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7 <image textGloss="Quakers in Scotland logo" source="Q Logo - Sky - RGB - Black Text.jpg" width="12.5%" style="position: absolute; top: 0cm; left: 1cm"/>
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8 <span style="font-size: 80%">A Friendly Introduction to Quakers in Scotland<x:br/>12 October 2019&mdash;Call for Participation</span></title>
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12 <title>What's this about?</title>
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13 <p>You may have been coming to Quaker meeting for a couple of weeks or a
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14 couple of years. Sometimes it's difficult to find time after meeting to
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15 have the further discussions about Quakerism you would like: this day is a chance to
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16 have deeper discussions and ask questions. You might be looking for a
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17 chance to discuss what happens for you in meeting for Worship and
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18 whether it's the same as for other people, or you might want to chat
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19 about putting faith into action. You might be interested in how your
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20 experience of Quakerism so far fits in with Quakerism across the
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21 country or across the world or how over 400 years of Quaker history
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22 has got us to where British Quakers are today. You may be interested
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23 to find out more about how Quakers organise and make decisions. We aim to
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24 answer your questions and to create a safe space to have these
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25 discussions. We hope that by the end of the event you will feel more
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26 confident calling yourself a Quaker, or at least have a broader
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27 understanding of the breadth of beliefs and practices within Quakers
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28 today.</p>
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29 <p>All of the above is happening on Saturday in Stirling. If you live near
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30 enough, or can manage to stay somewhere nearby, please also consider joining us
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31 for Meeting for Worship at Dunblane Meeting on Sunday morning, followed by an
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32 opportunity to discuss our experiences over a simple lunch courtesy of Dunblane
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33 Friends.</p>
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34 </div>
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35 <div>
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36 <title>Who is it for?</title>
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37 <p>Anyone who has been attending a Quaker Meeting for Worship who is interested in finding out more about Quakers.</p>
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38 </div>
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39 <div>
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40 <title>Where and when, exactly?</title>
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41 <p>The main event is on Saturday 12 October in Stirling, from 1030 to 1730.
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42 We're meeting in the McCallum Room at Stirling Baptist Church, 67 Murray Place,
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43 Stirling, FK8 1AU. Meeting for Worship in Dunblane is at 1030 on Sunday 13
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44 October at the Braeport
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45 Centre, Braeport, Dunblane, FK15 0AT.</p>
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47 <div>
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48 <title>Will it cost money?</title>
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49 <p>Yes, but you don't necessarily have to pay this yourself. Either your Local
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50 Meeting or your Area Meeting will almost certainly provide bursary help to
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51 cover the cost, which will be about £25/person.</p>
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53 <div>
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54 <title>How do I register?</title>
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55 <p>Just send email to <link href="mailto:enquirers-weekend@quakerscotland.org"><code>enquirers-weekend@quakerscotland.org</code></link> with "Friendly Introduction to Quakers" in the subject, tell us you're interested, and give us some details:</p>
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56 <list type="defn">
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57 <item term="Name (or names if you'd like to register for more than one):"><x:br/></item>
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58 <item term="Local Meeting, Area Meeting or Worshiping group you have been
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59 attending, or how you have gained an interest in Quakers:"><x:br/></item>
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60 <item term="Do you have any specific questions or things you'd like to discuss?
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61 (We can't guarantee to cover everything but we'd like to try to answer
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62 people's questions):"><x:br/></item>
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63 <item term="Costs:">
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64 <list type="naked">
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65 <item>I will cover the costs myself [ ]</item>
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66 <item>I will ask my local or area meeting to help me to cover costs (this
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67 is usually best approached through an overseer) [ ]</item>
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68 <item>I would like financial support to attend but don't know who to ask
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69 (we'll try to help as we don't want costs to be a barrier to anyone
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70 attending - this includes travel and accommodation if required) [ ]</item>
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71 <item>I don't understand these options, please get in touch with me to
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72 explain them [ ]</item>
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75 <item term="Dietary or accessibility requirements:"><x:br/></item>
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76 <item term="Do you expect to join us for the Sunday Meeting for worship / lunch /
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77 discussion as well as the Saturday event?:">Yes | No</item>
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80 <div>
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81 <title>Can I ask some questions?</title>
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82 <p>Of course&mdash;just send email to <link href="mailto:enquirers-weekend@quakerscotland.org"><code>enquirers-weekend@quakerscotland.org</code></link> and ask us.</p>
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84 <div>
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85 <title>Who's responsible?</title>
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86 <p>It was Southeast Scotland Area Meeting's turn to organise this for
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87 General Meeting for Scotland, and they
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88 asked us: Mariot Dallas, Rici Marshall Cross and Henry Thompson.</p>
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