Dorchester Quaker Local Meeting
All events take place in the Meeting House in Holloway Road unless otherwise specified. Please see other pages of the website for directions.
Meeting for Worship each Sunday in the Meeting House 10.30am All Welcome.
September
1st September Meeting for Worship at 10.30 followed by Business Meeting at 12 noon for one hour. Clerks this time Tess and Mike. (The next Business Meeting is on November 3rd.)
8th September Meeting for Worship at 10.30
7th/8th September Dorchester Show – churches tent.
8th September Area Quaker Meeting to be held in Salisbury Meeting House starting at 10.30.
10th September at 7.30 in Bournemouth 32 East Overcliff Drive BH1 3AQ Unite Against Islamophobia and Antisemitism event with speakers organised by Stand Up to Racism.
15th September Meeting for Worship at 10.30 12 noon an Eldership and Pastoral Care meeting for all to attend.
18th September Mid Week Meeting for Worship 12.30 to 2pm with shared lunch led by the Eldership and Pastoral Care Friends.
20th September “Looplet Walk” see details below.
Walk & Lunch. All welcome. Kingcombe Visitor Centre, Lower Kingcombe, Toller Porcorum, Dorchester Dorset DT2 0EQ
We will do a figure of eight walk starting from the Centre and passing back via the Centre so that those who would prefer a shorter route can join us at that point, or those who wish to stop early can.
1045 Meet at Kingcombe Nature Reserve Centre and prebook out lunches at the cafe (For those who want to join the longer walk of about 2-3 miles) PS the café opens at 10:30 if anyone would like to arrive a bit earlier for a coffee before we set out.
1100 Set out on the longer walk
1200 Return to the Centre to collect those who would like to join the second part of the walk (of not more than a mile). Could those in this group please go to the café first and pre-book your lunches
1300 Return to the centre for lunch.
Please contact Matthew Collings or clerks.dorchester@gmail.com if you’d like to come, and what stage you’d like to join.
We can coordinate lifts/car sharing nearer the time, when it is clearer who is coming but do ask if you need a lift.
21st September Christian Aid 2024 walk to the River Jordan
Saturday September 21st. Start at St Peter’s Church at 9.30 am Finish River Jordan/Bowleaze Cove Preston Lunch: picnic at Osmington Church Distance 8 miles (or shorter stages) Return from Weymouth by Public transport
Sponsor forms and details from Phil Stacey on 0794 2821848 or Tony Boyden 01305 268726 or the United Church Shop
22nd September Meeting for Worship at 10.30
29th September Meeting for Worship at 10.30
October
6th October Meeting for Worship at 10.30
13th October Meeting for Worship at 10.30
16th October Mid Week Meeting for Worship 12.30 to 2pm with shared lunch led by the Eldership and Pastoral Care Friends.
17th October at 19.00 for a 19.30 start with a returned Ecumenical Accompanier from Israel and Palestine (EAPPI) at the Dorford Church. EAPPI is a World Council of Churches Programme administered in Britain and Ireland by British Quakers.
20th October Meeting for Worship at 10.30
Fun and food on Friday at 5.55 in the Meeting House. A social event organised by the Pastoral Care team.
27th October Meeting for Worship at 10.30
November
3rd November Meeting for Worship at 10.30
10th November Meeting for Worship at 10.30
10th November Area Quaker Meeting in Shaftesbury starting at 10.30
17th November Meeting for Worship at 10.30
24th November Meeting for Worship at 10.30
Local Quaker Business Meeting
These are held every two months and all are welcome to attend (next one is on the 3rd November). The Clerking team are currently Marigold, Mike and Tess who share the Clerking responsibilities (clerks.dorchester@gmail.com). Please contact one of them if you have an item which you want to be included in the agenda for LQBM. Minutes are taken at these meetings so please ask an Elder if you would like to see them.
Church events in Dorchester (Our representative on Churches Together in Dorchester is Sarah)
The Churches Together Marquee will be at the Dorchester Show on the 7th and 8th of September. Do visit to support the church volunteers who run this space on behalf of the churches together in Dorchester.
Firm Roots is a Christian cancer support group.
Dorchester Firm Roots Cancer Support Prayer group
18 th September 2024
Dorchester Family Church Office: 2 Red Cow Business
Park, Long Bridge Way, Dorchester DT1 1YD
Join us for friendship, encouragement, reflections, refreshments and prayer for anyone affected by cancer.
Everyone welcome. Email: dorsetfirmroots@admin
Please also get in touch if you would like to go on our prayer list and our group will pray for you.
www.firmroots.org.uk
Acorn Christian Healing Foundation
Dorchester Hub The Quiet Space Poundbury DT1 3RG
Second Wednesday and Third Friday of each month
10.30-12.00
All very welcome, any faith or none
Dorset Music Therapy Service
Are delighted to invite you to experience singing with the Dorset Wellbeing Choir In a fun environment which fosters confidence for those with communication difficulties, together with their carers, family and friends.
Specifically designed for people with aphasia and those living with dementia.
When? 1St & 3rd Tuesdays of the month from 10.00 – 11.15 £6.00 per session
Where? The Quiet Space, Poundbury, Dt1 3RQ
To find out more contact Music Therapist Paul Martin 07788 1850 48 dorsetmusictherapy@outlook.com
www.dorsetmusictherapyservice.co.uk
OTHER EVENTS OR OPPORTUNITIES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN
Quakers are part of the World Wide Family of Quakers and the Around Europe Newsletter has articles from various aspects of Quaker activity across the Europe and Middle East Section latest issue of Among Friends. https://www.fwccemes.org/file_download/518/Among_Friends_159.pdf
Individual Quakers are involved in a range of social action activities and some are mentioned here.
For those interested in the demonstrations and protests in relation to Israel and Palestine, there is a Dorset Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Contact dorsetpsc1@admin or dorsetstopthewar@gmail.com
The Quaker Socialist Society meets online from time to time – and had a recent meeting on how we promote Quaker values in state schools and private Quaker schools. Prof Francis Green spoke about his book on private schools: Engines of Privilege. See the Quaker Socialist Society website for further details.
We encourage Friends to see a Lecture by Revd Munther Isaac, a Palestinian Christian on https://quakersocialists.org.uk/.