All events take place at Quaker Meeting House,
188 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds unless otherwise stated
Every
Sunday 10.45am Meeting for Worship
Every
Thursday 6pm to 7pm Meeting for Worship followed by refreshments
ONLINE MEETING FOR WORSHIP – every Friday 1pm
and Wednesday 9.30am, see full details at https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/about/online-mfw/
Future Learn free course.
It’s called ‘Radical Spirituality: the
Early History of the Quakers’. See
the link below for the course starting 29/4/19: Radical
Spirituality: the Early History of the Quakers
August
Thursday 15th 2.30 pm Meetings for Worship at Farfield
Meeting House
Holiday
School
– for all those aged 13 to 18 will be held at Bootham School,
York, from Sunday 18 August to Sunday 25 August 2019 – applications have just
opened at http://quakersinyorkshire.org.uk/activities/yorkshire-holiday-school/
September
Quaker action against the
arms fair – 2nd and
3rd September Please put
these dates in your diary and read https://rootsofresistance.org.uk/action/ In Leeds we will start work on our contribution to the
‘Quaker tapestry’ on Saturday 8th June at the meeting house.
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Wednesday 4th - No Nuclear Day at
DSEI Arms Fair 2019 Announced as part of a week of action
called by Stop
the Arms Fair. In 2017 YCND worked with Trident
Ploughshares and other regional anti-nuclear groups on day of action
to highlight the presence of myriad nuclear arms manufactures at the Defence & Security Exhibition
International (DSEI)Arms Fair in London (read
report).
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Sunday 15th 1.30pm to 4pm Leeds Area Quaker Meeting All-Aged
Meeting at Ilkley QMH
Wednesday 18 September 6.00-8.00pm Sabeel-Kairos meeting at Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel, City Square, Leeds Talk title is Drone warfare from Gaza to Raqqa and is an opportunity to hear Chris Coles, founder of Drone Wars UK and former coordinator of Campaign Against the Arms Trade. A leaflet about the event is found here
Thursday 19th 2.30 pm Meetings for Worship at Farfield
Meeting House
Sunday 29th 1.15pm Leeds Area Quaker Meeting Elders and Overseers meeting at Rawdon
QMH
October
Sat 12th 7.30pm Rawdon QMH Amnesty Concert see http://www.leedsquakers.org.uk/activities/_amnesty-concerts
Thursday 17th 2.30 pm Meetings for Worship at Farfield
Meeting House
Saturday 19th 10am to 4pm Quakers in
Yorkshire Gathering at Bootham School, York see http://quakersinyorkshire.org.uk/
Saturday
19th October for The Quaker Mental Health Forum, an annual day conference,
exploring different aspects of mental health from a Quaker perspective – this
year it is held at the Priory Rooms, Birmingham, see full details at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/quaker-mental-health-forum-mental-health-in-community-tickets-59824413431
Saturday October 26th - White Poppy collection in Leeds. Please put this in your diaries!
November
Sunday 3rd 7.30pm Rawdon
QMH Amnesty Concert see http://www.leedsquakers.org.uk/activities/_amnesty-concerts
Sunday 10th 1.30pm to 4pm Leeds
Area Quaker Meeting at Gildersome QMH
Sunday
24th 1pm to 3.30pm Amnesty Greeting-card campaign at
Rawdon QMH ~ An opportunity for you to send messages of support to prisoners
of conscience around the world. Contact
information, cards and writing materials provided, along with coffee, tea and
cake http://www.leedsquakers.org.uk/activities/_amnesty-concerts
Sunday 24th 7.30pm Rawdon QMH Amnesty Concert see http://www.leedsquakers.org.uk/activities/_amnesty-concerts
Thursday 28th
7.30pm Leeds Area
Quaker Meeting Elders and Overseers meeting at
QMH, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds
December
Sunday 8th 1.30pm to 4pm Leeds
Area Quaker Meeting at QMH 188 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds
Sunday 15th 7.30pm Rawdon QMH
Amnesty Concert see http://www.leedsquakers.org.uk/activities/_amnesty-concerts
2020
Yearly Meeting Gathering 2020 – put it in your diary for 1–7 August 2020, University
of Bath see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfFecvK5bOo
Planning a Yearly
Meeting Gathering is a huge undertaking; for the Gathering in 2020 Friends hope
to involve a wider group of Friends. That means you! Offer of
service at Yearly Meeting Gathering 2020 (offsite)
Leeds for Change see http://www.leedsforchange.org.uk/
for events that can change our world for the better