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2025 Swarthmore Lecture: The Meaning of Quaker Community by Emily Provance

Emily’s lecture will take place on the evening of Saturday 24 May as part of Britain Yearly Meeting 2025. The lecture will also be live streamed on the Woodbrooke YouTube Channel. Clerk of the Swarthmore Lecture Committee, Sarah Donaldson, said that: “Emily’s rich and varied ministry means that she is well placed to explore questions around our life as Quaker

Being a Quaker Clerk: Residential Weekend

This weekend provides an opportunity for deeper discussions, practice, and reflection for those with clerking responsibilities. Spending time with experienced tutors and fellow Friends will help you build both understanding and confidence in your role. We will explore the spiritual basis of clerking, its online dimension, and the details of what happens before, during, and after a Meeting for Worship

Book Launch: The 18th Century Enslaving Industry — Lancaster Quakers’ Involvement

Morgan argues that the Lancaster Quaker Merchants adopted contemporary British social, political, and moral attitudes towards enslavement, an assertion which contests traditional narratives that depict Quakers as solely abolitionists without acknowledging Friends’ involvement in the transatlantic chattel slave trade. Using the family histories of the Lancaster Quakers involved, Morgan’s work brings to light the extent to which Friends profited from

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- 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.