by Mark J | 4 Mar, 2013
By Wies Schuiringa and Mark Johnson, New South Wales Regional Meeting. Dear Friends, Welcome to the first edition of the Australian Friend for 2013. This edition contains mostly reports, commentary and reflections from Yearly Meeting (YM) which was held in Canberra...
by Mark J | 1 Mar, 2013
By Dorothy Benyei, Victoria Regional Meeting. From attending Meeting for Worship occasionally for many years (our older son had “found” Friends at the age of thirteen), I became a regular Attender at both Meetings for Worship and Meetings for Worship for Business in...
by Mark J | 1 Mar, 2013
Greetings from Australian Friends in Canberra (meeting place in the language of the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the land). Summer School study themes, climate change, sustainable living, the role of elders, and compassionate communication, provided the...
by Mark J | 1 Mar, 2013
Good morning everyone, we’re going to read to you the 2013 Children’s Epistle. At the start of the week, we were just getting to know each other. We were practically hiding in the corners. Soon things started to warm up with the cooperative games such as...
by Mark J | 1 Mar, 2013
On Sunday, 5 January 2013, many Junior Young Friends from around Australia gathered in friendship to celebrate the 53rd Yearly Meeting of Australian Friends on the University of Canberra campus. We came together using theatrical games or ‘theatre sports’ to...
by Mark J | 1 Mar, 2013
To Friends everywhere. Fourteen Young Friends met at Silver Wattle Quaker Centre between 29 December 2012 and 5 January 2013. We came by motorcycle, train, car and plane; from diverse locations; some for the first and some for the umpteenth time. We were excited to...
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