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As the Met bruised in
An article by James Butler Last Thursday evening, more than twenty Metropolitan police officers – some armed with tasers – broke down the...
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Living by a WMD base
Norfolk & Waveney Area Meeting will be the 48th organisation to join Lakenheath Alliance for Peace ,(LAP) https://lakenheathallianceforpe...
Lesley Grahame


Norfolk church leaders sign declaration of unity.
A congregation of around 150 saw senior regional leaders of the Anglican, Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, URC, Quakers and Salvation Army...
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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
Lesley Grahame




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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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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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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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...

Robert Ashton


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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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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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...

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...

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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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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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