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Elders and Pastoral Carers Committee Report on its First Year
Dugan Cummings, Clerk to EPCC reports on what the Committee has been up to in its first year. A year ago it was decided to set up a committee of Elders and Pastoral Carers to serve Joint London Area Meeting (JLAM). The intention was to seek experienced people from each of the Area Meetings in London, plus someone from Young…
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Celebrating the Past In Transition
A Friend from South East London Area Meeting reflects on how SELAM are commemerating the past as they take their final steps toward London Area Meeting. In SELAM we plan to commemorate the laying down of our AM; at our final meeting this year each of our three Meetings will present an item showing the flavour of each Meeting, and…
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September JLAM Minutes
The minutes of our September JLAM are now available in the Documents Archive. Our morning was shared exploring the theme “Maintaining the Beauty and Variety of the Natural World,” at Wanstead Meeting house and Online. From the minutes: This morning Friends of all ages met together from near and far to explore different aspects of this theme. These included Wild…
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Book Recommendation: Before the Resurrection
A reader wrote in to recommend a book, Before the Resurrection by Emily Provance, to London Friends, they say: I’m writing to recommend a book which has just come out. Emily Provance gave the Swarthmore Lecture in 2025 and she writes of a lot of experience which will be helpful to us in London and to other Friends looking at…
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QiL Nominations Committee Needs Your Help!
QiL Nominations Committee shares their need for nominations to fill crucial roles including (but not limited to) Treasurer, Trustees, and members of the Eldership and Pastoral Care Committee. Twelve Friends from across London have the tasks of finding and nominating Friends and Attenders to serve in the key roles that will enable Quakers in London to function when it comes…
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QiL News Sheet 11
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Paddles Ahoy! A Report from London Link Group’s White Water Adventures
Our Friend Rebecca Fricker shares a report of London Link Group’s recent trip to Lea Valley White Water Centre, where teamwork and overcoming fear was the order of the day. We are advised to Live Adventurously and that is what 13 Quaker affiliated teenagers, supported by 5 adult volunteers, did on a hot sunny day in the Lea Valley. After…
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British Quaker, American Friend: Reflections on BYM from across the Atlantic
Teran Chapis: British Quaker; American Friend, shares an extract of their report to Hartford Monthly Meeting in Connecticut, United States regarding Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), which took place over four days in May. A recurring theme in conversations between Friends [at BYM] was our different understandings of God. Friends identified themselves as atheist or theist Quakers, and asked each other…
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Faith Groups at Trans+ Pride
The Good Law Project reports that there were 150,000 people marching today, the 25th July 2026 at London Trans+ pride. Amonst those were a group of around 50 Quakers from across our Yearly Meeting, joined by others from Stoke Newington Synagogue and Nortcote Church. We met together as faith groups to show that God’s love is expansive, inclusive, incredible, unconditional,…
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Yearly Meeting Report
Some Westminster Friends have shared a report about their experience of yearly meeting in July. This was the first example of a session of our Yearly Meeting outside the usual pattern: a shorter, single-day Meeting for Worship for Business for all Friends in Britain Yearly Meeting. I watched Friends giving service to our meeting, and BYM staff taking deep, calming…