Calling Letter . Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain To members of Meeting for Sufferings 9 November 2018 Dear Friends, We are looking forward to our first residential meeting which will be at Woodbrooke in Birmingham from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th November. We hope that we will have a good time of fellowship one with another and of listening to the guidance of the Spirit. We know that we will be sharing information and growing in our understanding of our faith and the action to which it leads, and, at this meeting in particular, we look for a greater understanding and sharing of how we work together so that we may joyfully step forward. We hope we will become drawn together, united in recognising and owning the direction in which we are travelling, following the Inner Guide. The agenda is attached but if you are able to arrive in the afternoon there will be a learning session at 4.30 with Woodbrooke tutors on ‘Doing Quaker business in a large meeting’. If you have not yet registered to attend this and would like to please contact Graham Spackman on
[email protected] I hope you will be able to arrive in time for supper – we will gather in the Cadbury Room (at 5.45) before going into the meal in our home groups. In the Friday evening session we will gather and deal with necessary business. On Saturday morning we will have a chance to engage with representatives from all the central committees – we have received their reports to us and hope that they will share with us the way in which their committee’s work has strengthened the life of Quakers in Britain and what work has been taken up or laid down and what challenges lie ahead for them.