Hello Friends!
This page is for those who come to our Meeting. It's a way to keep in touch and give you more information to help you on your spiritual journey.
Quaker meetings and events
Study group: Our study group meet every two weeks. We are currently looking at the topic 'Creativity' from Quaker Faith and Practice.
SSG: SSG stands for Spiritual Stewardship Group. We meet online every month to discuss the spiritual health of our Meeting, and outreach opportunities to get involved with.
Business Meetings: These happen in the final week of each month, straight after our Meeting for Worship. We discuss and decide important to the Meeting. We are currently trying to discern whether to have a short Meeting for Worship on this day, or not.
Craft Group: We currently needing someone to run this! In the past, we've made blankets, our banner and Christmas cards.
Area Meetings: Rochester is part of West Kent Quakers, and so we meet as a larger group every few months. Sevenoaks, Maidstone, Sittingbourne and Tunbridge Wells are the other Meetings.
Online worship: Rochester doesn't have the provisions for online worship, but the Quaker learning organisation, Woodbrook, do offer regular online Quaker Meetings. See https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/worship/ for details.
Interfaith opportunities: Rochester Quakers are actively involved with the Medway Interfaith Action group, as well as regulars at the peace walks, organised by North Kent Interfaith.
Reading: You'll notice at Meeting that we have the Quaker magazine, The Friend on display to read. You can read this, and back copies online. If you're interested in Quaker activism, you can check out Quake!
Woodbrooke ZOOM courses has many interesting events, and finance may be available.
Ask one of us if you see anything of interest.
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Buddy system
Did you know that we have a Buddy System, to ensure that our Friends are OK? If you want a Quaker buddy to discuss all things spiritual, email us at westkentquakers@gmail.com
Questions and suggestions
Got a Quaker question or a suggestion for us? Please get in touch at westkentquakers@gmail.com
Let's get spiritual! 🕯️
Here are some questions that you can use - alone, or with others - to start thinking about your own spiritual journey:
- Where do I notice Life / the Spirit most readily in my everyday week?
- What helps me settle into worship—and what tends to keep me on the surface?
- What is my current relationship with silence: refuge, discomfort, hunger, habit?
- What am I being invited to let go of right now?
- What am I being asked to grow into—however slowly?
- When do I feel most “gathered” inwardly? What are the conditions that support that?
- What fear, grief, or longing have I been carrying alone?
- What might faithfulness look like for me this month in one small, concrete step?
- Where am I resisting guidance (or over-explaining it away)?
- What do I do when I feel spiritually dry—what helps, what doesn’t?
Bring your thoughts to Meeting, and let's discuss this over a cuppa! ☕