Dear Friends, A few months ago I wrote here about my visceral discomfort when Quakers overuse the term ‘God’. I know the origins of Quakerism are a wish to worship … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 6th September 2026
Dear Friends, Lately I’ve been thinking more specifically than usual about age and all the implications, possibilities, and difficulties to be encountered. It’s mostly depressing, I admit, but I have … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 30th August 2026
Dear Friends, I am very glad that Quakers do not have a creed or set of rules to comply with. For me, I see it instead as us following our … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 23rd August 2026
Dear Friends, A comment I seem to have heard often recently is “Meeting is not satisfying my spiritual needs these days”. A natural consequence is that the person stops coming. … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 15th August 2026
Dear Friends, Recently I have been spending more time with my local meeting in Haywards Heath. Two Friends asked if they could meet with me to talk about becoming members. … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 9th August 2026
Dear Friends, In 1985 Alice Wiser said, “Each of us is responsible for our own actions and reactions. We are not responsible for someone else’s actions and reactions.” (Quaker Faith … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 2nd August 2026
Dear Friends, It is part of our commitment as members of the Religious Society of Friends that we try to live our lives under the guidance of the Spirit. Whatever … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 19th July 2026
Dear Friends, The sense of the meeting The unity we seek depends on the willingness of us all to seek the truth in each other’s utterances; on our being open … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 5th July 2026
Dear Friends, I have learned to reject everything that can be said in words about ‘God’ claiming to be absolute truth, but I have learned that words, inadequate as they … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 27th June 2026
Dear Friends, Upon achieving enlightenment, the Buddha’s first words were said to be: “O builder of this house, you are seen; you shall not build a house again. For your … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 21st June 2026
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