Organisation updates
This page contains update on the sessions and committees of our Yearly Meeting. The section was started in 2025, so information from before that date needs to be obtained from the recording Clerk's Office rco@quaker.org.uk.
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MfS 7 March 2026
16 March 2026
Meeting for Sufferings has been the national meeting of representatives of area meetings and some other Quaker communities and committees, taking on some of the work of the yearly meeting in between Yearly Meeting sessions.
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MfS 3 October 2025
8 October 2025
Meeting for Sufferings is a national meeting of representatives of area meetings and some other Quaker communities and committees. It does some of the important work of the yearly meeting in between Yearly Meeting sessions. Meeting for Sufferings will be laid down in May 2026 and replaced by continuing Yearly Meeting sessions that will still include representatives but will also be open to all.
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MfS 6 December 2025
15 December 2025
Meeting for Sufferings is a national meeting of representatives of area meetings and some other Quaker communities and committees. It does some of the important work of the yearly meeting in between Yearly Meeting sessions. Meeting for Sufferings will be laid down in May 2026 and replaced by continuing Yearly Meeting sessions that will still include representatives but will also be open to all.
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MfS 5 July 2025
10 July 2025
Meeting for Sufferings is a national meeting of representatives of area meetings and some other Quaker communities and committees. It does some of the important work of the yearly meeting in between Yearly Meeting sessions. Meeting for Sufferings will be laid down in May 2026 and replaced by continuing Yearly Meeting sessions that will still include representatives but will also be open to all.
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MfS 1 March 2025
11 March 2025
Meeting for Sufferings met for the first of its four meetings in 2025.
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MfS 7 December 2024
16 December 2024
Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) considered: threats to non-violent protest; AM minutes; a report from the Book of Discipline Revision Committee; Terms of Reference for new Agenda Committee; a recommendation to Yearly Meeting about appointments; and received reports from Quaker Council for European Affairs and Quaker World Relations Committee.