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Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Worship can happen any place, any time". To affirm this message, FWCC's General Secretary went outside to record a message for the BBC, which was broadcast this morning as part of @quaker.org.uk Quaker Week and ahead of World Quaker Day this weekend. Full text here: fwcc.world/fwcc-records...

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Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"No steeple, just people". 25 years ago a group of teenagers came up with this as a slogan for Quakerism. Have you heard a better one? Full story in the Friend today: thefriend.org/article/no-s... Image from the Quaker Tapestry, when George Fox preached from a rock instead of a church in 1652

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Quakers in Ireland @quakerireland.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

For World Quaker Day this year FWCC is holding a massive global online worship meeting, lasting 8+ hours, themed Let Peace Be Among Us. Each hour of worship will be hosted by a different part of the world. #Quakers #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction #PeaceTestimony

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thank you Quakers in Britain for publishing this piece about what Meeting for Worship is like: www.quaker.org.uk/blog/coming-... If you haven't tried it before, might you be interested?

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Why come to Quaker worship?

Tim Gee shares what he finds meaningful about attending Quaker meetings for worship.

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Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Asegúrate de reservar la fecha y registrarte en línea para el Día Mundial de los Cuáqueros; te enviaremos los detalles del programa más acerca la fecha. Podréis también hablar con tu reunión local o Iglesia de los Amigos sobre la posibilidad de participar en grupo. fwcc.world/event/worldq...

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Part of the role of the FWCC is to maintain positive and peaceful relations with our neighbours. Sometimes this means attending events in the lives of other communions on behalf of Quakers. The Church of England has just shared this picture from a meeting with Sarah Mullally earlier this year.

Tim Gee meeting Sarah Mullally the day after her installation as Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Join our next semi-programmed Global Quaker Worship on the 12th August, from the Europe & Middle East Section’s All Age Gathering. Theme is: The River if Life. Timings & registration: fwccemes.org/calendar/glo...

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I've been thinking about this a lot. Even though the different versions of Quakerism interpreted the early Friends differently, they all (at least originally) claimed a link back to George Fox, Robert Barclay etc. Could we find unity by getting to know early Quakerism better?

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A year ago today I had the chance to give the Backhouse Lecture at Australia Yearly Meeting. A lot of thought went into it, and I'm grateful for how it was received. There are a few paper copies left, and the online version will go live soon. CC @quakersaustralia.bsky.social

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I was moved by this account of of the last days of Jim Palmer, (pictured below, centre) of Australia Yearly Meeting and treasure the memory of visiting his home around this time last year. australianfriend.org/dear-friend-...

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Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

"A major theme in the book (Luke) is the rules about who can eat with who. Jesus keeps causing minor scandals by eating with people considered to be sinners but he explains he has come for everyone." FWCC General Secretary Tim Gee reflects on faithful inclusivity on the BBC Daily Service.

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

You might have missed it but... numbers at Quaker meetings in Britain have been going up since 2024. It's only an uptick and time will tell, but surely it is worth celebrating thefriend.org/article/rise... @quaker.org.uk

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Rise in Quaker attenders | The Friend

Overall attendership is down over the last decade, but the rise in numbers over the last year has been seen as encouraging by some Friends.| The Friend

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It was good to give the Daily Service this morning on the BBC. Unfortunately it isn't available outside of the UK, but in summary, Jesus (associated figuratively with Bread*) is for everyone. (*Also if you are a Christian coeliac Quakers would be a good option) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Daily Service - Meals with Jesus - The big picnic - BBC Sounds

Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Tim Gee.

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I think this is my favourite picture of me doing my job. (Yes, it isn't all like this, but joy, fellowship and worship including in song is certainly part of what we are here to foster). Credit: Mike Pinches

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Sometimes I feel like I'm PR manager for James (brother of Jesus). On the BBC today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... and in The Friend this week (below)

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Daily Service - James 1- Trials and Temptations - BBC Sounds

Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Tim Gee

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The Epistle of James on a magazine cover! #Lifegoals thefriend.org/article/home...

Front cover of The Friend magazine, reading "We are called Friends, at least in part, thanks to the epistle of James'.

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Is this the peace testimony in 14 words? The Light of Christ, removing the causes of war, building the institutions of peace. Pictured in 3 Swarthmore Lecture titles.

Three Swarthmore Lectures pictured side by side, headed "The Light of Christ", "Removing the Causes of War" and "Building the Institutions of Peace"

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

We've been saying it for 360 years and will keep saying it now: Women's ministry and leadership absolutely is Biblical. It's true Quakers don't have archbishops, partly because there is no Biblical precedent for that, but that's no reason not to be friends. www.quaker.org.uk/blog/why-qua...

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Why Quakers are celebrating the first female Archbishop of Canterbury

Ahead of the installation of Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Tim Gee explores how women's ministry absolutely is Biblical.

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

After reading online comments about Sarah Mullally, I re-read Rhiannon Grant's @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social recent blog. Fell would have some strong things to say about those trying to silence the voices of women who are routinely threatened and insulted online. www.quaker.org.uk/blog/women-s...

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Women's preaching still justified

For International Women's Day, Rhiannon Grant reflects on early Quaker support for women's religious leadership ahead of a modern translation of Margaret Fell's seminal text.

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I've written and posted about the Quiet Revival, so feel I should share this correction, published yesterday. It is still true however that people, often young people, often marginalised by others, are still finding their way to Quakers. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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YouGov withdraws survey said to show rising church attendance in England and Wales

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This is worth reading, feat. Deputy Recording Clerk, Quakers in Britain, Siobhán Haire: cte.org.uk/smashing-the... "360 years ago, Margaret Fell...published “Women’s speaking justified...Today, I largely take for granted the right to speak and to lead in my faith community."

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Smashing the stained glass ceiling

The 106th Archbishop of Canterbury is a woman. Later this month, The Most Rev Dame Sarah Mullally will be installed as the Head of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion, the shepherd (as...

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Quake It Up @quakeitup.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

📣 New Video! To celebrate International Women's Day, we will be looking into the Mother of Quakerism herself, Margaret Fell! #quakerism #quakers #britishquakers #iwd26 youtu.be/wk0EgcFGecU

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The Story of Margaret Fell - The Mother of Quakerism

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Just off the phone with Swarthmoor Hall. So much looking forward to going there with international Friends in May. In the meantime here's a recent news story about it's most famous historic inhabitant: www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/2588378...

Picture of Swarthmoor Hall, with sign on gate. C Quakers in Britain

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

This looks great! Beautiful Lake District holiday destination + deep dive on Margaret Fell. Brilliant.

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Today I held in my hands with the original 1666 edition of 'Women's Speaking Justified', by Margaret Fell, the first full length written defence of women in public ministry. There's a new modern English version coming soon, translated by @paulanderson88.bsky.social . Here's my summary:

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Looking forward to being part of this. International online places still available. Bookings close on 6 February.

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Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

"What Quakers offer is.. the spiritual space that allows people to know what their vocation is and that vocation towards good. Secular NGOs can't do that. Media can't do that. Political parties can't do that. We can." - General Secretary Tim Gee speaks on the Quake It Up podcast tinyurl.com/2sz9m5vm

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Global Quakerism: How FWCC Connects Friends Worldwide | Tim Gee

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I enjoyed talking with @quakeitup.bsky.social about international Quakerism in its joys and challenges. The full video has just gone live.

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Working with other churches is both rewarding and challenging. It's also more familiar than you might expect as many Christian World Communions have a similar theological breadth to Friends globally. The challenge is whether we can work together for peace. thefriend.org/article/curi...

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Curious not condemnatory: Tim Gee on why Quakers talk to other churches | The Friend

‘I think interchurch engagement makes me a better Quaker.’| The Friend

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The unity of Quakers is closely related to the unity of Christians more broadly. And the unity of Christians is closely related to the unity of humanity.

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

"When the song of the angels is stilled when the star in the sky is gone when the kings and princes are home when the shepherds are back with their flocks the work of Christmas begins" (Continues)

Black and White Picture of Howard Thurman

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Want a new job in the new year? Come work for Quakers worldwide, in our small friendly office in London.

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Quakers Australia @quakersaustralia.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Quakers Australia join our voice to the many expressing our shock, condemnation and deepest grief at the mass shooting of Jewish people at a Hanukkah gathering in Sydney, a terrible act of antisemitic violence...

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Our holding position on AI is published in the Friend today. In short, please don't send us stuff made by generative AI, and we commit that we won't knowingly publish things made by generative AI either. (And all our mistakes will be our own :) ) thefriend.org/article/quak...

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Quakers offer AI concerns | The Friend

‘The use of AI is increasing significantly, including by Quakers, and we are thinking hard about how to navigate this’| The Friend

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

"Recent years have produced an unprecedented surge in the number of attendees at Sunday worship — from about 25 before the coronavirus pandemic to up to 100 today." Good to see. Arch Street was where I was when I decided to become a Quaker member. www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...

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Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

There's a write up of World Quaker Day (Quaker Week in Britain) in today's edition of The Friend. Enjoy! thefriend.org/article/quak...

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Quaker Week hailed ‘a success’ | The Friend

Over seventy events were held worldwide to mark World Quaker Day on 5th October| The Friend

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I did not know that the origin of the trope of the conical witches hat, may have come from historic anti-Quaker propaganda. I do know that the cultural memory of our own persecution is precisely why Friends extend solidarity to other religious faiths when they are depicted using caricatures.

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

It's disappointing that some of the people and papers who shouted loudest for a working definition of antisemitism are opposing the same for Islamophobia. If you support a definition for one group, but not for another, you need to think hard about whether that is because of your own prejudice.

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Do you remember the military horse that escaped and ran through London a year or two back? I was today old when I learnt that the horse's name was 'Quaker'. Maybe it was an equine conscientious objector. www.cbsnews.com/news/quaker-...

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British army horse who ran through the streets of London gets well-deserved retirement

Quaker, a 15-year-old black horse, suffered a broken bone and serious bleeding during the incident on April 24, 2024.

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 14/10/2025

We welcome with deep relief and thanks the ceasefire in Gaza, the release of the living Israelis held hostage in Gaza and the release of Palestinians, including children, held in Israeli military detention. (1/3)

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Quite right. I'm glad Churches Together in England is speaking up on this, as they should. The attacks on communities of faith (indeed on anyone) need to stop.

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Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Do you read the Bible with Jesus? #LoveYourNeighbour

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

More reports of arson attacks on hotels hosting people who are seeking sanctuary. How many of these have there been now? I'm frustrated that I don't see people speaking out against all political violence. Maybe that's something I need to do. It just seems like such an obvious position.

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Now an attack on a Mosque in England. Wrong wrong wrong again. Some people are trying to use our different religions to tear us apart. Instead people of faith need to stand together and say, no violence, not in our name, the attacks need to stop. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Residents react to 'disgraceful' Peacehaven mosque fire

A founding member of the mosque tells the BBC the

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

At primary school we sang: When I needed a neighbour, were you there, were you there? When I needed a neighbour, were you there? And the creed and the colour and the name don't matter Were you there? That was long ago, but reading the news I think we need to sing it, and mean it, again.

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I think we need to say this, keep saying this, then say it again. If more self-described Christians loved their neighbours like Jesus taught, the world would be a much better place.

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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I have written to Anglican colleagues to welcome the new leader of the Anglican Communion. I pray for all religious leadership and for progress towards peace, gender equality and inter-religious understanding #LoveYourNeighbour www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Sarah Mullally named as new Archbishop of Canterbury

Dame Sarah, a former chief nursing officer, was previously the first female Bishop of London.

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