Exciting World Quaker Day News

29/08/22 20:28 Filed in: FWCC

South Belfast Quaker Meeting will be the European & Middle East Section host on World Quaker Day, the 2nd of October 2022

The link to join us via Zoom for Meeting for Worship will be sent out to anyone registering at the FWCC website for the event

World Quaker Day is an annual event where we celebrate the diversity of Quakerism around the world and build connections to make our community stronger.

This year, every Friends Church or Meeting is encouraged to send or receive visitors to or from another Quaker group, to bring greetings, build relationships and share ideas.

Intervisitation today is the easiest it has ever been, with many Quakers meeting online or in hybrid form.

More details and sign up HERE

Two New Factfiles Added

29/08/22 19:50 Filed in: Notable Quakers in Ireland's History

Two new "Notable Quakers in Ireland's History" Factfiles have been added to the collection on our website. One is about Anne-Marie Fisher, a Quaker campaigner for social reform and women's rights and one is on Dorothy Turtle a school teacher at Friend's School Lisburn who successfully lobbied Stormont for the release of a wrongfully accused prisoner. You can read both along with quite a few others on the likes of Victor Bewley, Forster Green and Esther Mary Davis at our Quaker Quizzer Page

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SOUTH BELFAST QUAKERS

Quakers (or the Religious Society of Friends as they are also known), have held Meetings for Worship in Ireland since 1654. After a previous failed attempt to establish a lasting Belfast Meeting around 1665, the first permanent Belfast Quaker Meeting was established in 1799, and in 1810 it moved to Brewery Lane, now known as Frederick Street. It wasn’t until 1956 that a second Meeting was approved for Friends who lived in Belfast, this time based in the south of the city. South Belfast Meeting House is an active Meeting with approximately 45 adult members and attenders who worship together each Sunday. Children & Young People also play a large part in our meeting, and we have on average 22, 1-18 year olds joining us for the last 10 mins of our worship, after their own activities.

Meeting for Worship takes place at 10.45am each Sunday at our meeting house ( see address and directions on the contact page )

Alternatively you can join us on Zoom with the following details:

Meeting iD: 4613195026
Pass: 143412

South Belfast Meeting is part of the larger Ireland Yearly Meeting (see details of Quakers in Ireland below)