Friday with Friends

We gather during certain Friday evenings of the year in the Garden Room at Friends Meeting House. The aim is to enable us all within the Meeting to get to know each other better, and to share some of our "private passions".

Sessions start promptly at 7:30 and finish by 9:30 p.m. The general plan for a Friday with Friends is this: one person from the Meeting talks about something that he or she is passionate about or deeply engaged in. The talk lasts for about half an hour, followed by some time for questions. Then we break into small groups for discussion.

Topics are suggested by Friends so if you have an issue that you would like included please get in touch.

2 July 2010: "Walking the labyrinth" Sally Welch

Date TBD: "Towards a specifically Quaker or deep politics" Stephen Yeo
Stephen will list some of the resources we have towards a politics which could belong to the Society of Friends. The aim will be to discover which of these resources Friends would like him (us) to go into in more depth. His talk represents work in progress rather than completed work.

12 November 2010: "Our Attitudes Towards Drugs and Alcohol" Rebecca Mattingly
How does your faith impact on your attitudes and actions on alcohol and drugs?

Usually, events also appear in the calendar on page six of this month's newsletter.

In addition to the above, previous topics have included: mediaeval mystics; medical ethics; being in love with the earth; and rebuilding the financial system. Some recent topics have also been: