Nothing to do with Porridge Oats!

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Quakers – Nothing to do with Porridge Oats! "That's just American marketing" but the common name for The Religious Society of Friends (www.quaker.org.uk).

They emerged from the turmoil and upheaval of the English Civil War period when "seekers after truth" left the Church of England and set out without any clergy leaders. They were established in Nantwich and district by about 1690.

They now meet at Bradfield Road Methodist Church in Crewe, at 3.00 pm on the second and fourth Sundays of each month, for an hour's prayerful meditation.

Nantwich Theatre, off Pillory Street, was first built as a Quaker Meeting House in the early 1700's, and continued there until about 1922. There were a number of Quaker farmers in the district, and such business people as Messrs Stretch and Harlock were prominent in the town.

What do Quakers say?

• There is something sacred in all people
• All people are equal before God
• Religion is about the whole of life
• In stillness we find a deeper sense of God's presence
• True religion leads to respect for the earth and all life upon it
• Each person is unique, precious, a child of God

Their commitments are to Peace, Equality, Simplicity, Truth.

All are free to attend, and you will be welcome.

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