Meeting of Friends in Wales – next meetings:
27th June 2020 – “Staying at home”
Looking ahead to our next meeting the clerking team have decided that we cannot meet face-to-face as planned. Instead we will meet by Zoom on Saturday 27th June.
We will be having ‘a pilot run’ on Saturday 20th June for those unfamiliar with the process, etc.)
All the Report will be made available beforehand approximately 3 weeks before the meeting both on this website and via emails to your local clerking team.
You are warmly welcome to join us for our first cyber MFW meeting!
24th October 2020
Y FENNI / ABERGAVENNY
– simpler meetings
If you are new to Quakers and would be interested in attending a meeting please see our list of local meetings which meet, most commonly, on Sunday mornings.
Our previous meeting of Meeting of Friends in Wales was:
Lampeter, 22nd February 2020
Morning session:
Friends in Wales considered those matters that we feel are vital to our lives as Quakers. Peter Hussey, from the Wales Focus Group, led a workshop to help us take this forward.
The “Cultural Differences” paper drew our attention to the different nature of Wales. The Welsh Government has accented the difference by the legislation it has already passed, but not all inhabitants of Wales understand the achievements and potential of the devolved nation. Peter discussed those matters that the Area Meetings have indicated are vital to Welsh Friends and introduces a system for sharing on-going developments. Does our Testimony to the World fit comfortably with these progressive developments, can we, a small group, affect the way our nation develops?
Afternoon session:
Friends with specific roles had the opportunity to meet in groups to share their experiences, and learn from one another. This time it was Nominations, Children and Young People’s work, Trustees and Treasurers. We invite Friends to help us discern ways in which we can work better together, share good practice, and simplify our structures so that role-holders are well supported and not over-burdened.
at NEWTOWN on 26th October 2019
we were…… Exploring future developments with Paul Parker, our recording clerk:
How can we make our Quaker meetings simpler? Britain Yearly Meeting is changing how it supports Quaker meetings, and moving, together with Woodbrooke, to a meeting-centred, more responsive approach. Paul Parker, Recording Clerk of BYM, joined us to explore how this could work in Wales, to answer our questions, and hear what we think is needed.
https://quaker.org.uk/our-organisation/support-for-meetings/meeting-centred-support )
PLEASE SEE the supporting reports and minutes etc.,
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“Friends, as individuals and as a community, we can talk about ministry as being what’s on one’s soul and not necessarily what’s on one’s mind, it has been described as ‘what God unexpectedly drops into your lap’. I’ve been really struck in this meeting, in this community, both by the examples of individual ministry and by specific examples talked about today, which will stick with me as an articulation of what being a Quaker can do to your work life. But there’s also corporate ministry. Here is a body which, I think, knows what it is to have a calling. I am grateful to have the time here with you.” ~ Paul Parker, Recording Clerk. Quakers in Britain. October 2016
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Mae'r swydd hon ar gael yn Welsh hefyd