QUAKER WEEK EVENTS –
22-29 SEPTEMBER 2007
You
are warmly invited to find out more about the Quaker approach to
spirituality
and Quaker social witness by attending any of the following events.
Children
are welcome.
Bedford - Berkhamsted
- Harpenden - Hemel
Hempstead, - Leighton Buzzard - Luton - Milton Keynes
- St Albans - Watford
BEDFORD
22nd September, Saturday,
OPEN DAY 10.30 - 4.30. (also on 29th)
Drop in
for tea or coffee, Exhibition: interactive column, pictures, books,
‘Meeting Friends’ video
12.30 Introducing quiet Worship;
13.00 Simple buffet lunch
14.30 GOD, SCIENCE, LIFE: ‘ANY
QUESTIONS’ - Quaker style
23rd September, Sunday
10.30 Worship (one hour), discussion,
tea
12.30 Picnic at the new ‘Quaker wood’,
at Wootton, part of the Community Forest, for quiet Worship,
blackberrying.
24th - 28th September, All Weekday
Evenings, Monday to
Friday 19.30 -20.30 Try half an hour of quiet Worship
with short
introduction. Questions
welcome, refreshments.
27th September, Thursday
12.30 Worship for half an hour and discussion
13.00 Simple buffet
lunch
14.30 ‘Working for the Environment’,
talks and discussion - introduction to Ecoteams Project
19.30 - 20.30 Try half an hour of quiet
Worship with short
introduction. Questions welcome, refreshments.
29th September, Saturday, OPEN DAY
10.30 - 4.30.
Same
programme as for SATURDAY 22nd
30th September, Sunday
10.30 Worship (one hour), discussion,
tea and talk
12.30 Simple buffet lunch
13.30 Talks about the Amani Childrens
Home, Tanzania,
and Greyhaven
Asylum Seekers Hostel, Bedford
14.00 Celebration: singing, readings,
poems
15.00 Refreshments
ALL WELCOME
Venue: Bedford Quaker Meeting House
5 Lansdowne road, Bedford, MK40 2BY
More information: Tel: John 01234 261066, or Hazel 215445,
or www.bedfordquakers.org.uk Email:
bedfordquakers@yahoo.co.uk
Click here to go to Bedford Quakers home
page
BERKHAMSTED
Try out Quaker quiet worship
(one hour), with time for discussion and
questions afterwards –Berkhamsted Quaker Meeting House, 289 High
Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 1AJ.
Sunday 23rd and 30th September, 10.30
start
Click here to go to Berkhamsted Quakers
home page
HARPENDEN
Open morning
Drop in at any time in the morning to meet local Quakers, discuss and
ask questions. Try out Quaker quiet worship (brief session of up
to half an hour). Join us for a cup of tea.
Harpenden Meeting House, 12 Southdown Road, Harpenden, AL5 1PD
Thursday 27 September, 10.00 am – 1.00
pm.
Worship session starts at 10.45 am.
Click here to go
to Harpenden Quakers home page
Information Stall near the
Band Stand in the Marlowes pedestrian area.
Friday 21st Sept: 9am –
4pm.
Guided walk to site of original
17th Century Meeting House and Burial
Ground at Woodhall Farm. Two hours leisurely walking there and
back, exploring some of the remainder lands of that period and
returning via the Nicky Line. Weather permitting, refreshments at the
Burial
Ground.
Meet at Quaker Meeting House. St Mary’s Rd. Old High Street.
Saturday 22nd Sept. 2 pm
Evening of words, music and peace
based on `The Armed Man’ by Karl
Jenkins. Refreshments. This music was written to leave
behind the most war-torn century in human history and look ahead to a
new and more peaceful society. The work combines the basic Mass
with a variety of poetry and prose and a wide range of musical styles
reflecting the multicultural, global society we live in.
Venue: The Quaker Meeting House, St Mary’s Rd, Old High Street.
Sunday 23rd Sept. 6.15 for 6.30
pm – til 7.30 pm
Programme for teachers. An
invitation is extended to teachers of
young people of all ages to explore ways of introducing their students
to the historical, religious, social and environmental contribution of
the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Tea on arrival then
discussion and visual presentations focussing on “Who are
Quakers? What do they believe?”
Venue: The Quaker Meeting House, St Mary’s Rd, Old High Street.
Monday 24th Sept. 4 pm for 4.30
pm – til 6 pm
Meeting House Open Days
An open invitation to enjoy the Meeting House and garden, view our
library and displays. (These will include posters and some
embroidery worked on the Quaker Tapestry.) Join us for a cup of
tea.
Monday 24 Sept. 10 am – 4pm
Wednesday 26 Sept. 10 am– 4 pm
Saturday 29 Sept. 10 am-4pm
Our regular Meeting for Worship takes place every Sunday at 10.30
am. All are welcome, including children.
Click here to go to Hemel Hempstead Quakers home page
Information Stall in
Leighton Buzzard Market
Tuesday 25th September, 8.00 am –
12.00 noon.
Open Day at the Quaker Meeting House,
behind 27-29 North Street,
Leighton Buzzard (opposite Halfords).
Refreshments, display, local Quakers on hand for discussion and to
answer questions.
Saturday 29th September, 10.00 am –
4.00 pm
For more information, telephone: 01525 261414.
Click here
to go to Leighton Buzzard Quakers home page
LUTON
Meet a Quaker Week – Spot someone wearing a Quaker badge and approach
them for a “gold card”, leaflet and discussion
22-29 September, any time
Try out Quaker quiet worship
(one hour), with time for discussion and
questions afterwards. At Luton Meeting House, 28 Crawley
Green Rd, LU2 OQX, Tel: 01582 723396.
Sunday 30 September, 10.30 start.
Click
here to go to Luton Quakers home page
Drop-in sessions with a
display of current Quaker work, life-sized
reproductions of the Quaker tapestry, the United Nations charter
granting Milton Keynes the status of Peace Messenger City and
refreshments plus a local Quaker on hand to answer any questions
Introduction to Quakerism Evening with
3 talks followed by discussion
plus the opportunity to experience Quaker silent worship - Wednesday 26th September, 7.00 pm-9.30 pm
Celebration of the 21st birthday of
Milton Keynes Quaker Centre with
drop-in session followed by tree-planting by the Mayor of Milton
Keynes, a performance of readings that illustrate the Quaker experience
and circle dancing.
Saturday 29th September, 3.00 pm-8.30
pm
All events are at the Quaker Centre, 1 Oakley Gardens, Down-head Park,
MK15 9BH. Tel: 01908 604673.
Click
here to go to Milton Keynes Quakers Home Page
ST ALBANS
Open Day at St Albans Meeting House:
Tuesday 25 September, 10.30 am – 8.30
pm
We will be around to chat with you, share ideas on spirituality &
the Quaker way. There is a wide range of perspectives of belief in St
Albans meeting, come & find out. We have planned some time
for talks & questions & some time for our quiet worship.
Also we have leaflets, books & refreshments.
The session from 3.45 is designed for parents & carers to call in
after school, therefore snacks & children’s activities will be
available from 3.45 to 4.45pm.
Planned session times are:
o 10.30 – 11.30 am
o 1.30 – 2.30 pm
o 3.45 – 4.45 pm
o 7.30 - 8.30 pm
Call in!
Meeting for Worship is at 10.30am each Sunday: All are welcome.
Accessible building
St Albans Meeting House is at 7, Upper Lattimore Road, St Albans,
AL1 3UK. Tel: 01727 831859. Email:
enquiries@stalbansquakers.org.uk.
Click here to go
to St Albans Quakers Home Page
WATFORD
Open Day at Watford
Friends Meeting House.
Saturday 22 September, 10.00 am – 4.00
pm
o Opportunity to experience Quaker worship
o Films about Quakers, including one about Watford
Friends
o Displays, interactive art, fair trade and book
stalls
o Opportunity to monitor your carbon footprint and
talk with environmental campaigners
Quaker Question Time. Put your questions to
a panel of Quakers
Monday 24th September, 7.45 pm
Both events are at
Watford Friends Meeting House, 150 Church Rd,
Watford, WD17 4QB. Tel: 01923 237089..
All welcome - suitable for all ages
The building has no
stairs and easy wheelchair access with facilities
for people with disabilities.
Click here to go
to Watford Quakers Home Page