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MUSIC AS SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT
Glenthorne Quaker Guest House Easedale Road, Grasmere, United KingdomThis course will have the character of a retreat, listening to inspiring music in a context of silence and worship. There will also be opportunities to share our thoughts and responses to what we hear. Each day will have a theme: peace and tranquillity; sadness and grief; courage; joy; and spiritual depth. Led by Diana
Curiosity, Creativity and the Climate Loving Earth Project Conversations
Kendal Quaker Meeting House Stramongate, United KingdomThis event will be held both on Zoom and at the Kendal Quaker Meeting House, and is free. To attend on Zoom please book via : Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zoom-loving-earth-conversation-tickets-322304981877 To attend in person at the Meeting House please book via: Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/loving-earth-open-conversation-tickets-321666462047
QAN’S AGM
Zoom , United KingdomOur Annual General Meeting will be held by Zoom again this year, and we hope that many Friends from around the country (and perhaps beyond) will join us. Please email us with the title AGM booking to receive the Zoom link if you don't receive another newsletter before then. The formal business will include amending our constitution
Music Spirituality and Genre
A Study Day convened by Mide Dines and Brian Inglis, of Middlesex University, in association with the International Network of Music, Spirituality and Wellbeing . Free. In London and online. Details at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-spirituality-and-genre-study-day-tickets-311198913327?. From Lady Gaga and Leonard Cohen to Arvo Pärt and Galina Ustvolskaya via John Coltrane, musicians working in various genres have notably
Art Retreats in the South of France
Maison Quaker, 11 Avenue des Quakers, 30111 Congénies, France Maison Quaker, 11 Avenue des Quakers,, Congénies, FranceTwo Art Retreats are being planned for 2022 in Congenies at the Maison Quaker. The first, in the Spring, will take place from May 28-June 3 (optional add-on days May 27, June 4 and June 5) and will be facilitated by Erik Dries. The second will take place in the Fall. Please email Amy and
QAN at Britain Yearly Meeting
On Zoom , United KingdomQuaker Arts Network hosts this online event for Friends to share and explore how the arts can help us deepen the spiritual roots of our witness, ministry and outreach. Participants will be invited to share their responses to one or two of the textile panels created as part of the Loving Earth Project. These can
Spring Art Retreat
Centre Quaker de Congenies 11 Avenue des Quakers, Congenies, Provence-Languedoc, FranceArt Retreat Centre Quaker de Congénies May 28-June 3 Erik Dries Our retreat facilitator is Erik Dries, who also facilitated the retreat in the Autumn 2021. Erik has explored watercolour, acrylic, digital, and drawing media in his life as an artist. He has transformed the children's room at his local Quaker meetinghouse with trees and
Loving Earth Panels Exhibition at Victoria Hall, Grange over Sands, Cumbria
For more details contact Sue Tyldesley. -atyldesley@aol.com https://www.grangeoversandstowncouncil.gov.uk/victoria-hall.html Link to DOWNLOAD LEP Cumbria, events poster
Writing Retreat in the South of France
Centre Quaker de Congenies 11 Avenue des Quakers, Congenies, Provence-Languedoc, FranceWriting Retreat 13 - 17 June 2022 (optional days June 18, and 19) Escape to the sun and be inspired to write in the beautiful setting of the Centre Quaker de Congénies, France, located in a lovely valley between the Cévennes Mountains & the Mediterranean Sea Bring something you are already working on: give yourself
Numinous – the astonishing story of Henry Morris
Adams Heritage Centre 17 Main Street, Littleport, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom'Numinous' is a solo object-theatre show about Henry Morris, the visionary responsible for the Village Colleges in Cambridgeshire. Morris believed in “education from the cradle to the grave” and devoted his life to creating colleges in which all the activities “which go to make a full life”. Using material from archives and recorded memories, the