My first full day at YMG09

Despite avoiding too much busy-ness, I had a full day today. Up early for worship at 7.30 till 8, then after a leisurely breakfast it was nearly time to go into the morning session. The highlight of this for me was Colin Billett’s introduction to the topic of Committed Relationships. In a short twenty minutes [...]

Seen and heard 1

In the worship tent near the central hall are some battery operated candles. One bears the marks from an attempt by a Friend to light it. I also learned recently that a Quaker from Newcastle ran away to join the circus… in Denmark.

Quaker feet

Sometimes, you just have to give in to the stereotype. Here is a Quaker’s sandals with socks. The wearer shall remain anonymous unless revealed here, or if you see them on campus!

hot coffee

There’s loads of random stuff going on at Yearly Meeting Gathering, much of it courtesy of our friends at York Conference Services. I know that there’s good reason for all of this and if there wasn’t a sign, someone would probably get hurt by the high temperature of the drink, but anyway, here is hot [...]

Monday morning

The new-style trustees’ report and annual accounts have come before the Yearly Meeting writes Oliver Robertson. While some Friends welcomed the new presentation as an improvement on previous years, others were concerned at the lack of time available to scrutinise the documents. Clerk to trustees Gillian Waddilove fielded questions on the financial security of centrally [...]