Tonight’s Salter Lecture

Twitter Friends of mine will know that I arrived a day late at the table. It took me some time to orientate myself, and understand some of the complexities of YMG09. The rest will no doubt follow in good time. Still, like the labourers in the vineyard, in the book of Matthew, I hope to [...]

New Jordans

Hilary and Janet of Chilterns Area Meeting explain the New Jordans programme that they’re involved with. For more information visit their website http://www.newjordans.org.

Sunday morning YM session

We had some administration and the like on Sunday morning from 11am, including certain appointments and ground rules, with one humorous highlight when the clerk said that a minute usually had another sentence in it, which he summarised. He then announced that the line was in the minute, but had been hidden by his blotting [...]

a Yearly Meeting poem

Michael Jay from Kansas wrote a poem called Yearly Meeting, which I thought might be of interest so you can find it here.

Quaker faith and Calvinism

Bridget Dommen from Switzerland Yearly Meeting talks about the relationships and similarities between the Quaker faith and Calvinism. She also talks about Switzerland Yearly Meeting. For more information about Switzerland Yearly Meeting visit here. For more information about Quakers in Europe and the Middle East, click here.

Roy Prockter

Roy Prockter cycled on his tricycle from Essex to Yorkshire for the Quaker event, Yearly Meeting Gathering. He also talks about his Peace Tax Seven work.

the first session

Harriet Hart discusses the first session on Saturday night of Yearly Meeting Gathering and compares the US Quaker gathering, Friends General Conference, opening session.