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Safeguarding our heritage

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Chris Skidmore, formerly of Reading Quaker Meeting, maps how changing beliefs and practices over the past 350 years of Quakerism…

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“Oh yes we can…!”

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Quakers in Reading raised the roof with a wonderful pantomime, written during a gathering at Charney Mannor, and directed by…

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Nurturing young Friends

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Quakers from Reading and Wallingford were introduced to our new Youth, Children and Families Development Worker, Julia Dover, at a…

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O tidings of comfort and joy!

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A warm and joyful celebration of Christmas was had by all at the Quaker Meeting House in Reading, which was…

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Sign of the times

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The Premises and Outreach Committees at Reading Quaker Meeting have put up a plaque with a brief history of Quakers…

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Interfaith in the Mayor’s Parlour

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National Interfaith Week was marked in Reading by a gathering hosted by our Mayor, Councillor Rachel Eden. Events throughout the country…

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“Moments out of time”

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The annual Quaker Mental Health Forum is coordinated by Alison Mitchell, Mental Health Development Officer, and supported by the Quaker Mental Health…

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Quakers and Methodists

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Matthew Callow from Reading Meeting Outreach Committee gave a talk to thirty members of the Wesley Guild at Tilehurst Methodist…

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The art (and science) of compassion

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The 17th and 18th centuries saw a shift away from ineffective medieval approaches to mental affliction, towards more enlightened and…

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What kind of Quakers does the world need?

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Friends throughout the world have marked World Quaker Day on the 2nd October by responding the theme, ‘Becoming the Quakers…

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