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West Scotland Area Meeting
West Scotland Area Meeting (previously West of Scotland Monthly Meeting) includes members of all the local meetings listed on the right. Click on the names for details of local meetings which hold meetings for worship, usually on Sundays. Area meetings are primarily business meetings for the administration of Quaker affairs. There is more information about Quaker meetings in Scotland on the General Meeting page.
Area meetings in 2023
Saturday 19th August Tarbert/Lochgilphead
Saturday 7th October 10.30am Stair Community Centre, Stair, KA5 5HT
Area meetings in 2024
Saturday 13th January Glasgow FMH
Monday 4th March Zoom
Saturday 20th April Castle Douglas/Dumfries/Wigtown
Monday 3rd June Zoom
Saturday 17th August West Cluster
Saturday 5th October East Cluster
In-person meetings usually start at 10.30am and finish at about 4.00pm.
Soup is usually provided for lunch but bring your own sandwiches.
For details of the precise location, please contact the AM Clerk shortly before the meeting or read the final page of the most recent Newsletter.
Telephone meetings start at 7pm and finish about 9pm, except those on Saturday which are 11am to 1pm.
Meeting for Worship at Faslane Naval Base
Sundays 24 September and 12 November – 11am
This is an important Quaker peace witness. Please join us for an hour of outdoor worship.
Meeting is held outside the North Gate. You can park just beyond there on the right at the cemetery.
There are large boulders that you can sit on but you might prefer to bring a folding chair.
We are usually joined by members of the Peace Camp.
Further information or to request a lift, contact Daphne Wassermann. Clerk [at] glasgowquakers.org.uk
Contributions
If you would like to contribute to the Area Meeting and/or to Britain Yearly Meeting and/or one of the West Scotland local meetings, you may do it using the relevant document in the Documents section.
West Scotland Area Meeting is seeking registration as a Fairtrade organisation.
This page is edited by Ruth Bacon- please contact her at ruth.bacon27 [at] gmail.com with any questions or suggestions for this page.
West Scotland Area Meeting is Scottish Charity No. SC011234.
Minutes of our Trustees Meetings (except confidential items) can be obtained from clerkwsamtrustees [at] gmail.com