This is the Website of the Hastings (England) Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Here we aim to tell you a bit about ourselves, our interests and activities. If you want to find out about Quakerism itself, please follow the link below to the page called "Introduction".
As you will see, there are also links to other pages which may be of interest. If you are a Quaker from another town coming to Hastings on holiday or for a visit, you may be looking for information on how to find the local Quaker meeting, and perhaps wanting to read something about Hastings generally. You will find near the foot of this page a link to a map, and also a link to the "Our Town" page which will tell you about Hastings, past and present.
Be aware though that everything you read here is just one Quaker's view. It is a view from the inside, and hopefully an accurate and an informed one, but it is not and cannot be in any way "definitive" or "official".
Hastings Quakers meet for Worship every Sunday at 10.30 am in the Meeting House at 5 South Terrace, Hastings (round the side of the Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, about 80 yards from the junction with Queen's Road - follow the link below to see a Map). You are welcome to join us for Worship: you do not have to be a Member, or to make any formal request or arrangement. Nobody will expect any commitment or make any demands on you: just come along, and see how you like it. That is how many of us started!
** QUESTIONS ABOUT QUAKERISM OR HASTINGS QUAKER MEETING ? **
Enjoy your visit to this site, and if you would like to get in touch with us to enquire for details about our events and activities, or for more information about Quakerism generally, or to make any comments or queries about anything in this website, you can either write to us at the Friends Meeting House, 5 South Terrace, Hastings, East Sussex or else e-mail to piffkin@gmail.com
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THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH Quakers are enjoined to be "open to new light, from whatever source it may come" ("Advices and Queries" no. 7). Each month this spot is devoted to a short quotation from a non-Quaker writer, which hopefully may give you something to ponder! The choice for January comes from “Heretics” by G. K. Chesterton: "Charity means pardoning what is unpardonable, or it is no virtue at all .... charity to the deserving is not charity at all, but justice. It is the undeserving who require it."
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learn about Quaker origins, beliefs and worship |
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what have people been up to in Hastings? |
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one Quaker's views on some current news items |
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find out about Hastings |
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find the other Quaker meetings in East Sussex |
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search for words or phrases within this website |
NOTE: the following links will take you away from this website. Use the "Back" button on your toolbar to return here when you have finished
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goes to the central website of Quakers in Britain |
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how to find the Friends Meeting House in Hastings |
And now for something a little out of the ordinary . . . try your hand at Esperanto, the International Language. To read this page in Esperanto, CLICK ON THE GREEN STAR.
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Alternatively the Editor of this website will be happy to answer your questions, and provide information about how to begin learning Esperanto and how you can make use of it : you can e-mail any enquiries to piffkin@gmail.com