Events

You are warmly invited to join Quakers at events shown in the list below. Click on the name of an event for more information.

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Jul 2024

When & Where Event
26/07/2024 - 30/07/2024
All Day
at Online and at Friends House, London, NW1 2BJ
Yearly Meeting 2024
- Yearly Meeting (YM) is our annual opportunity for Quakers across Britain to come together in worship, learning and inspiration.  Britain Yearly Meeting 2024 will take place in London over the weekend of 26–30 July. This year, we will ask Friends to consider Integrity and Truth and we will discern Yearly Meetings formal role in steering [...]

Aug 2024

When & Where Event
Hiroshima Day Service 2024 06/08/2024
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm
at Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, CV1 5FB
Hiroshima Day Service 2024
- Lord Mayor of Coventry's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation invite you to a service of reflection for Hiroshima Day 2024. Coventry Quakers have long supported this event to remember those affected by the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and promote reconciliation. All are welcome at Coventry Cathedral. A message of friendship exchange between the [...]
Devotional Area Meeting August 2024 17/08/2024
2:00 pm
at Hartshill Quaker Meeting House, Hartshill, CV10 0SG
Devotional Area Meeting August 2024
Fox @ 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. The Meeting House will be open from 11.30am for [...]
Friends' Cinema 17/08/2024
7:00 pm
at Barnt Green & Redditch Quaker Meeting House, Barnt Green, B45 8NR
Friends' Cinema
Ealing comedy set on the railways - Barnt Green & Redditch Quakers invite you to join them at their monthly film showing. All welcome. This month: 1953 Ealing comedy about an ancient railway line under threat of closure.  The village residents come to the rescue by buying the line, running it themselves and coming into competition with the local bus company. (T- [...]

Sep 2024

When & Where Event
The Life & Work of George Fox 07/09/2024
10:30 am
at Coventry Quaker Meeting House, Coventry, CV1 4AN
The Life & Work of George Fox
- An illustrated talk about the life and work of George Fox, with readings from his journal. George Fox was one of the founders of Quakerism, and Friends are currently marking the 400th anniversary of his birth. Refreshments available and participants are invited to contribute towards our building project. There will also be a chance to [...]
17/09/2024
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Online
Midlands Green Quakers
Ecological Spirituality - Roots - Midlands Green Quakers is a network of Friends from across the region who share a concern about the climate and ecological emergency. For our autumn series of Zoom sessions, we’ll explore how our love for the earth is intertwined with our spiritual lives. Each month will draw upon imagery of different parts of a tree, [...]
Friends' Cinema 21/09/2024
7:00 pm
at Barnt Green & Redditch Quaker Meeting House, Barnt Green, B45 8NR
Friends' Cinema
Mozart’s opera about princes, princesses and monsters - Barnt Green & Redditch Quakers invite you to join them at their monthly film showing. All welcome. This month: Mozart’s well-known opera in which a handsome prince, lost in a foreign land, is pursued by a monster.  Three mysterious ladies kill the monster, rescue the prince and give him a picture of a princess, daughter [...]
Area Meeting September 2024 28/09/2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
at Stourbridge Quaker Meeting House, Stourbridge, DY8 1UR
Area Meeting September 2024
Workshop 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 and drinks from 10am), lunch which will be provided, 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 [...]
Visit-Another-Meeting-Sundays 29/09/2024
All Day
at Quaker Meetings across Central England , ,
Visit-Another-Meeting-Sundays
- At recent CEQ events the need to build fellowship by worshipping with other Meetings has been a recurring topic of discussion. Elders and Pastoral Friends Support Group would like to suggest an informal intervisitation plan in response to this need. 5th Sundays in a month are extra Sundays – let’s use them! Let’s call them… Visit-Another-Meeting-Sundays. And on 5th Sundays in (the rest of) 2023 and 2024 encourage Friends and Meetings to go visiting.
29/09/2024
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
at Cotteridge Park, Birmingham, B30 2HG
Campfire Quaker Meeting
- Cotteridge Children and Young People's Meeting invite you to come and experience a Quaker Meeting around the campfire. Suitable for all ages. What to expect: A few minutes of quiet at the start. Activities exploring Quaker values of peace, equality, truth and simplicity. Marshmallows and popcorn!  
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