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.
Read minutes of Central England Area Business Meetings from January 2019 onwards.
Anyone who is part of our Quaker community can attend these meetings and take part in decision making: if you would like to take part for the first time, please speak to 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.
As well as making decisions, Area Meetings are an opportunity to share fellowship with Friends from other Local Meetings: to “meet together and know one another in that which is eternal”. Several of our Area Meetings each year will be preceded by a workshop or other activity in the morning to help us explore an aspect of Quaker faith and practice. We will also have some Area Meetings that are simply a Meeting for Worship, with no business.
Upcoming Area Meetings:
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24/04/2026 4:30 pm - 9:00 pm at Selly Oak Quaker Meeting House, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6NB |
Area Meeting April 2026Meeting for Worship (no business) plus Curry & Ceilidh - An all-age devotional area meeting - an opportunity for Quakers across our area to come together for worship, and to build community, without formal business. Arrivals from 4pm Parachute games in the garden for all ages 4.30-5pm Curry 5-6pm Area Meeting for Worship to prepare Hearts and Minds for Britain Yearly Meeting 6-7pm. There will [...] |
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30/05/2026 10:45 am - 5:00 pm at Hartshill Quaker Meeting House, Hartshill, CV10 0SG |
Area Meeting May 2026Workshop 10:45-12:45, Business 14:00-17:00 - An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop in the morning 10.45am-12.45pm (arrivals and drinks from 10:15am), lunch which will be provided, and then business meeting 2pm-5pm. 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. Agenda [...] |
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24/06/2026 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Hall Green Quaker Meeting House, Hall Green, Birmingham, B28 9BG |
Area Meeting June 2026- 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. Deadline for agenda items 10th June. Download directions and a map to Hall Green Meeting House. Anyone who is part of our Quaker community can attend these meetings and [...] |
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25/07/2026 10:45 am - 5:00 pm at Warwick Quaker Meeting House, Warwick, CV34 4AX |
Area Meeting July 2026Workshop 10:45-12:45, Business 14:00-17:00 - An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop in the morning 10.45am-12.45pm (arrivals and drinks from 10:15am), lunch which will be provided, and then business meeting 2pm-5pm. 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. Agenda [...] |
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22/08/2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm at Barnt Green & Redditch Quaker Meeting House, Barnt Green, B45 8NR |
Area Meeting August 2026Meeting for Worship 14:00-15:00 (no business) with guided walk in the morning - An opportunity for Quakers across our area to come together for worship (sometimes called a 'devotional area meeting'). There will be no business, simply a Meeting for Worship, and the opportunity for fellowship with Friends from other Local Meetings. Our worship will be preceded by a guided walk and picnic in Lickey Hills. More details [...] |
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26/09/2026 10:45 am - 5:00 pm at Stourbridge Quaker Meeting House, Stourbridge, DY8 1UR |
Area Meeting September 2026Workshop 10:45-12:45, Business 14:00-17:00 - An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop in the morning 10.45am-12.45pm (arrivals and drinks from 10:15am), lunch will be provided at 1pm, and then business meeting 2pm-5pm. 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 [...] |
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28/10/2026 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Cotteridge Quaker Meeting House, Birmingham, B30 1JB |
Area Meeting October 2026- 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 14th October. Anyone who is part of our Quaker community can attend these meetings and take part in decision making: if you would like to take [...] |
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28/11/2026 10:45 am - 5:00 pm at Bull Street Quaker Meeting House, Birmingham, B4 6AF |
Area Meeting November 2026Workshop 10:45-12:45, Business 14:00-17:00 - An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop in the morning 10.45am-12.45pm (arrivals and drinks from 10:15am), lunch which will be provided, and then business meeting 2pm-5pm. 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. [...] |