Area Business Meeting

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.

Any Member can attend these meetings and take part in decision making: if you are an attender and would like to attend, please ask an Elder or Pastoral Care Friend at your local meeting.  The meeting will be chaired by a Clerk, who will introduce items of business to be discussed, and allow questions to be asked.  Members of the meeting sit silently in worship, reflecting on the matter in hand and try to Discern the way forward. Read more about Quaker structures.

Read minutes of Central England Area Business Meetings from January 2019 onwards.

Find out how papers for each Area Business Meeting are gathered and distributed, and view an archive of papers to circulate from January 2020 onwards.

Upcoming Area Business Meetings:

When & Where Event
Area Meeting January 2024 27/01/2024
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
at Bull Street Quaker Meeting House, Birmingham, B4 6AF

Area Meeting January 2024

- 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 9th January. Any Member can attend these meetings and take part in decision making: if you are an attender and would like to attend, please ask [...]
Area Meeting March 2024 20/03/2024
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
at Hall Green Quaker Meeting House, Hall Green, Birmingham, B28 9BG

Area Meeting March 2024

- 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 5th March. Any Member can attend these meetings and take part in decision making: if you are an attender and would like to attend, please ask [...]
Area Meeting April 2024 27/04/2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
at Sutton Coldfield Quaker Meeting House, Sutton Coldfield, B73 6HD

Area Meeting April 2024

Workshop 10:00-13:00, Business 14:00-17:00 - An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop in the morning 10am-1pm, lunch, and then business 2pm-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 9th April. Any Member can attend these meetings and take [...]
Area Meeting May 2024 22/05/2024
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
at Selly Oak Meeting House, Birmingham, B29 6NB

Area Meeting May 2024

- 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 7th May. Any Member can attend these meetings and take part in decision making: if you are an attender and would like to attend, please ask [...]
Area Meeting June 2024 22/06/2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
at Cotteridge Meeting House, Birmingham, B30 1JB

Area Meeting June 2024

Workshop 10:00-13:00, Business 14:00-17:00 - An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop in the morning 10am-1pm, lunch, and then business 2pm-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 4th June. Any Member can attend these meetings and take [...]
Area Meeting July 2024 16/07/2024
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
at Warwick Quaker Meeting House, Warwick, CV34 4AX

Area Meeting July 2024

- 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 Sunday 30th June. Any Member can attend these meetings and take part in decision [...]
Devotional Area Meeting August 2024 17/08/2024
2:00 pm
at Hartshill Quaker Meeting House, Hartshill, CV10 0SG

Devotional Area Meeting August 2024

Fox @ 400 - A devotional Area Meeting, with no business, in which Quakers from across our area can worship together. This meeting for worship will also be a chance to mark the 400th anniversary of Quaker founder George Fox, who was born in Fenny Drayton, not far from Hartshill.  
Area Meeting September 2024 28/09/2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
at Stourbridge Quaker Meeting House, Stourbridge, DY8 1UR

Area Meeting September 2024

Workshop 10:00-13:00, Business 14:00-17:00 - An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop in the morning 10am-1pm, lunch, and then business 2pm-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 10th September. Any Member can attend these meetings and take [...]
Area Meeting October 2024 22/10/2024
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
at Bournville Quaker Meeting House, Bournville Birmingham, B30 1JT

Area Meeting October 2024

- 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 8th October. Any Member can attend these meetings and take part in decision making: if you are an attender and would like to attend, please ask [...]
Area Meeting November 2024 23/11/2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
at Bull St Quaker Meeting House, Birmingham, B4 6AF

Area Meeting November 2024

Workshop 10:00-13:00, Business 14:00-17:00 - An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop in the morning 10am-1pm, lunch, and then business 2pm-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 5th November. Any Member can attend these meetings and take [...]
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