Belgium and Luxembourg Yearly Meeting celebrates with a Community Day
On May 4, 2024, Belgium and Luxembourg Yearly Meeting celebrated a “Community Day” together at Friends House, Brussels. 17 Friends, and friends of Friends, participated. To help prepare for the Quaker World Plenary Meeting coming up in August, they explored the concept of Ubuntu, and reflected on the query: ‘Do you acknowledge, experience, and celebrate your interdependence on the other members of your Quaker community?’
They were encouraged to consider the Ubuntu way of living together and what it might mean for the different communities to which they belong. Through appreciative enquiry they considered the strengths of their Quaker community and how we might develop them. We heard about the lasting impressions left on one Friend from taking part in a world gathering and considered the different ways we can take part in the World Plenary.
It was a full day of fellowship and fun, learning from and about each other, worshipping and reflecting together, delicious food, loud conversation, enthusiastic singing… and some physical contortions. They also celebrated George Fox’s 400th birthday with a 17th century cake! (see photo)
Click here to download a full report on the day with photos
