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18.02.2026 14:42 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Faith isโฆ
17.02.2026 07:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Our hundreds of years old tradition of challenging and living out alternatives to the culture of the owning class continuesโฆ
17.02.2026 07:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Great question!
14.02.2026 18:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Wise words
14.02.2026 18:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Good stuff today from @quakeitup.bsky.social
22.11.2025 18:43 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Seasonal presents sorted!
13.11.2025 20:33 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Great job opportunity with @forceswatch.bsky.social
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#Whitepoppies for #peace and remembering all victims of war, are now available at our meeting house in #Huddersfield
Civilian deaths in conflict surged 40% globally in 2024. Around 50% of those killed in war are civilians.
White poppies also from the PPU:
www.ppu.org.uk/.../wear-whi....
More enlightening stuff from @cosmichope.bsky.social!
#Quakers
Well worth watching!
More good stuff from @quakeitup.bsky.social and Ben Wood
Vitally important words for British Quakers to hearโฆ
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A group of protesters holding signs, including a peace flag and a war starts here banner. They are standing outside the gates of a red brick office building next to a road.
No one should profit from war and violence.
As protests against arms dealers continue today, Quakers handed in their demand to Clarion Events, calling on them to drop the DSEI arms fair.
๐ธMichael Preston for Quakers in Britain
You can always rely on British Quakers to oppose unjust laws.
Quakers in Britain has applied to intervene in the judicial review of the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, saying the ban has undermined their freedom of religion.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
โฌ๏ธ Peace Lead job working on a "wide range of peace issues and non-militarised approaches to security". โฌ๏ธ
#PeaceJobs #Quakers
The Salter Lecture 2025 advert
The Salter Lecture 2025 'Pausing the Police' by Abimbola Johnson is now being livestreamed at: youtube.com/live/3P-1XNp...
25.05.2025 18:14 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Meeting for Worship at 10:30 today. All welcome.
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People talking and peacefully demonstrating is not a threat to society; but stopping them is. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
02.04.2025 16:00 โ ๐ 106 ๐ 59 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 3Respect the laws of the state but let your first loyalty be to Godโs purposes. If you feel impelled by strong conviction to break the law, search your conscience deeply. Ask your meeting for the prayerful support which will give you strength as a right way becomes clear.
Advices and Queries 33
On Thursday, a week after 20 police officers smashed down the door of a Quaker Meeting House, there's going to be a meeting for worship outside Scotland Yard.
Please join us in person or on Zoom if you can.
Bring tea.
Details below.
#whydidnttheyjustknock
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotland-y...
After surviving a fever in 1776, the Quaker formerly known as Jemima Wilkinson declared they had died and been reborn as a new, genderless person with a spiritual calling. Adopting the name Public Universal Friend, avoiding pronouns, and dressing androgynously, they attracted faithful followers.
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๐ฏ๏ธ*Quaker Meeting for Worship*๐ฏ๏ธ
In support of all who speak up for truth & integrity in the face of increasing state oppression.
*Outside New Scotland Yard*
Thurs 3 April 12-1pm
Join us in returning police violence & aggression with love & peace.
Meet at Chindit Memorial, Embankment Gardens
I don't know about the Quakers creed, but I do know that Quakers led the charge in the humane treatment of people with mental illnesses.
They started the trend of not using chains or beatings, but rather kindness, quiet, and a gentle atmosphere.
If you want to find out more, read up York Retreat.
Oliver Robertson, head of witness and worship for Quakers in Britain, said: โThis raid is not an isolated incident.
โIt reflects a growing trend of excessive policing under new laws brought in by the previous government, which are now being enforced by the current administration."
@quaker.org.uk
You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
29.03.2025 07:39 โ ๐ 1812 ๐ 953 ๐ฌ 124 ๐ 126One of the most bizarre aspects of the #police raid on the #Quaker Meeting House hosting a #YouthDemand welcome talk is that the police broke the door down when they could have just rung the doorbell.
30.03.2025 00:00 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I thought exactly the same
30.03.2025 14:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you
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