Expressions of interest are invited from members of the Religious Society of Friends for the position of Secretary to the Asia-West Pacific Section (AWPS) of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC). The Secretary carries forward the work of the Section, in consultation with the Section Committee. The role involves maintaining a small office, attending [...]
We are at Friends Girls School in Tokyo, founded in the same years as Friends School, Hobart. We are spending most of our time with the English teachers who are ex-pats: American and Irish. Grammatical English is mostly taught by Japanese-speaking teachers; with the ex-pats teaching conversational English. The school has a lovely atmosphere. Everyone [...]
Gathering Epistle September 2018 Dear Friends, Greetings to Friends everywhere from a warm hilltop with magnificent views in Hong Kong. Between the 12thand 16thSeptember 2018, thirty-five Friends from the Section of the Asia West Pacific Region gathered on Cheung Chau Island, Hong Kong. The group came together as a community, mindful of the great [...]
AWPS Committee Meeting Epistle To dear Friends everywhere Meeting in a meditation centre in Osaka, Japan, with Asia West Pacific Friends has been a wonderful and supportive experience. We have moved the Section forward on a number of fronts. We feel blessed. Our ministry is to embrace Friends around the section with loving care. We [...]
Australia Yearly Meeting 2017 Epistle to Friends everywhere Ta Marra, open hands Ta Marra, open hands Greetings from Australia Yearly Meeting 2017 where we were welcomed to the beautiful lands of the Kaurna people among the sand dunes at Adelaide Shores Beach in a moving dialogue between Kaurna Elders and Friends. We gathered from meetings [...]
Epistle of the Yearly Meeting of Aotearoa New Zealand Te Hāhi Tūhauwiri Held at El Rancho, Waikanae. 12-15 May 2017 - Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. Wellington Monthly Meeting welcomed 93 Friends to this place at the mouth of the Waikanae River – “the waters of the yellow-eyed mullet”. We acknowledged the iwi [...]
2016 Australia Yearly Meeting Epistle Dear Friends, One hundred and eighty-two years ago James Backhouse and George Washington Walker came to Hobart Town with a concern for the just treatment of convicts and Aborigines. This week we have come from all States and Territories of Australia and beyond to meet at The Friends' School, Hobart. [...]
Epistle of the Yearly Meeting of Aotearoa New Zealand Te Hāhi Tūhauwiri Held at St Cuthbert’s College, Auckland, 15 18 July 2016 Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa, greetings to Friends everywhere. Our Yearly Meeting gathering 2016 opened with mihi/greetings, worship and the honouring of our ancestors including the volcanoes that form the land [...]