MORRIS-TURNBERRY – The Huron Quakers recently hosted visitors from the board of the national church organization, Canadian Yearly Meeting.
Marilyn Manzer of Wolfeville, N.S., mentoring clerk of the national group, accompanied by Kwame Barko of Toronto, spoke to the group following a potluck meal at the home of Carol and Brent Bowyer of Morris-Turnberry.
Concerns addressed were similar to those of many other groups: how to get more young people and volunteers involved, and how to increase financial sustainability. Creative brainstorming also took place on ways to become more visible.
Formally known as the Religious Society of Friends, Quakers began as a reform movement in the Church of England of the 1640s. They emphasize direct, unmediated experience of the sacred rather than prescribed belief, peace-making through non-violent action, equality, community, continuing revelation, simplicity, and the transforming power of silence and deep listening.
Huron Quakers has members from Wingham, Lucknow, Blyth, Clinton, Seaforth, and Goderich. It has been meeting on a rotating basis in various homes in the northern part of Huron County for over 30 years, and has recently begun to meet at 10:30 a.m. on the second and fourth Sundays of the month at the MacKay Hall for Seniors in Goderich. All are welcome.
