Events

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Sep 2024

	When & Where	Event
	17/09/2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online	Midlands Green Quakers Ecological Spirituality - Roots - Midlands Green Quakers is a network of Friends from across the region who share a concern about the climate and ecological emergency. For our autumn series of Zoom sessions, we’ll explore how our love for the earth is intertwined with our spiritual lives. Each month will draw upon imagery of different parts of a tree, [...]
	19/09/2024 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Online	How Can We Respond to the Israel-Palestine Conflict? - An online session organised by Woodbrooke. The conflict in Israel-Palestine is heart-breaking and we can feel utterly overwhelmed by it. What can we usefully do in response to this terrible situation? In this 90-minute session, we will hear from speakers involved in responding to the conflict in different ways. What are they doing? What are [...]
	21/09/2024 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm at Sutton Coldfield Quaker Meeting House, Sutton Coldfield, B73 6HD	Crafting Quaker Week Displays - The Making a Difference Group will be making signs featuring motivational quotes for display in the Meeting House garden during Quaker Week. For example quotes from Quaker Faith & Practice and statements on the testimonies. It is also a chance for a relaxed chat over tea/coffee and cake.
	21/09/2024 7:00 pm at Barnt Green & Redditch Quaker Meeting House, Barnt Green, B45 8NR	Friends' Cinema Mozart’s opera about princes, princesses and monsters - Barnt Green & Redditch Quakers invite you to join them at their monthly film showing. All welcome. This month: Mozart’s well-known opera in which a handsome prince, lost in a foreign land, is pursued by a monster. Three mysterious ladies kill the monster, rescue the prince and give him a picture of a princess, daughter [...]
	27/09/2024 - 29/09/2024 All Day at Scarman Conference Centre, Coventry, CV4 7SH	Quaker Governors' Conference - All Members/Attenders of Area and Local Meetings who are interested in Quaker education are invited to attend a Quaker Governors’ Conference, organised by Quaker Values in Education (QVinE) and Friends’ Schools Council (FSC). The keynote speaker is Paul Parker, Recording Clerk, Quakers in Britain. This is an opportunity for all who share a passion for [...]
	27/09/2024 - 06/10/2024 All Day at Various Quaker Meetings , ,	Quaker Week 2024 - Quaker Week runs every year to help Quaker meetings to attract new people and share their faith. If you're curious about Quakers, it's a great opportunity to find out more at some friendly events: Friday 27th September Warwick Meeting House ‘Nudges and Winks’ Concert by singer/songwriter Mark Waistell Saturday 28th September 10.45am-12.45pm Stourbridge Meeting House [...]
	28/09/2024 10:15 am - 5:00 pm at Stourbridge Quaker Meeting House, Stourbridge, DY8 1UR	Area Meeting September 2024 Workshop 10:45 - 12:45, Business 2:00-5:00 - An all-day Area Meeting, with an all-age workshop on Building Community in the morning 10.45am-12.45pm (arrivals and drinks from 10:15am), followed by lunch which will be provided. Then business 2pm-5pm, with separate children's programme.
	29/09/2024 All Day at Quaker Meetings across Central England , ,	Visit-Another-Meeting-Sundays - At recent CEQ events the need to build fellowship by worshipping with other Meetings has been a recurring topic of discussion. Elders and Pastoral Friends Support Group would like to suggest an informal intervisitation plan in response to this need. 5th Sundays in a month are extra Sundays – let’s use them! Let’s call them… Visit-Another-Meeting-Sundays. And on 5th Sundays in (the rest of) 2023 and 2024 encourage Friends and Meetings to go visiting.
	29/09/2024 10:30 am - 12:00 pm at Cotteridge Park, Birmingham, B30 2HG	Campfire Quaker Meeting - Cotteridge Children and Young People's Meeting invite you to come and experience a Quaker Meeting around the campfire. Suitable for all ages. What to expect: A few minutes of quiet at the start. Activities exploring Quaker values of peace, equality, truth and simplicity. Marshmallows and popcorn!
	30/09/2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Online	Fasting in different religious traditions - This webinar, organised by the Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations (QCCIR), will explore the spiritual significance of fasting. What can be learnt by those of us in a tradition that doesn't fast? QCCIR invites Friends and others to hear from two Quaker speakers: Eleanor Nesbitt from Coventry Meeting, and Janet Scott. There will [...]