As we enter with tender sympathy into the joys and sorrows of each other's lives, ready to give help and to receive it, our meeting can be a channel for God's love and forgiveness. We have no paid minister. We all share the running of our affairs. There are people with particular responsibilities, but we have no hierarchy. You will find a list on the notice board in the coffee room.
Friends generally serve for a period of one to three years.
Some of the titles such as premises committee and treasurer are self-explanatory, but others have particular Quaker connotations. The Clerk, whom you may first see giving out the notices at the end of Meeting for Worship, is responsible for the general administration of the meeting, and is its main point of contact with the wider Society of Friends and with outside organizations. Our Warden is both a member of the meeting and its employee, living 'above the shop' and providing a permanent Quaker presence in the local community, as well as looking after the meeting house and its users. Elders are responsible for the spiritual welfare of the meeting, and in particular for ensuring that Meeting for Worship is conducted properly. Despite the title, there is no hierarchical or ageist implication.