Reading Quaker Faith and Practice – Sundays

Every 2nd and 4th Sundays in the Margaret Kemp Room at 10.00am and ending promptly at 10.25am.

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We have arrived at the final meeting of the Study Group for which there is no chosen text to consider. It is an occasion to draw conclusions from our reading of Quaker Faith and Practice and the time we have had together.

The Book of Discipline Revision Preparation Group invite feedback from all those who have been reading our current book – whether you have formed a group, read it alone, raced ahead or are taking it slowly. There is only one question: what have you learned from the process of reading Quaker faith & practice? Your comments will inform the process of discernment about whether it is time to revise our book of discipline, which Yearly Meeting will probably consider in 2018

Please complete the form at: www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ReadingQfp or write to Michael Booth, Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.

GUIDANCE

· We shall begin with a minute’s silence at 10.00am and close by 10.25am after a further minute of silent reflection
· Listening inwardly and outwardly may best create a balance with the spoken word
· Elders have requested that no reference to this study group or its content be made in Meeting which follows

QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION

· how do I react to this material?
· what does this material, and my reaction to it, tell me about the history and development of Quakerism?
· what authority do I give to this text?
· how does this speak to me today?
· what spiritual benefits do I gain from reading and reflecting on this?

Past events

14 February 2016
Chapter 23: Social responsibility – 23:02; 23:70

28 February 2016
Chapter 23: Social responsibility – 23:10; 23:46

13 March 2016
Chapter 3: General counsel on church affairs – 3:02; 3:06

27 March 2016
Chapter 3: General counsel on church affairs 3:12; 3:24

6 April 2016
Chapter 2: Approaches to God – worship and prayer – 2:13; 2:23

20 April 2016
Chapter 2: Approaches to God – worship and prayer – 2:60; 2:54

8 May 2016
Chapter 5: Other Quaker groupings – 5:01; 5:06

22 May 2016
Chapter 6: Yearly Meeting – 6:01; 6:05

12 June 2016
Chapter 10: Belonging to a Quaker meeting – 10:03

26 June 2016
Chapter 11: Membership – 11:01 and 11:41

10 July 2016
Chapter 12: Caring for One Another – 12:01 and 12:17

24 July 2016
Chapter 17: Quaker funerals and memorial meetings – 17:05 and 17:16

14 August 2016
Chapter 16: Quaker marriage procedure – 16:02 and 16:37

28 August 2016
Chapter 22: Close relationships – 22:81, 22:82
and 22:93

11 September 2016
Chapter 13: Varieties of Religious Service – 13:02

23 September 2016
Chapter 26: The Light that shines for all – 26:60,

11 December 2016
Chapter 8: The centrally managed work of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain – 8:02, 8:03 and 8:11

8 January 2017
Chapter 1: Advices and Queries 1:01, 1:02 and 1:05

22 January 2017
Chapter 4: Area meetings and Local meetings 4:02, 4:22 and 4:32

29 January 2017
Chapter 28: Sharing the Quaker Experience 28:01, 28:10 and 28:13

12 February 2017
Chapter 24: Our Peace Testimony 24:11, 24:26 and 24:38

26 February 2017
Chapter 24: Our Peace Testimony (continued) 24:03, 24:12 and 24:25

12 March 2017
Chapter 27: Unity and Diversity 27:03, 27:09 and 27:12

26 March 2017
Chapter 27: Unity and Diversity 27:18, 27:25, 27:32 and 27:37

9 April 2017
Chapter 14: Stewardship of our Material Resources 14:02 and 14:04

23 April 2017
Chapter 25: Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation 25:10, 25:11 and 25:13

14 May 2017
Chapter 9: Beyond Britain Yearly Meeting 9:09 and 9:16

28 May 2017
Chapter 18: Faithful Lives 18:00 and 18:13

11 June 2017
Chapter 19: Openings 19:21, 19:22, 19:46 and 19:61