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March 2008
Junior Young Friends Epistle .................... 2
Young Friends Epistle .............................. 2
Ministry in Meeting for Worship............... 3
Vine and fig tree planters ........................ 3
International peace-building at a personal
level .................................................... 4
UN decades, years, days and weeks......... 4
New additions to ALM library................... 5 Here then,
Book reviews ........................................... 5
AYM 2008 ............................................... 7
is the problem
Toward a nuclear-free world .................... 9 we present to you,
Pulling back from the nuclear precipice ... 9
A peace of the action: a weekly radio
stark and dreadful
show on peace and justice................... 9 and inescapable:
Website watch ....................................... 10
shall we put an end
to the human race;
or shall mankind
renounce war?
The Russell-Einstein
Manifesto, 1955
Judy G and Liz P with interstate Ffriends
walking cheerfully Junior Young Friends Epistle storm broke over us just before we left
and many of us ran about joyfully and
is available
by post or from
Dear Friends thankfully in the soaking rain.
sa.quakers.org.au At Stringybark Lodge in Victoria’s During the week we played, laughed,
Dandenong Ranges on 7 January 2008, cooked, cleaned, talked, ate, sang,
Please send in 12 Junior Young Friends, 4 Young worked, crafted, created and plaited
your articles, Friends and 1 real adult began their together. There was much practicing of
drawings, letters, annual camp. We quickly discovered the boomerang throwing and poi swinging,
photos. super bouncy in-ground trampolines and playing basketball, swimming in the
Love debra got the week started on a high. dam, jumping and lying on the
Following on from our hot summer trampolines, handstands, cartwheels,
Editor: debra hackett school on Sunday we broke some more breakdancing, walking on hands, making
ice with getting to know thee games on friends, keeping friends, loving and
0438 869 099
Monday night. caring for each other.
8296 9099
walkingcheerfully@auspics.org
We were pleased to wake, though rather We said goodbye to Stringybark Lodge
early on Tuesday morning, to the and made our way back to YM, happier,
PO Box 55 presence of a wonderful man,
North Adelaide SA 5006 sleepier and closer than we had been 4
Murrundindi, and what followed was two days before. These are friendships built
sa.quakers.org.au/ fascinating hours of hearing about the to last. We look forward to meeting again
walkingcheerfully/ Wurrindjeri people of Victoria, language, at the next JYF camp.
art, stories, didgeridoos from Katherine
Subscription: $20.00 pa and learning the art of throwing a come- Young Friends Epistle
Closing date for each
back boomerang. That afternoon we Nineteen Young Friends gathered in the
issue is the first Sunday made poi with Robyn and got some heat of the Australian summer at
of the month impressive blisters from the ropes. Harrietville, Victoria from 30 December
On Wednesday Cindy-lee, storyteller, 2007 to 5 January 2008. As we have
graced us with her powerful and positive come to expect of Young Friends camp,
presence. With respect, honour and we ate well and slept little. We met in a
intent we were able to reflect on the rambling old house that was converted
stories we heard and notice how they into a café/gallery with accommodation
spoke to us. After lunch we walked the on the side. The old dredge hole cum
3kms to Gembrook to have an icecream, local swimming hole kept us cool and
hang in the park and stock up on thread entertained with many visits each day
for more hair plaiting, which had quickly and lots of jumping off the far bank into
become the camp craze. the water below. We were delighted this
We kicked off on Thursday with a zoom year to have three Young Friends from
on the flying fox, a shimmy up the across the Tasman join us for camp.
climbing wall and working in teams to Having decided not to hold an Easter
build rafts that would get us across the camp in 2007, it is at least a year since
dam. Later we were joined by Kelvin who many of us have seen each other.
shared with us stories of his family Despite this, it didn’t take long for us to
Quaker history and some key movers relax into being together and sharing,
and shakers in the underground railway laughing, playing, dancing, singing,
and the abolishment of slavery. After sweltering and meeting.
making our very own pizzas we played There is a constancy about Young
music together, hung out, then got Friends that underlies the comings and
enthused about writing and rapping in a goings of individuals in our community.
workshop led by Peter J. We are never exactly the same group any
In our Meeting for Worship and Worship time we meet, but we come together in a
Sharing on Friday morning (after a hearty Spirit of friendship that holds us
pancake breakfast) we shared some of together and lets us grow as we gather
what we learned during the week and and as we scatter across the country and
how we felt about our time together. A the globe.
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Ministry in Meeting for How then do we know whether we
should speak or remain silent? Again this
Worship is sometimes a hard question and the
Max Raupach test is, I believe, whether we feel that
someone or something is almost
The Ministry and Oversight (M&O)
prodding us to stand up and voice what
Committee of Adelaide Local Meeting
wells up inside us. Sometimes we may
(ALM) has asked me to write a brief piece
feel strong emotion or quake physically
about Ministry in Meeting for Worship.
as we speak. I frequently think of this as
As you will know much of our Meeting is leaping into a bath of cold water—taking
held in silence. During this time anybody the plunge as it were. We should have
at the Meeting may stand up and speak faith in the Meeting to receive our
briefly about a meaningful leading that spoken words with love and in due
they are experiencing. Sometimes confidence.
Friends or Attenders speak so softlty or
It is for this reason that little is said after
so rapidly (due no doubt to nervousness
the Meeting about the ministry that has
or the intensity of their emotion) that
been given and certainly no argument
they cannot be heard clearly by all of us.
should occur. That is not in the spirit of
It is important to bear this in mind
Friends.
because feelings can be intensely
emotional and a fair proportion of Finally, a few other practical points.
people do have hearing loss. Ministry is not desirable until the
Meeting has been in progress for ten
I have heard of a number of Quaker
minutes or so—or at least until the door-
Meetings that are frequently held in
keeper has come in and sat down. Nor is
complete silence and this does happen
ministry near to the close of Meeting a
at times at ALM. However, more often
good thing, especially if the children are
than not we have spoken ministry. The
kept waiting outside. Ministry should not
silence of the meeting allows us to slow
be overtly political or go on too long.
down from the pace of our lives, to set
And please remember that if there is a
aside trains of thought and worries that
great noise outside or an aeroplane
normally fill our minds. For example you
passes overhead, pause and wait until
could think of making your mind blank
you think your voice can be heard again. We acknowledge
in order to see what comes into it. In the
We do not mind waiting. and respect the
silence we may mentally reach out in
friendship to the others that are present Vine and fig tree planters
(and beyond) often at a deeper level than
traditional
www.vineandfigtree.org.au
that experienced from our day to day custodians on
contacts with each other. This loving Perth’s vine and fig tree planters is a
concern may extend into the minds of small group comprising members of the whose ancestral
many of those present, even though we historic peace churches (Anabaptists and lands we live.
may never have met them or be familiar Quakers) who act to witness about the
with them. This may sometimes lead to a role the military plays in global We acknowledge
common awakening in the Meeting that environmental change. They want to
continues to spread among us all. We come from a place of faith and non-
the deep feelings
think of this as a gathered Meeting. blaming to find a series of symbolic acts of attachment
Sometimes a Ffriend may speak on which could build a place of peace and
matters which one or more of us are also make linkages between climate change
and relationship
about to minister. These feelings deepen and militarism. of Aboriginal
the collective experience of the Meeting. On the Australia Day weekend they
Frequently it is hard to know whether we assembled at the Campbell Military peoples to country.
should speak or not at all. I can only give Barracks to plant a grape vine and a fig We acknowledge
you a few personal thoughts about this tree, inviting the military forces to enter
because it is not often talked about. I into a peaceful and creative response to the Kaurna people
feel that we should be moved to minister the complex problems posed by climate as the custodians
by some deep feelings that have arisen change and peak oil by laying down their
during the Meeting itself. Sometimes we weapons and picking up shovels. A of the Adelaide
may be moved to speak by some text, diversity of people gathered in reverent
thought or even some remembered set silence to plant these signs of hope and
region and that
of words or experience that we have fruitful peace in the barren sand. This their cultural and
brought with us into Meeting. This work has been endorsed by West
happens to us all, but I feel that it is Australian Regional Meeting. heritage beliefs are
probably better to set the impulse aside Yearly Meeting recommends that all still important to
and wait to see how experience in the Regional Meetings hold this initiative in
Meeting changes or develops it before the light and offer support where the living Kaurna
standing up. possible. people today.
March 2008 3
International peace-building UN decades, years, days and
at a personal level weeks
Kerry O’Regan Decades
While few of us have the opportunity to 1997-2006
work for world peace on the big scale, United Nations decade for the
we can sometimes do something at the eradication of poverty
micro level. Currently, around a quarter 2001-2010
of the students at our universities are International decade for a culture of
international students who, during their peace and non-violence for the
time here, form perceptions of, and children of the world
perhaps connections with, Australia and 2001-2010
Australians. They take these experiences Second international decade for the
back with them to their home countries eradication of colonialism
and carry those memories into the rest 2001-2010
of their lives. Decade to roll back malaria in
While I officially retired from full-time developing countries, particularly in
work last year, I’m doing a few bits and Africa
pieces, including coordinating a 2003-2012
‘volunteer’ program involving United Nations literacy decade:
international students at the University literacy for all
of Adelaide. This program matches 2005-2014
students with volunteers from the Second international decade of the
community whom they meet with on a world’s indigenous people
regular basis, typically an hour or so a 2005-2014
week. The meetings are quite informal United Nations decade of education
and essentially provide a link for the for sustainable development
students with someone from the local 2005-2015
community. Comments from those International decade for action, ‘water
involved are absolutely glowing, the for life’
students saying things like: Years
This program is the best thing that’s International year of the potato
happened for me in Australia. International year of planet earth
The volunteers are similarly enthusiastic. International year of sanitation
It may seem a small thing, but I really International bear of languages
believe that such encounters help make
the world a more compassionate and
Days and weeks
peaceable place. I would be delighted to March 8 International women’s day and
have some Ffriends as volunteers. If you, United Nations day for women’s rights
or someone you know, would like to be and international peace
involved or want to know more, catch me March 21 International day for the
after Meeting, phone me at 8449 5194 elimination of racial discrimination
or 0408 881 617 or email me at March 21-28 Week of solidarity with the
kerry.oregan@adelaide.edu.au. peoples struggling against racism and
racial discrimination
March 22 World water day
March 23 World meteorological day
Live adventurously. When April 4 International day for mine
awareness and assistance in mine
choices arise, do you take the action
way that offers the fullest April 7 World health day
opportunity for the use of your April 23 World book and copyright day
gifts in the service of God and the
community? Let your life speak. Do you uphold those who are
When decisions have to be made, acting under concern, even if
are you ready to join with others their way is not yours? Can you
in seeking clearness, asking for lay aside your own wishes and
God's guidance and offering prejudices while seeking with
counsel to one another? others to find God's will for them?
Advices and queries, 27 Advices and queries, 36
4 walking cheerfully
disabled foster son. Matt can’t see past
New additions to ALM library Rory’s disabilities and is repulsed by
To see all of our new books go to him, but over time becomes more
sa.quakers.org.au/library/ sensitive to Rory and his ways of
Elizabeth Cave and Ros Morley (eds) communicating.
Faith in action: Quaker social On one level, quaking is the story of
testimony settling into a new family when you’ve
Lon Fendall, Jan Wood and Bruce Bishop been rejected by so many before and
Practicing discernment together: establishing yourself at a new school. On
finding God’s way forward in decision another level, quaking touches on some
making of the issues around the United States
invasion of Iraq (etc), bullying, and
Daniel Goleman explores some of the difficulties of the
Social intelligence: the new science of Quaker peace testimony—questions such
human relationships as how far you go in taking a stand for
Rufus M Jones peace if it means possibly attracting
The faith and practice of the Quakers violence?
Robert Lawrence Smith I thoroughly enjoyed the story contained
A Quaker book of wisdom: life lessons in this book, and the exploration of
in simplicity, service and common deeper issues was a bonus. The
sense characters are complex and true to life
Parker J Palmer (Matt shows a good case of attachment
Let your life speak: listening for the disorder), and Quakers are not portrayed
voice of vocation as demure and simple. Even though
there are some happy endings (perhaps
Parker J Palmer more than generally occur in real life),
A hidden wholeness: the journey there are no simple answers in this story.
toward an undivided life
I thoroughly recommend quaking and
Gil Skidmore (ed) have added it to my re-read list. I look
Strength in weakness: writings by forward to discussing it with others who
eighteenth-century Quaker women have read it.
If you would like to borrow a book from Wisdom distilled from the daily –
the ALM library, and live outside of the living the rule of St Benedict today
metropolitan area, we will post it to you. by Joan Chittister
Just send an email to
Kate.Alessia@bigpond.com Reviewer: Barbara Talbot
This book, written by Joan Chittister OSB,
Book reviews details the life lived by the Benedictine
quaking by Kathryn Erskine Sisters of Mount Saint Benedict
Reviewer: Kate Alessia Monastery, Erie, Pennsylvania. Although
Benedict founded his order in the sixth
quaking, which is now available in the century, his insights are very relevant
ALM library, is probably classified as a today.
young adult (teenage) novel, but don’t
let that put you off. If you like interesting Each chapter opens with a quotation
stories that touch on deeper issues, such from the Rule of St Benedict and then
as the peace testimony, this is a book for goes on to enlarge on the advice. The
you. writing is down to earth and very
readable and time and time again I
quaking is the story of a 14-year-old girl found my Quaker heart saying ‘Yes, yes!’
called Matt. Matt has not had an easy Amongst the subjects discussed are the
existence, and when she is dumped with importance of listening, the value of
a Quaker couple, she’s told that it’s her community, humility, hospitality and
last chance for a family. Sam, Matt’s new obedience.
foster father, is something of a
caricature, almost clown-like in many Joan Chittister makes no bones about
regards. Initially Matt can’t see past the fact that she has come to view the
Sam’s bulk and soft features, and she is value of the monastic rules in a different
confused by his niceness. Jessica, Matt’s light as the years have passed and as
foster mother, is less clearly defined; it’s she has matured spiritually.
evident that she’s a different personality Each chapter holds many insights and is
from Sam and not always so trans- worth reading, if only for the two final
parently ‘nice.’ The other member of the paragraphs.
household is Rory, whom Matt calls the
Blob. Rory is Jessica and Sam’s severely
March 2008 5
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Over the years, I have read about Quaker
AYM 2008 meeting processes but the small number
debra hackett of Quakers in Australia means that it is
not always possible to observe a wide
Ten SA Ffriends boarded the Overland
variety of Clerks and Meetings for
early (for me) on the morning of Friday
Worship for Business. Being able to
4 January 2008. The recently refurbished
participate in a number of preparatory
trains and helpful staff combine to make
and formal sessions, with a wide variety
this trip even more enjoyable than it was
of participants, helped me to better
previously. Travelling during the day
understand how a disparate group can
ensured that we were awake (for most of
work together towards discerning the
the trip) and able to spend time chatting Whether we wish to
sense of the meeting. The preparatory
and getting to know each other. admit it or not, the
sessions, in particular, offered an insight
As walking cheerfully editor I get to read into the range of concerns being acted sense of the meeting is
other RMs’ newsletters. AYM gave me the upon by Ffriends around Australia. a Quaker equivalent of
chance to meet a number of interstate Communion … we take
AYM was friendly, hot, happy, hot, fun,
Ffriends who I only knew by name. In to ourselves the gift of
stimulating and inspiring.
addition, summer school — Quaker experiential faith
testimonies: with Spirit into action — I will certainly try much harder to attend
which the early Friends
offered the chance to make new future AYMs and, if you haven’t yet
Ffriends. A small number of us are now promised us
experienced a yearly meeting, I urge you
gathering for a short, mid-week Meeting to consider attending 2009 AYM in Barry Morley
for Worship, even though we live and Canberra. If you have the time, travel by Beyond consensus,
work in three different states/territories. train with a good book and good salvaging sense of the
(If you’d like to join our Wednesday Ffriends. Meeting
morning Meeting, please get in touch.)
Pendle Hill #307 1993
March 2008 7
but simply because of the colour of their
Stolen Generations’ apology: skin. Many kids experienced physical,
7 handy mythbusters sexual and emotional abuse in their
foster families and institutions after they
Myth 1 - I will not be made to feel were removed. For those people who
guilt and shame for something I didn’t believe that forced removal actually
do Individual Australians are not benefited the children - it’s pretty
responsible and should not feel guilty. difficult to find a member of the Stolen
‘Sorry’ does not have to be an Generations who is happy about being
expression of shame or guilt. It can be denied the love of their parents and
an expression of empathy, as in ‘I’m extended family.
sorry to hear your friend died’ or ‘I’m
sorry you got hurt in that car accident’. If Myth 6 - Saying sorry won’t change
people are still confused on this front, the past. Sadly, it won’t. But it will have
they might recall that several years ago, a massive impact on the future -Stolen
John Howard apologised on behalf of the Generations members have already
nation to Vietnam Veterans for their poor started healing since the promise to
treatment when they returned from the apologise was announced. An apology
war. In any case the apology will not be means an enormous amount to
made on behalf of the Australian people Indigenous people and the nation as a
but rather limited to the Australian whole - and will cost us nothing.
Parliament. Myth 7 - Saying sorry just leads
Myth 2 - The Stolen Generations are a people to think everything’s been
thing of the past. Of all the Stolen fixed. Whether you’re for or against it,
Generations myths, this is one of the anyone who thinks that everything
biggest. The facts are that the removal of will be ‘fixed’ with the apology is
Indigenous children continued well into kidding themselves. No-one is claiming
the 1960s and early 1970s. These that uttering the word ‘sorry’ is going to
people are still alive today and the effect solve al the problems facing Indigenous
on individuals, families and communities Australians. Whatever your view on the
lasts a lifetime (and beyond). apology, everyone agrees that practical
actions still need to be taken. The
Myth 3 - Saying sorry won’t deliver apology is an important first step. Who
better results in health, housing or are the stolen generations? The term
education. Saying sorry is not of itself ‘Stolen Generations’ refers to Aboriginal
supposed to deliver health, housing and and Torres Strait Islander Australians
education. The fundamental flaw of this who were forcibly removed from their
particular objection is that it implies families and communities by policies of
Australia can’t deliver practical outcomes government, welfare and church
There are many myths while simultaneously delivering symbolic authorities as children and placed into
floating around about gestures. In other words, it suggests we institutional care or with non-Indigenous
the apology so can’t walk and chew gum at the same foster families. The forced removal of
Canberra Quakers time. The government must also pursue Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
(Newsletter, March practical measures to address children began as early as the mid 1800s
2008) put together the Indigenous disadvantage, but that and continued until the 1970s. The
following mythbusters. doesn’t mean they shouldn’t begin the apology? A central recommendation of
When you call up talk process with a symbolic act. the 1997 Bringing them home report was
back radio, write to Myth 4 - It’ll cost us a fortune. the need for a national apology to those
your local newspaper or Contrary to popular opinion, a individuals and their families and
are simply discussing national apology will have no legal communities affected by past policies of
the apology around the impact on the capacity of members of removal. Members of the Stolen
dinner table with family the Stolen Generations to seek Generations have indicated that
and friends, you can compensation. The ability of members recognition by the Government that the
now consider yourself of the Stolen Generations to pursue legal policies were wrong would help in
armed! claims has existed since they were taken addressing the trauma and suffering that
Use the following facts and nothing changes that. As a nation, they have experienced. The need for a
and arguments and an apology costs us nothing. national apology is also regarded as an
help get everyone on important component of the broader
Myth 5 - The people who performed
board with the apology. the removals thought they were doing reconciliation process between
The language used here the right thing. Good people do things Indigenous and non-Indigenous
is deliberately colloquial that turn out to be wrong - but that Australians
- which we hope will doesn’t mean they’re excused from Canberra Quakers acknowledge Chris
assist you to convince apologising. The majority of Indigenous Graham of Wagga Meeting as the
your fellow Australians. children were removed from families not inspiration for this document.
Good luck! on the basis of the level of their care -
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Toward a nuclear-free world Pulling back from the nuclear
George P Shultz, William J Perry, Henry A
Kissinger and Sam Nunn
precipice
Wall Street journal online John Langmore
15 January 2008 Eureka street
18 February 2008
The accelerating spread of nuclear
weapons, nuclear know-how and nuclear Most Australians no longer think about
material has brought us to a nuclear the nuclear threat. Yet the editors of The
tipping point. We face a very real Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said in
possibility that the deadliest weapons January 2007 that the minute hand of
ever invented could fall into dangerous the ‘Doomsday Clock’ had moved from
hands. seven to five minutes to midnight.
The steps we are taking now to address ‘We stand at the brink of a second
these threats are not adequate to the nuclear age,’ they said. ‘North Korea’s
danger. With nuclear weapons more recent test of a nuclear weapon, Iran’s
widely available, deterrence is nuclear ambitions, a renewed US
decreasingly effective and increasingly emphasis on the military utility of
hazardous … nuclear weapons, the failure to
adequately secure nuclear materials, and
In October 2007, we convened veterans the continued presence of some 26,000
of the past six administrations, along nuclear weapons in the United States and
with a number of other experts on Russia are symptomatic of a larger
nuclear issues, for a conference at failure to solve the problems posed by
Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. the most destructive technology on
There was general agreement about the Earth.’
importance of the vision of a world free
of nuclear weapons as a guide to our Read the whole article at:
thinking about nuclear policies, and www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx
about the importance of a series of steps ?aeid=5168
that will pull us back from the nuclear
precipice …
A peace of the action: a
As Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger put
weekly radio show on peace
it in his address at our October and justice
conference, ‘Mistakes are made in every 101.5 FM Radio Adelaide
other human endeavour. Why should Every Sunday at 12:30pm
nuclear weapons be exempt?’ To
underline the governor’s point, on 29-30 Sunday lunch will never be the same;
August 2007, six cruise missiles armed whether it’s a roast or risotto you can’t
with nuclear warheads were loaded on a miss this innovative, dynamic group
US Air Force plane, flown across the presenting a different and informed
country and unloaded. For 36 hours, no perspective on peace. They aim to
one knew where the warheads were, or stimulate, challenge and entertain with
even that they were missing. healthy debate, music, commentary and
interviews.
Read the whole article at:
They are the Australian Peace Committee
online.wsj.com/public/article_print/
SA Inc (APC), NoWar, Australians for
SB120036422673589947.html
Native Title and Reconciliation, (ANTaR),
Human Rights Coalition (HRC) and
Women’s International League for Peace
and Freedom (WILPF). People passionate
about peace and social justice.
For a half hour every week they
connecting the peaces, explore the
common threads that compel people
to act out against injustice.
Responding to issues as they break as
well as addressing perennial problems
such as racism, colonialism, and
environmental degradation.
March 2008 9
Meetings for Worship
Adelaide Local Meeting Friends Meeting House
11.00am Sunday 40a Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide
Alice Springs Worshipping Group Clare Nowak (08) 8952 7558
Copper Triangle Recognised Meeting Roger Norris-Green (08) 8825 1981
11.00am third Sunday of each month
Senior Citizens Hall, Taylor Street, Kadina
Evening meeting once a month in various homes
Darwin Recognised Meeting Elizabeth Kwan (08) 8948 3305 or
4.30pm first and third Sundays of each month Neil Chadwick (08) 8932 1351
In various homes
Eastern Suburbs Local Meeting Leabrook Guide Hall
10.00am Sunday Rochester Street, Leabrook
Fleurieu Recognised Meeting Shirley Dunn (08) 8555 2778
11.00am second and last Sunday of each month
Council Chambers, The Strand, Port Elliot
Gawler Worshipping Group Colin and Eva Jordan 8522 1255
7.00pm third Sunday of each month
Hills Recognised Meeting Kevin Burrett for venue 8339 5360
10.30am second Sunday of each month
Southern Worshipping Group David Groom & Brenda Hamilton
Third Sunday of each month 8326 4931 bren_dave@optusnet.com.au
Meetings for Worship for Quaker Business
Adelaide Local Meeting: last Sunday of the month (except December)
Eastern Suburbs Local Meeting: last Sunday of every second month (a week before each regional meeting)
SA Regional Meeting: first Sunday of alternate (even) months
Other meetings
Fellowship of healing
Meeting House library at 12.30pm on the second Wednesday and the fourth Friday of each month
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had a part in bringing peace and justice groups are listed as well). For each
to those in Australia. Quakers have character, you can click on the link in the
used the Tapestry format to tell the religious affiliation column to see
stories of Friends past and present supporting material, excerpts from the
and how they responded to the Light comics, images, discussion, etc about
within. The Australian Quaker tapestry that character and their religious
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God took the man, and worldwide community project. Friends consider morally objectionable and/or
put him in the garden who have seen it are full of praise for its inappropriate for children.
of Eden to look after beauty and marvellous record of
and maintain it. important events.
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