discovering quakers
Quakers are a free-thinking faith organisation with a long tradition of challenging accepted norms, helping the disadvantaged and working for peace.
Quakers seek to balance their inner and outer lives. We seek meaning and purpose by sitting in silence and stillness, waiting for promptings to guide our lives. For many, this leads to being actively involved in working to help others and change society for the benefit of all.
Discovering Quakers is a national initiative to help you find out about Quaker values and practices, and how they might align with your own.
woodbrooke online meetings and courses
Woodbrooke is an international Quaker learning and research organisation based in Britain. We provide opportunities for learning, connection and worship which are rooted in the Quaker tradition and open to all. Our mission is to foster the ‘vital ministry’ of Quakers today and our learning programme allows participants to: deepen their understanding of the Quaker way, explore spirituality, support their communities and be inspired to bring about wider change the in world.
quakers in britain
We are a faith group committed to working for equality and peace.
We work long term to tackle the root causes of violence, and to build a more just and peaceful world.
Find out what we are doing at a national level on the Quakers In Britain Website
hampshire & islands quakers
Portsmouth meeting is part of a larger family of Quakers across the area of Hampshire, Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. Each meeting will have a slightly different flavour or emphasis, for example Alton meeting are leading the way with their involvement in the eco-church scheme, whilst Winchester has a special emphasis on social witness with their project giving homes to vulnerable people who might otherwise be homeless.
As well as activities happening at the local level, there is a growing number of groups coming together at an area level, such as around environmental concerns, youth activities, or Quaker practices such as Experiment with Light.
Find out more at our area meeting website.
connect with local quakers
The easiest way to discover Quakers is to simply come along to one of our Sunday meetings, and see if you like it.
We wait in gathered stillness, listening to the promptings of love and truth in our hearts, and receiving spoken ministry that some may be led to share. Simple, radical, spiritual. We are working to create peace in our hearts, our homes, our communities and the world. We seek to be environmentally sustainable, open and inclusive.
There will be time for fellowship and simple refreshments afterwards.