Becoming Friends
03 03 2010 | by Anne Dunford | Read 665 times
Anne Dunford is unsure about the new Becoming Friends course
I have just been looking through a copy of
Becoming Friends. There is a lot of interesting material in the publication and I can see a great deal of time, energy and thought has gone into this. However, I am finding it very difficult to get my head round the idea of a training course for Friends who wish to become a companion. I also feel that some attenders might see this rather hefty document and be put off.
Nearly thirty years ago, I first attended a Quaker Meeting and subsequently became a Quaker by convincement (not through a course). I talked to many Friends and attenders at my then Preparative Meeting, discovering that a Quaker Meeting encompassed differing views and was not dogmatic or rigid in any way. With the guidance and support of many, I read a variety of books about Quakers in addition to
Quaker faith & practice,
the Friend and other Quaker publications.
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