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

Keep your Meetings

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In 1662 when the adults of Reading Quaker Meeting were all in prison, the children kept the Meeting going. Today,…

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Wallingford Meeting Room

Meetings suspended

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Quakers won’t gather together for worship over the coming months. But our Meetings won’t stop. Some of us will wait…

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Climate crisis protests

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Quakers from the Mid Thames area took part in Extinction Rebellion protests in London over the past two weeks, highlighting…

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How are we tackling climate change?

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Read our 2018 sustainability report to find out what Mid Thames Quakers are doing to tackle climate change and other…

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Donation being presented to Foodshare, in front of the bus that they use to provide accomodation

Foodshare donation

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Maidenhead Quakers collected for Foodshare, who operate the local foodbank and provide meals for homeless people. Two Maidenhead Quakers went…

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Cover of the book 'A child of Cologne' showing the cathedral.

New book for our library

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Maidenhead Quakers thank the author David May-Bowles for the gift of a copy of his book A Child of Cologne. …

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Quakers in the modern world

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‘Quakers in the modern world’ at Maidenhead was well received by those who attended. Several people were known to us…

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What makes Quakers tick?

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Craft activities, talks, food, poppies, Meeting house tours and special Meetings for worship – there was something for everyone during…

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The new noticeboard outside Wokingham Quaker meeting house

Our latest Mid Thames Quakers’ newsletter..

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..is full of summer news from around the area. There’s Newbury Quakers’ nail-biting knockout in a Christian Aid skittles competition;…

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Women standing up as they learn to sew in Sierra Leone

Chairs to Sierra Leone

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The sewing room in a village in Sierra Leone will soon have a set of chairs from Maidenhead Quakers. The…

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