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What are we?

Quakers in Yorkshire is the organisation responsible for spreading knowledge of Quakerism and the Society of Friends in the region.

Our aims

  •  reaching out to help those who are looking for what Quakerism can offer
  •  helping those who have found Quakerism to deepen their faith

What do we do?

To share our knowledge of Quakerism with enquirers of all ages we organise:

Junior Holidays & Gatherings and Holiday School provide an opportunity for Quaker Children and young people and their friends, from different age-groups, to have time together.  Through worship, discussion and play they learn more fully what it is to be part of the Quaker Community and its values.

Gatherings for Enquirers, Newcomers and Attenders provide an opportunity for those interested in, new to, or not-so-new to Quakerism to ask and discuss more questions. Quaker Outreach in Yorkshire can also give advice and support to local Meetings wishing to organise their own outreach events and lend out our Quaker Exhibition or Video resources.

At Easter we run an event near Scarborough, called Easter Settlement, which enables a wide range of Friends to get together for fellowship, worship and fun.  This gathering appeals to those old and young, families and single people, newcomers and longstanding members.

In November there is a weekend conference held at Glenthorne Quaker Guest House in Grasmere.

This is a very special year in Yorkshire as Britain Yearly Meeting comes back to York for the second time in 4 years.  This time it is in new guise with Yearly Meeting, Summer Gathering and Junior Yearly Meeting all rolled into one as Yearly Meeting Gathering.

 

True worship may be experienced at any time; in any place - alone on the hills or in the busy daily life – we may find God in whom we live and move and have our being. But this individual experience is not sufficient, and in a meeting held in the Spirit there is a giving and receiving between its members, one helping another with or without words. So there may come a wider vision and a deeper experience.

Quaker Faith & Practice 2.11

 

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Programme 2009

17 Jan QM, Leeds
28 Feb Enquirers, Leeds
05 Mar Quaker Quest, Huddersfield
13-15 Mar Link Group, Lancaster
21 Mar Airton, Study Day
04 Apr Enquirers, Harrogate
08 Apr Quaker Quest, Sheffield
10-14 Apr Easter Settlement
20 Apr Quaker Quest, York
25 Apr QM, York
06 Jun Enquirers, Sheffield
19-21 Jun Junior Hol,10-12 yrs
10-12 Jul Link Group, Ilkley
25Jul-2Aug YM Gathering, York
16-23 Aug Hol School, nr York
17-21 Aug Junior Hol, 9-12 yrs
08 Sep Quaker Quest, Sheffield
11-13 Sep Junior Hol, 7-9 yrs
03-11 Oct Quaker Week
17 Oct QM, Hull
20-22 Nov Glenthorne conference
21 Nov Enquirers, Doncaster