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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…
Read MoreFriendship and enjoyment
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…
Read MoreQuaker week at Newbury
Friends enjoyed a sunny get together in the Newbury Quaker garden at the beginning of Quaker week.
Read MoreIt’s Quaker Week!
Simple, Radical, Spiritual! Newbury Quakers invite you to an Open Afternoon on Saturday Sept 23 from 3-5, for tea and cakes and company. Come and find out what Quakers are…
Read MoreQCOP latest Newsletter now available on our website
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…
Read MoreAn Evening with Bharti Dhir
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…
Read MoreDoing business, the friendly way
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.…
Read MoreThe spiritual heart of our shared humanity?
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…
Read More‘Beyond Forgiving’ at Leighton Park School
Photo l to r: Howard, Stephen Taynton, (teacher), Julia. The liberation struggle against apartheid in South Africa could not be said to have been nonviolent. Letlapa Mphahlele while commanding…
Read MoreNewbury Quakers social gathering
Newbury Quakers held their first social gathering since Covid on Saturday August 27. Nine of us gathered in the sunny garden of one of our Friends. It was very good…
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