At the heart of faith is the longing to know the unknowable and endlessly mysterious infinite often called God. Church is important, but more important for me is prayer, often alone and silent. Quakers call it waiting on God or listening for the inner voice, but it doesn’t really matter what you call it. The … Message from EORG for Sunday meeting 15th May 2022
The Swarthmore Lecture 2021 was entitled Kinder Ground: Creating Space for Truth, by Thomas Penny. When he wrote this, we none of us knew what was going to happen in 2022. In Chapter 8 he says: kinder ground is what we need to create and nurture to help our search for the truth. Away from … Message from EORG for Sunday meeting 8th May 2022
One of the early Quaker testimonies was the refusal to use titles (Mr, Mrs, Lord, etc), addressing others only by their Christian and family names. That was a challenge to the convention that John Smith would be addressed as “Mr Smith” if he was a social superior and ‘John’ if he was considered an inferior. … Beginnings and endings – by David Hitchin
At the February meeting for worship for church affairs (to give ‘business meeting’ its full title) the subject of Quaker jargon was aired. In case helpful, particularly to those newer to the Society of Friends, here’s a bit of demystifying: Meeting Usually means either the group of us associated with local Meeting (for us Lewes … Quaker jargon – by Chris Lawson
I found two interesting items in ‘The Friend’, 06.04.2018. Quaker Life advertised for an ‘Engaging Young Adult Quakers Project Officer’. The advert says: ‘Young adults have been less visible in the Religious Society of Friends in recent decades. The way they relate to Quakerism is changing. To respond to these changes, Britain yearly Meeting has … Quakers and diversity by Nancy Wall
The Quaker way of doing business is often cited as one of the important techniques that Quakers can offer the world. By this we do not, of course, mean something that can be taught at – say – the Harvard Business School that will make us as commercially successful as the Quaker chocolate makers, shoemakers, … Doing business the Quaker way – by Bob Harwood
Since the Lewes local meeting website launched in October of 2016, regular updates have been made to the information we share with the public on-line. Have you had a look around the website recently? In the first 11 months of 2017, there were 3,465 “hits” to our website, or an average of 10 per day. … Reflections on the website – by Liz Brooks
Ella and I attended Junior Yearly Meeting as the representatives of East Sussex at the end of July this year. Ella was also a Base Group Facilitator and part of organising Junior Yearly Meeting. We were grateful to Local and Area meeting for their support in enabling us to attend. Thanks especially to Sue for … Report for Junior Yearly Meeting 2017
Me and Louis attended Senior Conference where we explored the theme of diversity within Quakerism. We heard from speakers Tony Clapp, Sam Walton and a representative from Quaker World Relations Committee, who told us about the variation in Quaker meetings within different countries, showing that being a Quaker can mean very different things to different … Report from Senior Conference 2017
We do not own the world, and its riches are not ours to dispose of at will. Show a loving consideration for all creatures, and seek to maintain the beauty and variety of the world. Work to ensure that our increasing power over nature is used responsibly, with reverence for life.” Advices and queries 42 from Quaker faith … Living sustainably – by Louisa Wright
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