Central England Quakers is a group of Quaker Meetings within the Midlands: including the cities of Birmingham and Coventry, the Black Country, and the surrounding areas. Join us for Meeting for Worship, and to experience friendship and community.
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Equipping for Ministry - Applications open now, deadline 1st September. Equipping for Ministry (also known as EfM) is a two-year learning journey run by Woodbrooke, for Friends who want to deepen their understanding of Quakerism and become more confident in living Spirit-led lives within… Continue Reading Three Acres and a Cow - Three Acres And A Cow and is a small touring show about the history of land rights and protest in folk song and story. It covers topics like the enclosures, Swing Riots and the Luddites, the Glasgow rent strikes and the… Continue Reading 
A New World Heritage Site - John Lampen shares a reflection on visiting the ancient settlement of Sebastia in Palestine (with help from Dave and Lynn Morris). When I visited Palestine with Dave and Lynn Morris in 2017, we visited Sebastia, once the capital of biblical… Continue ReadingTheme for Quaker Week 2026 Announced - Quaker Week 2026 will run from 26th September to 4th October. The Theme is 'Coming to Worship'. Local Meetings are encouraged to hold an event that invites new people to worship. This could be at a different time such as… Continue Reading See all our news
Events
Area Meeting August 2026 22/08/2026 at Barnt Green & Redditch Quaker Meeting House, Barnt Green. Guided walk & picnic leaving at 11:00; Meeting for Worship 14:00-15:00 (no business) – An opportunity for Quakers across our area to come together for worship (sometimes called a 'devotional area meeting'). There will be no business, simply a Meeting for Worship, and the opportunity for fellowship with Friends from other Local Meetings. Our worship will be preceded by a guided walk and picnic…
Friends' Cinema 23/08/2026 at Barnt Green & Redditch Quaker Meeting House, Barnt Green. ‘Gentle Angry Women’ documentary about protest – Barnt Green & Redditch Quakers invite you to join them at a film showing and discussion about protest (a bonus Sunday afternoon showing, in addition to their regular third Saturday of the month). All welcome. ‘Gentle Angry Women’: Three young women trace the legacy of Greenham Common’s Women’s Peace Protest…
Peace Hub Action Group 26/08/2026 at meet in Cathedral Square, Birmingham. In-person lunchtime summer social – Connect informally with other Friends concerned about peace & social justice, at this summer in-person meet-up. We usually meet online on the fourth Wednesday of each month, but for August we hold an in-person summer social. All Central England Friends welcome (members and attenders). We will start by joining the…
Area Meeting September 2026 26/09/2026 at Stourbridge Quaker Meeting House, Stourbridge. Workshop 10:45-12:45, Business 14:00-17:00 – An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop in the morning 10.45am-12.45pm (arrivals and drinks from 10:15am), lunch will be provided at 1pm, and then business meeting 2pm-5pm. Area Business Meeting Our Area Business Meeting is a special type of Meeting for Worship used to make decisions: from how Quakers spend…
- Mysticism: a key to justice and peace? 27/09/2026 Online. Belief in Dialogue Online Interfaith Forum – Rhiannon Grant of Central England Quakers will be part of an interfaith panel organised by the Belief in Dialogue Forum (who promote 'Honest Questions and Frank Answers: Discussions among the World’s Religious and Nonreligious Communities'). One definition of the mystical is personal spiritual experience of the transcendent or the Divine.…
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