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Quaker Queries
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SCAM ALERT:
Beware of callers purporting to be Quakers from Britain stranded at an international airport who urgently need money sent to a Philippines address to enable them to enter Australia. The callers are targeting people listed on Britain YM and Australia YM websites and send emails, recorded messages and text messages (most recent ones purport to be from Susan Addison) as so-called verification. The phone number they are using is 0011 639 069 305 466. Please insist that you need to check sources before responding to their request, even if there is a significant time delay. Suggest that they contact the Australian or British Embassy in the Philippines.
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Quaker News
QSA REVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE
The 2012 Review of Quaker Service Australia and its relationship with Friends in Australia is currently underway. The detailed Terms of Reference for the Review are available from your Regional Meeting clerk or your regional QSA representative.
The major tool for consultation with F/friends is a questionnaire. You can find the questions and respond at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QSAReview2012_questions
You are encouraged to discuss the questions and your answers in a group. You may submit a group or individual response. Responses are needed by latest 3 June 2012.
If you have any problems accessing the questions, contact qsareview@quakers.org.au
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AUSTRALIANS AT THE WORLD CONFERENCE OF FRIENDS, KENYA, APRIL 2012
Pictured at the World Conference held at Kabarak University in Kenya last month are Australian Friends;
(L to R, back row),Susan Addison, Valerie Joy, Maxine Cooper, Michael Corbett,
(front row) Fiona Sharwood Biedermann, Michael Searle, Ronis Chapman, and Connor Chaffey.
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Most recent updates on our website
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On the members page
State of the Society address 2012
Documents in Retrospect for Yearly Meeting 2012
AYM Secretary's Newsletter, May 2012
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downloadable under
Watching Brief: Militarisation
From the inside out: Observations on
Quaker work at the United Nations.
by David Atwood
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A Quaker vision for a peaceful and sustainable Australia
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Two Australia Yearly Meeting committees, the Quaker Peace and Legislation Committee (QPLC) and the Earthcare Committee, have agreed to develop a Quaker blueprint for a sustainable and peaceful Australia.
At a joint meeting on 25 February 2012, the Committees agreed to prepare a draft for discussion at Yearly Meeting in January 2013.
The Committees will seek input to the draft from Regional and Local Meetings and interested individuals.
It is hoped that through the drafting process, a Summer School, Preparatory Sessions and Formal Sessions, development of the Australian Blueprint will stimulate discernment of the transition ahead of us and the ways in which we are led to act.
Communiqué to Australian and Overseas Friends
from the Quaker Peace and Legislation Committee, and Earthcare Committee
25 February 2012
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Changes to the website
Silver Wattle Quaker Centre, and other Websites associated with us, can be found under the "Contact Us" drop down Menu.
Emergency relief — how to help
Neither Australia Yearly Meeting nor its service agency Quaker Service Australia has the resources to assist in emergencies. Instead, we recommend that Friends who wish to donate money towards emergency relief visit the website of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) http://www.acfid.asn.au. The website will assist Friends to find an ACFID-accredited agency which is already working in the country where the crisis has occurred.
Who We Are And What We Believe
The Religious Society of Friends began in Britain in the 17th century with the teachings of George Fox, an itinerant preacher, and has spread to most regions in the world. There are half a million Quakers worldwide , most in Africa; in Australia, we have around 2000 people who worship in Meetings for Worship , of whom 1000 are in membership.
Austraiian Quakers have reflected on their faith, practice, life stages, challenges and history in 'This we can say; Australian Quaker life, faith an thought' . To read these reflections, click here.
Quakers and Social Issues
…we must accept responsibility for what is happening in our lives and in the world. We must liberate ourselves from old ways of thinking. We must be part of the community debate about domestic violence and rape, the deeds of minorities, and conflict resolution. (David Purnell, 1994, in ' This we can say; Australian Quaker Life, Faith and Thought ', AYM 2003.)
For media comments on these issues, contact the national office (email email or telephone 07 3201 2685).
Read public statements from Quakers in Australia on these and other topics. Also check out our FAQ page .
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