Come To Good
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Come-to-Good Meeting House is a Grade I Listed Building, built in 1710, of cob structure with thatch. Between 10 and 20 people worship there each Sunday. It can be cool in Summer and FREEZING in winter! In early February, the Burial Ground is adorned with wild snowdrops. Meeting for Worship Time: 10:30 a.m. each Sunday. It lasts about an hour, the end of the Meeting for Worship being signalled by two Quaker Elders shaking hands Children’s Meeting Times: Children are welcome any Sunday: starting at 10:30 in a separate building "The Children's House" and joining the adults towards the end of Meeting for Worship. Address: Directions If travelling by car from Falmouth on the A39, take the right turn at the roundabout near Carnon Downs, into Tregye Road, signed to Come-to-Good. From Truro travelling south on the A39 you reach a Shell petrol station at Playing Place. Take the left turn signed Feock and King Harry Ferry (B3289). Continue 1/2 mile to a crossroads: turn right. Come-to-Good is about a mile down this road. Parking is limited: with care, drivers can park at the roadside. Please avoid parking on the bricked area, opposite the Meeting House or opposite the exit of the track by "Beggars Roost". Buses from Truro and Falmouth stop at Carnon Downs, then a downhill walk of half a mile to the Meeting House. On foot: Footpaths are shown on the Cornwall Interactive Mapping website. There are paths from Playing Place and Penpol. Access for wheel-chair users is by portable ramps: please say if you need these. There are two lavatories, one of which is wheel-chair-accessible. During Meeting for Worship, a Hearing Loop is available for hearing-aid users with a "T-switch". E Mail: Please use form at: http://www.quaker.org.uk/come-good Telephone contact: <to be notified> |
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Local Meetings for Church Affairs (Preparative Meetings) are normally held on the Sunday before the dates of Cornwall Area Meeting, after our Meeting for Worship, from around 11:45 a.m. until 1:30p.m. The building is not open to visitors at these times. Dates of Preparative Meetings in 2012: Sundays - 15 January, 4 March, 4 May, 1 July, 2 September, 4 November. The Meeting House will not be open to visitors before 2:00 pm on these Sundays. In addition,on Saturday 7 July, Cornwall Area Meeting will meet at Come to Good and visitingthe Meeting House will not be possible between 10:00am and 5:00 pm. |
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Study Group: Costing no less than everything (based on the 2011 Swarthmore Lecture by Pam Lunn), Six Sunday morning session, starting on Sunday 13 November 2011 at 9:00 a.m. for 9:15 and finishing before 10:15. Participants should have read Pam Lunn's book Costing no less than Everything or downloaded and read the shorter text at http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/publications.php?action=publication&id=80 before attending the meeting. The Study Group continues on
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Visitors Come-to-Good Quaker Meeting is pleased to welcome visitors during the week, during daylight hours. On Sunday mornings, between 10:15 a.m. and 12:00 noon, the Meeting House is not available to visitors, unless you are joining us for Worship. The Meeting House is not available to visitors on the Sundays when there are Meetings for Church Affairs (Dates above) or when Weddings, Funerals or other Quaker gatherings are in progress.
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The history of our Meeting House is given in a booklet costing £1. There is a small display of inspiring books for sale in the lobby We hope that you will enjoy our old Meeting House and its peaceful grounds. Find another Quaker MeetingNew to Quakers? |