SOUTH BELFAST QUAKERS

That of God in everyone

Hillsborough Christmas Coffee Morning

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UQM Update

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Dear Friends

Welcome to the November 2019 edition of the Ulster Quarterly Meeting Central Committee newsletter. Below you will find some events and information that Ulster Friends have shared for circulation around Meetings. This newsletter will be circulated at the beginning of each month. If your Meeting is planning any events that would be of interest to Ulster Quakers and that Friends from other meetings could attend or you have any information to share, please send it to me and I will include it. The deadline for the December newsletter is Friday 29 November 2019.

Statement from the Archives Committee
The Archives Committee has issued a statement of policy on what facilities can and cannot be provided by the Archives Committee at the Strong Room in Lisburn Meeting House. Please see attached document for further information

Hobnobs Christmas Lunch
Please see attached flyer for the Hobnobs Christmas lunch to be held on Friday 6th December in Moyallon Centre. All information is in the flyer above.

Quaker Care Upcyclers
Quaker Care Upcyclers want old or redundant men's ties and men’s shirts to use in upcycling projects. Worn collars & cuffs are fine, they can use the sleeves, backs & fronts. Please contact Bronwen Haire bsmhaire@aol.com or 07707948636, or leave at Quaker Care & mark them for Bronwen.

Frederick Street Meeting
Frederick Street are organising their Christmas Craft Fair on Saturday 23 November 2019 from 10am to 2pm in South Belfast Meeting House. All details on the attached flyer. Frederick Street Friends would welcome any donations of hand-made crafts to sell on the day.

Frederick Street Friends are also holding a mid-week meeting on Wednesday evenings. Join them at Frederick Street Meeting House every week from 5.30pm for tea/coffee. A short meeting for worship is held from 6.00-6.30pm.

Friendship Lunches at South Belfast
The dates for the upcoming Friendship Lunches at South Belfast Meeting are below. Meeting for Worship starts at 12:15pm with lunch at 12:45pm. Everyone welcome! Please also see the attached flyer.

THU 7 NOV
THU 5 DEC
THU 2 JAN
THU 6 FEB
THU 5 MAR
THU 2 APR
THU 7 MAY
THU 4 JUN

Kind regards

Karen
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Karen Nicholson
Administrator
Ulster Quarterly Meeting
admin@ulsterquakers.com

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UQM Update

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Dear Friends

Welcome to the October 2019 edition of the Ulster Quarterly Meeting Central Committee newsletter.  Below you will find some events and information that Ulster Friends have shared for circulation around Meetings. This newsletter will be circulated at the beginning of each month. If your Meeting is planning any events that would be of interest to Ulster Quakers and that Friends from other meetings could attend or you have any information to share, please send it to me and I will include it. The deadline for the November 2019 edition is
Thursday 31 October 2019.

Frederick Street Meeting
Frederick Street are organising their Christmas Craft Fair on Saturday 23 November 2019 from 10am to 2pm in South Belfast Meeting House. All details on the attached flyer.  Frederick Street Friends would welcome any donations of hand-made crafts to sell on the day.

Frederick Street Friends are also holding a mid-week meeting on Wednesday evenings. Join them at Frederick Street Meeting House every week from 5.30pm for tea/coffee. A short meeting for worship is held from 6.00-6.30pm.

EcoQuakers Ireland Event on Saturday 19th October 
EcoQuakers Ireland are hosting 3 conferences across the island over the coming year, starting with Ulster on Saturday 19th October at South Belfast Meeting House. The conference, titled "Love and Despair: Actions and Responses to Climate Breakdown", starts at 10am with tea/coffee and runs until about 4pm. It's an opportunity to reflect on where we are at the moment, hear from inspiring speakers, and identify positive ways forward. There will be plenty of opportunity for discussion. Lunch will be provided free of charge. Main speakers include Lindsey Fielder-Cook, Quaker United Nations Office Representative for Climate Change; John Barry, Professor of Green Political Economy, Queen's University Belfast and Lynn Finnegan Writer for ‘UN Earth Negotiations Bulletin’, Member of EcoQuakers Committee and member of Coleraine Meeting. Everyone is very welcome to this event. There is no charge, but to help EcoQuakers with the arrangements, they ask that you let them know if you hope to attend before Friday 11th October by email to 
ecoquakersireland@gmail.com Publicity poster attached.

Friendship Lunches at South Belfast
The dates for the upcoming Friendship Lunches at South Belfast Meeting are below.  Meeting for Worship starts at 12:15pm with lunch at 12:45pm. Everyone welcome!  Please also see the attached flyer. 

THU 3 OCT
THU 7 NOV
THU 5 DEC
THU 2 JAN
THU 6 FEB
THU 5 MAR
THU 2 APR
THU 7 MAY
THU 4 JUN


Kind regards

Karen
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Karen Nicholson
Administrator
Ulster Quarterly Meeting
admin@ulsterquakers.com

UQM update



Friendship Lunch 2019-2020

Dear Friends

Welcome to the September 2019 edition of the Ulster Quarterly Meeting Central Committee newsletter.  Below you will find some events and information that Ulster Friends have shared for circulation around Meetings. This newsletter will be circulated at the beginning of each month. If your Meeting is planning any events that would be of interest to Ulster Quakers and that Friends from other meetings could attend or you have any information to share, please send it to me and I will include it. The deadline for the October 2019 edition is
Friday 27 September 2019.

Ulster Quarterly Meeting to be held on Saturday 21 September 2019 at 10:30am in Bessbrook Friends Meeting House
Please see attached programme for details.

EcoQuakers Ireland Event on Saturday 19th October 
Attached is the poster for the EcoQuakers Ireland event on 
Saturday 19th October to be held in South Belfast Meeting House. All are welcome to attend - just email the ecoquakersireland@gmail.com email address to let EcoQuakers know you are planning on attending. Feel free to distribute this poster further. 

European Heritage Open Days 2019
Frederick Street Meeting House will be open on
Saturday 14th September from 11.00am-1.00pm for the European Heritage Open weekend.  They are coordinating their opening times with seven of the other buildings in the North Belfast Heritage Cluster, which means Friends will also be able to visit Clifton House, the Indian Community Centre, Carlisle Memorial Church, St Malachy’s College Chapel and Library, North Belfast Working Mens Club, Carnegie Old Park Library and St Anne’s Cathedral on that Saturday morning.  Most of these buildings are within walking distance of the Meeting House. Refreshments will be served during the morning, with donations going to Quaker Service. More information on the individual properties can be found in the EHOD brochure, available from your local Visitor Information Centre, library or council office, or visit the website www.discovernorthernireland.com/ehod.      

War School Film at South Belfast Meeting House
War School is a new film about the battle for the hearts and minds of British children. The film was made by an independent director with financial support from Britain Yearly Meeting. Set against the backdrop of remembrance of previous conflicts, this is a controversial and challenging documentary. It reveals how, faced with unprecedented opposition to its wars and a severe shortage of military recruits, the British government is using a series of new and targeted strategies to promote support for the military. This film is being shown on Wednesday 11 September 2019 at 7.30pm in South Belfast Meeting House, 22 Marlborough Park North, Belfast. Tea and biscuits available from 7.00pm. The film is 85 minutes long. Please share this event.

Friendship Lunches at South Belfast
The dates for the upcoming Friendship Lunches at South Belfast Meeting are below.  Meeting for Worship starts at 12:15pm with lunch at 12:45pm. Everyone welcome!  Please also see the attached flyer.

THU 5 SEP
THU 3 OCT
THU 7 NOV
THU 5 DEC
THU 2 JAN
THU 6 FEB
THU 5 MAR
THU 2 APR
THU 7 MAY
THU 4 JUN


Kind regards

Karen
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Karen Nicholson
Administrator
Ulster Quarterly Meeting
admin@ulsterquakers.com

Friends Old Burial Ground in Hillsborough

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As part of the restoration of the Hillsborough Castle, attention has been paid to the old Quaker Burial Ground there. After discussion with Quakers, it was agreed that paving stones with some of the history of the Quakers in the area and other Quaker Quotes would be installed in that section of the Castle Gardens. Above is one of the stones. Visit the castle to see the burial ground and the rest of the stones. We are advised that future development may possibly include the addition of a seating area within the burial ground itself, and permission was sought from and approved by Monthly Meeting to remove a few of the trees to enable this.

Eco Congregation Newsletter & UQM Updates


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The New Eco Congregation Ireland Newslertter is available to download HERE

Also

Ulster Quarterly Meeting Updates are below

Dear Friends

Welcome to the August 2019 edition of the Ulster Quarterly Meeting Central Committee newsletter.  Below you will find some events and information that Ulster Friends have shared for circulation around Meetings. This newsletter will be circulated at the beginning of each month. If your Meeting is planning any events that would be of interest to Ulster Quakers and that Friends from other meetings could attend or you have any information to share, please send me it and I will include it. The deadline for the September 2019 edition is
Friday 30 August 2019.

Agenda for September Ulster Quarterly Meeting in Bessbrook
Please find the first draft of the agenda attached.

Quaker Cottage Belfast currently have vacancies for one year volunteer internships
Please see attachment for all details. Dave Morton encourages Friends to circulate at home and abroad!

Quaker Service AGM 2019
Invitation from Dave Morton: Friends! Book early and avoid disappointment as space is finite!  This year we are excited to be highlighting a new developmental area of our work which is sure to generate a lot of interest and, we will be closing with a social lunch allowing lots of time for F/friendly chat around the tables of the Moyallon Centre!

Love and Despair - Action & Responses to the challenge of climate breakdown
Advance notice of an exciting EcoQuaker series of three conferences across the island of Ireland starting this Autumn.

The first conference, entitled ‘Love and Despair - Action & Responses to the challenge of climate breakdown', will take place on Saturday 19th October from 10am until 4pm at South Belfast Meeting House, Marlborough Park North, Belfast and will be aimed primarily at all Meetings in Ulster. Others who are interested in promoting a sustainable approach in their meetings and lives are also all welcome to come along.

There will be a number of speakers to introduce us to the issues at stake - Lindsay Fielder-Cooke the representative for Climate Change from QUNO (Quaker United Nations Office); John Barry, Professor of Green Political Economy at Queens University; and Lynn Finnegan from Coleraine Meeting who will talk about the relationship between hope and despair, and the emotional difficulties we are currently experiencing with this climate crisis. Lunch will be provided.
 
Richard Bloomfield, Clerk of EcoQuakers Ireland will be writing to each meeting/worship group with more details very shortly.  If you would like further information feel free to email Kerry Nicholson at
kerry@karenandkerry.com or any of the EcoQuaker’s Committee members. Please put Saturday19th October in your diary. EcoQuakers hope to run another two conferences in the Leinster and Munster areas in early 2020.

Kind regards

Karen
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Karen Nicholson
Administrator
Ulster Quarterly Meeting
admin@ulsterquakers.com

UQM Update



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Welcome to the June 2019 edition of the Ulster Quarterly Meeting Central Committee newsletter.  Below you will find some events and information that Ulster Friends have shared for circulation around Meetings. This newsletter will be circulated at the beginning of each month. If your Meeting is planning any events that would be of interest to Ulster Quakers and that Friends from other meetings could attend or you have any information to share, please send me it and I will include it. The deadline for the July 2019 edition is Friday 28 June 2019.

Ulster Quarterly Meeting
Ulster Quarterly Meeting will take place on Sunday 9 June 2019 at 10am in Richhill.  The programme is attached.
UQM June 2019 Programme.docx

South Belfast Meeting
Thursday 6th June - Meeting for Worship 12:15pm followed by Friendship lunch together at 12:45pm. All welcome.

Moyallon Meeting
Friends are invited to a Missionary Meeting on Sunday 7th July at 3pm in Moyallon Centre with a cup of tea afterwards. 

Lurgan Meeting
A MEETING OUTING FOR ALL FRIENDS AND ATTENDERS AND FRIENDS OF FRIENDS
Lurgan Friends Meeting is organising an outing to the North Coast on Saturday 15th June 2019. They plan to join with Coleraine Friends for a meal in the Lodge Hotel, Coleraine on Saturday 15th June 2019 at 5pm. The bus will leave Lurgan Meeting House at 10am on Saturday 15th June and call at Coleman’s garden centre for coffee en route to the north coast.  It is hoped to tour around the Coleraine/Portrush/Portstewart area as well. If you are interested in going, please contact ALWYN SINTON of Lurgan Meeting for more details and to book a place on the bus, tel 028 3883 1619.

Senior Moyallon Camp
Senior Moyallon Camp will be held from 5th to 12th July 2019 at the Moyallon Centre. It is for young people aged 14+.  Application forms are available to download from
www.moyalloncamp.co.uk. The cost is £110. If possible, the camp leaders would encourage your Meeting to support Young Friends financially to allow them to attend camp.This year participants are looking forward to welcoming Noah Baker Merrill, from Putney Friends Meeting, Vermont, USA as the speaker for the week. There is a fun programme planned which includes games, workshops, a service project and a beach day (back by popular demand)! Attached is the camp flyer and an SMC application and parental consent form. SMC APPLICATION AND PARENTAL CONSENT FORM 2019.pdf

A BIG thank you from Quaker Service!
A big thank you from all the staff and volunteers at Quaker Service to our Belfast Friends!  A great spring plant sale hosted by South Belfast Meeting on May 11th has raised a brilliant £1085.50 to support the work of our local Quaker charity. This money can go directly to support the work our teams undertake in our communities and prisons, supporting those most vulnerable and most at risk. Why not consider running a fundraiser at your local Meeting?  Plant sales, concerts, cake sales and coffee mornings are all fun ways to get F/friends together and support the work of your Quaker charity. For more information on our work visit
www.quakerservice.com.  For support in running an event in support of Quaker Service, call us on 028 9020 1444 or email info@quakerservice.com. Dave Morton, Operations Manager


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Monthly Meeting in Coleraine
Bronwen Haire sent this report: We were warmly welcomed by Coleraine Friends and provided with a delicious tea. It was good to have so many Friends from Coleraine and even from Bishop Street in Derry. Monthly Meeting tea is a lovely social occasion before the business. It is such a pleasure to meet Friends old and new. I would like to suggest we make our next Monthly Meeting in Hillsborough on 23rd August, more of a social and family event. We have done it before. Could we all bring a dish to share? Weather depending we could eat inside in the beautifully refurbished Meeting House or outside in the lovely grounds.

The business: We made various appointments, discussed Membership, e.g. becoming a Member and two death notes were read. We discussed the role of the new Ireland Yearly Meeting Youth Coordinator and will submit our thoughts to the office in Dublin. This was Marie Abbott’s last Monthly Meeting as Clerk, and the new Clerk Bronwen Haire was appointed. The Clerk and Felicity McCartney travelled by train from Belfast and caught the 9.15pm train back to Belfast. Bronwen was able to charge her electric car very close to the railway station. On the way back to the station we saw this wonderful display of alliums and irises (photos attached).

Joseph Scriven Memorial Service
Celebrations have been planned to mark the life of Mr Joseph Scriven of (Seapatrick) Banbridge, born 10th September, 1819 (moved from Ireland to Canada 1844) and more commonly known for his authorship of the universally sung hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus.  You can read the plans in detail in
Joseph Scriven Memorial Service.docx.

Kind regards

Karen

Karen Nicholson
Administrator
admin@ulsterquakers.com