Barnt Green Quaker John West reflects on the film club that the meeting has recently started: When a new six foot wide screen appeared at Barnt Green Meeting House the idea of a cinema club was born. Several Attenders and Read More …
Stourbridge Quaker Diana Lampen reports from Ireland Yearly Meeting, held in Belfast 11th – 14th August 2022, as Representative of Britain Yearly Meeting: I was honoured to be appointed as Representative for Britain Yearly Meeting at Ireland Yearly Meeting (IYM) Read More …
Coventry Quaker Pete Duckworth reflects on an artwork hosted by the city’s cathedral, encouraging a different perspective on our shared Earth: You may be aware that Coventry is acting as UK City of Culture this year. However not all the Read More …
A small group of Central England Quakers continues to hold a silent vigil in St Philip’s Square each Wednesday afternoon. Selly Oak Quaker Cyril Bezant explains why he joins this act of witness (updated with links to further action): Why Read More …
Quaker Antony Barlow shares his new book which takes a personal look at the Friends Ambulance Unit, which treated wounded civilians and soldiers on both sides, during the Second World War: An Exacting Mistress – The Friends Ambulance Unit in Read More …
Claire Bowman reports from the recent Church & Peace AGM. The Church and Peace AGM was held by zoom this year due to Covid 19. This is an organisation of communities, training centres, peace organisations and peace service agencies as Read More …
Lin Barrington of Selly Oak Quaker Meeting has been volunteering at a local food bank during lockdown and gave this interview about her experience.
A reflection on offering ‘spiritual direction’ by Eleanor Jackson, a member of Cotteridge Quaker Meeting and a Woodbrooke Associate Tutor. This article was originally commissioned for ‘News from the Centre’, the next edition of which we hope can be printed Read More …
Something uplifting to read in these difficult times! This personal reflection by John Sheldon of Warwick Quaker Meeting was originally commissioned for ‘News from the Centre’, the next edition of which we hope can be printed later in the year. Read More …
Barbara Forbes reports on participation in Friends House Moscow (FHM) Board Meeting in November 2019. Quakers’ links to Russia go back to the 17th century, when Tsar Peter I (“the Great”) visited London, met some local Friends and attended Meeting Read More …