News
Meeting for Learning - June 2010
Friends met in June to explore Quaker ways of ministry and community building.
Quaker Vigil outside largest Arms Fair in Europe
Friends young and old bring a message of peace to the largest arms fair in Europe
Jean Zaru receives the Anna Lindh Memorial Prize in Stockholm
Jean Zaru, Clerk of Ramallah Monthly Meeting and author of Occupied with Nonviolence, a Palestinian Woman speaks, has been awarded the Anna Lindh Memorial Prize, which will be presented to her in a ceremony in Stockholm on 10 June 2010.
Director for the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva
Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva needs a new Director from June 2011. Could this be you? If interested, follow the link.
Epistle from Europe and Middle East Young Friends' Spring Gathering 2010
Read, sing or listen the message from the Europe and Middle East Young Friends' Spring Gathering, which took place in Moyallon, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland, from 2nd to 9th April 2010.
Recent QCEA Activity
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) held a meeting on 17th April 2010 in which it reviewed its work programme.
Reclaiming Eldership - EMES Annual Meeting 2010
EMES Annual Meeting in Haus Venusberg, Bonn, Germany, took as its theme an exploration of eldership in our Meetings today.
Listening to Local Voices - Friends International Center in Ramallah
Following the Centennial Celebrations in early March 2010, the Friends International Center in Ramallah held a three-day consultation event to evaluate his work for the past 5 years, and to identify any changes in direction for the Center.
Launch of the Olga Dolgina Memorial Fund
The Olga Dolgina Memorial Fund was set up in February 2010 to continue the outreach work Olga was engaged in of making Quaker materials available to Russian speakers in their own language.
Building lives after torture
“The Galloping Stone” by Gillan Allnutt, an Attender at Durham Quaker Meeting, is a collection of writings and poems written and collected during a six months residency with a project in the North East of England helping victims of torture.
Change of Email Address
It has been necessary to change our email address. You will no longer be able to contact us through emes@fwcc.quaker.org. Please use Email
Cash or Old Cell Phones for Burundi
The Quaker Election Violence Prevention Programme in Burundi needs cash or old cell phones to set up an Early Warning System. Can you help?
Ramallah Meeting House - Centennial Celebrations
Marisa Johnson, Secretary to FWCC-EMES, shares her experience of travelling to Ramallah to be with Friends there as they celebrated 100 years of worship from their beautiful Meeting House.
Visit to Am'ari Play Centre - March 2010
European Friends visit a Quaker project that has been running since 1974.
Czech Friends become a Recognised Meeting
Friends worshipping in the Czech Republic have gained Recognised Meeting status. But what does this mean?
EMES Annual Report for 2009 Published
Read about the life and witness of our Quaker Community in Europe and the Middle East in our Annual Report for 2009.
Appeal for a mental health Project in Russia
Friends House Moscow
Appeal for a mental health project in Russia
Friends House Moscow is an initiative of Friends worldwide which seeks to encourage spiritual growth and the development of civil society based on mutual trust and community co-operation, in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
Quaker Voluntary Action unveils 2010 Programme
An exciting programme of Working Retreats on the them of “Exploring our Peace Testimony” has been unveiled by Quaker Voluntary Action.
Quakers and the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit
Read about the Quaker experience of the Copenhagen Summit.
Publication of Among Friends Issue No. 117 - Winter 2009/10
The latest issue of Among Friends has gone to press.
Young Quaker to document the lives of women victims of war in South Sudan
A Young Friend’s quest to discover the truth of women’s lives affected by war.
Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva - Opportunities
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva will hold a Summer School in July 2010, and is seeking to appoint two programme assistants for the period 1 September 2010 to 31 August 2011 after a 2-week preparation period in the UK from 16 to 27 August 2010.
Responsibility to Protect and "Towards a Declaration on Just Peace" - some Responses to the World Council of Churches
Friends in Europe consider responses to the concept of Responsibilty to Protect and the WCC document “Towards a Declaration on Just Peace”.
Biblical Analysis of Lev. 18:22 by Renato Lings, PhD
Dr. Renato Lings, of Denmark Yearly Meeting, has published an article in Theology & Sexuality, Dec. 2009 on: The “Lyings” of a Woman: Male–Male Incest in Lev. 18:22?
Georgian Friends rent a space to hold their Meetings for Worship
Friends in Tblisi have a new place to worship in. With donations from individual Friends locally and Meetings abroad, and with the support of New York Yearly Meeting, they have been able to rent a flat for seven months.
Friends in Manila say "thank you"
The Philippine Yearly Meeting is very grateful to all Quakers around the world who supported them during the tragedy. In response to this enormous and generous support, Friends have created a video as a gesture of their appreciation for the help they received.
Congo Emergency Appeal
Alarming news is reaching us from Congo that fighting has broken out again in the area where Friends from Communauté des Églises Évangéliques des Amis au Congo or CEEACO live.
Global Change Coordinator Sought
FWCC World Office is seeking to fill a fixed term position of part-time coordinator:
Building a Quaker-inspired retreat Centre in Portugal
Lizzie Collman describes a life-changing move to Portugal and an ambitious project to create an environmentally-sensitive development underpinned by Quaker values.
Quaker groups meet in Kortenberg
From 6th to 8th November 23 Friends representing 20 different Quaker organisations and groups active in Peace and Service across Europe and beyond, met in the lovely old abbey at Kortenberg to share news and concerns, to reflect on their work and its challenges, to support each other, and to look for ways of working together in the future.
Ausstieg aus der Wehrpflicht - German Friends speak on Conscription
German Yearly Meeting in session from 15th to 18th October, decided to write to members of the German Parliament to support moves by the new Government to abolish compulsory conscription into the army. (German with English Translation- auf Deutsch mit Englishe Übersetzung).
Coming from the Silence
Just published:
Coming from the Silence: Quaker Peacebuilding Initiatives in Northern Ireland 1969–2007
Edited by Ann Le Mare and Felicity McCartney
Help with translating Quaker texts
Translating Quaker concepts and ideas from English into other languages can be quite a challenge. Yet it is important people anywhere should be able to discover and explore what Friends have treasured for over 350 years. Now an experienced translator and interpreter, Danish Friend K Renato Lings, has produced a set of guidelines for translators.
Summer 09 Issue of Among Friends
The latest issue of Among Friends went to press this week. Catch up with news of Friends, and take up the challenge posed in Johan Maurer’s article about the future of the Society of Friends in Europe.
Australian Quaker Centre
Visiting Australia between September and the end of the year? Take a week off from visiting family and/or friends, or just exploring, and spend some time visiting this exciting new Australian Quaker Centre.
An Australian Directory for Travelling Friends has also been published.
