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John Spencer	2010   Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:13:21 GMT
	ACTIVITY AFTERNOONS Wednesday afternoons once a month 1.00-3.00 p.m. Followed by tea afterwards. Optional small donation towards rental and materials. For more details contact Merrill on 01634 813990 19 May – Candle Dipping with Amanda at her home. The sun shone and we enjoyed a really interesting day. 16 June – Patchwork with Trish. Great. 14 July – Pottery with Trish. Great. Trish got all the pieces fired for us. 15 September – To be confirmed 13 October – To be confirmed 10 November – To be confirmed 15 December – Christmas decorations with Merrill
John Spencer	Wednesday discussion group   Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:43:02 GMT
	Exploration Discussion Group held at Rochester Meeting House. 7.00-9.30 p.m. on alternate Wednesday evenings. STUDY GROUP Merrill Woolf and Hans Noak are reconvening the Meeting House Study Group LOVE IS LETTING GO OF FEAR A Course In Miracles and Quakers “The course does not aim at teaching the meaning of love, for that is beyond what can be taught. It does aim, however, at removing the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence.” First Meeting on 15 September at 6.30 pm with a simple shared meal (provided by Merrill and Hans). Worship: 7.15, Study: 7.45 to 9.15, Close 9.30. At this first meeting we shall decide how to structure the study group and use the three parts of A Course In Miracles and the book by Gerard G Jampolsky, medical doctor, who is also a student of ACIM. We shall also hear from some of our members who are working with ACIM. The group will meet on alternate Wednesdays as follows: 15 September, 29 September, 13 October , 27 October, No Meeting 10 November, 24 November, 8 December Further Information: Ring Hans Noak 01634 363764 or email: hans@uwclub.net
John Spencer	Trip to Ely Cathedral   Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:50:36 GMT
	May 26th trip to Ely and its Cathedral. About a dozen of us went and really enjoyed the day.
John Spencer	Claridge House Retreat 2010   Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:37:29 GMT
	This will be our second retreat at the Quaker Healing Centre. Time to Listen, Space to Grow 8-12 November 2010 At Claridge House Nr. Lingfield, Surrey Organised by Rochester Local Meeting Join us for five days of quality time or come along just for a day Angela Davies and John Spencer will be facilitating this five day retreat and there will be three other presenters. Valuing each individual’s own spiritual journey, this retreat is an opportunity to listen inwardly and connect with each other through a variety of activities such as: • Healing • Inner Journeying • Discussion • Bach Flower Remedies • Creative Writing • Patchwork Each session is self-contained and participants can opt in or out without losing a sense of the overall theme. Claridge House is a Quaker Healing Centre set in lovely gardens; the house is a wonderful place for a healing retreat. Full board includes breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and an evening meal. All catering is vegetarian and special diets can be catered for. There will be time in the afternoons to walk in the locality. The House has a very interesting library and some board games but there is no television!
John Spencer	Silemt Peace Vigil   Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:42:21 GMT
	At The Quaker Meeting House, Northgate, Rochester ME1 To mark the International Day for Prayer for Peace You are invited to join us for a silent vigil Tuesday 21 September 7.00 p.m. for one hour Tea/Coffee will be served afterwards The Quaker Peace Testimony (1660) has been a source of inspiration to Friends through the centuries: ‘Our principle is, and our practices have always been, to seek peace, and to ensue it, and to follow after righteousness and the knowledge of God, seeking the good and welfare, and doing that which tends to the peace of all. All bloody principles and practices we do utterly deny, with all outward wars, and strife, and fightings with outward weapons, for any end, or under any pretence whatsoever, and this is our testimony to the whole world. That spirit of Christ by which we are guided is not changeable, so as once to command us from a thing as evil, and again to move unto it; and we do certainly know, and so testify to the world that the spirit of Christ which leads us into all Truth will never move us to fight and war against any man with outward weapons, neither for the kingdom of Christ, nor for the kingdoms of this world.’
John Spencer	Sponsored Bike Ride   Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:47:41 GMT
	Sevenoaks Quaker Meeting is taking part in the Friends of Kent Churches Ride and Stride sponsored event on Saturday 11 September 2010. The meeting house will be open from 2pm until 5pm. Go to www.friendsofkentchurches.co.uk for more information about the event in Kent.