The plenary session on committed relationships was perhaps the most intense piece of Quaker exploration and discernment I’ve ever been part of. Not knowing what to expect, I Tweeted every twist and turn with hash tag #YMG09. It seemed the right thing to do. I wasn’t entirely sure, but it felt like historic progress.
And there [...]
Sessions
Blogs discussing the themes at the Yearly Meeting sessions.
Committed relationships: Tweeting every twist and turn
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Yearly Meeting minutes
Thursday, July 30th, 2009You can find the minutes from each day of Yearly Meeting Gathering available on the main Britain Yearly Meeting website as and when they are uploaded at http://www.quaker.org.uk/yearly-meeting-gathering-2009
Monday at YMG
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009Miranda Chadkirk writes about Steve Whiting’s session on the JYM theme of Ubuntu and Jennifer Barraclough’s session on communities:
http://jym2009.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/session-4-steve-whiting/
http://jym2009.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/session-5-jennifer-barraclough/
gerrymillar on the Salter lecture
Monday, July 27th, 2009…Richard’s delivery was gentle and humane, yet the evidence against the USA, Portugal and the UK, at the top of the inequality table, was damning. What moved me was that the things we have always said are right and good, such as equality, fairness and justice, have now been shown by research to actually make a difference to the quality of life of everyone in a given society, whether they are richer or poorer…
jezs on Sunday morning session
Sunday, July 26th, 2009…I hope that I am not over-expressing then when I write that it was just brilliant, beautifully and thoughtfully delivered. We were reminded that the poor in spirit shall receive the kingdom of heaven, and we were reminded how passionate God is, willing to offer us, his followers, effectively something for nothing…
Opening session
Sunday, July 26th, 2009We were reminded we come to Yearly Meeting ” to see one anothers faces”.
Certainly plenty of faces to see. I spent much of the afternoon, with responsibilities, saying “how lovely to see you, must go…”.
One of the great joys for me always at YM is looking around the room at the faces there. Lots of [...]