Maidenhead Archives - Mid Thames Area Quaker Meeting

Quaker Worship… on the road

Quaker academic and author, Rhiannon Grant, facilitated an “on the road” course at Reading Meeting House looking at Worship, Ministry and Afterwords. This spiritually nurturing event was attended by Quakers…

Friendship and enjoyment

By matthewC

Young Adult Friends (YAF) in Oxford hosted a Regional Meeting of Quakers. We came together as a community from Meetings across five counties, and centred around the day’s theme: Friendship…

QCOP latest Newsletter now available on our website

By MG

The Spring Newsletter of QCOP (Quaker Concern Over Population) is now available on the Mid Thames Website. This newsletter concentrates on our response to Quaker Peace and Social Witness pamphlets…

An Evening with Bharti Dhir

By MG

Forty people, from a wide diversity of worldviews, gathered at our small Newbury Meeting House for an evening with Bharti Dhir on March 31st. Bharti started life as a foundling…

Doing business, the friendly way

By matthewC

How do Quakers make corporate decisions? Our Meetings for Business (or Church Affairs) are done in the spirit of Worship, where we strive for patience, deep listening, and careful discernment.…

The spiritual heart of our shared humanity?

By MG

In a new eBooklet, ‘Our shared Humanity. Some inclusive spiritual perspectives’, Newbury Friend Howard Grace explores whether, in engaging together to address present-day challenges, we may find that our different…

Ashes ceremony for departed Friend Dianne Bhardwaj

By Robert Curry

On May 7th 2022 Maidenhead Friends gathered on a fine day for an ashes ceremony for our much loved departed Friend, Dianne Bhardwaj. Dianne shared her love, time and broad…

Maidenhead welcomes new member

By MG

Maidenhead Quakers after our Meeting for Worship on Sunday 19 September were delighted to welcome Robert Curry into membership, as requested by Area Meeting on 11 September.

Keep your Meetings

By AW

Panel from the Quaker tapestry showing children from Reading Meeting keeping the meeting going when all the adults were in prison.

In 1662 when the adults of Reading Quaker Meeting were all in prison, the children kept the Meeting going. Today, because of the Covid-19 coronavirus all Quaker places of worship…

Meetings suspended

By AW

Quakers won’t gather together for worship over the coming months. But our Meetings won’t stop. Some of us will wait in silence from our homes, at our normal times of…

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