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:
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27/04/2024 10:00 am - 5:00 pm at Sutton Coldfield Quaker Meeting House, Sutton Coldfield, B73 6HD |
Area Meeting April 2024Workshop 10:30-12:30, Business 14:00-17:00 - An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop in the morning 10.30am-12.30pm (arrivals from 10am) entitled 'Our Area Meeting - developing and shaping our future together'. Lunch will be provided and over lunch there will be an activity around sustainability. The Meeting for Worship for business will be from 2pm-5pm. Our Area Business Meeting is a [...] |
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22/05/2024 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Selly Oak Meeting House, Birmingham, B29 6NB |
Area Meeting May 2024- Our Meeting for Worship for Business will be from 6-9pm and sandwiches, cakes and drinks will be provided from 5pm. From 4.30pm there will be an opportunity to make a re-useable name badge to replace single-use stickers. Our Area Business Meeting is a special type of Meeting for Worship used to make decisions: from how [...] |
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22/06/2024 10:00 am - 5:00 pm at Cotteridge Meeting House, Birmingham, B30 1JB |
Area Meeting June 2024Workshop 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 [...] |
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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 [...] |
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17/08/2024 2:00 pm at Hartshill Quaker Meeting House, Hartshill, CV10 0SG |
Devotional Area Meeting August 2024Fox @ 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. |
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28/09/2024 10:00 am - 5:00 pm at Stourbridge Quaker Meeting House, Stourbridge, DY8 1UR |
Area Meeting September 2024Workshop 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 [...] |
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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 [...] |
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23/11/2024 10:00 am - 5:00 pm at Bull St Quaker Meeting House, Birmingham, B4 6AF |
Area Meeting November 2024Workshop 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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