Reflections on Yearly Meeting 2016

by | 4 Sep, 2016

A first-timer’s reflection Carol Thornton, Canberra Regional Meeting If I was to suggest one word that best described my experience of Yearly Meeting (YM), it would be “energising.” Elder Michael Searle’s suggestion that I attend the YM was appealing from the outset....

Yearly Meeting 2015 : A spirit-filled week.

by | 28 Feb, 2015

Felicity Rose, Tasmania Regional Meeting Another Yearly Meeting. Is it my fifteenth? The familiar posters and arrows lead me to the registration desk and glasses of ice cold water. The hugs and hellos begin. I find my room and am very pleased that it is on the cool...

Reflections from the Top End

by | 3 Mar, 2014

Neil Chadwick, Darwin Worshipping Group My main impression of the Yearly Meeting 2014 was that it was revolutionary. The rigid orthodoxy for years based on the principle that yearly meeting must be held in the first two weeks of January each year was seriously...

Quaker Peace Demonstration

by | 27 Feb, 2013

By Oliver Greeves, SANTRM. The Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC) General John Baker Complex is the Australian Defence Force’s high-security control centre for the military missions in which Australia is involved. Its proximity to Yearly Meeting 2013 in...