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January 2022
Young Friends Gathering – Melbourne
3rd-9th January 2022 Young Friends are gathering in January, near Melbourne. Shannon Ormiston, a Young Friend from Victoria has written to let us know of a planned gathering of Young Friends next year in January at Gembrook Retreat. In summary she writes that: “After a long year we're excitedly inviting you to gather with us. It will be a time for... connection, worship, community, rest and play in the beautiful land and wildlife reserve that is Gembrook Retreat. We are…
Find out more »AGM Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia by Zoom
Sunday 16 January 2022, 3pm Canberra Time, AGM Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Australia by Zoom Friends are invited to attend this AGM of the association of Australian Quakers- Australia Yearly Meeting. We need at least 6 Members of our Regional Meeting to attend so that quorum requirements are met. Please let our RM Clerk know that you plan to attend (rmcanberraclerk@quakersaustralia.info), so that we know we have the necessary numbers. Everyone will be asked to sign in, in…
Find out more »Contemplative Tuesday for Climate Change – Midday Meditations
Contemplative Tuesday for Climate Change - Midday Meditations ARRCC WA is offering weekly opportunities for meditation among people of various faiths. Some of us feel it will help bring about a solid set of resolutions at COP27 in Egypt. A guest speaker will spend the first 3 – 5 minutes introducing us into silence, followed by 25 minutes of silent meditation and 5 minutes of listening, non-controversial sharing time for those that want to stay on. Feel free to join…
Find out more »Canberra Quakers Men’s Group
A reminder that the next meeting of the Canberra Quakers Men's Group is scheduled to be at the Turner Meeting House at 3pm on TUESDAY 18 January. The Meeting will be in person and via Zoom. If you wish to attend via Zoom, please advise Brian Turner: brianturner@netspeed.com.au. He will send you the link. Only a few of us were at the last meeting, so we might like to continue the conversation we started about the future direction of our…
Find out more »Nurturing Children and Young People in our Quaker Communities
Sunday 23 January 3pm AEDT Via Zoom. This is a two hour learning session for RM approved child carers, RM Children's Committees and Child Protection Contact Friends organised by the Australia Yearly Meeting Children and Junior Young Friends and the Child Protection Committees. We hope that it will be useful to this group and will provide ideas for how we might offer something similar to all Friends later in the year. The first hour will concentrate on how we can…
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