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Central England Quakers is a group of Quaker Meetings within the Midlands: including the cities of Birmingham and Coventry, the Black Country, and the surrounding areas.  Join us for Meeting for Worship, and to experience friendship and community.

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Midlands Green Quakers Autumn / Winter 2024 programme - Midlands Green Quakers is a peer support group for any Friends concerned about Climate Justice. It is open to the whole of the Midlands region (including CEQ), and is convened by Sarah Shaw, the East Midlands Local Development Worker. Sarah… Continue Reading
George Fox Exhibition at Coventry - Find out more about how George Fox and the early Quakers created a social and spiritual revolution in 17th Century England that is still resonating around the globe. The Chapel of Unity at Coventry Cathedral is hosting a display created… Continue Reading
people on a video call Online Meeting for Worship hosted by Warwick - Meg Harper and Dave Rawcliffe of Warwick Quaker Meeting, invite Friends to join a regular Sunday-evening online worship. Online Meeting for Worship 7.45 to 8.45 on Sunday evenings. Currently there are just three regular attenders, but we continue to feel… Continue Reading
Historic Quaker journals available for exhibitions - Stourbridge Meeting has copies of the original editions of George Fox’s Journal and Epistles, the Collected Works of William Penn, and Besse’s Sufferings of the People called Quakers, with a few other early Quaker books.   If any other Meeting in Central… Continue Reading
Pause for Thought: Living Simply - Central England Quaker Rhiannon Grant recently appeared on BBC Radio 2's Pause for thought, reflecting on the idea of 'sacrifice' and Advices & Queries 41 "A simple lifestyle freely chosen is a source of strength." You can listen online below,… Continue Reading

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Events

  • Fox Fell 400 at Swarthmoor Hall Fox Fell 400 at Swarthmoor Hall 15/07/2024 - 20/07/2024 at Swarthmoor Hall, Ulverston. – A week-long celebration to mark the 400th anniversary of George Fox’s birth. Swarthmoor Hall, the cradle of Quakerism, has been going through exciting renovations and re-interpretation and this will be the first chance to see the Hall, gardens, and the rest of the site after the completion of some of…

  • Area Meeting July 2024 Area Meeting July 2024 16/07/2024 at Warwick Quaker Meeting House, Warwick. – Food will be provided before the meeting from 5pm. Our Area Business Meeting is a special type of Meeting for Worship used to make decisions: from how Quakers spend our money, to adopting a Concern. Agenda items deadline 2nd July.  We suggest that Local Meetings hold their business meetings on…

  • Quaker Retreat: Experiencing Shakespeare 22/07/2024 - 26/07/2024 at Charney Manor, Oxfordshire. – John Lampen of Stourbridge Meeting is leading this retreat at Charney Manor Quaker centre. There are still some places available for this year’s Experiencing Shakespeare course, this includes tickets to The Merry Wives of Windsor and As You Like It  at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.  View a flyer for the event.…

  • Yearly Meeting 2024 26/07/2024 - 30/07/2024 at Online and at Friends House, London. – Yearly Meeting (YM) is our annual opportunity for Quakers across Britain to come together in worship, learning and inspiration.  Britain Yearly Meeting 2024 will take place in London over the weekend of 26–30 July. This year, we will ask Friends to consider Integrity and Truth and we will discern Yearly…

  • Hiroshima Day Service 2024 Hiroshima Day Service 2024 06/08/2024 at Coventry Cathedral, Coventry. – Lord Mayor of Coventry's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation invite you to a service of reflection for Hiroshima Day 2024. Coventry Quakers have long supported this event to remember those affected by the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and promote reconciliation. All are welcome at Coventry Cathedral. A message…

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