Wishing everyone happy and restful time over the Christmas and New Year period. This will be the final CEQ Newsfeed for 2025 – we’ll be back in the second week of January 2026. Read on for events and changes to meeting patterns over the festive period, and reflections on a Quaker approach to Christmas.

Special Events

The following meetings are holding special events over Christmas:

Changes to Usual Meeting Patterns

Midweek Meeting at Bull St will not be taking place on Wednesday 24th Dec or Wednesday 31st Dec. Midweek Meeting will resume from Wed 7th Jan 2026.

Guide to a Greener Christmas

What can you do to make your Christmas more environmentally friendly? Ecobirmingham (formerly a project of CEQ, now an independent charity) have some suggestions for presents, food, wrapping paper and decorations: Ecobirmingham guide to a greener Christmas

A Quaker Take on Christmas

Do Quakers celebrate Christmas? In a new blog, Rhiannon Grant reflects on how Quaker traditions and testimony influence how she marks the festive season: Is your Christmas simple, radical, spiritual?

And you can listen below to hear about different Quaker takes on the festive season, discuss why Quakers don’t traditionally celebrate Christmas (and how they sometimes do now), and explore ways to approach difficult conversations with family and friends.