Marisa Johnson (FWCC-EMES) – Marisa Johnson is secretary of FWCC EMES, a role that has allowed her to engage, at first reluctantly, but eventually with passion and conviction, the vast diversity of culture, theology and practice within the Quaker World Community. She will draw on this experience to help us appreciate the gift of our differences within our own Quaker community.
Tony Philpott (Quaker Universalist Group) – Tony Philpott’s academic background is in geography, religious studies and education. Geography taught him the ‘models’ approach in the philosophy of science, and education emphasized the importance of psychology and sociology in explaining human behaviour. Tony incorporated these ideas in his 2013 book ‘From Christian to Quaker’. Tony became a Quaker member when he retired from being a headteacher at the end of 2003. He is at present Clerk of the Quaker Universalist Group.
Hugh Rock (NFN) – Hugh Rock has been a student of religion since retiring from business in 2007. He has a special interest in Quaker Faith and has published a number of articles on the subject in Friends Quarterly, Quaker Studies and other religious journals. Also see the rest of this website including this.

• Can there be unity in diversity?
• Are there boundaries to diversity?

These are amongst the questions which will be considered at this year’s gathering.

Rising prices at Woodbrooke mean that this year’s conference (2019) will now  be charged at a cost of £250 per participant. (And unfortunately we are not able to repeat last year’s considerable subsidy).  We believe however that a further opportunity to consider serious spiritual questions in Woodbrooke’s delightful location (not to mention the catering) is something not to be missed.