Britain Yearly Meeting 2026
Would love to hear from anyone who attended Britain YM last weekend, whether in the flesh or online. This was my first large Quaker gathering and I am a relative newcomer to Friends and it has floored me, in good and not so good ways. Would appreciate reflections on the various sessions and content and how this compares with previous YMs, also how you see Britain Quakers going forward from here vis-a-vis the epistle and so on. For me, and this is my newbie naivete most likely, I was deeply and uncomfortably challenged by the constant use of jargon phraseology: "discernment", "holding in the light", "worship", etc. I appear to be the only person I know who has a mental gag reflex with such wordage, probably due to scarring by evangelical Anglican youth groups I attended [redacted] years ago. Please feel free to say whatever you want in reaction to this, I have no agenda other than to understand myself and Friends better. PS I did kvell with P/pride a bit at our having a new, openly trans clerk ... so unremarkable for British Quakers now but by golly what a journey to get to this far.