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A PERSONAL VIEW FROM OUR CLERK
My name is Carolyn and at the moment I am Clerk of Newbury Quaker Meeting.
We all take turns at looking after the various tasks needed for the smooth running of our Quaker Meeting. Before being Clerk I was the room hirings administrator. I also love our garden and spend a lot of time working on it.
A Quaker Clerk is an amalgamation of Chairperson and Secretary. The clerk arranges a Meeting for Business once a month, puts together an agenda, clerks (chairs) the meeting and writes the minutes.
Anyone who attends our Sunday ‘Meeting for Worship’ can also attend and contribute to a Business Meeting.
Decisions are made by all Quakers present at a business meeting, but we don’t vote – so it is the responsibility of the clerk to listen to all views and discern the way to a decision.
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Renewing Newbury Meeting – Post 2
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?
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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What do the EU elections mean?
Not sure what different EU parliamentary groups stand for? Unclear about how your vote counts? Our display and talk can…
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Letter to Newbury Weekly News
Following the Sri Lanka killings, Howard Grace from Newbury Meeting gives a visionary perspective on our shared humanity. This letter…
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Peaceful garden in Henley open on Sunday 19 May
Some 60 people visited the garden of Henley Quaker meeting house on the afternoon of Sunday 19 May. The sun…
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Can we cap global warming at 1.5 degrees?
What will happen if this cap is not achieved and warming reaches 2 degrees? An opportunity to hear directly from…
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Renewing Newbury Meeting – post 1
We have now had the first concept plans for the updating of our Meeting House from our architects, Richard Potter…
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Supporting our Muslim friends
The headline for a major article in the Newbury Weekly News on March 28th was ‘Terrorism will never keep us…
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Renewing Newbury Meeting house
After a wait of at least 25 years the re- development of part of Newbury town centre is about to…
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