Friends at the EMES annual meeting in Budapest, May 2019 Annual Report 2019 www.fwccemes.org
[email protected] Europe & Middle East Section P.O. Box 1157, Histon Cambridge. CB24 9XQ, UK Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1223 479585 Exec Sec: Marisa Johnson Scottish Charity number: SC 036528 EMES Annual Report 2019 3 3 FWCC/EMES Annual Report 2019 Table of Contents What is FWCC?.........................................................................................4 Europe & Middle East Section..................................................................4 Some Quaker Addresses in Europe........................................................14 Reports from Yearly Meetings, Monthly Meetings and Groups............14 Reports of work around Europe............................................................36 Bank accounts & how to contribute to FWCC EMES.............................46 For up to date information about EMES please visit our website: www.fwccemes.org For dates of Yearly Meetings and other events please see the calendar page: www.fwccemes.org/calendar Note: The formal annual report and accounts, prepared in accordance with UK charity requirements, are available as a separate document on request from the EMES office. 4 EMES Annual Report 20194 EMES Annual Report 2019 55 EMES Annual Report 2019 EMES Annual Report 2019 What is FWCC? such as the Annual Meeting, occasional International Family Gatherings, border The Friends World Committee for Consultation was established at the Second World meetings, seminars, peace and service consultations and other activities encourage Conference of Friends held at Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, in 1937. The concept of a mutual understanding and the greater involvement of Friends. Two booklets, Meeting world organisation to express the sense of world fellowship of Friends arose as an the Spirit and Friendly Advice on Quaker Ways, have been produced, and a newsletter, important part of the evolution of the Religious Society of Friends in the first two Among Friends, is published three times a year.