the
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Fire Drills During Meeting for Worship
Fire! Fire Alarms and the necessary Fire equipment and signage are all an important part of any building’s safety plan – and we always hope they won’t be needed. However, if the worst happened – would your meeting know how to respond? Mount Street, Manchester recently held a fire drill during Meeting for Worship. Although
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Reading Quaker faith &Practice Chapter 2: Approaches to God – Worship & Prayer
Reading Quaker Faith & Practice Chapter 2: Approaches to God – Worship & Prayer This chapter is one that most Quakers I’ve spoken to have dipped into. Not surprisingly ‘Quakers and God’ is a continually popular Quaker Quest session. There are four sections Experience and nature of worship Silent Waiting Prayer Meeting for Worship and
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‘Reading Quaker faith & practice’ conference at Woodbrooke
All area meetings in Britain have been invited to nominate a Friend to participate in the ‘Reading Quaker faith & practice‘ conference at Woodbrooke, 22nd to 24th April 2016. The conference will provide an opportunity to: Learn from one another’s experience of participating in the Reading Quaker faith & practice programme so far. Gain ideas
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Building a Fairer World
After all the long term struggles to get banners on Friends House with Camden council, I have so enjoyed seeing them go up – temporarily and now permanently. Such a good form of outreach and of brightening up the neighbourhood. Lovely to see them as I exit Euston station. 23.13 Seeking to live at all
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Everything can happen….
23.32 is one of my favourite passages – Ursula Franklin talks about the her enjoyment of sitting in silence at the beginning of meeting knowing that everything can happen. It always makes me think of an encounter with a homeless ex-catholic priest while volunteering at the Quaker Centre at Friends House. A large part of
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Qf&p Chapter 23: Social Responsibility
This chapter is the first in the calendar to read through. It contains the following sections: Faith in Action Corporate Responsibility Social Responsibility – poverty and house; slavery; torture; discrimination and disadvantage The Individual and the Community – work and economic affairs; education Friends and state authority – conscription; crime and punishment Fifteen passages have
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Reading Qf&P during my commute
This post is part of my Reading Quaker Faith & Practice series – click here for the introduction and explanation or here for all posts in this series.
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Qf&P: Chapter Twenty One – Personal Journey
This chapter is the first in the calendar to read through. It contains the following sections: Youth – six passages Knowing & accepting ourselves – fourteen passages Living a full life – six passages Creativity – sixteen passages Getting older – five passages Death – ten passages Suffering and healing – fourteen passages There are
