Hereford Quakers Newsletter
February 2017
Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love. (Gandalf, – J R R Tolkien)
Diary
| Thursday 2nd | 12.30 Meeting for Worship & picnic lunch |
| Sunday 5th | 10.30 Meeting for Worship
12.00 Business Meeting |
| Monday 6th | 10.00-12.00 Open Meeting House (A Friendly Welcome) |
| Thursday 9th | 12.30 Meeting for Worship & picnic lunch
19.30 Book Club at 56 Broomy Hill |
| Sunday 12th | 10.30 Meeting for Worship |
| Monday 13th | 10.00-12.00 Open Meeting House (A Friendly Welcome) |
| Tuesday 14th | 19.30 Shopping: Using the Power of our £ for Good |
| Thursday 16th | 12.30 Meeting for Worship & picnic lunch |
| Sunday 19th | 10.30 Meeting for Worship |
| Monday 20th | 10.00-12.00 Open Meeting House (A Friendly Welcome) |
| Tuesday 21st | 19.30 Millichap Lecture – see below for information |
| Thursday 23rd | 12.30 Meeting for Worship & picnic lunch |
| Sunday 26th | 10.30 Meeting for Worship & Children’s Meeting, followed by bring & share lunch |
| Monday 27th | 10.00-12.00 Open Meeting House (A Friendly Welcome) |
Events are at the Friends Meeting House, 21 King Street, Hereford HR4 9BX unless otherwise stated
Book Club – Thursday 9th February
This month’s book is Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys. The book for March’s Book Club (on Thursday 9th March) is Sebastian Barry’s Days Without End.
Shopping Using the power of our £ for good – Tuesday 14th February
Jane and David Straker will lead a contemplation about the way we can express our values in the way we do our shopping, and Hazel Ings will tell us about one innovative way of buying food through a Food Assembly.
All are welcome at this event organised by our Education Co-ordinator.
Millichap Peace Fund Lecture – Tuesday 21st February
John Gittings, author of The Glorious Art of Peace, worked for 20 years as the Guardian’s foreign leader writer, assistant foreign editor and China specialist. He has also written extensively on cold war politics and is a Research Associate in the China Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. He will speak on China and the US: Peace or War?
Forthcoming Events for your diary
Saturday 11th March
Area Meeting at Almeley
Tuesday 9th May
Millichap Lecture: Gulwali Passarlay
Building Work at the Meeting House
Please be aware – and take care! – while there is building work taking place at the Meeting House. This is expected to be from 13th February until 17th March, and may mean changes of room and other accommodations need to be made. We look forward to completion of these works!
Our February Appeal is in aid of The Bhopal Medical Appeal which works to support people affected by the leak of toxic gas from Union Carbide’s pesticide factory in 1984. The contamination of water, soil and air continues to inflict illness, poverty and injustice on the people. The charity runs two centres – Sambhavna Clinic, and Chingari. For more information see the website: bhopal.org
Area Meeting Lists of Members (2017) are now available and may be obtained from Judith Baresel, priced at £1.50 each.
Ledbury Meeting would be pleased to welcome Friends at their Meeting for Worship, which takes place on the first and third Sundays in the month in the Burgage Hall on Church Street.
For further information about Quakers, please contact:
Clerk: Julian Rutherford on 01531 671284
julian.rutherford@smquakers.org.uk
Please submit copy in writing for the next newsletter to the editor, Liz Chave liz.chave@smquakers.org.uk by 15th February