VIDEOHere we have an interview by Jez with Marie Drouin of YFGM about runnin. stall and meeting Friends from abroad at BYM.. .. .. .. . Laura interviews Plain Friend and Quaker bookseller Simon Watson a
. BYM is really cool because you get to go to the park and buil. lighthouse. William. (Posted by on .)
We learnt about how people from Africa were captured as slaves and imported to USA. We also found out how badly they were treated, then we mad. banner with posters saying "Stop the Slave Trade" and "Slave Trade" is wrong etc. ha. great time!. Fran (Posted by on .)
It was fun to meet new friends at yearly meeting 2007. rebecca -claxton-ingham. age-11 (Posted by on .)
Laura, Je. Wess. .. .. .. . The numbers of our blog-watchers are totting up and we're getting people from all sorts of interesting places including Edinburgh and Switzerland. notice that Lambeth
I like yearly meeting 2007. It is fun.. Alys, ag. (Posted by on .)
.. .. .. . Edit:. There i. bit more to say about this morning's session. think. Once again, the assistant clerks are colour-coordinated this time in lovely identical bright orange. Elders started us of
Wheneve. get to Meeting. go in and the room is silent. Sometimes, there i. commotion outside, because people are coming in, removing coats and greeting each other.. But, even with all that noise, there i. sense of purpose in the silence, whether it i. Meeting for Worship, Business, Threshing or Clearness.. So, going into the large Meeting Room on Sunday morning, ten minutes before the official start o. Britain Year
Into Friends House at quit. civilised hour this morning. Blogging with the sausage factory last night and subsequent transport adventures mean. wasn't home 'til 2am!. I went into the restaurant fo. hearty but cheap breakfast. sat with Anne Hosking. Quaker Life staff member. Anne has done lots of work on Eldership & Oversight, and is full of Quaker insights.. Although we were both tired, we had really interesting
This i. big friendly shout out to Ann from Norfolk.. We are sorry that you cannot be here at Britain Yearly Meeting and we bloggers hold you in the light.. Jez not Wess. (Posted by on .)
BAM!. VERY good weekend :D JAZZY! In fact, it's being soo good in can only really be described with funny words in capitals and exclaimation marks. . NANG!. KATIE! (Posted by on .)
'sup love muffins! its the last night of bym 07 and we're all veeery tired i'm sure. kno. am!. as you've probably all gathered from previous blogs, we've all had an AMAZING time, definitely one of MY favourite byms (of all th. i've gone to) and i'd just like to sa. HUMONGOUS thank you to the core team and the pgps. muchos lovings and snuggles with sprinkles on top. annie. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Posted by on .)
. The Joys of Quaker Business sessions. . I'm Pip I'm 14 and today I've had my first experience o. proper Quaker business meeting. can only say that it is an entirely new experience like no othe. have ever had. We dealt with the issue of changing "Monthly meetings" to "area meetings. personally dislike this idea because it remove. familiar term that is part of my everyday life
JAZZY!. hey everyone call me edd. omg wa. gr8 weeken. have been turned EMO baugh. causit and heard the whole bible in les than 30mins. how many people have done that i. weekend. u all l8r by xxx (Posted by on .)
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"It is wonderful to be able to participate in this project, and I'm really looking forward to sharing my thoughts, feelings and impressions of the various sessions, special interest groups and informal chats, from what will be my first Britain Yearly Meet (Posted by martin_kelley on 2007-03-15T22:13:13Z.)
"In an ideal world we would have more thrills attached, but withou. budget, we're trying this out and would appreciate your ideas and feedback on how we could develop things." (Posted by martin_kelley on 2007-03-15T22:12:13Z.)
"New at Britain Yearly Meeting this year will be the activities of three bloggers, who will be making live updates through the weekend. Alongside more traditional communications from Yearly Meeting, the blog will giv. more personal perspective on wha. (Posted by martin_kelley on 2007-03-09T22:58:08Z.)
"The three of us are going to be at the various meetings and blogging and posting pictures about all that happens there. It?s going to b. lot of fun for me because o. number of reasons..." (Posted by martin_kelley on 2007-03-06T15:27:27Z.)