Newark on Trent Quakers

13/06/2026

05/06/2026

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/04/world-inequality-lab-equality-academics-planetary-survival

Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions

30/05/2026

The next Silent Vigil for Peace organised by Newark Quakers will take place on Friday 5 June from 1200-1245. As usual we shall gather in Newark Market Place near the junction with Stodman Street (NG24 1DY)

24/05/2026

And, like, bonnets I guess.

20/05/2026

Quakers in Britain has signed an international statement calling for the release of two women imprisoned in Russia for their work defending Indigenous rights and the climate.

12/05/2026

Nottinghamshire is where George Fox first attended silent meeting for worship

Happy Mother’s Day to Elizabeth Hooton, who “mothered” a young George Fox. He was 22 and she was 47 when he showed up at the door of her farmhouse in Nottinghamshire to share his experiences of faith. She became his first convert and his mentor, helping him find his voice in the early days of the Quaker movement.

Hooton spent her life supporting Fox and his ideas. As a Quaker minister, she interrupted court proceedings and church services, confronted magistrates and kings, and repeatedly put her life in danger; she was whipped, jailed, and exiled into the wilderness.

When she was in her 70s, Fox asked Hooton to accompany him on a missionary trip across the Atlantic. Though Hooton had made that hazardous crossing three times before, she went on a motherly impulse. As it turned out, Fox’s health was very bad on that voyage, and he survived thanks to Hooton’s care. Hooton herself passed away shortly after arriving in Jamaica.

To hear more about Elizabeth Hooton’s incredible life, listen to our podcast episode all about her: https://quakerpodcast.com/elizabeth-hooton-the-radical-life-of-the-first-quaker-woman-preacher/

28/04/2026

Silent Vigil for Peace organised by Newark Quakers. Friday 8th May @ from 1200-1245. Newark Market Place at the junction with Stodman Street (NG24 1DY). All are welcome to join in, to stand quietly for as long as they are able.

28/03/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/1Ca62Fnj7W/

Ahead of the installation of Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Tim Gee explores how women's ministry absolutely is Biblical.

07/03/2026

At this time when governments are wasting money on wars and being reckless with life, whilst cutting aid to overseas education programmes it's time to support children and their education.

Plan International is a global children’s charity striving for an equal world. One where every child can reach their full potential and every girl can choose her own future.

06/03/2026

Newark Quakers are organising a Silent Vigil for Peace to take place on Friday 6 March 2026 at 12.00 Noon.
We will be gathering in the centre of Newark, on the edge of the Market Place, at the junction with Stodman Street, NG24 1DY