Factfile: Quakers and the Quiet Garden
The first Quiet Garden opened in 1992 in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. It was the vision of the founder and director, the Rev Philip D Roderick, a priest working in and beyond the diocese of Oxford.
The first Quiet Garden opened in 1992 in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. It was the vision of the founder and director, the Rev Philip D Roderick, a priest working in and beyond the diocese of Oxford.Rev Roderick's vision caught the imagination of others and there are now Quiet Gardens and Quiet Spaces across the world.
In 1994 the Quiet Garden Trust was set up to support the scheme. All Quiet Gardens and Quiet Spaces are affiliated to the trust. For more information, visit www.quietgarden.co.uk
The formal title of the Quaker movement is the Society of Friends or the Religious Society of Friends. It is a group with Christian roots, but also finds meaning and value in the teachings of other faiths.
There are around 17,000 Quakers in Great Britain.
Quakers share a way of life rather than a set of beliefs. They seek to experience God directly, within themselves and in their relationships with others and the world around them. They meet for silent worship in local meetings which are open to all.
Peterborough Quakers meet at the Meeting House on Thorpe Road at 10.30am on Sunday mornings.
Related link:
Peterborough Quakers - http://www.btinternet.com/~compelled/peterborough-quakers/.
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