Cluster Meeting at Claverham

27 July 2010 update

Our Cluster Meeting,  held at Claverham on the 11th June, was a historic occasion. The meeting was well attended by Friends from all three of our local meetings. Following a period of worship, we shared our hopes for a new way of doing Area Meeting business in a spirit of living adventurously. We feel there are opportunities for more involvement in our local community and more local outreach. Our members and attenders could feel more involved in Quaker business, which includes witness and looking after the needs of others as well as managing our premises and resources. We all need to feel the responsibility for getting the business done, but we need to keep it as simple as possible, so it stems from worship and enriches spiritual growth and witness. We hope for new energy and a fresh sense of community amongst us. A Steering Group was set up and met in July to set out in more detail poposals towards forming the new North Somerset Area Meeting based on Clevedon, Sidcot and West-super-Mare local meetings, with Claverham as an additional place of worship in the area.