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If these do not meet your accessibility needs, or the needs of someone you know, please email \u0013 HYPERLINK \"mailto:ym@quaker.org.uk?subject=Yearly%20Meeting%20query\" \\h \u0014ym@quaker.org.uk\u0015.\nPrinted copies of all documents will be available at Yearly Meeting.\nAll Quaker faith & practice references are to the online edition, which can be found at \u0013 HYPERLINK \"http://www.quaker.org.uk/qfp\" \\h \u0014www.quaker.org.uk/qfp\u0015.\n\u000f\nContents\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Epistles\" \u0014Epistles\u0015, 4\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Introduction\" \u0014Introduction\u0015, 6\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Testimonies\" \u0014Testimonies\u0015, 8\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_James_(Jim)_Anderton\" \u0014James (Jim) Anderton\u0015, 8\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Vernon_Baker\" \u0014Vernon Baker\u0015, 10\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Bunty_Biggs_(Ida\" \u0014Bunty Biggs (Ida Alanur née Harman)\u0015, 11\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Jonathan_Graham_Castle\" \u0014Jonathan Graham Castle\u0015, 14\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Robert_Clark\" \u0014Robert Clark\u0015, 17\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Peter_Cottingham\" \u0014Peter Cottingham\u0015, 19\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Stephen_Doncaster\" \u0014Stephen Doncaster\u0015, 20\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Marjorie_Milne_Farquharson\" \u0014Marjorie Milne Farquharson\u0015, 22\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Joan_Frik\" \u0014Joan Frik\u0015, 24\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Geoffrey_Edward_(Ted)\" \u0014Geoffrey Edward (Ted) Hoare\u0015, 25\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_John_Alan_Ingram\" \u0014John Alan Ingram\u0015, 27\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Hugh_Waring_Maw\" \u0014Huw Waring Maw\u0015, 29\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_David_Morrish\" \u0014David Morrish\u0015, 31\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Eileen_Noakes\" \u0014Eileen Noakes\u0015, 33\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Joyce_Pickard\" \u0014Joyce Pickard\u0015, 34\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Geoffrey_Rendle\" \u0014Geoffrey Rendle\u0015, 37\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Dorothy_A._Richardson\" \u0014Dorothy A. Richardson\u0015, 38\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Mary_Ridley\" \u0014Mary Ridley\u0015, 39\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Brian_and_Kathleen\" \u0014Brian & Kathleen Robson\u0015, 41\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Sheila_Savill\" \u0014Sheila Savill\u0015, 43\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Betty_Stutz\" \u0014Betty Stutz\u0015, 45\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Betty_Swancott\" \u0014Betty Swancott\u0015, 49\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \\l \"_Kenneth_Charles_Crosby\" \u0014Kenneth Charles Crosby Walch\u0015, 51\n\u000f\nEpistles\nFriends in different yearly meetings traditionally keep in touch by writing and receiving epistles. One of the final acts of our Yearly Meeting will be to agree an epistle addressed “To all Friends everywhere”.\nWe used to include all Epistles received from other Yearly Meetings in this publication. This year however, we are printing only Testimonies. This is because:\nRecently, Britain Yearly Meeting has received fewer epistles from other yearly meetings. Instead, yearly meetings share their epistles with Friends everywhere by sending them to Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) which displays epistles on its website.\nYearly Meeting Agenda Committee is reducing the amount of printed Yearly Meeting documents to reduce our environmental impact.\nWe are not ignoring the Epistles. Extracts will be read in Yearly Meeting in session alongside testimonies as usual.\nA list of epistles received is below:\nFrom Europe and the Middle East:\nBelgium & Luxembourg Yearly Meeting\nCentral European Gathering\nEurope and Middle-East Young Friends Spring Gathering\nFrance Yearly Meeting\nFWCC Europe and Middle-East Section Annual Meeting\nGerman Yearly Meeting\nIreland Yearly Meeting\nNetherlands ","cbCaivUsFZardv1m","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivUsFZardv1m","docx",99450,53,"English","# Epistles\n## Introduction\n## Testimonies\n## James (Jim) Anderton\n## Vernon Baker\n## Bunty Biggs (Ida Alanur née Harman)\n## Jonathan Graham Castle\n## Robert Clark\n## Peter Cottingham\n## Stephen Doncaster\n## Marjorie Milne Farquharson\n## Joan Frik\n## Geoffrey Edward (Ted) Hoare\n## John Alan Ingram\n## Huw Waring Maw\n## David Morrish\n## Eileen Noakes\n## Joyce Pickard\n## Geoffrey Rendle\n## Dorothy A. Richardson\n## Mary Ridley\n## Brian & Kathleen Robson\n## Sheila Savill\n## Betty Stutz\n## Betty Swancott\n## Kenneth Charles Crosby Walch","[{\"question\":\"Why does this 2019 publication print only Testimonies instead of including all epistles?\",\"answer\":\"Fewer epistles are received for printing, and yearly meetings now share epistles with Friends worldwide via the FWCC website. The Yearly Meeting agenda committee also reduces the number of printed documents to lessen environmental impact.\"},{\"question\":\"How are epistles shared with Friends if they are not all printed in the booklet?\",\"answer\":\"Epistles are displayed on the FWCC website, and Friends can read them online there. 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