Bhopal Yearly Meeting, India
Bhopal Friends celebrated World Quaker Day with
silent worship. We meditated over Romans Chapter 12,
followed by sharing thoughts by the members. The
meeting was concluded by a group photograph.
Ronald shared on:
- That of God in Everyone – a seed, an embers.
The Godly embers helps to stable the contact
between Human and God.
- Inner Light – it is to enlighten every part
of Human Life.
Merryl shared How Can We Put Our Faith into Action.
- By meditating on the Word of God so that we
can be successful in life.
- When we apply the Word to a situation and we
see it work this helps increase in our Faith
level.
- We can exercise Faith in Christ when we have
an assurance that he exists a correct idea of
his character and a knowledge that we’re
striving to live according to his will.
Having Faith in Jesus Christ implies relying
completely on him – trusting in his infinite power,
intelligence and love. He knows how to help us rise
above our daily difficulties.
Molly shared how by committing ourselves to God, it
not only teaches us new things but also transforms
us. If rightly guided by the Spirit, it leads us to
truth, unity and love.
Friends follow the essential principles of
Quakerism:
- A belief in the possibility of direct,
unmediated communion with the Divine. Christ
is come to teach his people himself (statement
by George Fox).
- A commitment to living lives that outwardly
attest to this inward experience.
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Bohol Worship Group, Philippines
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Canberra, Australia
Canberra Friends have now established a tradition of
talking via Skype and/or zoom to Quakers in other
parts of the world. This year they talked to Friends
in Bhopal Yearly Meeting and Mid India Yearly
Meeting and to Quakerism Osaka, Japan.
All who participated were very grateful for the
connections.
During Meeting for Worship in Canberra all the goal
ministry was related to the world wide family of
Friends. Canberra Friends acknowledged the
importance of our international connections and also
grieved for the difficult times many are going
though. Celebrating our family by making these
personal connections is a treasure.
One photo is of Osaka Friends on WQD and the other
is a zoom shot from Mid India of Canberra Friends
talking to Mid India YTM Friends.
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Hobart Meeting, Tasmania
Australia
 
To celebrate World Quaker Day, Friends in Hobart,
Tasmania, Australia watched the Quaker speak video
with Gretchen Castle talking about FWCC.
We then put stars on a world map, to show the places
we have shared worship around the world. We had some
interesting conversations about different places we
had visited and friends we had met in those places,
sometimes finding commonalities we didn’t know we
had!
Unfortunately the only map we had that was big
enough is the projection you can see in the image
above. What I really would have liked is a Peters
Projection, which shows the relative size of each
country and continent more accurately.
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Queensland Regional Meeting,
Australia
At Meeting for Worship we remembered some of our
Members who are now in Africa, as well as giving
thanks for Quakers around the world who are
speaking truth and working for peace.
Please note our banner which commemorates this
special day.
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Tokyo Monthly Meeting, Japan
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Victoria Regional Meeting,
Australia
Susanna Williams (USA), with Chris
Hughes
The cheerful red floor leading into the
and Helen Bayes (VRM) in the
background
Victorian Friends Centre’s meeting room
Jacqueline Schultze, Secretary to Australia YM,
visited Victoria Regional Meeting (VRM) on 7 and 8
October and attended one of their programs marking
World Quaker Day: a public talk by four VRM Friends
about their personal perspectives of the Quaker
experience, followed by a short meeting for worship.
The new Victorian Friends Centre was filled to
capacity, with the WQD program upstairs, a training
Workshop downstairs in the Library, and tea in the
kitchen area, where Friends and visitors were
engaged in conversations about Quakers and Quaker
beliefs. Several beautiful Australian Quaker
Tapestry panels were also on display.
On Sunday, at meeting for worship, Friends welcomed
Susanna Williams, a visitor from America, who, in a
happy coincidence, turned out to be a classmate of
Jacqueline's daughter’s from Earlham College, from
some 20 years ago. The Quaker world is filled with
wonderful, deep connections.
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