Norfolk & Waveney Area Quaker Rupert Read's article Resilience Required was published recently in The Friend Magazine. Here is the link for those who may not have seen it. https://thefriend.org/article/resilience-required-rupert-reads-thought-for-the-week

Six week course at Norwich Meeting House for Lent Quakers at Goat Lane are having an Ecumenical Bible Study during Lent on  "Divine Hilarity" led by John Myhill.  We will be considering those Bible passages which provide some insight into God's sense of humour, laughing with joy when viewing human attempts to live according to Divine guidance. I would be wonderful to have members of other churches share their insight with us. Goat Lane Meeting House is celebrating its 200th a

a personal view by John Myhill War, like  all violence and cruelty, is possible because those committing the  actions, do not believe, that those they hurt are properly human.  (This is easy to understand as most of us have at some time eaten animals, whilst ignoring the cruel treatment and terrible deaths of those we eat.)  The other main driver, is a sense of unfairness: "they" have done something terrible to us, so we have a right to do something terrible to them (the firs

Saturday 15th November 2025 Area Meeting takes place at Norwich Meeting House on Saturday 15 November.       There will be a discussion in the morning on Slavery and Reparation, to be introduced by a member of the Quaker Reparation Working Party.  We will open the doors for refreshments at 10am, begin the discussion in the Large Meeting Room at 1030am, finishing no later than 12.30pm. All welcome . The Meeting for Area Business begins at 1pm.

by John Myhill Over at least the last hundred years, each generation of parents, teachers, politicians, professionals and sales people; have increasingly refused to make young people over six years old  adult responsibilities for tasks at home, in school and in the community.  I first became aware of his amongst Quakers 50 years ago, and I foolishly followed the fashion. This goes against the entire history of Evolution, which develops in the young of every species, the genet

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