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Christmas Parcels Appeal 2024 - Many thanks to those who have already donated to the Quaker Christmas Parcels appeal 2024. A reminder that early donations by the ordering date, 23rd October 2024, are especially helpful. Quaker Christmas Parcels provides food for those known to the… Continue Reading The future of our BYM central committees - Final call: feedback requested by this Sunday (13th October 2024) to contribute to discernment about the future of our central committee structure. In 2023 Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) started thinking about how we might change our committee structure to make… Continue Reading West Midlands Church Leaders summit - Claire Bowman reports on this recent ecumenical gathering: I’m very happy to have represented Central England Quakers at this year’s West Midlands Church Leaders Summit, which took place at Holland House in Cropthorne on the 29th and 30th of September.… Continue Reading Climate Action every Wednesday - A regular silent vigil is held by Quakers every Wednesday 1:30 - 1:45pm outside St Phillips Cathedral, central Birmingham. Then at 2pm at the nearby Peace Hub, there is a letter writing session for climate prisoners. Vigil - Concern about the… Continue Reading
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- Midlands Green Quakers 15/10/2024 Online. Ecological Spirituality - Trunk – 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…
- Fundraising Quiz - Toilet Twinning 19/10/2024 at Bournville Quaker Meeting House, Bournville Birmingham. – Bournville Friends invite you to help us raise funds to twin at least one of our toilets. Please join in our fun QUIZ – and you will learn more about toilets than you ever thought possible! Refreshments available. Teams made up on the day or bring your friends – all…
- Friends' Cinema 19/10/2024 at Barnt Green & Redditch Quaker Meeting House, Barnt Green. Western about a gunslinger and a Quaker nurse – Barnt Green & Redditch Quakers invite you to join them at their monthly film showing. All welcome. This month: a classic western, which tells the story of an injured gunfighter (John Wayne), nursed back to health by a Quaker nurse (Gail Russell) and her family. Influenced by Quaker principles of…
- Earth-friendly ways with food 20/10/2024 at Cotteridge Meeting House, Birmingham. – Cotteridge Quakers invite you to join this talk after Meeting for Worship, followed by a vegan bring a share lunch. John Marshall and Sarah Benn, retired GP will talk about how by making simple food-choice changes we can significantly reduce our carbon footprint. Meeting for Worship at Cotteridge is 10:30…
- Friends Cinema with Council of Christians & Jews 20/10/2024 at Barnt Green & Redditch Quaker Meeting House, Barnt Green. Adaptation of Martin Amis novel about Rudolf Höss and Auschwitz. – In conjunction with the Council of Christians & Jews (B’ham branch) Barnt Green friends are showing this highly acclaimed film, written and directed by Jonathan Glazer. Loosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis, it focuses on the life of Rudolf Höss and his family, who live in a…
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