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:

•  Quaker Quest
•  Family Weekends
•  Meetings for Enquirers, Newcomers & Attenders
•  Summer activities & holidays for young people

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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