Barbara Forbes reflects on the Church & Peace conference which took place at Bull St Quaker Meeting House on 23rd February: “Peace is not a fairy-tale – we have to work to make it happen”. This statement, by the late Read More …
Claire Bowman reports on a recent interfaith environmental event: On Sunday February 17th 45 people from different faiths and none gathered together at Birmingham Central Mosque for an afternoon ofconversation and presentations, interspersed with tea, cake and crafting. We learned Read More …
Sutton Coldfield Quaker meeting house was full on 22 November for a meeting with local MP, Andrew Mitchell. Update: this meeting recently received coverage in a Sutton Coldfield local newspaper. Read More …
Several Central England Quakers were very involved with Footsteps’ recent interfaith event ‘Tread Lightly on this Earth – Exploring Food, Faith & Living Sustainably’ Read More …
Donald Whitlock from Solihull Quaker Meeting reports on their participation in the Tree of Life Festival, including reflections on doing outreach in this way. Read More …
Chris Martin, Clerk to Central England Quakers’ Low Carbon Committment Forum, reports on a national event which highlighted the latest research and ideas for action on climate change. This report is an account of my personal experience of the European Read More …
Claire Bowman, Ecumenical and Interfaith Coordinator for Central England Quakers reports on a recent event in Birmingham: ‘Invest in Peace’. On Tuesday October 30th amid tight security I attended an extraordinary event at the Singers Hill Synagogue in Birmingham, organised Read More …
‘A Future for All … Implementing the Christian imperative to care for our World’, held on Saturday 14 July 2018, was the first ecumenical Eco Church conference and was organised by the Central England Quaker Low Carbon Commitment forum and Read More …
Quaker Mig Kerr reflects on sessions held recently at Coventry, where Quakers explored the idea of ‘God, Words & Us’: ‘God, words and us: Quakers in conversation about religious difference’ was recommended reading for BYM (Britain Yearly Meeting), principally because Read More …
Claire Bowman (Area Meeting Ecumenical and Interfaith Coordinator) gives her take on Quakers’ participation in Birmingham Pride 2018. Bus stops had rainbows on and an atmosphere of excitement pervaded the whole of Birmingham city centre on May 26th at the Read More …