Responsibilities in Dorchester Quaker Meeting 2025/2026

The Meeting is currently reviewing the role of nominations and is aware that the names listed below are mostly volunteers (apart from AQM appointees) and it hopes to have proper terms of service and clarity of roles soon. Therefore, this list below may change. Please let the Clerks know if you have an interest in giving service to the Meeting.

Marigold, is Clerk for the coming year and will have an apprentice or two.

Tess and Rachel are Elders (AQM appointees)

Brenda, Gerry and Jane are the pastoral care group

Marigold, Margaret and Jane look after the garden

Matthew is now Treasurer for three years having taken on the role from Trevor in February 2025.

Alison looks after the lists for welcoming, zoom monitor, chair setting out and refreshments for the weekly Meeting for Worship (more volunteers welcome)

Gill and Alison look after the library.

Margaret and Mike along with a group of Friends, serve on the Meeting House Group, which looks after the physical aspects of the property in Holloway Road.

Marigold keeps an eye on the website.

The meeting has shared pastoral care which currently is in the form of “looplets”.

Sarah is the Churches Together in Dorchester representative.

David is the Christian Aid representative.

The Churches Ecology Group needs a representative from us as Quakers.

The representative on the World Day of Prayer Group (one event in March each year) is vacant. Please let the Clerking team know if you are interested in participating in this as our rep.