Midweek Meeting for Worship at Bourne End

We now have a new Midweek Meeting for Worship, to be held at Bourne End Community Centre on the first Monday of the month, under the auspices of High Wycombe Elders. This will be reviewed after March to decide if it will continue.

Monday 8th January Meeting for Worship at Bourne End Community Centre, starting 10am for 45 minutes 

Monday 5th February Meeting for Worship at Bourne End Community Centre, starting 10am for 45 minutes

Monday 5th March Meeting for Worship at Bourne End Community Centre, starting 10am for 45 minutes

High Wycombe March/April 2018

Everyone is most welcome to join us at any of the events listed. Please note all Monday evening meetings are now 7.15 pm for tea/coffee for 7.30 pm start. 

Meeting for Worship at Bourne End Community Centre, 1st Monday of the month, starting 10am for 45 minutes. Next ones: Monday 2nd April / Monday 7th May

Experiment with Light Group: 1st Monday of the month. 7.15 pm tea/coffee for a 7:30pm start. Next ones Monday Monday 2nd April / Monday 7th May

Discussion Group: 2nd Monday of the month from 7.15 pm for tea/coffee for a 7:30pm start. Finish 9.00 pm. Next ones Monday 9th April / Monday 14th May.

Circle of Light: 3rd Monday of the month. Guided healing, meditation and self nurture. 7:15pm tea/coffee for 7.30 pm start. Next ones Monday 16th Aprily / Monday 21st May.

Q Writers: writing for pleasure and publication: 3rd Tuesday of the month 10.00 am – 12.30 pm. Next ones Tuesday 17th April / Tuesday 15th May.

Criminal Justice System Worshop - Saturday 17th March

The postponed Criminal Justice System Workshop will now be held at High Wycombe Meeting House on Saturday 17th March, to be followed by shared lunch.

10:15 for a prompt start at 10.30 and a 12:30 finish. 

The programme will include feedback from the Crime & Community Justice Group about our comments on the Vision document; an overview of the current state of our criminal justice provision; our current involvement as an Area Meeting: Prison Chaplaincy, Restorative Justice, Circles of Support & Accountability, New Leaf Community Chaplaincy update on the housing concern; and last but not least thinking about ‘things we can do’ or ‘how can I be involved’?

QUAKER WEEK: You are invited...

Slough and Windsor Meeting House

In these turbulent times we would like to invite you to join

us for a short reflective meeting

at

Slough and Windsor Quaker Meeting House

on

Tuesday 3 rd October at 7.30 pm

Light refreshments will be served at 8.00 pm

High Wycombe Meeting House

High Wycombe Quakers invite friends, neighbours and others to join them

for an Open Afternoon

on 

Sunday 1st October from 14:00-16:00

at 

High Wycome Meeting House

for tea and cakes and an opportunity to get to know us.

Amersham Meeting House

You are especially welcome to join us 

an any of our regular Meetings for Worship during Quaker Week

at

Amersham Meeting House

on

Sunday 1st October 11:00-12:00

Tuesday 3rd October 12:30 -13:00 followed by a soup lunch

Sunday 8th October 11:00-12:00

Quaker Week: 30th September to 8th October

Amersham Meeting House:

We specially invite newcomers to join us at any of our Meetings during Quaker Week. We meet on Sunday (1st & 8th October) at 11am for an hour, followed by coffee and time for a friendly chat. And on Tuesday 3rd October, we have a half hour gathered silence in the small meeting room, followed by a simple soup lunch. ALL ARE WELCOME!

Amersham Quaker Meeting House, Whielden Street, Old Amersham

High Wycombe Meeting House:

Open Afternoon for friends and neighbours of the Meeting House. Sunday 1st October from 2pm to 4pm. Tea and cakes will be served and EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

High Wycombe Quaker Meeting House, London Road, High Wycombe

High Wycombe Summer 2017

Everyone is most welcome to join us at any of the events listed. Please note all Monday evening meetings are now 7.15 pm for tea/coffee for 7.30 pm start.

Experiment with Light Group: 1st Monday of the month. 7.15 pm tea/coffee for a 7:30pm start.

Discussion Group: 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month: 7.15 pm for tea/coffee for a 7:30pm start. Finish 9.00 pm.

Circle of Light: 3rd Monday of the month. Guided healing, meditation and self nurture. 7:15pm tea/coffee for 7.30 pm start.

Q Writers: writing for pleasure and publication: 3rd Tuesday of the month 10.00 am – 12.30 pm.

Appeal For Books

For the past few years Wycombe LM have been supporting HiCEP (Hiran Community Education Project) which operates in Somalia. This small charity was started by Daud Ali, the brother-in-law of our Friend, Norma Straiton. Although Daud lived in the UK for most of his adult life he longed to do what he could to help the people in Somalia where he had been born and raised. In 1998 he gathered a group of supporters to work with him to do whatever they could to advance the provision of education in Somalia. In the following years despite prevailing insecurity Hiran Public Library was established in purpose built premises in his home town of Beled Weyne.

In 2004 Daud retired from his work as an Education Psychologist in Birmingham. During visits to Somalia he ran English proficiency classes for adults and established the English School for primary aged children. At the time of his death the school was providing education to over 100 children. He organised the purchase of a plot of land on the outskirts of Beled Weyne and during 2008 he supervised the construction of new school premises. Sadly those buildings have stood empty since then and the school ceased to function because Daud and the 3 other teachers were murdered. In 2010 there were further attacks on those who were guarding the new school premises and running the library. It was clear that it was not safe for anyone associated with HiCEP to remain in Beled Weyne.

Despite being unable to operate in the Hiran Region, ways were found to take the work forward in Northern Somalia where the security situation was much better. Between 2008 and 2014 HiCEP sponsored 5 people from the Hiran Region to study at Amoud University and complete a 2-year teacher training course. In 2011 a library was opened in Hargeisa which is the administrative capital of northern Somalia. The library provides a much needed service to the local people providing books free of charge. It is open 6 days a week and is particularly popular with students as it provides books to help them with their studies.

In January 2012 a new school opened in Hargeisa. It is called the Rehana Hersi Ahmed School; being named after the young British teacher who was killed alongside Daud. Rehana had a heart for the underprivileged so she would be pleased to know that the school which bears her name serves children from poor families. The school provides primary education for 72 youngsters. Most of their families are described as 'internally displaced people' or IDPs – families who have been displaced by years of conflict.

The insurgent group whose members murdered Daud and his colleagues and many others thereafter has been steadily losing ground. The security situation has improved sufficiently for HiCEP to begin to plan to re-establish their work in Beled Weyne. The hope is that, starting in 2017, the premises of Hiran Public Library will be repaired, refurbished and restocked. Their appeal is for books. The following list provides some guidance as to the types of books which are most likely to prove useful but it is not exhaustive:

·                     All kinds of factual books such as school text books. [Maths and science books are the least ‘culture bound’ but books on all subjects help to broaden readers’ horizons.]

·                     Books on English grammar.

·                     Easy reading books to help with mastering English.

·                     Dictionaries.

·                     Up to date atlases.

·                     Medical text books [in this case books which are regarded as ‘out of date’ in the UK are still useful as medical practitioners do not have access to all the modern technology which are to be found in UK hospitals].

·                     Individual reference books.

·                     Sets of encyclopaedias for children.

 [A set of the 2002 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and one of the 2008 edition of the World Book Encyclopaedia have already been donated.]

If you have books to donate please email Wycombe Friends as soon as possible (subject line: Book Appeal), and we will arrange for collection and storage. Arrangements will then be made for them to be transported to Somalia.

High Wycombe: Learning about being a Quaker

On Sunday 21st May, following Meeting for Worship and a shared lunch, High Wycombe Friends will be holding an informal session entitled 'Learning about Being Quaker,' primarily intended for Attenders and newly joined Friends. They would like to invite Friends and Attenders from all Local Meetings to join them. If you would like to ask a question or participate in the discussion, it would be helpful if questions could be sent to Jen Jackson, High Wycombe Clerk, by 30th April so that we can plan the session effectively. The timetable for the day will be:

10.30am Meeting for worship

11.30am Notices and coffee/tea

12.15pm Bring and share lunch

1.15pm Informal discussion with questions and responses

3.00pm Approx departure.

High Wycombe Friends look forward to welcoming our Attenders and newly joined Friends on that