Local Friends Now

Today, North Northumberland Friends meet every Sunday for Meeting for Worship at 10.15 in the Lounge, Anchor Housing, Church Lane, off Bailiffgate, Alnwick, NE66 1NP. All ages are welcome.

For details of various Coming Events, please see 'What's On'

(For further information, and to discuss  children's welcome,  please ring 01665 578543 or 01668 282198
All mail should  be sent to: Clerk, Alnwick Quaker Meeting, c/o Old Post Office, Eglingham, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 2TX.)  

Our backgrounds include mining, language and music teaching, journalism, social work, and much else. People of all backgrounds, nationalities and ages are welcome.

This section shares things we value about being Quakers today.

Silence – the bowl that holds us (and our thoughts) safely

The space for God to speak to us

Listening for, and expecting, the spirit with others in a centred, silent, gathered community

Ministry arising out of this silent listening - speaking from the heart with insight about things that affect us

That we have roots in Christianity, and also find meaning and value in other faiths

" I take away tranquillity from meeting."
Jenny-

" In meeting for Worship, I wait to see and hear what the spirit of God will bring to our meeting, and, if God moves me to speak, do so with as little ‘ego’ as I am able."
Alex-

Things We Value in Searching Together

The idea and experience of the light

Love released through creative listening. That means allowing space between contributions; speaking from personal experience; not commenting directly on what another has said; listening with attention; not lapsing into discussion

The space to be heard

An openness to reconsideration and revelation - undogmatic, unjudgmental

A place to look and listen to our life

A sense of community: a common purpose to continue on a spiritual search

" What brings me to meeting is a promise of understanding. "
Judy-

Things We Value in Our Life Together

Living together in love and peace and tenderness

Community/social contact

A place to be true to ourselves

Friendship .. a striving and intention to listen and understand each other and our world.. a group of people seeking to listen and act on the promptings of the ‘light within’

Being on a spiritual journey with a family we have chosen, diligently seeking together after truth

Listening, learning, giving and receiving in an open-minded community

Experiencing, and living in, the present

Companions on our journey

" I value a sense of belonging to a group of people who are each searching beings with all their ups and downs, like myself. At its best, I take away inner joy and new hope from Meeting. "
Liselotte-

" I take away a sort of strengthening, I think. I always feel better for Meeting. I would miss it if I didn’t come. "
Patience-

Things We Value Living in the World...

The testimonies of peace, truth and integrity, equality, simplicity and the environment

Being called to walk cheerfully over the world answering that of God in every one

The treasure house that is the book ‘Faith and Practice’

" For me, our Meeting is both a comforting and discomforting place where I can practise, and be reminded of, things which are of great value in other contexts too. "
Rosemary -

Working in the world – some things we are involved in:

Prison work at HMP Acklington and Castington

The Alternatives to Violence Project

Supporting Local Christians Together

Supporting local community activities

Al-Anon, supporting families of problem drinkers

Restorative Justice

Quaker journalism

What have these got to do with Quakers?