But Friends feel it is something more - a spiritual and religious experience which gives a sense of direction to the search for the right way to live. It's no good having a faith if you don't put it into practice and Quakers have always been active in many areas of social concern. Often this is as individuals working with those from other groups as well as collective action as Quakers. Central to much of Quaker thought and action is a desire to express our traditional testimonies to Simplicity, Truth, Equality and Peace in our daily lives. William Penn, the founder of a state that lasted for 75 years without a military force, said that true Godliness shouldn't turn people out of this world, but should make them more able to live in it.
Quakers believe it is possible - and in today's world vital.
In Norwich Quakers have a Meeting House at Upper Goat Lane. Alternatively you can telephone on 01603-624854. Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Beccles, Diss, Attleborough, Dereham, Aylsham and North Walsham. There are also Meetings for Worship held from time to time at Bowthorpe, Swaffham, and the University of East Anglia.