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Becoming Friends – 2021

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Do you know about Becoming Friends? Many have now met in groups over the years to share this study material, discovering and sharing about Quakers; history, practice, action and experience. Both those fairly new to Friends and those with more experience have been participants.

A new group will be formed in January 2021, meeting on Zoom for the first 4 sessions, then taking a time for reflection and hopefully reconvening for four more sessions in person.

A handbook accompanies the discussions and, if you join, we will arrange for you to have one of these in advance so that preparation reading and thinking can be done.

The dates for the first four Zoom meetings, all at 7.30pm, are:
• Jan 21st
• Feb 4th
• Feb 18th
• March 4th.

Interested? Do contact Christine Tollerton (christinetollerton@virginmedia.co.uk), Helen Chambers  (hchambers@googlemail.com) or Sue Tuckwell (suetuckwell@hotmail.com) to find out more.

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Forthcoming courses at Woodbrooke

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The Quaker Study Centre at Woodbrooke is offering several online courses over the next few months:

Full details on the Courses page of the Woodbrooke website, or follow the links above. While you are there, why not sign up for the regular newsletter to stay up to date with new courses and other activities? And remember that financial support is available from Redland Meeting to help with course fees – contact the treasurer at redland.treasurer@bristolquakers.org.uk to find out more.

Richard Hull Woodbrooke Link

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New Redland Reading Group

Courses, Events, Redland Groups

Wed 9 Sept, 7 – 8pm on zoom

The first session of a new reading group convened by Kit Fotheringham. The group will be reading Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I am no longer talking to white people about race. To participate in this group you will need to obtain your own copy of the book.

Fortnightly meetings will run through to Wednesday 2 December. The Zoom link is in the Notices for 30th August 2020 or available from Kit.

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Online courses at Woodbrooke July – December 2020

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As you may already know, the Quaker study centre at Woodbrooke has moved learning online for the remainder of 2020. Woodbrooke’s online courses have the same breadth of coverage as their residential courses but are provided instead through webinars, Zoom meetings, videos, discussion forums, and written material. The courses available are listed on the Woodbrooke website at https://bit.ly/3hiRHeT, where you can see when and how each course will run, and whether there is an attendance fee. 
To give a feel for the range of opportunities available, I have divided the current courses into six broad areas related to being Quaker, theology, history, spiritual practices, engagement with the wider world, and training for specific roles:

 

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New courses are added by Woodbrooke quite often – keep an eye on the listings page or register for the Woodbooke newsletter to stay up to date. In addition, this year’s Swarthmore lecture will be broadcast online in August, as outlined below.

Remember that financial support is available from both Woodbrooke and locally. Redland Meeting will pay half of the cost of one course (whether fixed or Pay as Led) each year for all members and attenders, and the full cost of any training for specific roles. Contact the treasurer, Kit Fotheringham for further information.

As well as Woodbrooke, Britain Yearly Meeting also offers courses occasionally, such as the QPSW Summer Series: Where our witness is (https://bit.ly/32zKdjd). Sign up to the Quake newsletter to hear of new courses as they appear.

Richard Hull

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Would you like to be part of a Study Group?

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Are you are interested in getting together with other Friends (via Zoom at present of course) to form a discussion or study group?

We already have groups discussing Black Lives Matter (contact Caroline Beatty) and reading poetry together (contact Jenni Harris).

Kit Fotheringham is planning to start a reading group of Reni Eddo-Lodge’s book Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race. It will be held fortnightly at 7-8:30pm on Wednesdays, starting on 9 September and finishing on 2 December.  Contact Kit if you’re interested.

If you’d like to be in a group to, for example, read and discuss another particular book, or study a Quaker theme, do get in touch with your suggestion.

Linda Ewles
Learning and Action Hub Coordinator
July 2020

 

 

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