Newcastle Friends welcome students and other young people to the meeting. If you feel the Quaker community is for you, then come along to the Meeting House and attend one of our activities.
Meeting for Worship
Our main meeting is held every Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. Generally, every third Sunday of the month meeting is followed by lunch which is provided by groups within the meeting. The lunch is an excellent opportunity to get to know others in a relaxed informal atmosphere.
In addition there are early morning meetings held on the second, fourth and fifth (if there is one) Sundays of each month, at 8:00 a.m. which is followed by breakfast.
If morning meetings are just too early for you then we hold an evening meeting on the last Sunday of each month at 6:00 p.m. This meeting is designed to appeal to all ages and includes an activity and a meal. The activities range from arts and crafts to music to local walks. The meal is usually home made soup followed by puddings provided by those taking part.
Please go to the Forcoming Events page to check the dates of the above activities.
Other Events
Table Tennis
Link Group
Northumbria monthly meeting are joining with Darlington meeting to form a Link group for young Quakers. This is an opportunity to share ideas and experiences with other young people in the North East. Contact Judith Worton: judithworton@tiscali.co.uk
Summer Picnic
For several summers now the meeting has held a picnic in the beautiful Northumberland countryside. We have had a lunchtime barbeque followed by time to chat, walk and play games then tea and cakes before travelling home.
In addition to the above, the meeting has a range of groups that you may wish to be involved with. Details of the groups can be found in a leaflet available at the Meeting House entitled; ‘Quakers in Newcastle – getting to know us better’.
University contacts
Newcastle University: David Manning (email: david.manning@ncl.ac.uk ) is the Quaker Chaplain at Newcastle University.
Northumbria University: We have a Quaker Chaplain at Northumbria University. The University Chaplaincy is a Local Ecumenical Partnership with chaplains from several Christian denominations. If you would like more information about the Quaker Chaplain, go to http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/chaplaincy
The two universities combine to hold a meeting for worship every second Thursday of the month at 1:15 p.m. at the Northumbria University Chaplaincy, 6 College Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Other Websites
As well as looking at Quaker websites aimed at all ages, look at http://yfgm.quaker.org.uk/ for more information about what Young Friends get up to nationally, and at www.yqspace.org.uk/ to see the Young Quakers website.
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Last update: 8 July 2008