Living Witness is a community that welcomes Friends who are actively discerning how we might respond to the unfolding climate and ecological crises, drawing on our Quaker values and practices. Central to this is nurturing a deepening spiritual exploration among Quakers and others, and supporting each other in the action and witness that may grow from this.
We hold online Quaker meetings focused on the Earth every Monday and Friday morning, and every Wednesday evening. See more information here
Bookings are open for an all-age Quaker Earthcare Gathering in Swanwick, Derbyshire, Friday 24th – Monday 27th October 2025. Our pre-booked spaces at the venue have been filled but they do have a few bedrooms available on a first-come-first-served basis. Meanwhile we are developing an extended "ingathering" process throughout 2025, braiding together our different threads of worship, action, art, learning and more.
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Yearly Meeting : 23-26 May - Friends House, London and Online
Saturday 3 May : 4-5 pm - Living Witness Special Interest Group Online Meeting 'Preparing for the Earthcare Gathering 2025'
Saturday 24 May: Living Witness stall at the Groups Fair during lunch break
Focus of YM: Exploring how we as Quakers address violence and conflict in our local communities and across Britain, and identify ways we could do more.
How does our Sustainability Testimony engage with the Peace Testimony?
If you intend being at Yearly Meeting in person, you will need to register Register for Yearly Meeting
We are encouraged to use the resources here Preparing for Yearly Meeting
Quaker Eco Church Network News (Woodbrooke)
The Steps to Accreditation course has been running for several months now. There’s still time to join. It’s free to register and all the resources and recordings of past sessions are on the online resources page.
Date for network meeting - changed date - now Thursday 22nd May 7-8:30pm
'Faith in Action in an age of Permacrisis'
Joint Conference QCEA and Quaker Peace & Social Witness
(QCEA = Quaker Council for European affairs)
Venue: Brussels, Belgium
Date: 20-22 June 2025
Quakers in Britain Sustainability Report 2023 available here
The findings have been organised under new headings:
1) Sustainability within the operations of BYM
2) Local and Area Meetings information on sustainability from annual reports
3) Climate witness and climate justice
The report was shared at the March Meeting for Sufferings. Friends involved in activism may also be interested to read the report 'Police Powers and Protest' given for consideration at the same meeting (MfS 2025 03 13)
A Quaker Take podcast | Quakers in Britain
A podcast from Quakers in Britain and Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre featuring people talking about ideas, faith and activism. A Quaker Take explores a range of issues in Britain and internationally, including climate change and climate activism.
Relaunched as A Quaker Take, find new episodes or listen to previous episodes of Q:Witness.
Revising the Book of Discipline - Unity of Creation
At Yearly Meeting in 2018 Paul Parker, recording clerk, welcomed the decision to revise Quaker Faith & Practice:
"Once in a generation, Quakers decide to take a long hard look at our faith, what it means to us, and what we can say about it. Today's bold decision to revise Quaker faith & practice means it's time for us to do that again. It's exciting. We want to hear the insights of younger and more diverse people, and set out how we are a faith fit for the 21st century. I'm looking forward to it."
Suggestions for new content are welcome and invited. If you have a suggestion to make for inclusion in the Unity of Creation chapter, please send by email to qfp@quaker.org.uk, or by writing to the Revision Committee, Friends House, Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ.
QUAKER EARTHCARE WITNESS
Quaker Earthcare Witness is a network of Quakers inspiring Spirit-led action for ecological integrity and environmental justice in the USA. You can visit their website https://quakerearthcare.org/
With the opportunity to sign up for their newsletter 'Befriending Creation' and keep up-to-date on the work of Quaker Friends across the Atlantic.
Upcoming Events
Fri 16 May
Friday Worship
07:00-07:45
Venue: Zoom
Our weekly open worship session, including some prepared ministry and followed by a brief period of 'afterwords.'
Please contact us for the Zoom meeting URL.
Wed 21 May
Wednesday Epilogue
20:30-21:00
Venue: Zoom
Our weekly evening epilogue
Please contact us for the Zoom link.
Thu 22 May
Eco Church Network Meeting
19:00-20:30
Venue: Woodbrooke Zoom
Zoom link and reminder to be circulated in due course.