Inclusion
Hybrid Working & Worshipping
How have you found hybrid working and worship? Do you have any suggestions on how to make it work better?
4 November 2022
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Category: Quakers
Quaker specific content, usually relating to Britain Yearly Meeting specifically.
AdventWord
#AdventWord 2019: 20 Go
‘Go’ today’s #AdventWord is one that shows action – and often is used as a one-word demand or instruction. Getting out and talking to others in your neighbourhood or surrounding areas can be daunting but finding a way to interact with others can lead to new and often unexpected partnerships. Barbara Hayes of Chichester Quaker
20 December 2019
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#AdventWord 2019: 19 Bless
By occupation he was a barber, and on moving into this district in 1937 from Swindon, he first took a shop in Wallington, and later one in a poor part of Croydon. Not all who went there did so for a shave or a haircut, but to enjoy its friendly atmosphere, and to talk to
19 December 2019
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#AdventWord 2019: 18 Worship
Worship is a fundamental part of religious life. As a Quaker I appreciate the belief that everything is equally sacred. Therefore any Quaker business meeting uses the ‘Quaker Business Method’ and a (local, area or yearly) meeting’s business meeting is formally called, a ‘Meeting for Worship for Business’, we also have ‘Meeting for Worship for
18 December 2019
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AdventWord
#AdventWord 2019: 17 Pray
Prayer is an exercise of the spirit, as thought is of the mind. To pray about anything is to use the powers of our spirit on it, just as to think clearly is to use our mental powers. For the best solution of every problem, the best carrying out of every action, both thought and
17 December 2019
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#AdventWord 2019: 6 House
photo by http://www.mikemcsharry.com/ on Flickr This isn’t a post about ‘Why have a meeting house?‘ but instead about the sharing of that house with other faith groups. Quakers respect other faiths and are willing to work alongside them, including sharing our buildings with them. Not only in a eirenic or ecumenical way, but because sharing
6 December 2019
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AdventWord
#AdventWord 2019: 2 Visit
One of the things I love about working for MBS is the chance to visit so many meeting houses and churches. Each looks different, each reflects the time and place that it was designed, built, or renovated. There is a collection of images on Flickr created by a Quaker photographer John Hall – well worth
2 December 2019
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Quakers & Business Gathering and AGM 2019 – Strategy Day
The Strategy Day is an opportunity to: Explore what Q&B does now. Help shape its future with plans on how it can best support both its members and further abroad. Quakers and Business Group promotes Quaker values and principles in business and the workplace. It provides a supportive network for those upholding these principles, researches
16 August 2019
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Quaker Business Method
The Quaker Business Method: How It Works Is Why It Works
At the 2018 Quakers & Business Conference Peter Cheng gave some very well received talks on his research into the Quaker Business Method and Cognitive Science. The talks led to another event held in Birmingham, sponsored by the Quakers and Business Group and hosted by Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP. The videos are now available and
23 November 2018
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Outreach
Trust and Integrity in Business – which questions do we ask? And of whom?
Quakers & Business Annual Conference 2018: Wednesday 5th December 2018, at Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ. 9:30am to 4:30pm. Please click here for a detailed programme including a description of the stream and speaker options. Who is this for? Anybody in the world of business, owners, managers, employees, public and third sector,
8 November 2018
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Quaker Leadership – Quaker & Business Gathering ’18
Quaker & Business Tickets are now available for the Quaker & Business Gathering 2018. Date & Time: Saturday 30th June 2018, 9am – 5pm Location: Friargate Quaker Meeting House, Friargate, York YO1 9RL This year’s theme is Quaker Leadership, and as one of the planning committee I’m delighted that we’ve been able to get three
27 April 2018
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Building Peace Together
Building Peace Together a Practical Resource Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has produced a useful report with practical resources: The visibility of violent conflict from all over the world in our daily digest of news and media creates a sense that violence – or the threat of violence – is ever-present, when in fact,
4 April 2018
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Christian Entrepreneurship
A&Q 1 and Christian Entrepreneurship While I love Advice & Queries 1, “Take heed, dear Friends, to the promptings of love and truth in your hearts. Trust them as the leadings of God whose Light shows us our darkness and brings us to new life.” I had not previously considered it as business advice. During
12 March 2018
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Q&B Conference 2017 ‘Seek unity; uphold difference; find wholeness: Exploring decision-making through Quaker Business Method and other models’
The annual conference was held at Friends House, always a pleasure to spend time there. The day was very full – with more workshops I wanted to attend than I could, which is always a good sign. You can read the full minute and report on Q&B’s website: http://qandb.org/qbc17 Priming the Brain My highlights were
6 December 2017
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Flowers in Meeting for Worship
Do you have flowers or books on a table in the middle of Meeting for Worship? If you do – what books and who chooses them? Have you worshipped outside? All of these questions and more are being asked by Peter Duckworth who is coming to the end of a two year Equipping For Ministry
17 November 2016
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