by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2014
Jenny Turton, Children and JYF Coordinator The Silver Wattle Easter Family Gathering was held between Friday 18 and Monday 21April. The theme of this gathering was “Quirky Quakers: Past, Present and Future”. It was very capably facilitated by Junior Young...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2014
Jackie Perkins, QSA Administrator The right to education is a fundamental one for children, yet for many of the schools in areas where QSA works, circumstances prevent the children from getting the most from their studies because they simply are too hungry or sleepy...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2014
David Johnson’s book is undoubtedly a significant contribution to our understanding of prayer, but one that will speak to the condition of some Quakers more than others. With this in mind, the editors of The Australian Friend have commissioned two reviews in an...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2014
In the first decades of the 19th Century, the Society of Friends was “blessed” with three great theologians; Elias Hicks (1748-1830), Joseph John Gurney (1788-1847) and Isaac Crewdson (1780-1844). The differences between the theologies of these three men (and their...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2014
Ray Williamson, ordained minister in the Anglican Church, served as the general secretary of the NSW Ecumenical Council from 1986 till 2007. The book was launched in Sydney in April 2014. Ray said at the launch that writing the book “was a good retirement...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2014
Wies Schuiringa, NSW Regional Meeting For almost 15 years, I have been part of the NSW Ecumenical Council and the Social Justice Network at the NCCA (National Council of Churches in Australia) as a Quaker representative. In between meetings, I have put in...
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