Hereford Quakers Newsletter
June 2017
We are not for names, nor men, nor titles of Government, nor are we for this party nor against the other…but we are for justice and mercy and truth and peace and true freedom, that these may be exalted in our nation, and that goodness, righteousness, meekness, temperance, peace and unity with God, and with one another, that these things may abound. (Edward Burrough, 1659 – QFP 23.11)
Diary
Thursday 1st | 12.30 Meeting for Worship & picnic lunch |
Sunday 4th | 10.30 Meeting for Worship 12.00 Business Meeting |
Thursday 8th | GENERAL ELECTION 12.30 Meeting for Worship & picnic lunch 19.30 Book Club at 56 Broomy Hill |
Saturday 10th | 11.00 Fellowship Day at The Pales |
Sunday 11th | 10.30 Meeting for Worship |
Tuesday 13th | 18.30 Guided Walk, Bodenham Lakes |
Thursday 15th | 12.30 Meeting for Worship & picnic lunch |
Sunday 18th | 10.30 Meeting for Worship |
Tuesday 20th | 19.30 Opportunities for Movement Building |
Thursday 22nd | 12.30 Meeting for Worship & picnic lunch |
Sunday 25th | 10.30 Meeting for Worship & Children’s Meeting, followed by bring & share lunch |
Thursday 29th | 12.30 Meeting for Worship & picnic lunch |
Events are at the Friends Meeting House, 21 King Street, Hereford HR4 9BX unless otherwise stated
* STOP PRESS *
General Election Hustings
Tuesday 30th May, 19.00 at St John’s Methodist Church, St Owen Street, Hereford
organised by Churches Together in Hereford
chaired by the Bishop of Hereford
with a panel of candidates for the Hereford and South Herefordshire constituency
Book Club – Thursday 8th June
This month’s book is Days Without End, by Sebastian Barry. The book for July’s Book Club (on Thursday 13th July) is Melvyn Bragg’s Grace and Mary.
Guided Walk round Bodenham Lakes – Tuesday 13th June
Meet at Bodenham Lakes car park at 18.30 for this walk organised by Churches Together in Hereford, which is followed by a ploughman’s supper at the Chapek (Bodenham Christian Fellowship). If it’s very wet, there’ll be a slide show instead……
Opportunities for Movement Building – Tuesday 20th June, 19.00
A chance to consider the spiritual preparation questions for Yearly Meeting Gathering. See www.quaker.org.uk/ym/spiritual-preparation for more details. Organised by our Education Co-ordinators. All are warmly invited.
Forthcoming Events for your diary
Sunday 9th July
Area Meeting at Abergavenny from 10.30
30th September – 8th October
Quaker Week
Spiritual Nourishment Group
Please contact Susanna Grunsell for details – and listen for notices at Meeting.
Yearly Meeting Gathering – Movement Building
Booking is now open for this, which takes place 29th July – 5th August at the University of Warwick. Gathering as a residential Meeting takes place every three years – and this time will explore living out our faith in the world, and movement-building. To find out more, and book go to www.quaker.org.uk/ym or e.mail ym@quaker.org.uk or phone 020 7663 1040.
For further information about Quakers, please contact:
Clerk: Ruth Stanier – ruth.stanier@smquakers.org.uk
Please submit copy in writing for the next newsletter to the editor, Liz Chave liz.chave@smquakers.org.uk by 12th June