Wellington Quakers

24/05/2023

At Yearly Meeting 2023, we accepted the statment Walking in the light under the rainbow. This statement reaffirms our commitment as an inclusive spiritual community, welcoming all irrespective of sexual orientation or gender identity. As we came out of the session that accepted the statement we were greeted by a double rainbow!

https://quakers.nz/sites/default/files/documents/Walking_in_the_light_under_the_rainbow.pdf

16/06/2022

03/12/2021

The Wellington Quakers walking group recently took on its most challenging walk for a while - a crossing from Tawa to Petone via the Belmont summit. Here's a link to the walking group web-page, including a report and photos from November's walks.
https://quakers.nz/wn/pages/thursday-morning-walking-group

14/11/2021

For the second year Wellington Quakers held a silent vigil on 5th November to remember and honour the passive resistance to colonial oppression taken by the people of Parihaka.

For the second year Wellington Quakers held a silent vigil on 5th November to remember and honour the passive resistance to colonial oppression taken by the people of Parihaka.

01/05/2021

The Yearly Meeting Clerk has sent a letter to the New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nanaia Mahuta, and all Members of Parliament, expressing support for her inaugural foreign policy speech and including questions on the implications of the policies outlined in the speech.

See the letter on the Quakers Aotearoa website.

A letter has been sent to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nanaia Mahuta, and all Members of Parliament, expressing our support for her inaugural foreign policy speech and including questions on the i

24/05/2020

Wellington Quakers has some pages within the new Quakers Aotearoa website. Check out the pages for worship groups in Wellington, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa. Also (linked to the Wellington worship group page) we have pages for the Wellington Quakers library, Thursday morning walking group, and the study group.

We have three local worship groups, in Wellington, Hutt Valley and Wairarapa. There are Meetings for Worship at least weekly, regular children's meetings, discussion and study groups, a walking group, and a Quaker library. We are a founding partner of Downtown Community Ministry (DCM).

11/05/2020

Check out the new Quakers Aotearoa website. It has lots of new content including video clips with Kiwi Quakers

Quakerism in Aotearoa/New Zealand is Christian in its origin and inspiration, but is open to ideas and values from other forms of religious expression.We believe that everyone is capable of direct personal experience of what we describe as the Spirit, the Inner Light, or "that of God".

08/05/2020

Is there anyone in the Wellington area with a large patch of bamboo?

26/04/2020

Next start date for this 3 week online course from Woodbrooke is 27th April. Great opportunity to learn about the spiritual and historic roots of Quakerism (Thanks to Dunedin Quakers for sharing this link)

Learn about the beginnings of this radical religious group as it emerged in 17th century England, with this free online course.

21/04/2020

Wellington Quakers currently holds its Meetings for Worship online, like many other meetings and churches. Some find that there is a depth of worship available in the online setting, while others find it challenging. This recent video from the Quaker Speak series out of the USA is timely.

QuakerSpeak is a weekly video series. New video every THURSDAY! SUPPORT QuakerSpeak on Patreon! http://fdsj.nl/patreon2 SUBSCRIBE for a new video every week!...

07/04/2020

Local Peace Grants: the next deadline for Quaker Peace & Service Aotearoa New Zealand (QPSANZ) Local Peace Grants is Thursday, 30 April.

Applications are invited for grants up to $1,000 to assist with non-violent local peace work anywhere within Aotearoa New Zealand - all welcome, applicants need not be Quakers. Information about the QPSANZ Local Peace Grants and the application form are available at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/lpg.htm

Information about Quakers is available at http://www.quaker.org.nz - please note that the details of the Local Peace Grants have not yet been updated on that website

05/02/2019

Do you support Te Tiriti? 'We support Te Tiriti' is a simple initiative, first developed by Peace Movement Aotearoa and the Quaker Treaty Relationships Group in 2015 to mark the 175th anniversary of the signing of Te Tiriti at Waitangi, as an easy way for you, your family, friends, colleagues and any organisation you are involved with to show your support for Te Tiriti each year - please help to publicise this initiative by sharing this post on your page or web site.

As well as sharing this post, you could print the photo (or the pdf version athttp://www.converge.org.nz/pma/WeSupportTeTiriti.pdf ) or make your own poster to display in your office, your church, your school, your house, and / or your car on Waitangi Day ... or everyday! 'I support Te Tiriti' and 'Quakers support Te Tiriti' images are available in the comments section below, with a link to the relevant A4 poster.

If you would like to share a photo of your support for the Te Tiriti, please post it below or email to Peace Movement Aotearoa - [email protected] - with a note saying where the photo was taken and who took it so the photo can be credited, thank you.