Glasgow Quaker Meeting

GLASGOW QUAKER MEETING HAS MOVED

From January 21st the Wednesday Meeting for Worship will be at 12.30 at the Unitarian Church, 72 Berkeley Street, Glasgow, G3 7DS.

From January 25th the Sunday Meeting for Worship will be at 11am in the Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JP. Children are welcome on Sundays.

About us

We are a large Meeting, as Quaker Meetings go, with around forty people worshipping each Sunday.

Our Meetings are open to all and we offer a warm welcome to anyone who would like to join us for worship in person or via Zoom. Children are welcome to our Sunday Meeting.

Meeting for Worship Times

Sunday 11 -12 am at the Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, G2 4JP

and Wednesday 12.30 -1.00 at the Unitarian House, 72 Berkeley Street, G3 7DS

The Renfield Centre is fully accessible.

Travel Information

There is good public transport to Bath Street and the Unitarian House is a short walk from Charing Cross. Driving: the Renfield Centre is in the Low Emission Zone. Paid for street parking is available at both locations. There is a car park in Elmbank Crescent close to the Renfield Centre.

All meetings can also be joined via zoom. Please contact clerk [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk for details of the links.

If you are new to Friends, a leaflet entitled Your first time at Quaker Meeting can be downloaded as a PDF file from the Quakers in Britain website.

Britain Yearly Meeting also has a programme called Discovering Quakers. Click the link for more information and content.

Time for stillness: 8-8.30am Tuesdays on Zoom. A half hour space for quiet reflection. All welcome.

Contact details

Clerk: Clerk [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk

Telephone 07761 096 664

We also have the following generic email addresses for specific people or committees in Glasgow Meeting:

Children's committee: Children [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk

Communication, Outreach and Media committee:coms-committee [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk ( )Communications [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk

Elders:elders [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk ( )Elders [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk

Hospitality committee: Hospitality [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk

Meeting librarian: Librarian [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk

Email list distributor: Mailinglist [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk

Pastoral Care: Pastoralcare [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk

Treasurer: Treasurer [at] glasgowquakers.org.ukTreasurer [at] glasgowquakers.org ()

Safeguarding Officer: Safeguarding [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk

Nominations Committee: Nominations [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk

Health and Safety: Safety [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk

Room hire: Roomhire [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk

Property Committee: Property [at] glasgowquakers.com

Climate Cafe: Glasgowquakers.climatecafe [at] gmail.com

Glasgow Young Quakers is a group for young adult Quakers (and Quaker-adjacent folks) in and around Glasgow. Young is loosely defined: under 35ish. The younger Friends have produced a Glasgow Meeting Community Playlist which consists of 24 songs spanning classical to country, so hopefully something for everyone!

You can listen here: https://tinyurl.com/glasgowquakersplaylist

Glasgow Meeting also has the following social media pages:

Facebook account:

Glasgow Meeting has a Facebook page under Glasgow Quakers

Instagram: Follow us on Instagram here

Meeting place

The Renfield Centre

260 Bath Street

Glasgow G2 4JP ,

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Unitarian House

72 Berkeley Street

Glasgow G3 7DS ,

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Activities of Glasgow Quakers

Members of the Meeting work with refugees, asylum seekers, the homeless, at food banks and in prison. Others are involved in community building and interfaith activities. There are also regular walking groups, shared meals and occasional other social events.

The Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre catalogue.

A wide range of in-person and Zoom courses is listed here for interested individuals. https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk

Climate Cafe

Glasgow Quaker Climate Cafe meets once a month, both in person, with a light supper first, and on Zoom. Its members aim to share information and reactions to the climate crisis and to support one another in climate-related actions, Contact us at glasgowquakers.climatecafe [at] gmail.com.

Meeting for Worship at Faslane naval base

This is part of our Quaker witness and can be a very moving experience.

Meeting for Worship is held outside the North Gate of the base for an hour, from 11am to 12 noon on a Sunday, six times a year.
There are large boulders that you can sit on but you might prefer to bring a folding chair. Wear suitable outdoor clothes for the weather. We are usually joined by members of the Faslane Peace Camp.

There is parking just beyond the roundabout on the right at the cemetery. For further information or to request a lift, contact Mary Alice Mansell (mamansell54 [at] gmail.com) or Daphne Wassermann (daphne [at] aquarius1000.plus.com).

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Interfaith Event: The Power of Silence

An event during Interfaith Week featured three prominent members of our Meeting - Nuala Watt poet and disability activist, Alastair MacIntosh writer academic and ecological activist and Mark Coleman artist actor and director. They spoke on The Power of Silence.

Watch it here https://drive.google.com/file/d/179XBnTXLo0uOWKa8jJAk3VO5aph_WDVO/view?usp=drivesdk

Glasgow's colonial history

Helen Minnis of Glasgow Meeting and Paul Parker, Recording Clerk, produced a video discussing Glasgow's colonial history and the implications for Quakers which is available on YouTube (note: it is preceded by an advertisement). Helen delivered the 2022 Swarthmore Lecture to the whole of Britain Yearly Meeting.