Various societies at Cambridge published cards that listed their programme for each term. These cards are for the Cambridge Young Friends for the Lent Term 1955 and Easter Term 1956.
Source:
Personal papers of Colin & Janet Galbraith, Jesus Lane Meeting, Cambridge
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CAMBRIDGE YOUNG FRIENDS (Quakers) 1955-56
Lent Term 1955
January 18-25 is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Friday, Jan 20: Professor Reade and Father Gibbard S.S.J.E. Talk on Christian Unity, Mill Lane Lecture Room, 8.30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan 21: Meeting for Worship at 7.30 am, followed by breakfast.
Sunday, Jan 22: Herbert G. Wood, "Christian and other World Religion", 2.00 pm.
Monday, Jan 30: Public Meeting, "Black and White?" with Lord Hemingford and Ranjit Chetsingh: Exam. Schools, 8.30 pm.
Sunday, Feb 1: Richard Ullmann: "Quaker Ideals and the Reality of World Affairs", 2.00 pm.
Friday, Feb 10: F.O.R. meeting, Henry Martyn Hall, 8.15 pm. Janet Rees: "Friends' Visit to China".
Sunday, Feb 12: Janet Rees: Informal Talk: followed by a Concert and tea: Collection for Stepney F.S.U. Childrens' Camps.
February 19-26 is the S.C.M. "Vocation Abroad" Week. Visiting Friends include Robert Lander, Reginald Reynolds and William Sewell.
Sunday, Feb 19: Ingle Wright: "Friends Service Unit in Korea", 2.00 pm.
Sunday, Feb 26: Howard Diamond: "Vocation Overseas", 2.00 pm.
March 3-4: Regional Conference, with Eric Savage.
Saturday: "The Christian Faith in the Society of Friends: Apprehensions and Aberrations", 2.00 pm.
Sunday: "Convictions, Creeds and Confessions", 2.00 pm.
Sunday, March 11: General Meeting, 2.00 pm.
MEETINGS FOR WORSHIP
On Sundays at 11 am there is a Meeting for Worship in the Friends' Meeting House at 12 Jesus Lane, after which in Full Term there is a Young Friends' lunch.
On Wednesdays at 1.30 pm, there is a midweek Meeting for Worship, in the Library, which last about half an hour.
On Saturday evenings at 8.15 pm, four studies will be held on "Christian Doctrine Today: The Quaker Approach".
Jan 21: H.G. Wood: "Christ's Mysticism and its Doctrinal Implications".
Feb 4: Anna Bidder and Lucy Todd: "The Person of Christ".
Feb. 25: Damaris Parker-Rhodes and a Young Friend:" Christ and Redemption".
March 10: Howard Diamond and a Young Friend: "The Church and the Kingdom of God".
All are welcome to every Young Friends' activity, including lunch, which is inexpensive. All meetings are held in the Friends' Meeting House.
COMMITTEE
Clerk: Michael Pittard, Caius
Assistant Clerk: Basel Mogridge, Trinity Hall
Treasurer: Paul Diamond
Wendy Adars, Homerton
Allan Brown, Emmanuel
Richard Brown, St. John's
Anne Palmer, Newnham
Richard Wood, St. John's
The Basis of Quaker Life and Practice
is a conviction that there is something of God's spirit in us all; that every soul can have direct communion with Him.
When Friends meet together for worship, they do not rely on priests, clergy or leaders. The meeting begins in living silence where we put aside the noise and confusion of everyday life, and can hear God's voice. Then we may be led through the silence, spoken prayer, ministry or Bible reading into real communion with God and with one another. Therefore Friends do not feel the necessity for the traditional sacraments.
When we seek God consistently, we can with His help, at all times and in any place, find Him int he succession of ordinary events.
This attitude can only be founded on the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. It involves an attempt to accept and obey the commandments to love God and one another. It compels us to refuse participation in war. It recognises evil, but counters it with that active love and service which outlasts and transforms it. This way of life may involve sacrifice and suffering.
Our numbers are not large; approximately 180,000 in the world. In Great Britain there are about 21,000 Friends in some 400 Meetings. We welcome everyone to our meetings for Worship. Membership is open to those who find themselves at home in our worship and share our outlook.
CAMBRIDGE YOUNG FRIENDS 1956-7
EASTER TERM 1956
Sunday, April 22: General Meeting 1.45 pm.
Sunday, May 6: Visit of Oxford Young Friends, Talk by Charles Deakins, 2.00 pm. "The Vine and the Branches."
Thursday, May 10: Ascension Day Free Church Intercommunion, 7.15 am, in Wesley Church, Christ's Pieces.
Sunday, May 27: General Meeting, 1.45 pm.
Saturday, June 2: Visit to Long Melford, Lavenham and Bury St. Edmunds.
Sunday, June 3: Punt Party with London Young Friends, weather permitting.
MEETINGS FOR WORSHIP
On Sundays at 11 am there is a Meeting for Worship in the Friends' Meeting House at 12 Jesus Lane, after which in Full Term there is a Young Friends' lunch.
On Wednesdays at 1.30 pm, there is a midweek Meeting for Worship, in the Library, which last about half an hour.
All are welcome to every Young Friends' activity, including lunch, which is inexpensive. All meetings are held in the Friends' Meeting House.
COMMITTEE
Clerk: David Blamires, Christ's
Assistant Clerk: Dora Pease, Newnham
Treasurer: Paul Diamond
Jane Barron
Allan Brown, Emmanuel
David Harper, Christ's
Robert Johnson, St. John's
Janet Southern, Girton
