Dear Friends, The first question given to the working groups which were asked to suggest how the new rooms in the Meeting House should be set up, was “Who will … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 26th February 2023
Dear Friends, The recent testimony to the life of Mary Roslin from Hastings Meeting contains the following:Mary had the gift of Patience, a capacity to Forebear and an innate Goodness … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 19th February 2023
Dear Friends, In 2015, three years before I discovered Quakers, a hope for the future was painted by Quakers in Britain, named “Our faith in the future”. Six themes were … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 12th February 2023
Dear Friends The Narnia books by C. S. Lewis are about children who sometimes enter a magical land where the animals speak, and where there is a cosmic battle between … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 5th February 2023
Dear Friends In Spring 1994, the dramatist Dennis Potter was interviewed on TV by Melvyn Bragg. Potter was gravely ill, with terminal cancer of the pancreas and liver, and died … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 29th January 2023
Dear Friends, I have always loved the day some people call ‘ Christmas Day’ and have always thought of it as a celebration of Jesus Christ’s Birthday, whether it is … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 22nd January 2023
Dear Friends, The annual “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity”, January 18-25, which is observed in many countries, is here again and Caroline Pybus, who has been involved locally with … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 15th January 2023
Dear Friends, Several apparently unconnected bits of news in the last few days have sent me musing on the nature of authority and the maintenance of coherence in societies and … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 8th January 2023
Dear Friends, As with so many good stories, the story of Jesus’s birth exists in many different versions. Luke’s Gospel has shepherds and angels, and Matthew’s has wise men, a … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 1st January 2023
Dear Friends, Minding our Language “If we are to live with integrity, we need to be clear in our communication. Using precise language can be a part of our witness … Message from the Pastoral Care and Eldership Team (PaCET) for Sunday Meeting 25th December 2022