by Eva | Oct 3, 2024 | My Life As A Quaker, Quaker, Sutton Quaker Meeting
With a scientific education, I was used to questioning ideas, theories and assumptions. I knew that I sensed there was more than the apparent facts that we humans teach each other at any point in history—doubt and uncertainty have always existed and many of the...
by Helen | Apr 17, 2024 | Quaker, Sutton Quaker Meeting
When I visit different Quaker Meetings around Britain, I find they all seem alike in some ways, but they also all have their own distinct characters. So, like most Quaker Meetings, Sutton holds Meeting for Worship for about an hour on Sunday mornings, 10:30 to 11:30,...
by Helen | Apr 17, 2024 | My Life As A Quaker, Sutton Quaker Meeting
I’m a lifelong Quaker and I spent most of my working life in paid roles in Quaker organisations – pretty unusual in a faith group with no ordained priests/ministers. My work involved helping Quakers across Britain to live out their faith in their lives,...
by Pat | Apr 17, 2024 | My Life As A Quaker, Sutton Quaker Meeting
“You’ve made it,” my husband said as I reached 90 years of age. He meant 83 years as a Quaker, 75 in Sutton Meeting. If you’ve done your sums you will know that I became a Quaker at the age of seven. My parents, John and Christina Holland were pacifists and joined the...
by Phil | Apr 17, 2024 | My Life As A Quaker, Sutton Quaker Meeting
I was sent to Sunday School as a child and became a choirboy. It was at University that I came across Quakers. A Friend there questioned me about my beliefs and I realized that I did not in fact believe some of the things that Anglicans state in their creeds....
by Sheila | Apr 17, 2024 | My Life As A Quaker, Sutton Quaker Meeting
I became aware of Quakers about 20 years ago, through friends. They mentioned that they went to a Quaker meeting sometimes in Swindon. It took about 10 years for me to act on it, and eventually I looked around the Quakers in Britain website, saw things on there that...
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