Exploring the Writings of Early Quaker Women Monday 19th July to Sunday 26th September Tutor: Stuart Masters Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre and FWCC Asia-West Pacific Section working in partnership One of the most striking features of the early Quaker movement was the active contribution of women as writers and preachers within what was a rigidly [...]
What Is Mine To Do? One Quaker’s Journey in Japan Gerry Yokota Osaka Monthly Meeting, Japan Yearly Meeting (FWCC Asia West Pacific Section) for FWCC Quaker Conversation #6 November 28, 202 I am an American Quaker who has been living in Japan permanently since 1992. I am not a birthright Quaker. I only attended [...]
Part 1 – making Friendly Connections was published in the April2019 Newsletter When Friends in the Asia-West Pacific Section spend time together – in person and online – how do we maintain and strengthen those friendships? 1. We organise and attend events that support and encourage each other: When I was asked to write about [...]
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 [...]