by David Swain | 5 Jun, 2016
Duncan Frewin, Queensland Regional Meeting Yearly Meeting is coming up, and with it a week of business meetings that we commonly open with “Shall we begin with a few moments of silence?” And of course there are all the local or regional business meetings, the...
by David Swain | 5 Jun, 2016
Friends at Devonshire Street Meeting House, Surry Hills, Sydney, are seeking two Wardens for a 12-month period from the beginning of November 2016. The Wardens’ role is a voluntary one, and the Meeting supplies a semi-furnished 2-bedroom loft flat with services,...
by David Swain | 5 Jun, 2016
Margery Post Abbott will give the 2016 Backhouse Lecture, entitled Everyday Prophets, on the evening of Monday, July 4. This lecture is open to the public. The following is an extract from her writings for this lecture. “Faithfulness to the Inward Guide lifts us...
by David Swain | 5 Jun, 2016
Jackie Perkins, QSA Administrator Monitoring visits are always exciting and busy times. They also provide opportunities to see project achievements first hand, and develop further the relationship with project partners and participants on behalf of QSA. Details of...
by David Swain | 5 Jun, 2016
Sally Kingsland, Formerly Canberra Regional Meeting, Australia Yearly Meeting, now Strawberry Creek Monthly Meeting, Pacific Yearly Meeting (USA) In October 2015 I attended the Friends General Conference (FGC) Central Committee meeting in Maryland. I was invited as an...
by David Swain | 5 Jun, 2016
Vivienne Luke, Tasmania Regional Meeting I would definitely recommend the Becoming Friends online course to people new to Quakers and to those who wish to deepen their understanding of the history, spirituality and practices of Friends. First, a little background. In...
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