Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire
Quakers, UK
This is the home page of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
The administrative unit, known as the
Area Quaker Meeting
is made up of local Quaker Meetings indicated below.
© Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Area Quaker Meeting of The Religious Society of Friends (Britain Yearly Meeting )
ROOMS FOR HIRE
SEE BELOW
Email contacts: click on the meeting names below
Friends' Meeting House,
Chapel Row, Matlock St.,
Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1EL
10.30am
0114 289 1367
Beeston Day Centre, Middle St. (next to Three Horseshoes pub) Nottingham, NG9
10.30am
0115 922 4693
BINGHAM
Meeting in Friends' homes.
10.30am on 1st & 3rd Sunday.
Please telephone for details.
01949 837913
Friends' Meeting House, 27 Ashgate Rd.,
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 4AG
10.30am
07962 981 570
Friends' Meeting House, Chapel St., Fritchley, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 2FR.
11am
01159 609098 or 01773 856072
NOTTINGHAM
Friends' Meeting House,
25 Clarendon St.,
Nottingham, NG1 5JD
10.30am
0115 947 3482
Use the link above top to find the Nottingham Quaker Meeting web site.
Administration information
Rooms for hire at:
Derby, Bakewell,Chesterfield, Nottingham, Mansfield, Fritchley Meeting Houses
ABOUT THE QUAKERS
Meetings for Worship -
Some special events are listed below
Quakers believe that we all can have direct experience of God. In our Meetings for
Worship, we meet God in an un-
We aim that worship should be part of our daily lives. We make no distinction between the sacred and the secular as we try to live our convictions in the every day.
A Meeting for Business is also held in the context of worship in which we seek the will of God which may not be the will of any individual present. We accept all contributions to our work, with tenderness. We seek to find and express the "right ordering" of our affairs beyond our own personal views.
Quaker Approaches to Religious Life
- Religious Practice & Celebrations Quakers tend to emphasise the unity of life expressed as "the hidden church" via shared community responsibility and beyond outward forms of priesthood, baptism and eucharist. This unity may be expressed via our testimonies, gatherings, formal membership of the Society of Friends, weddings, and funerals.
- Our Sense of Responsibility: Our testimonies may express our approach to stewardship of our environment, the right use of wealth, poverty and charity, promotion of world peace and concerns such as misuse of alcohol and drugs or animal welfare.
- That of God in Everyone We try to find the worth of each individual via love and friendship, whatever their state. We seek to share each other's life stories as we search to know that of God.
- Close Relationships We value close relationships via marriage and family life. We value the elderly. We seek to support those with different lifestyles. We try to live our lives under the guidance of God.
- Some Quakers: George Fox (1624-
1691 ), Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) , Lewis Richardson (1881-1953 ), Kathleen Lonsdale(1903-1971 ), Jocelyn Burnell (1943-)
More information on the lives of past Quakers can be found in " "Quaker Faith and Practice" published by Britain Yearly Meeting. This is an anthology of Quaker writing and the most authoritative guide to Quakerism today in Britain. The first chapter is available separately as a small booklet ; "Advices and Queries" which seeks to provide a simple guide to our religious life
EXPLORE "QUAKER FAITH AND PRACTICE"
AN EXPOSITION OF QUAKER FAITH THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES
The book does not replace The Bible, or any other religious writing which may bring us closer to God.
SPECIAL LOCAL EVENTS
Saturday 2 to Sunday 10 October 2010, Quaker Week.
Monday 4 October 2010, 7.30pm, Chesterfield FMH, Paul and Rachael Milling will give a presentation on Medical Aid to Gaza.
Autumn 2010: Nottingham Friends plan to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the Peace Testimony. More details available nearer the time
Friday 22 to Sunday 24 October 2010, Liverpool, Young Friends General Meeting (ages
18-
Friday 12 to Sunday 14 November 2010, Bad Pyrmont, Germany, European and Middle East
Young Friends (ages 18-
Autumn 2010: Nottingham Friends plan to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the Peace Testimony. More details available nearer the time
Friday 8 to Sunday 10 April 2011, Nightingale Centre, AM Residential Weekend (details later)
Saturday 30 July to Saturday 6 August 2011, Canterbury, Britain Yearly Meeting Gathering
Friday 25 May to Monday 28 May 2012, London, Friends House, Britain Yearly Meeting
Notts & Derby AM Link Group (for young people)
Contact Helen
Work Phone/fax 01629 760791
Home Phone 01629 582122
Nottingham Quaker Meeting events
Nottingham Quaker Meeting have their own web site. You might like to use the links to the left to click through to their web pages. .
New Address Book 2010:
Completed forms should be returned to your Meeting Overseer (ask if not sure)
Events at Bakewell Quaker Meeting -
Click to see information
Derby Ecofest 2009