by leweslqm01 | Sep 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Ella and I attended Junior Yearly Meeting as the representatives of East Sussex at the end of July this year. Ella was also a Base Group Facilitator and part of organising Junior Yearly Meeting. We were grateful to Local and Area meeting for their support in enabling...
by leweslqm01 | May 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
We do not own the world, and its riches are not ours to dispose of at will. Show a loving consideration for all creatures, and seek to maintain the beauty and variety of the world. Work to ensure that our increasing power over nature is used responsibly, with...
by leweslqm01 | Mar 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have been asked to write a few thoughts about laying down the role of Clerk, and on the balance between inner spirituality and the outer life inherent in that role. This is a challenging question not just for the clerk but for the whole community, especially in our...
by leweslqm01 | Nov 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
In 1651 George Fox told the Church Commissioners that he “…lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars….” (Quaker Faith and practice 24.01) and it is for the peace testimony that Quakers are probably still best-known. In 1947...
by leweslqm01 | Oct 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
It was more than 13 years ago when I suggested that the meeting should have a website. Many people said that they didn’t see the point of it (George Fox didn’t have one) and some seemed to fear that some unnamed evil would result, but it was agreed that I could create...
