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Sharing uncertainty, fears and hopes – Global Meetings for Worship

Tuesday 22 April 09:00 – 11:00 BST                   Register Here
Thursday 24 April 19:00 – 21:00 BST                 Register Here
 
Friends are invited to participate in a global online meeting for worship to share uncertainties, fears and hopes and to uphold each other.
 
The radical and swift changes to the political landscape across the world that have taken place over the last few months have left many Friends concerned, fearful and disturbed.
 
In Britain, the Quaker Truth and Integrity Group (QTIG) have been concerned at the decline in truth and integrity in public affairs, primarily because of it's deleterious effect on democracy. We now see Democracy around the world being undermined.
 
In this changed landscape, we are asking  "What are Quakers called to do?"
 
We will hold two online meetings for worship to share our uncertainties, fears and hopes. We invite Friends worldwide to join us in discerning a way forward. We feel that it is important for us to hear a broader, more global perspective because although our (QTIG’s) work is focused on Britain, the global order is shifting and we are aware that the way that looks from other corners of the world will be different to how it looks to us. We do not consider the global order as it was in any way perfect (far from it). And there may be opportunities for the global community in the changes we see, even if (or because) they are so very uncomfortable and frightening. We also offer this opportunity as a contribution to wider discernment in the Quaker world.
 
To ensure that we capture concerns and ideas correctly, we will record the sessions.  These recordings will only be used to help the Quaker Truth and Integrity Group’s Steering Group document correctly the fears hopes and ideas shared within the meeting and to help us plan our work. They will be destroyed once that exercise is completed.
 
If there are outcomes from these two Meetings for Worship which might inform future actions, we will summarise and share them with those Friends who participate in the meetings and with the Clerks of the 4 FWCC sections and FWCC.
 
These meetings will begin as follows:

Who we are 

The Quaker Truth & Integrity Group (QTIG) began as an informal group of Quakers sharing a deeply felt concern about the state of truth and integrity in public life in Britain. In March 2022 it gained official recognition by the national Quaker body (Britain Yearly Meeting) as a “Quaker Recognised Body”. The following declaration was adopted on 3 October 2022: https://files.quaker.app/cfp16f