The organisers of the annual meeting of Quakers in Britain, Yearly Meeting Gathering, have announced that this year’s event in Bath in 08/2014 is so full that people not booked to attend must not come. Over 1,900 people are booked to attend the event, meaning that the number of Quakers gathered together in Britain will…
by Eleanor Coss Quaker Meetings for Worship are one of the things I find hardest to explain to people who have never experienced them. It sounds so dull: you sit in silence for an hour and try very hard not to think about what you’re going to have for lunch. Then someone stands up and…
This ministry on Quaker Business Method was prepared for the opening session of British Quakers’ Yearly Meeting Gathering in 07/2011 and has been edited for Nayler. By Rachel Swancott There will be an introduction to an item during a Quaker Meeting for Worship for Business, for example and Area Meeting event or a membership application,…
The text below was prepared as ministry for the British Quakers’ Yearly Meeting Gathering event in 08/2011. by Maud Grainger Words such as connectedness, love, sharing, testimony – words  are easy to say, words fly out of our mouths all the time. We speak, write, listen and think words. Its easy to say what we…
by Jez Smith Remarkably, I’m still living off of the buzz of our Yearly Meeting Gathering, during which Quakers decided to become low carbon sustainable communities. And this is despite setbacks along our way. Be and queue Since I last wrote, our landlady has agreed to pay for some measures to increase the insulation in…
By Anna Sharman Jez has asked if others were considering how to take steps towards being part of a low carbon sustainable community after Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG). I find myself feeling all fired up by YMG and the minute committing us to becoming a low carbon sustainable community, but less sure about what happens…
Welcome to the podcast series from Nayler, from Yearly Meeting Gathering 2011, the annual meeting of Quakers in Britain. This podcast includes a chat with special guest Sharon Langridge, plus an interview with Robert Almond who is about to raise money for the Hlekweni training college in Zimbabwe. There’s also an interview with Oliver Robertson,…
Welcome to the podcast series from Nayler, from Yearly Meeting Gathering 2011, the annual meeting of Quakers in Britain. This podcast contains an extended interview with John Marsh, who has a concern about finance and how we use our Meeting Houses. Thanks for listening! Click here to listen to podcast #5.
The 2011 Swarthmore Lecture by Pam Lunn , reviewed by Jez Smith. Costing not less than everything: sustainability and spirituality in challenging times, the Swarthmore Lecture 2011. “The task may appear impossible We must take the first step.” Australia Yearly Meeting epistle 2011, paraphrasing Pablo Casals. When hundreds or thousands of Quakers gather for their Yearly…
Welcome to the podcast series from Nayler. This podcast doesn’t have any updates from Yearly Meeting Gathering 2011, the annual meeting of Quakers in Britain. Instead, there is an extensive interview with Geoffrey Durham, author of Being a Quaker: a guide for newcomers, published by Quaker Quest. Being a Quaker is launched at Yearly Meeting…