by David Swain | 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....
by David Swain | 3 Sep, 2015
Rosie Remmerswaal, Quakers in Aotearoa New Zealand With curiosity and enthusiasm, I travelled to Melbourne. I felt treasured to be chosen to represent Aotearoa Young Friends at Australian Yearly Meeting and Young Friends Camp, and valued this brilliant opportunity....
by David Swain | 28 Feb, 2015
Sally Kingsland, Canberra Regional Meeting The place of young people in our Australian Quaker community has been of great interest, and some concern, to me for many years. It has been a question of direct personal relevance as I have journeyed as a committed spiritual...
by David Swain | 3 Mar, 2014
To friends everywhere Greetings from Australian Friends, meeting in the undulating bushland setting of the Nathan campus of Griffith University in Brisbane, situated on the traditional lands of the Yuggerah people. The temperature on the day of arrival for our Yearly...
by David Swain | 3 Mar, 2014
Maddy Walker, Tasmania Regional Meeting Tracy Bourne’s Backhouse Lecture Our life is love, and peace, and tenderness: Bringing children into the centre of Quaker life and worship follows in a series of Backhouse lectures calling us to rethink the ways children are...
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