Opening to the Light: An Ignatian approach to discernment

Sunday, 20. September 2026 - 12:00 to 13:15
Disley Meeting House, Ring O Bells Lane, Disley

Meeting for Exploration . 

 
‘Opening to the Light : an Ignatian approach to discernment’  with Jan Valliumy
 
 Sunday 20th Sept , Disley Meeting House 
12.15- 1.15 
 
There will be opportunity  to :- 
 
 • Learn more about Ignatian spirituality.   
 
  • Experience the Ignatian  practice of the Examen as a tool for increasing self- awareness and discernment. 
   
    • Appreciate how Ignatian and Quaker practices can inform and enhance each other .
  
   I am coming from a background of long experience  with Ignatian thought and practice. I was educated by nuns following the Jesuit ( Ignatian ) Rule , from age 5- 18 . It has only really come alive for me ,though , since I became a Quaker , which has both intrigued and energised me .

Friday Online Meeting for Worship

Friday, 20. November 2026 - 19:30 to 20:15
Online Zoom
Online Zoom

Disley Quakers hold a Meeting for Worship on the third Friday of each month on Zoom. We meet between 19:30 and 20:15. The host opens the meeting at 19:20 and we share a brief greeting with each other, checking in on each other before we settle into worship at 19:30. After the meeting we chat for a while about any ministry from the meeting or about ministry that was not shared in the meeting. All are welcome to join us.

Available via the usual Zoom link (under Find Us on the Disley main page).

Friday Online Meeting for Worship

Friday, 16. October 2026 - 19:15 to 20:15
Online Zoom
Online Zoom

Disley Quakers hold a Meeting for Worship on the third Friday of each month on Zoom. We meet between 19:30 and 20:15. The host opens the meeting at 19:20 and we share a brief greeting with each other, checking in on each other before we settle into worship at 19:30. After the meeting we chat for a while about any ministry from the meeting or about ministry that was not shared in the meeting. All are welcome to join us.

Available via the usual Zoom link (under Find Us on the Disley main page).

Friday Online Meeting for Worship

Friday, 18. September 2026 - 19:15 to 20:15
Online
Online Zoom

Disley Quakers hold a Meeting for Worship on the third Friday of each month on Zoom. We meet between 19:30 and 20:15. The host opens the meeting at 19:20 and we share a brief greeting with each other, checking in on each other before we settle into worship at 19:30. After the meeting we chat for a while about any ministry from the meeting or about ministry that was not shared in the meeting. All are welcome to join us.

Available via the usual Zoom link (under Find Us on the Disley main page).

Friday Online Meeting for Worship

Friday, 21. August 2026 - 19:15 to 20:15
Online
Online Zoom

Disley Quakers hold a Meeting for Worship on the third Friday of each month on Zoom. We meet between 19:30 and 20:15. The host opens the meeting at 19:20 and we share a brief greeting with each other, checking in on each other before we settle into worship at 19:30. After the meeting we chat for a while about any ministry from the meeting or about ministry that was not shared in the meeting. All are welcome to join us.

Available via the usual Zoom link (under Find Us on the Disley main page).

Radical Welcome: Woodbrooke

Sunday, 26. July 2026 - 12:15 to 13:15
Disley MH

 

Disley Meeting have agreed to  join the Radical Welcome session offered by Woodbrooke in place of a meeting for exploration this month. The session will be held hybrid from 12:15 to 13:15 and we will be joining with other meetings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1000+ books donated

Heidi Chiang extends a very big 'thank you' to everyone at Disley Quaker Meeting who generously supported her 13th annual book sale for Book Aid International.

 

We had well over 1000 books donated overall, and made £1300 in total from monies donated online and via cash.

 

What a wonderful result!

 

You might like to read about Peace and her work. 

 

https://bookaid.org/stories/refugees/books-to-change-lives/

Meeting for Exploration: Communicating well and resolving conflict. An introduction to NVC

Sunday, 21. June 2026 - 12:00 to 13:00
Disley Meeting House
Meeting for Exploration
Communicating well and resolving conflict. An introduction to NVC   Date: 21 June @ 12pm

One of the themes in British Yearly Meeting has been ‘How do we resolve conflicts peacefully?’ Not just the conflicts in wider society but also how do we with work with conflicts and differences within our  Quaker communities? The underlying question is: How do we build a bridge of communication to another person when we are in conflict with them?

Paul will be exploring with us the approach of Nonviolent communication (NVC). It is in part a way of being and in part a set of concepts and communication strategies. They are designed to help to restore communication when there is conflict, so that healing and mutual understanding can take place.

But NVC has value beyond conflict resolution. It is a way of communicating with clarity and sensitivity and so has the potential to add a richness to all our interactions with others.

Paul has studied NVC and used it as a tool for conflict resolution in schools.

Disley Friends’ link with Methodists in Edale

Seven Disley Friends joined worshippers at the chapel. We had been asked to offer some introductory ministry and hold the silence. Prepared ministry included 2:12 (Pierre Lacout) from Quaker Faith & Practice about Quaker worship.



It was good to be there. We felt there was a warm friendship and acceptance of the worship we had shaped with Kate. We all enjoyed the two hymns which opened and concluded the worship. 



 

 

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