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Being Quaker – A Four Week Course for Newcomers
The being Quaker Course is an opportunity to explore key themes within the Quaker Way. Each session will involve discussion and opportunities for questions as well as input from experienced Friends. There is no cost and anyone is welcome. Dates: 22nd & 29th October, 5th & 12th November Time: 7:15-9:15pm Location: Streatham and Brixton Quaker Meeting (close to Streatham station.)…
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Learning from our past as we build our future: when Six Weeks Meeting became LQPT
At a time of significant change for our Area Meeting structures, the former Clerk of Six Weeks Meeting reflects on a previous period of transition: when Six Weeks Meeting became London Quakers Property Trust. Six Weeks Meeting (SWM) was registered as a company limited by guarantee in 2009, and the name was changed to London Quakers Property Trust (LQPT) in…
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Transferring Membership to QiL
LDG have provided an update on Friends’ progress in transferring their membership to Quakers in London. If you haven’t recived your membership transfer email, please contact membership@quakersinlondon.org. On 20 September, some Friends in Membership of one of the 7 AMs in London were the first to fill in a form requesting to transfer their membership to Quakers in London (QiL)…
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QiL News Sheet 12
Read the twelfth edition of the Quakers in London News Sheet, rounding up news and London-wide opportunities for worship including the next JLAM and London Wide Meeting for Worship in Epping.
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Articles of Association for QiL: Feedback and What Happens Next
London Development Group’s (LDG) Legal Subgroup shares an update on the Quakers in London Articles of Association, including a summary of the feedback received and action taken in response. The final draft of the Articles of Association is available here with changes made since JLAM on 12 September tracked. The next step is formal consideration at a meeting of LQPT…
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Advice for Members: Consent to Transitioning Membership to Quakers in London
As we transition to Quakers in London (QiL), each Member of London’s existing Area Meetings will have to formally consent to be a member of QiL. There is a simple online form to do this, has been sent to all members via email. If you have received the email please fill it in as soon as possible. Members can also…
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Elders and Pastoral Carers Committee Report on its First Year
Dugan Cummings, Clerk to EPCC reports on what the Committee has been up to in its first year. A year ago it was decided to set up a committee of Elders and Pastoral Carers to serve Joint London Area Meeting (JLAM). The intention was to seek experienced people from each of the Area Meetings in London, plus someone from Young…
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Celebrating the Past In Transition
A Friend from South East London Area Meeting reflects on how SELAM are commemerating the past as they take their final steps toward London Area Meeting. In SELAM we plan to commemorate the laying down of our AM; at our final meeting this year each of our three Meetings will present an item showing the flavour of each Meeting, and…
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September JLAM Minutes
The minutes of our September JLAM are now available in the Documents Archive. Our morning was shared exploring the theme “Maintaining the Beauty and Variety of the Natural World,” at Wanstead Meeting house and Online. From the minutes: This morning Friends of all ages met together from near and far to explore different aspects of this theme. These included Wild…
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Book Recommendation: Before the Resurrection
A reader wrote in to recommend a book, Before the Resurrection by Emily Provance, to London Friends, they say: I’m writing to recommend a book which has just come out. Emily Provance gave the Swarthmore Lecture in 2025 and she writes of a lot of experience which will be helpful to us in London and to other Friends looking at…