These sessions provide an opportunity to spend time with Friends from across the region in fellowship, conversation and craft. You can bring along a craft project you currently have on the go, or alternatively just join us for the chat!
Friday 12 January 10am-11.30am
Friday 9 February 10am-11.30am
Friday 8 March 10am-11.30am
Friday 12 April 10am-11.30am
To attend one or all of these sessions, please register here.
The first session of 2024 will follow our usual format, where we’ll hear from a speaker and have time for questions and discussion afterwards:
Monday 15 January at 7pm: Caroline Series (Warwick LM) and Jonathan Riddell (Alton LM) on Quaker Concern Over Population (QCOP): register here.
The following two sessions will provide a space to share our current experiences of our climate justice and sustainability work, both as individuals and in our Quaker communities. These conversations will be organised around the following themes:
Monday 26 February at 7pm: CONNECTION AND COALITION: How, as Quakers, can we build partnerships and networks with like-minded groups, and show up as allies in the climate justice movement? To join this session, please register here.
Monday 15 April at 7pm: SPIRITUAL NURTURE: How can our Quakerism support us in our personal and collective spiritual responses to the climate crisis? And how might we nurture the spirit of living in right relationship with the earth in our Quaker communities? If you’d like to come along, please register here.
The year 2024 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of George Fox, one of the founders of Quakerism.
In this series of sessions, we’ll be considering how the lives and spiritual discoveries of early Friends can inspire and challenge us today. Together, we’ll be exploring such questions as: What aspect of Quakerism inspires us most? Where might we expect to hear prophetic voices in our community today? What was it about early Quaker communities that empowered Friends to act as they did, and how might we support one another in our spiritual journeys and witness now?
These sessions are open to everyone, from those who are new to Quakerism to Friends who’ve been part of the furniture for decades.
The sessions will be organized around the following themes. You’re welcome to come along to one or to all of the sessions:
Thursday 18 January 10.30am-11.30am: INSPIRATION
Thursday 15 February 10.30am-11.30am: PROPHECY
Thursday 21 March 10.30am-11.30am: COMMUNITY
To attend one or all of these sessions, please register here