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Lesley Grahame
Quakers join first global week of action for peace and climate justice
https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/quakers-join-first-global-week-of-action-for-peace-and-climate-justice
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Churches join 2024 Chain of Prayer for Norwich
The Friends Meeting House in Upper Goat Lane in Norwich provided the setting for this year’s annual Ecumenical Chain of Prayer which...
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The women of Swarthmoor Hall
https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/the-women-of-swarthmoor-hall
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Book Review
by Toni Berry Norwich Local Meeting Wisdom Jesus (2008) by Cynthia Bourgeault and Putting on the Mind of Christ (2000) by Jim Marion...
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December 2023. An Open Letter from the Inter-Faith Environment Forum about COP 28
Norfolk Interfaith group was founded on the initiative of Fazlun Khalid, who is the Founder Islamic Foundation for Ecology and...
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How can we Take Happiness into the World of the Future?
21st November 7.30 – 9.30pm Norwich Quakers Sustainability Group will be hosting a workshop, one of the events in the Possitopia Festival...
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Spirituality and Quakerism
David reflects on ‘a sense of mystery … a collective dream … a shared, unconscious experience with others which cannot be rationally...
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fuzzwahoo
News of Quakers throughout the world
https://www.qcea.org/around-europe-396-out-now/ QCEA , the Quaker Council for European Affairs,( office@qcea.org ) works to promote...
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tobiasmatthews4
Our Duty to Care for the Environment
Quakers believe strongly in the need for urgent action to respond to the current climate and biodiversity crisis. We also believe that...
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Robert Ashton
Letting God get a word in
I had a coffee before coming to Meeting the the other day, and got into conversation with an Anglican who had stopped for a coffee on her...
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Norwich Quaker Meeting
Report on our recent climate action event: What Now? Refresh Rethink Reset
On Saturday 7th May, Norwich Quaker Meeting hosted a public event organised by Norwich Meeting Sustainability Group. It was envisaged as...
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pauldoliver7
Our use of plastic
As part of our commitment to sustainability, we should like to encourage everyone who uses the Friends Meeting House to find ways of...
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Robert Ashton
Friends, friends and Ffriends
I'd been puzzled for a while as to why emails inviting me to join our zoom Meeting for Worship usually open with word 'Ffriends'. At...
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Robert Ashton
Pandemics, Quakers & your opportunity to learn more
In 1918, just over a century ago my great-grandfather was one of more than 250,000 people who died as the flu pandemic swept across...
Norwich Quaker Meeting
Norwich Meeting’s Experience of Conflict around Transgender Issues January 2019 – January 2020
In January 2019 Norwich Local Meeting received an email requesting the hire of a room at the Meeting House for a discussion of women’s...
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Norwich Quaker Meeting
Quakers embrace difficult issues
Over the centuries, Quakers have never been slow to confront some of the most challenging social issues. The successful campaigning on...
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Robert Ashton
Are you concerned about housing?
Perhaps you’re struggling to afford your first place, or are you older, thinking of downsizing and worried about moving away from friends...
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Let's create an economic system that's fit for the 21st century
Monday May 20th May 1900-2100 Quaker Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, NR2 1EW Chaired by Dr Teresa Belton, author of ‘Happier People...
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Robert Ashton
Why I am a Quaker - Robert Ashton
I was invited to speak to the Quaker Quest group last night about why I became a Quaker. My parents used to take me to the local Anglican...
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