On 26th September 2024 five friends set off in pouring rain on a trip to Swarthmoor Hall near Ulverston in Cumbria. The Hall played a significant part in the development of the Society of Friends. It is plain in style with Tudor or Jacobean features and dates back to the period of the parliament government under Oliver Cromwell. George Fox and Margaret Fell were justly […]
2nd – 4th February 2024 at Glenthorne Quaker Guesthouse, Grasmere Almost forty Friends of all ages, and a dog, gathered together at beautiful Glenthorne for a time of worship, relaxation, activities, discussion and getting to know each other over the weekend. Three Southport Friends attended and we were sorry that one was prevented. Our programme had been put together by a Liverpool Friend, with additional […]
I’ve been a beekeeper for over twenty years and have been beekeeping at the Friends Meeting House in Southport for at least eighteen years. My records from the Quaker bees start in 2005. I’ve enjoyed my time there. The garden is a lovely peaceful place and the friends have always been kind, considerate and understanding. The neighbours too have mostly enjoyed having colonies so close. Though swarming […]
Time moves on so quickly, and it is now time to write about the Life of our small Meeting here in Southport. Below are two short contributions. One from our Friend Marcia, who has been with us many years and makes an enormous contribution to the Life of the Meeting. The second is a short report from our beekeeper. Sadly due to her retirement we […]
A group of Quakers, friends and family met at the Sands Car Park Ainsdale for a flower walk, led by Brian who provided us with a list of flowers we might see – and I think we were able to tick off almost everyone – a grand total of over 30 different species. We followed a path along the green beach on a lovely summer […]
Southport Friends, as part of Quaker week 2022, discussed what being a Quaker means to them, personal Quaker commitment and Quaker personal experience. Gerard Hughes Short talk by Gerard Hughes on “What Quakerism means to me, and how I live my Quakerly life”. I would like to start by explaining why I became a Quaker in the first place. I became a member in 2020 […]
Southport Quakers were happy to host the Elders and Pastoral area meeting in June.
Dear Friends, I hope you are all keeping well. As correspondence clerk I thought I would send you a short note about what has been happening at the Meeting House since we reopened in May 2021. It has been lovely to be able to attend Meetings in person again, knowing that we are as safe as we can be because of Michael’s diligent work in […]
Our Meeting is a small Meeting in size but we have had a few new attenders of late. They have been warmly welcomed and continue to worship with us. Unfortunately, 2021 saw the continuing Covid pandemic have a severe effect on the Meeting. We started Online Meetings to continue our worship together and these proved to be very successful. Following the relaxation of regulations in […]
I am sat here on a Friday evening with our dog Ziggy on my lap trying to keep him calm listening to Classic FM. Fireworks outside so unnerve him. The other one, Freddy, is totally chilled out on the sofa with Margaret. I don’t know what I like most about Quakers! Is it the lack of hierarchy? I dislike hierarchy, why do some individuals think […]