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Part of MBS’s Quaker A-Z series. Published bi-weekly on an annual theme throughout the calendar year.

  • Quaker A-Z: N is for Nosiness & Noteworthy

    Quaker A-Z: N is for Nosiness & Noteworthy

    Nosiness = Knowing each other in the things that are eternal Nosiness isn’t always negative. I love learning about people – many of them Quakers. I do this by going to Yearly Meeting, reading The Friend, visiting other meetings, or even looking through their minutes and newsletters. I often joke that one of the best

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  • Quaker A-Z: N is for Numbers

    Quaker A-Z: N is for Numbers

    Flipchart from Alison Gray’s presentation. Or Finances – for those who don’t like numbers! Spreadsheets can be complicated and off putting. Trying to explain who spends what, and why it’s important that we know who spends what and when they spend it can be tricky to get across. ‘We don’t need a budget‘ is something

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  • Quaker A-Z: N is for Non-assumptive Language

    Quaker A-Z: N is for Non-assumptive Language

    Thinking about the language you use… I’m sure you’ve heard the old truism about “ass-uming”. But our society actually trains us to make various assumptions, usually based on “normal” behaviour and lifestyles. The language we use is no different.  Picture this: you are a volunteer manager. Your charity is holding some event – perhaps a fundraiser,

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  • Quaker A-Z: N is for nonsensical Notices

    Quaker A-Z: N is for nonsensical Notices

    This post is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. N is for Nonsensical Notices It is always sensible to ask someone else to read your notice before putting it up. Just to check that it means the same to someone else – as it did in your head. To

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  • Quaker A-Z: N is for Noticeboards and Newcomers

    Quaker A-Z: N is for Noticeboards and Newcomers

    This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. N is for Noticeboards Noticeboards, such as the one above are fairly standard outside most meeting houses. Usually they consist of space for Quaker posters plus information about the Meeting as a worshipping community. However, there are likely to be other

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