Caring for my boots!!
contributed by Anna Baker Anna lives in Birmingham, England and is a member of Selly Oak Quaker meeting. However she has family in Canberra and visits often and is getting to know Canberra Quakers. […]
Introduction to worship at the FWCC World Plenary, Peru, 2016.
By Ronis Chapman|2018-03-04T09:14:52+00:00September 28th, 2017|Crossing Cultures - Sharing Stories|
From Jo Jordan, Australia Yearly Meeting These were Jo’s words when she introduced the unprogrammed worship organised by Asia West Pacific Section […]
Merryl Titus – Young Friend from Bhopal, India
By Ronis Chapman|2017-09-28T13:51:25+00:00September 28th, 2017|Crossing Cultures - Sharing Stories|
My name is Merryl Titus. I have a concern as to how Young Friends in India are connected with Friends activities in the world and most important thing that there is lack of communication between Young Friends of other parts of the world. I want Young Friends to share with each other their concerns around [...]
Raising money in Bhopal, India for fixing the Meeting House
By AWPS Admin|2017-09-28T13:40:38+00:00September 28th, 2017|Crossing Cultures - Sharing Stories|
Story told by Ronald Titus, Bhopal Yearly Meeting The Meeting House of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, was given a nominal lease rent by the King of Bhopal long back, which was purchased by Friends in 1939. This was an old building and was in a very dilapidated condition. Bhopal Friends took the decision in the years [...]
Offsetting the carbon costs of travel – the why, what and how
By AWPS Admin|2017-09-18T21:12:29+00:00September 18th, 2017|Crossing Cultures - Sharing Stories, Environmental Issues|
Contributed by Lainie and David Shorthouse, Canberra, Australia Yearly Meeting As we become more aware of climate change, many Friends want to take action to offset the carbon pollution related to their use of energy when travelling by car or air. We are familiar with the three-point plan for what we consume in our living: [...]
Walk cheerfully – Songs reflecting on Quaker testimonies.
By AWPS Admin|2017-08-17T09:22:00+00:00August 17th, 2017|Crossing Cultures - Sharing Stories|
1. Walk cheerfully Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone. Be patterns, be examples, in all nations, in all places. Let your life speak. 2. Simplicity Simplicity is the soul of the little child. Simplicity is the glow of an angel’s smile. Simplicity is the gift of the heart that is [...]
Where We Worship – compiled by Virginia Jealous, Australia Yearly Meeting.
By Ronis Chapman|2017-03-21T22:09:14+00:00March 21st, 2017|Crossing Cultures - Sharing Stories|
The meeting houses in which Friends in the Australia West Pacific Section worship are as varied as the places where we live. Here’s a snapshot-in-words of some of the locations where we worship in the region. And please share your own for the next edition of the newsletter! Bohol, Philippines I worship with two other [...]
On Reading 381 Pendle Hill Pamphlets -Jean Rosenberg
By Ronis Chapman|2017-03-21T22:14:00+00:00March 21st, 2017|Crossing Cultures - Sharing Stories|
I have read 381 of the Pendle Hill Pamphlets. It has taken me about 40 years or so, starting in my home meeting library (in Vermont, USA). Then when I came to Australia, I found a trove of them in the Canberra Meeting library, from the 1930s to the present, so I read through them. [...]
North India by Friend-on-the-Road Virginia Jealous
By AWPS Admin|2016-12-14T09:22:48+00:00December 9th, 2016|Crossing Cultures - Sharing Stories|
Thanedar is a picture-perfect village in the foothills of the Himalaya. It’s in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, in the centre of apple orchard country. Harmony Hall, a century-old house made of hand-hewn cedar that sits in a valley of well-established orchards, lies at its heart. Harmony Hall remains the home of the [...]