Dear Friends, Yearly Meeting begins this weekend with a week of wide-ranging online events, followed next weekend, May 27-30, with the main sessions. These will be in Friends House though … Message from EORG for Sunday Meeting 22nd May 2022
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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Report from Senior Conference 2017