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INDEPENDENT QUAKER JOURNALISM SINCE 1843

CONTENTS – VOL 168 NO 39 3 Military spending faces cuts 4 New Meeting house in Salisbury 5 Draw near with faith Anne van Staveren 6 Jews for justice Stevie Krayer 7 Time to make a stand against poverty Mid Thames Area Meeting 8-9 Letters 10-11 A visit to Friends House Sam McNair 12 Can Quakers effect global change? Gwen Prince 13 Art for action Jill Jesshope 14 Quakers and sin Richard Bass & Joan Macalpine 15 Everything is connected Marion Hussenbux 16 Q-Eye 17 Friends & Meetings

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Cover image: A faithful friend. Photo: Jez Smith. Images on this page: Leiston Quakers celebrated 150 years in their Meeting house earlier this year. One hundred people gathered for a concert and Victorian tea (bottom). Member Gordon Crosse (top) had composed music for the occasion, inspired by text from Quaker faith & practice 2.41, with a quartet playing the piece. Photos courtesy of Di Hinves.

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the Friend, 24 September 2010