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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 MoreMarital tensions
Friends from Reading attended an online Quaker Family History Society talk by Chris Skidmore, Conflict over Quaker marriages in seventeenth-century Reading. “Between about 1685 and 1715 there were two antagonistic…
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 MoreMeeting for Worship, on Broad Street
World Quaker Day was marked in Reading with a climate-justice vigil, and by taking the peace of our silent waiting worship to Broad Street. This was followed by the procession…
Read MoreStanding up for juries
Quakers and friends in Reading protested outside Reading Crown Court, along with similar demonstrators nationally, to remind jurors of their right to make decisions according to their conscience. This right, first established in…
Read MoreConsidering prayer
The Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin, Reading, hosted the interfaith event ‘Dialogues on prayer’, which was well attended by Quakers, Hindus, Muslims, Jews and Methodist and Anglican Christian.…
Read MoreIn sickness and in health
Quakers in Reading welcomed Richard Bentley, Royal Berks Hospital Buddhist and Humanistic Chaplain, to Meeting for Worship and to give a talk on his work in healthcare. Richard leads on…
Read MoreCreativity unwrapped
Quakers of all ages in Reading unwrapped our creativity, the theme of this year’s Heritage Open Days, with an exhibition of our art. One of the King’s deputy representatives in…
Read MoreSharing our Light
Naomi Major, Outreach Project Officer at Quakers in Britain, has been exchanging ideas with Reading Quakers about sharing the Light of our faith within our local community. [Image used with…
Read MoreSimple, radical, spiritual… and equal
Quakers had a stall at Reading LGBT+ Pride for a second year, sporting new t-shirts and other outreach material branded with three of our collective aspirations. Our message to those…
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