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Next 10 events

Wed19

19 August 2026 at 19:00 – 20:30

Pre-Greenbelt Meetup + Conversations with Nature #3

You are warmly invited to our third workshop for Conversations with Nature on the topic of 'Letting it Go', the theme of Greenbelt 2026. 

If you are planning on going to Greenbelt this year, or are sad you can't make it, this informal meetup and poetry workshop is for you!

Please come and share some of your experiences of nature and any poetry writing for nature you may have started, perhaps from previous QAN workshops on nature or as a complete newcomer to writing.

We will have some prompts to help us with writing for the poetry anthology we hope to create or just for the enjoyment of engaging with nature through our pens or digital fingers!

For more information (opens in new window):
https://quakerarts.net/projects/conversations-with-nature/ 

Thu27

27 August 2026

QAN at Greenbelt Festival

Venue: Boughton House, Kettering, Northants

Once again QAN will be holding a Quaker space at Greenbelt Festival. Come and find our gazebo in the Takeaway area, where we will a welcoming presence and hub for all things Quaker on site, including ...

  • Make a friendship bracelet in the QAN gazebo
  • Add your fingerprints to the collaborative artwork BE PATTERNS
  • 8pm Thursday , Epilogue in the Franciscans Gazebo
  • 10am Saturday, Diversity & Paradox workshop  in Wild Goose
  • 2pm Saturday, Meeting for Worship  in Shelter 
  • 7.45pm Saturday, Epilogue in Wild Goose
  • 2.15pm Sunday, Quakers & Fellowship of Reconciliation in Wild Goose

And look out for our Peace banner as we walk around the site inviting people to join the London peace vigil on 19 September. 

Fri28

28 August 2026

QAN at Greenbelt Festival

Venue: Boughton House, Kettering, Northants

Once again QAN will be holding a Quaker space at Greenbelt Festival. Come and find our gazebo in the Takeaway area, where we will a welcoming presence and hub for all things Quaker on site, including ...

  • Make a friendship bracelet in the QAN gazebo
  • Add your fingerprints to the collaborative artwork BE PATTERNS
  • 8pm Thursday , Epilogue in the Franciscans Gazebo
  • 10am Saturday, Diversity & Paradox workshop  in Wild Goose
  • 2pm Saturday, Meeting for Worship  in Shelter
  • 7.45pm Saturday, Epilogue in Wild Goose
  • 2.15pm Sunday, Quakers & Fellowship of Reconciliation in Wild Goose

And look out for our Peace banner as we walk around the site inviting people to join the London peace vigil on 19 September. 

Sat29

29 August 2026

QAN at Greenbelt Festival

Venue: Boughton House, Kettering, Northants

Once again QAN will be holding a Quaker space at Greenbelt Festival. Come and find our gazebo in the Takeaway area, where we will a welcoming presence and hub for all things Quaker on site, including ...

  • Make a friendship bracelet in the QAN gazebo
  • Add your fingerprints to the collaborative artwork BE PATTERNS
  • 8pm Thursday , Epilogue in the Franciscans Gazebo
  • 10am Saturday, Diversity & Paradox workshop in Wild Goose
  • 2pm Saturday, Meeting for Worship in Shelter
  • 7.45pm Saturday, Epilogue in Wild Goose
  • 2.15pm Sunday, Quakers & Fellowship of Reconciliation in Wild Goose

And look out for our Peace banner as we walk around the site inviting people to join the London peace vigil on 19 September. 

Sun30

30 August 2026

QAN at Greenbelt Festival

Venue: Boughton House, Kettering, Northants

Once again QAN will be holding a Quaker space at Greenbelt Festival. Come and find our gazebo in the Takeaway area, where we will a welcoming presence and hub for all things Quaker on site, including ...

  • Make a friendship bracelet in the QAN gazebo
  • Add your fingerprints to the collaborative artwork BE PATTERNS
  • 8pm Thursday , Epilogue in the Franciscans Gazebo
  • 10am Saturday, Diversity & Paradox workshop  in Wild Goose
  • 2pm Saturday, Meeting for Worship  in Shelter
  • 7.45pm Saturday, Epilogue in Wild Goose
  • 2.15pm Sunday, Quakers & Fellowship of Reconciliation in Wild Goose

And look out for our Peace banner as we walk around the site inviting people to join the London peace vigil on 19 September. 

Wed23

23 September 2026 at 19:00 – 20:30

Reflecting on the Seasons - Conversations with Nature #4

Join Online Meeting (available shortly before event)

You are warmly invited to our fourth workshop for Conversations with Nature. 

Please come and share some of your experiences of nature and any writing for nature you may have started. Perhaps from previous QAN workshops on nature or as a complete newcomer to writing.

We will have some prompts to help us with writing for the poetry anthology we hope to create or just for the enjoyment of engaging with nature through our pens or digital fingers!

For more information (opens in new window):
https://quakerarts.net/projects/conversations-with-nature/

Fri25

25 September 2026 at 19:00 – 21:00

The Priest's Tale - a play by Michael Mears

Venue: Kingston Quaker Centre, Fairfield East, KT1 2PT

The Priest's Tale is the riveting story of a miraculous suitcase, a daring escape and the devastation wreaked on a city in a single instant by a nuclear bomb.

Join us for this one man play written and performed by award winning actor Michael Mears.

The event will be followed by Q&A.

Sat26

26 September 2026 at 11:00 – 16:00

Picnic for Peace - with Creative Voices for Peace

Venue: Abbey Gardens, Winchester SO23 9BE Also at Friends Meeting House and St Lawrence Parish Room on Colebrook Street SO23 9LH

A day of music, poetry and visual art from different traditions, with local faith and non-faith groups, bringing together those who wish to foster peaceful relationships, and helping people connect with their local community, and appreciate its diversity.

Wed21

21 October 2026 at 19:00 – 20:30

Editing Work for Publication - Conversations with Nature #5

Join Online Meeting (available shortly before event)

You are warmly invited to our fifth and final workshop for Conversations with Nature in which we we will work on editing poems so they are ready for publication.

For more information (opens in new window):
https://quakerarts.net/projects/conversations-with-nature/

Tue10

10 November 2026

Arts-based Meeting for Worship

Venue: Online

Quaker Arts Network – lunchtime meetings for worship in Winter 2026

From 10 November to the 22 December inclusive, every Tuesday at 1pm, the Quaker Arts Network (QAN) will hold seven 30 minute long meetings for worship, with a difference. 

Each meeting features a member of the QAN presenting short, prepared ministry relating to a range of different art forms.

All Meetings will be on Zoom at lunch time on six Tuesdays, and open at 12.55 pm for a 1 pm start. Around 1.30pm an Elder will close the worship and participants will be invited to share responses. Meetings will end by 1.45pm.

Further QAN Meetings for Worship are planned for Spring 2026.

Tue17

17 November 2026

Arts-based Meeting for Worship

Venue: Online

Quaker Arts Network – lunchtime meetings for worship in Winter 2026

From 10 November to the 22 December inclusive, every Tuesday at 1pm, the Quaker Arts Network (QAN) will hold seven 30 minute long meetings for worship, with a difference. 

Each meeting features a member of the QAN presenting short, prepared ministry relating to a range of different art forms.

All Meetings will be on Zoom at lunch time on six Tuesdays, and open at 12.55 pm for a 1 pm start. Around 1.30pm an Elder will close the worship and participants will be invited to share responses. Meetings will end by 1.45pm.

Further QAN Meetings for Worship are planned for Spring 2026.

Tue24

24 November 2026

Arts-based Meeting for Worship

Venue: Online

Quaker Arts Network – lunchtime meetings for worship in Winter 2026

From 10 November to the 22 December inclusive, every Tuesday at 1pm, the Quaker Arts Network (QAN) will hold seven 30 minute long meetings for worship, with a difference. 

Each meeting features a member of the QAN presenting short, prepared ministry relating to a range of different art forms.

All Meetings will be on Zoom at lunch time on six Tuesdays, and open at 12.55 pm for a 1 pm start. Around 1.30pm an Elder will close the worship and participants will be invited to share responses. Meetings will end by 1.45pm.

Further QAN Meetings for Worship are planned for Spring 2026.

Tue1

1 December 2026

Arts-based Meeting for Worship

Venue: Online

Quaker Arts Network – lunchtime meetings for worship in Winter 2026

From 10 November to the 22 December inclusive, every Tuesday at 1pm, the Quaker Arts Network (QAN) will hold seven 30 minute long meetings for worship, with a difference. 

Each meeting features a member of the QAN presenting short, prepared ministry relating to a range of different art forms.

All Meetings will be on Zoom at lunch time on six Tuesdays, and open at 12.55 pm for a 1 pm start. Around 1.30pm an Elder will close the worship and participants will be invited to share responses. Meetings will end by 1.45pm.

Further QAN Meetings for Worship are planned for Spring 2026.

Tue8

8 December 2026

Arts-based Meeting for Worship

Venue: Online

Quaker Arts Network – lunchtime meetings for worship in Winter 2026

From 10 November to the 22 December inclusive, every Tuesday at 1pm, the Quaker Arts Network (QAN) will hold seven 30 minute long meetings for worship, with a difference. 

Each meeting features a member of the QAN presenting short, prepared ministry relating to a range of different art forms.

All Meetings will be on Zoom at lunch time on six Tuesdays, and open at 12.55 pm for a 1 pm start. Around 1.30pm an Elder will close the worship and participants will be invited to share responses. Meetings will end by 1.45pm.

Further QAN Meetings for Worship are planned for Spring 2026.

Tue15

15 December 2026

Arts-based Meeting for Worship

Venue: Online

Quaker Arts Network – lunchtime meetings for worship in Winter 2026

From 10 November to the 22 December inclusive, every Tuesday at 1pm, the Quaker Arts Network (QAN) will hold seven 30 minute long meetings for worship, with a difference. 

Each meeting features a member of the QAN presenting short, prepared ministry relating to a range of different art forms.

All Meetings will be on Zoom at lunch time on six Tuesdays, and open at 12.55 pm for a 1 pm start. Around 1.30pm an Elder will close the worship and participants will be invited to share responses. Meetings will end by 1.45pm.

Further QAN Meetings for Worship are planned for Spring 2026.

Tue22

22 December 2026

Arts-based Meeting for Worship

Venue: Online

Quaker Arts Network – lunchtime meetings for worship in Winter 2026

From 10 November to the 22 December inclusive, every Tuesday at 1pm, the Quaker Arts Network (QAN) will hold seven 30 minute long meetings for worship, with a difference. 

Each meeting features a member of the QAN presenting short, prepared ministry relating to a range of different art forms.

All Meetings will be on Zoom at lunch time on six Tuesdays, and open at 12.55 pm for a 1 pm start. Around 1.30pm an Elder will close the worship and participants will be invited to share responses. Meetings will end by 1.45pm.

Further QAN Meetings for Worship are planned for Spring 2026.