Tavistock
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Meeting for Worship: Sundays at 10am. Meeting lasts for an hour and is followed by at least half an hour for tea, coffee and conversation. All are welcome, whether Quakers or not. If you haven't been to a Quaker Meeting for Worship before, click here. Mid-week Meeting: On the last Wednesday in the month we have a Meeting for Worship for 45 minutes, starting at 1pm. At 12.30pm we have sandwiches, tea and chat, see Events below. Evening Meeting: There is also a Discussion Meeting on the second Tuesday in the month, starting at 6.10pm, see Events below. Children’s Meeting: There is no children's meeting at present but of course children are welcome. See 'Notices' below. Address: Turn off Plymouth Rd beside the Library, into the main car park, and the meeting house faces you - see the photo on the right. There are car-parking charges on Sundays, but as you approach the meeting house there is a private park on the right, beside the canal, which we are allowed to use on Sundays without charge. You can ignore the 'no parking' signs! Co-Clerks: Carolyn Burch, Terry Faull, Jan Wood in two-monthly rotation. Please contact the clerks through Kay Nicholson, tel: 01822 614596, email: kay.nicholson2@btopenworld.com Getting to Meeting on Sundays: It's not easy without a car, due to the lack of public transport. Some of us who have cars have spare seats and are happy to give lifts to Meeting members and visitors whenever possible: - From Brentor, on either road into Tavistock (one seat). Alan (01822 810606) Taxi sharing is another possibility. |
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| Our local business meetings ('preparative meetings') are normally held after Meeting for Worship at about 11.15 am on the Sunday before each West Devon ('Area') meeting, see here |
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Mid-week Meeting for Worship. Everyone is welcome. The meeting is held in the Meeting House on the last Wednesday in the month, at 1pm for 45 minutes. At 12.30pm those who come early can have lunch together, with tea or coffee and time to talk. Bring your own sandwiches. Evening Discussion Meeting: Everyone is welcome. The meeting is held in the Meeting House or elsewhere on the second Tuesday in the month, at 6.10pm for 45 minutes (the car park is free of charge from 6pm). But see below - contact Elizabeth Ray-Jones at 01822 810606 for information about location etc each month.
EVENTS IN FEBRUARY 2012
Saturday 11: Devon and Cornwall Quaker Gathering at St Austell Meeting House. |
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The Meeting House can be hired: The main space in the Meeting House is at first floor level and consists of two spaces separated by a straight flight stairwell (steep stairs). The south end space includes two benches and a kitchen area with sink, refrigerator, counter top and cupboards, fully equipped for serving drinks and light refreshments (no hob or oven, but there is a microwave). The north end space (the Meeting Room proper) has benches and chairs around the wall - all can be moved. It has a non-adjustable hearing loop for those who have a hearing aid with a T position. It also enables deaf people in the downstairs room (see below) to listen-in to the ministry, talk or discussion upstairs. There is no partition between the spaces upstairs but the kitchen area can be hidden with a curtain. The Meeting Room measures 16ft 11in (5.15m) long x 13ft 2in (4m) wide, and the overall size of the first floor is 33ft (10.09m) x 13ft 2in (4m). The room on the ground floor measures 13ft 4in (4.06m) x 12ft 11in (3.95m). It can be used for meetings of up to five or six people. It does not have its own kitchen facilities. There is no WC in the building but a public facility can be accessed nearby at any time. Please ring 01822 610556 if you would like to have information on the hire charges or view the accommodation. Children’s Meeting: There is no children's meeting at present but of course children are welcome. We have a spare room (the library) below the meeting room. There is a Children's Committee and two members of the Meeting have been vetted for working with children. Please ring Kay Nicholson before you come with children. Quaker Peaceworkers: Our contributions to Quaker Peaceworkers will help to support the staff in Geneva - Adam Drury is working on the disarmament programme and the other peaceworker is building on the office's successful work on protecting the rights of women in prison around the world. The Quaker Office provides a long-term commitment to research and concerns and works to bring "the voices of the voiceless" to the world's greatest political forum. See also here. Churches Together in Tavistock (TACT): Has a very lively programme of events. To see what is going on at any time, click on TACTnews. |
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2011 The Forgiveness Project: Many members of the Meeting were involved in mounting a major exhibition in the Town Hall from 24-26 February, which was preceded by smaller exhibitions at other venues in the town. Camilla Carr and Jon James spoke at the URC on Tuesday 22 February about their imprisonment for 14 months in a basement in Chechnya. 2010 Tavistock Meeting provided financial help to assist young Palestinians to attend the ARROW Global Congress 2010 at Marjon in Plymouth from 27th June to 3rd July Sunday 23 May. Camilla Carr spoke about the Forgiveness Project. See http://theforgivenessproject.com/ for information Tuesday 23 March. We invited the leaders of Christians Together in Tavistock (TACT) to the Meeting House for a social evening and information about Quakers in Tavistock Saturday 13 February, 7pm at Parkwood Court: We held a social evening for Friends, Attenders and their partners. Last year it was cooked and served professionally, but this year it was 'bring and share'. 2009 Sunday 27th September: Adam Drury, one of our two peaceworkers at the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva, talked to us after Meeting for Worship about the work. Saturday 20 June. GOOD LIVES - don't have to cost the Earth. This was a creative opportunity to bring head, heart and spirit together to equip ourselves for the future - of our own lives, of the planet and of humanity. Wednesday 25 February at 2pm (after mid-week meeting and lunch): Study Group ended with '12 Quakers and Simplicity'. Mid-week Meeting continued 29 November: Acoustic Cafe - a repeat of last year's successful event at the Parish Church Centre. 14 November: Social evening for members of Tavistock Meeting. 29 October: We held a study group after mid-week Meeting, based on 'Twelve Quakers and God'. This continued fortnightly throughout the winter. 17 October: we held a public meeting 'Curious about Quakers?' for enquirers and attenders, with vital support from Devon Outreach Committee. Saturday 4 October: we had a stand in the Pannier Market as last year, and again on 9 October - the day after Goose Fair. Saturday 6 September: we held a Meeting for Worship near Launceston Castle, attended by Friends from Devon and Cornwall and by members of the public, to celebrate George Fox's release from prison there in 1656. Saturday 19 January: several members of the meeting attended the 'Hope Rising' ecumenical conference at Exeter Cathedral, on climate change, where excellent speakers led discussion groups throught the day. We will hold meetings at Tavistock FMH to decide what we can do to combat climate change. Saturday 12 January was the first Devon Area Meeting, held at Exeter FMH (future Area Meetings will not be noted here). We also held the first half-hour long mid-week Meeting in Tavistock, on the last Wednesday of the month. 2007 28 November: a few of us were in the Meeting House from 12 to 4pm, to join in 'Just this Day'. Click here to see what it was about. It was mentioned in the Tavistock Times but as far as I know no non-Quakers came. It is an annual worldwide event, perhaps we can draw in more people next year. 24 November: Acoustic cafe event in aid of Quaker work in Uganda. A really good evening, many in the Meeting helped, the Parish Church Centre was very full. Financially very successful too. 28 October: Alison Prout from Friends House gave a talk about human security in the world. 14 October: Quaker Quest training day, over 20 of us including Friends from Plymouth, Okehampton and Totnes. We later decided not to 'do a Quaker Quest'. 29 September: the beginning of our National Quaker Week, with a stall for one day in Tavistock's Pannier Market, and the Meeting House open in the morning on that day and every day the following week, with a large new 'Quakers here' banner above the entrance. |