by David Swain | 3 Dec, 2017
Andrew Brion, Victoria Regional Meeting In the new Victorian Friends’ Centre (VFC) a group has started to meet each fortnight. The group is convened by David Parris and we meet for ninety minutes, being three half hours of: silent worship; contemplation and writing;...
by David Swain | 3 Dec, 2017
Ann Zubrick, West Australia Regional Meeting Recently, while I was visiting friends and colleagues in Hong Kong, I was described as “one of the generation of children of the British Empire”. I’d not previously thought of myself in quite those terms although I...
by David Swain | 3 Dec, 2017
David Evans, South Australia and Northern Territory Regional Meeting I’m sad that people fight in wars Because they can’t agree I’m sad for those who die so young With sights they’ve never seen I’m sad for those who are betrayed Never to be fulfilled I’m sad for those...
by David Swain | 3 Dec, 2017
Jackie Perkins, QSA Administrator One of the key dates in the Australian Council For International Development (ACFID) year is the Annual General Meeting. This is part of a two-day conference in November, held this year in Melbourne. It is a wonderful opportunity to...
by David Swain | 3 Dec, 2017
Peter Webb, South Australia and Northern Territory Regional Meeting Some Friends may remember that I was commissioned by SANTRM to write some music for the 2010 AYM, which was held in Adelaide in January of that year. As things turned out, I produced two sets of...
by David Swain | 3 Dec, 2017
Bee Beeby, New South Wales Regional Meeting Nancy Shelley was a long-time and treasured member of the Blue Mountains meeting. She died in 2011, and after a long and complex process of court determinations, a legacy bequeathed by her to the Quaker community was deemed...
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