Brief snippets of information presented in a themed structure
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. M is for Mission What is your mission? Not a question that is asked often here in the UK. But one that was a common first question among people meeting in Kenya during the FWCC World Conference in 2012. Instead of the more
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. L is for Learning and Lights Learning and Light are things Quakers talk about regularly, although perhaps not always in relation to premises. How do you involve other members of the meeting in learning about the meeting house as a building?
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. K is for Kitchens You may remember seeing some of the kitchen improvements I made after attending the Woodbrooke “Managing your Meeting House” course – where I added photos to improve equality. But there is more to managing a kitchen than
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project – click here for more information. H is for History plus Health & Safety History In B is for Buildings I mentioned writing down a history of the building to act as a corporate memory for Premises Committee. There is of course so much relating to the
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. G is for Gardens Many Meeting Houses have gardens or burial grounds or both… During the Woodbrooke “AM Properties: Spiritual & Strategic Resources” course I attended last year several Trustees brought up burial grounds as a problem. ‘Tis a complicated subject with
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. F is for Fair Trade & First Aid Fair Trade Churches Fair Trade Fortnight was 24 February – 9 March 2014 this year – did you do anything? A Meeting House can become a Fair Trade Church – a small but significant step
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. E is for Equality and Environment Environment Here I’m not thinking of our green and pleasant land, but around the Meeting House inside and out. According to Quaker Faith & Practice – Elders have a responsibility to ensure ‘the right holding of
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. D is for Dangers I don’t want to suggest that there are unsuspecting dangers lurking around every corner – but there are a few things I’d like to suggest that each Premises committee should consider. What are the dangers that you might
C is for Choices and Changes (+ Cleaning) This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. Perhaps not a very interesting title but have you ever thought of the Meetings Choices, Changes and Cleaning as a form of Outreach? Why Have a Meeting House? Wherever a few are gathered, in
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. B is for Building Records and Tours Building – perhaps if you read the last post you suspected that B might be for Building. However, I’m going to concentrate on two bits of caring for a building that I often see forgotten.
This is part of the Quaker Alphabet Project click here for more information. A is for apple and also for Advice Where do you get advice about how to be a Warden or a member of Premises or a Trustee with responsibility for buildings? Starting off the series with a serious post. One of the
I’m joining in with the Quaker A-Z blog event – where all sorts of Quakers from all walks of life are coming together to share ideas. Linked only by our Quakerism and the format of publishing blog posts A-Z. In 2013 Rhiannon Grant, Stephanie Grant and Gil Skidmore wrote a blog post each week on