We expect to have 6 Area Meetings during 2026, following a similar pattern to recent years. More details will be added here, as time progresses.
If you would like minutes for any Meeting please email clerks.am@sheffieldquakers.org.uk
Sunday January 18th, Nether Edge, 13.15 to 15.45. The meeting was face-to-face at Shirley House, Nether Edge, 31 Psalter Lane, Sheffield, S11 8YL.
Sunday March 8th, Sheffield Central, 13:30 to 15:30 The meeting was face-to-face and on zoom at Sheffield Central Meeting House, 10 St.James Street, Sheffield, S1 2EW.
Sunday 17th May, Doncaster Meeting House, 13.00 – 15.00 The meeting was face-to-face at Balby (Doncaster) Meeting House, Oxford Place, off St James Street, DN1 3RH.
Saturday July 11th, Sheffield Central, 10.30 to 12.30.The meeting was face-to-face and on zoom and will be at Sheffield Central Meeting House, 10 St.James Street, Sheffield, S1 2EW.
Sunday 13th September from 14.00 to 16.00. The meeting was face-to-face and on zoom and at Sheffield Central Meeting House, 10 St.James Street, Sheffield, S1 2EW.
It was preceded by a screening of the film People’s Emergency Briefing. The film is a documentary which builds on the November 25 briefing to politicians where experts spoke about the impact of the climate and nature emergency in the UK and about some possible solutions
Sunday 15th November, Balby Doncaster 13.00 to 15.00. The meeting is face-to-face and will be at Balby (Doncaster) Quaker Meeting House, DN1 3RH. This will also be a chance to catch up with Friends in the Area Meeting over lunch from 12.00.
Doncaster Friends will provide soup and hot drinks but please bring your own lunch apart from this. Due to low numbers of Doncaster Friends we won’t be having a full shared lunch but eating together is the main thing.
Draft agenda
Note that we won’t be returning to our discernment about joining Yorkshire Quakers this time. We have decided to defer this until January.
1 Opening worship
2 Membership
3 Nominations and appointments
4 Kairos II declaration
5 Planning for Area Meetings in 2027
6 Reparation
7 Northern Friends Peace Board
8 Yorkshire Quakers
9 Our Quaker Way
10 Closing worship
There are two papers for the meeting, Kairos II declaration and the NFPB report.
Kairos II is a very lengthy document. Quaker Peace & Social Witness Central Committee (QPSWCC) has reviewed the statement and now asks area meetings to consider how they will respond to the requests that are made in it; and then to send minutes to QPSWCC to help us form a position as a Yearly Meeting.
If you would like to read these before the meeting, you can request copies from the clerks, clerks.am@sheffieldquakers.org.uk