On Saturday 27th May, Quakers are invited to join other Christians in celebration and affirmation of LGBTQ+ folks and the gift they/we are to communities of faith, spirituality and justice. On the day there are 2 meeting points for you Read More …
Fran Wilde reports on a session exploring digital communication in our Quaker Meetings, held in the morning before November Area Meeting: Digital tools for personal and group communication are a constantly shifting arena. How confident are we in using them? Read More …
Mina Tilt, Treasurer of the Quaker Christmas Parcels Committee, invites Friends to support the appeal and parcel packing for 2022. Quaker Christmas Parcels first distributed food to the families of prisoners in December 1963. As we enter our 60th year Read More …
Final update, including six ways that Quaker Meetings can get involved. The Commonwealth Games will be held in Birmingham, with events also taking place in Coventry, Sandwell, Warwick and Wolverhampton, from Thursday 28 July to Monday 8 August 2022. Birmingham Read More …
During 2021 CEQ Climate Emergency Action has been supporting the relaunch of Footsteps’ Small Footsteps programme for youngsters aged 8-13. This has been both with the offer of financial support from the CEQ CEA budget and efforts by individual Quakers. Read More …
Anne Giles of Bournville Quakers, and Roderick Keefe of CEQ Outreach Committee are seeking some extra helpers for Heritage Open Day (HOD) on 11th September 2021: Bournville Quaker Meeting House has opened for the September Heritage Day very successfully for Read More …
Quaker Meetings are invited to join the Rise to the Moment relay from the G7 in Cornwall to COP26 in Glasgow. This November, world leaders are meeting in Glasgow for important climate negotiations (called COP26 – the 26th Conference of Read More …
CIGB (Churches and Industry Group Birmingham and Solihull) provides teams of Workplace Chaplains who visit people in their place of work to offer friendship and to listen. Their support is unconditional, non-judgemental, independent and confidential. Quakers are represented on the Read More …
Churches Together in Birmingham City Centre are offering a virtual ‘walk of witness’ this Good Friday, reflecting on the Stations of the Cross. There are details on the website of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, as well as a link to Read More …
After a year without our printed newsletter, Central England Quakers Communications Committee has produced a new edition of News from the Centre for February 2021. Barbara Groombridge, Convenor of CEQ Communications Committee writes: I am delighted to offer this Newsletter Read More …