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Meeting for Worship for Dance (Apr)

In the spirit of adventure and exploration we are offering a chance to embody our responses to what is going on for us at the moment. Live music from Robin Bowles will support and respond to the movement. We will start with a time to warm up our muscles and get our bodies moving, there will be a chance to

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Spirituality and Creative Practice: Zen drawing

This session is inspired by Frederick Franck whose spiritual practice is drawing. You need no special equipment, just anything that will make a mark on some paper (pencil, pen, crayon, charcoal, paintbrush, etc.) You will also need something firm to rest your paper on maybe cardboard, especially if you draw outside. Drawing is about looking very carefully so that you

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Essentials of Quakerism (April 2021)

This course, designed particularly for those new to the Quaker way, will introduce the basic and essential elements of Quakerism: the expectation of a transforming encounter with the Divine (however we describe it), the use of a distinctive form of collective worship to nurture that encounter; discernment; and witness – the life that emerges as an outcome of our faith.

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Our facilitators have made learning very easy and very friendly for all our needs, ages and cultural backgrounds.

- Alfred Wasike, Uganda

I’m a Quaker attender and this year it has been my intention to find out more about the main aspects of Quakerism – this course provided the perfect opportunity and I now feel much better informed.

- Stella Cranwell, Scotland

I did just want to say how enlightening that course had been – it filled so many gaps in my understanding and being able to draw upon three deep wells of knowledge and different areas of expertise was such a treat.

- Rosemary Epps, Tasmania

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