Monthly meeting for worship and sharing
Our next online meeting for worship and sharing is by Zoom on September 21st.
It starts at 7 p.m. The Zoom will open at 6.45 p.m.
It will be introduced by Michele Shields who will talk on A World of Sacred Gifts.
We will send out reminders on Sunday September 18th to everyone who has registered.
If you do not have the joining instructions and would like them please send an email to contact@qug.org.uk
Our next meeting for worship and sharing after this will be on October 19th.
Our annual conference in 2023 – Friday May 12th to Sunday May 14th at Woodbrooke and online
Universalist Creativity – how creativity expresses and enhances spirituality across the world.
We are delighted to announce that we have booked our speakers for our next annual conference:
Helen Otter
Helen Otter is an artist who has exhibited in East Anglia, Gloucestershire and London, working both independently and in collaboration with other artists. With a Masters degree in Fine Art she has worked in a variety of media including: paint, pencil, textiles, found objects, sound and video, producing installations and objects that reference site and context.
Philip Gross
Philip Gross is a poet who has also written novels, libretti and radio scripts, for adults and young people. Working frequently with visual artists, dancers and musicians, he sees collaboration as the spirit at the heart of all creative life, and maybe too of spirituality. He lives in South Wales and draws on a heritage from Estonia and Cornwall.
Jaana Erkkilä
Jaana is the Vice Rector for Research at the University of the Arts, Helsinki, and a Professor in Fine Art at the University of Lapland. She is active as an artist and her work is held in several public and private collections. Her research interests lie in artistic research in the field of artistic thinking, interaction between human and non-human worlds, and artist pedagogy. She lives in Finland and in the UK.
Roger Hill
Roger has an interest in Daoism which grew alongside his study of Traditional Chinese Medicine: the philosophy and the practice are inextricably linked. He was fortunate to be able to develop this learning with the distinguished Sinologist Father Claude Larre SJ. Until his retirement Roger was co-Director of the Centre for Complementary Health Studies at the University of Exeter.
Charles Monkhouse
Charles Monkhouse is an artist working in rural and public spaces to create permanent sculptures and temporary light works, often with the support of local communities and landscape stakeholders. His interest in colour stems from his work on LED installations, a career lecturing in colleges and universities, and a life of gallery visits and overseas travel.
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We will put more details of the conference in a later newsletter and on our website. These will include prices and how to apply. If you have any questions please email contact@qug.org.uk.
Universalist – October 2022 and February 2023
The October Universalist will shortly be sent to the printers.
We are looking for more articles for the February 2023 Universalist. We are particularly keen to receive items relating to our forthcoming conference on Universalist Creativity so any articles on the arts as they relate to universalism and spirituality will be most welcome. These could include paintings, drawings and poetry as well as prose; and could include reviews of books, films and artwork.
Articles for the February 2023 Universalist should be sent to contact@qug.org.uk by November 30th 2022.
2022 Annual conference pamphlet (No. 45) – Health and Healing
This has now been sent out to all members. It is also available for sale at a cost of £4.00. If you would like one please email contact@qug.org.uk or see our website at https://qug.org.uk/obtaining-qug-pamphlets/ (postage is free).
QUG Membership
We do encourage you to join QUG if you have not already done so. Our journal Universalist is well worth a read, as is the pamphlet we produce in the summer following our conference. E-copies of Universalist cost £12.00 per year and hard copies £18.00 per year. Hard copies of the pamphlet are sent to all members.
Renewals for QUG membership for 2022 are due on the anniversary of when you last paid.
If you join for the first time in 2022 we will send you all the 2022 publications, i.e. the February and October journals (Universalist) and the summer pamphlet on Health and Healing.
Full details of membership (including our bank details and a standing order form) are at the end of this newsletter.
Contacting us, questions and unsubscribing
If you have any questions or wish to unsubscribe from this newsletter please reply directly or send an email to contact@qug.org.uk.
QUG MEMBERSHIP – APPLICATION / RENEWAL
To join QUG for the first time please complete the membership form and pay your subscription. We will send you all the literature for the calendar year in which you join if it is available. Also, to welcome you to QUG, new members will receive two free pamphlets of their choice.
To renew your subscription for this year please pay it on the anniversary of when you last paid. Please make it clear who is paying when you pay. You only need to use the membership/renewal form if you are making changes to your membership.
As a member you receive two free issues of our journal Universalist each year plus a free copy of the QUG pamphlet which contains the written papers/articles from the conference.
While most members choose to receive these publications as hard copies, the option is available to receive them in e-form, at a reduced membership rate (see below). Please note that if you are receiving a paper copy of Universalist you may request to receive it in e-form as well, at no extra cost.
If you include an email address on the application/renewal form we will put you on our e-list to receive additional e-newsletters and information unless you request otherwise.
Please note these are annual rates – you only need to pay once per year.
Subscription rates for 2022
e-mail copy paper copy
UK member £12 £18
Extra paper copy of publications n/a £12
There are four ways of paying:
- By standing order. This is very helpful in reducing the work for your volunteer committee. A standing order form follows the membership form.
- Directly into our bank account by Giro or electronic transfer. Please make sure the Treasurer can identify your payment. Our bank details are: TSB. The Quaker Universalist Group.
Sort Code 30-97-35, Account No 00016421.
- By a cheque made out to ‘QUG’ sent to the treasurer.
- By PayPal –please email contact@qug.org.uk for details
The membership form follows below:
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The standing order form follows below
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