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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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Living Simply in our Age

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Quaker membership means being part of a worldwide community of welcoming, caring and thoughtful people. Helen Addison from Newbury Meeting…

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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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Group outside the Reading Uni chaplaincy: (L-R) Roland (Reading Quakers), Michael (student), Letlapa Mphahlele, Angela (Quaker chaplain), Mark (Anglican chaplain)

Letlapa Mphahlele leads discussion on shared humanity

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What is it that unites us as human beings, beyond all our different cultures and beliefs?  Students and local residents…

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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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Houses around us being demolished

Renewing Newbury Meeting – Post 2

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As we move forward with the concept of our own Meeting House development, work on the demolition of the buildings…

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What does love require of us?

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Twenty-five people (3 facilitators, 2 Quakers from Reading and Henley, 3 visitors, and 17 people from Newbury Meeting) enjoyed a…

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Letter to Newbury Weekly News

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Following the Sri Lanka killings, Howard Grace from Newbury Meeting gives a visionary perspective on our shared humanity. This letter…

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Viewing the Architects plans

Renewing Newbury Meeting – post 1

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We have now had the first concept plans for the updating of our Meeting House from our architects, Richard Potter…

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