Bristol & Frenchay Quaker Meeting

Bristol Area Quaker Meeting

Local Meetings, About Quakers, Public Statements, Advices & Queries, Britain Yearly Meeting, Other links

Introduction to Quakers

We are a religious movement, believing that there is "that of God" in every one. We have no priests as we believe all people can have direct experience of God, and no creed as we believe "the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life".

Our Meetings for Worship are mainly silent, so we can seek the presence of God within and between ourselves. Anyone may feel moved to pray or say something of a spiritual nature.

This religious or mystical practice leads us to work energetically for peace and justice

Quaker History

Public Statements

Feb 07: Statement on Torture

Jan 07: Statement of Conviction Against the Use of Nuclear Weapons

Sep 04: New statement on Iraq

Feb 03: Register of Non-Retaliation

Jan 03: What to do about Iraq

Jan 03: Conflict in Iraq

Feb 02: Israel / Palestine

Sep 01: Letter to Bristol Muslims

Sep 01 Terrorist attacks

Photos

Articles

Local meetings within and around Bristol:
Central Meeting which is near the City Centre,
Bedminster to the south of the centre,
Redland and Horfield to the north, Frenchay on the northern boundary of Bristol,
Thornbury, a town 10 miles to the north, and
Portishead, about 8 miles to the west.

Local Meetings meet for worship every Sunday throughout the year; the Area Meeting meets monthly except in August and December.

EVERYONE WELCOME!

Gloucester & Nailsworth Area Meeting

Meetings to the North of Bristol:
Cheltenham, Chepstow, Cirencester, Coleford, Gloucester, Malmesbury, Nailsworth, Newent, Painswick, Stroud, Wotton-under-Edge

North Somerset and Wiltshire Area Meeting

Meetings to the South and East of Bristol:
Bath, Bradford upon Avon, Chippenham, Clevedon, Devizes, Frome, Sidcot, Trowbridge, Weston-super-Mare.

All Britain: find your nearest Meeting by searching for your post code.

Bristol and Frenchay Monthly (Area) Meeting is a member of Bristol and Somerset General Meeting and is part of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain, also known as Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM)

The BYM site has information introducing Quakers, on Quaker activities, lists of local Quaker Meetings, and other resources.

Britain Yearly Meeting site. Britain Yearly Meeting

BYM is in the Europe and Middle East Section (EMES) of Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC)

Churches Together in Greater Bristol

... continues that growing togetherness of the Christian churches in the area which enables them to work more and more as one.

Advices and Queries

This booklet contains guidelines which help Quakers to live out their beliefs in everyday life. For example:
"Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations, wherever you come, that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them; then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one." George Fox, 1656

Bristol Area Meeting Report 2007

Forthcoming Events
including dates of Area and General Meetings

Think PEACE

Living Lightly

Quaker Green Action