by David Swain | 5 Jun, 2016
In this issue we welcome our new Yearly Meeting Secretary, Jacque Schultze. This is a good opportunity celebrate the many ways in which Friends serve each other and the wider community. We give thanks to Jude Pembleton who filled in after the sudden death of the...
by David Swain | 5 Jun, 2016
Judith Pembleton, Queensland Regional Meeting Jacqueline (Jacque) Schultze has accepted a contract to serve Friends as our AYM Secretary for the next four years, and will start that journey as a keenly-interested observer of her new role at this year’s Standing...
by David Swain | 5 Jun, 2016
Louise Giudici, The Friends’ School Hobart I have been at teacher at The Friends’ School Tasmania for 16 years. I teach Humanities, Comparative Religious Studies, Social Psychology and Sociology. I am the staff nominee to the School Board and also year 11/12...
by David Swain | 5 Jun, 2016
Alison Irving, New South Wales Regional Meeting Many people have heard of the idea of “Quaker” as a verb, as a way of being. I was asked to speak at Wahroonga about how my faith expressed my spirituality. Trying to understand how I “Quaker” on a daily basis was...
by David Swain | 5 Jun, 2016
Peter D. Jones. The Friends’ School, Hobart Quaker attitudes to education have obviously evolved over time, so a quick look at how these have changed is a good start. Initially in England and Ireland, the first schools reflected the period they were set up in. For a...
by David Swain | 5 Jun, 2016
In conversation with Rae Litting, New South Wales Regional Meeting Jan tells me his life is made of out of four components – music, boats, peace, and Quakers. He says that music is his passion. Jan started to learn to play the oboe, which he got for his 21st birthday,...
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