Since its first publication in 1941, A Testament of Devotion has been universally embraced as a truly enduring spiritual classic. Plainspoken and deeply inspirational, it gathers together five compelling essays that urge us to center our lives on God's presence, to...
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Silence and Witness: The Quaker Tradition
This is a meaty and inviting introduction to Quaker thought and spiritual life. The detailed examination of discernment about when to speak in meeting and other leadings is worth the cover price. His chapter entitled 'The Facing Bench' lifts up well selected...
A Guide to Faithfulness Groups
This book explains what faithfulness is and how it can be cultivated by a community that practices ways to listen inwardly together for divine guidance. Above all, this book is a guide to faithfulness groups, a practice that holds great potential for supporting...
Revolutionary Roots of Quakerism: a six-session journey with Early Friends
Mid-17th century England was swept by dramatic changes: sharp religious and political conflict, rising hopes, charismatic leaders and popular grassroots movements - in short, a world much like the one we live in today.Ā Quakers were born as a faith community into this...
Deepening Meeting Life
This curriculum enables Friends to explore central tenets inĀ the shared life of a Friends Meeting.Ā Topics include: Quakerism as an adventure in direct, unmediated, ongoing guidance by Spirit. Exploring our faith with each other. Deepening worship ā how we can...
Friendly Holiday Gift Fairs!
Join us in an exciting pop-up partnership betweenĀ Friends Peace TeamsĀ and the Quaker Religious Education Collaborative!Ā We are starting a pilot project organizingĀ Friendly Holiday Gift FairsĀ as a way to learn about, celebrate, and support peacemaking through "gifts...
George Fox: The Man Who Wouldn’t
A delightful collection of children's stories about George Fox, the man who wouldn't tip his hat; go to church; pretend; carry a sword.
Religious Education for the Home and Small Meeting
This is anĀ idea packet assembled for families and small meetings who seek to educate childrenĀ in Quaker faith and practice.Ā Originally published in 1986, this is a treasure trove, worthy ofĀ adaptation and revision given that most Quaker meetings stillĀ face these...
Thy Friend, Obadiah
Obadiah, a young Quaker boy living in colonial Nantucket, is constantly followed by a sea gull. Obadiah wishes the seagul would leave him alone, but when it does leave, he yearns for its companionship. This story helps young children learnĀ aboutĀ the importance of...
Spirit Rising ā Young Quaker Voices
Spirit RisingĀ celebrates, critiques, questions, and reflects on the Quaker faith experience. Writing and visual art by teenage and young adult Quakers from around the world and across the theological and cultural spectrum of the Religious Society of Friends give...
New Children of the Light
Read interviews with sixteen millennial Quakers describingĀ who they are and who they want to become.Ā New Children of the Light can serve as a window into the lives and minds of young people coming of age in the twenty first century.Ā It is common to hear about the...
Exploring Quakerism: A Study Guide, Teenagers Edition
"There is that of God in everyone," paraphrased from George Fox's revelation, electrified 17th century England and continues to speak to us today. This 14-session curriculum offers an overview of Quaker faith and practice for middle and high school students. Designed...
Let love (and welcome, inclusion, knowledge, and action) be the first motion!
In response to events and news stories, how can we parent, work with children, model activism and take care of ourselves?Ā This article explores how to find support in the circle of people around us, whether in our families, Meeting, or the wider world of Friends....
Exploring Vocal Ministry with Young People
"How can we use experiential learning to explore with young people how Friends share Spirit-led vocal ministry as part of our communal worship? How can we provide opportunities to learn about and practice discerning the source of what we're led to share, and lifting...
El Reino PacĆfico plan de estudio
Esperamos que este material sea de apoyo para el programa de educaciĆ³n de niƱos en su iglesia Amigos o reuniĆ³n CĆŗaquera. El testimonio de paz de los Amigos, el cual es extraĆdo naturalmente de la creencia de que hay algo de Dios en cada una de las personas, ha sido la...
Children and Youth Resources for Exploring Racism and Racial Justice
This is a growing list of resources for exploring racism and racial justice with young Friends. The document begins with queries to frame the task. The list includes websites, blogs, online articles, curricula and children's literature. Queries: How do we...
Busy Box
A Busy Box can be kept on hand should children arrive at a small meetingĀ with no formal religious education program.Ā For Meetings with an RE program, the Busy BoxĀ isĀ useful to helpĀ young Friends quietly join Meeting for Worship before or after the lesson. Friendly...
Children’s Meeting of 1663
In 1663, when all adults from Reading Friends Meeting were imprisoned for their faith, the children of the Meeting continued worship in the manner of Friends.Ā Ā This legend of Quaker Faith and Practice illustrates integrity, courage and non-violent resistance in the...
Holiday Traditions at Birmingham (PA) Friends Meeting
Three Christmas holiday traditions at Birmingham Friends Meeting (West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA) are described in the attached document:Ā 1. The Giving Tree, a service project of theĀ Birmingham Meeting Youth Committee in collaboration with a local homeless shelter....
Plays for the Christmas Holidays
We are grateful to Nancy Pickering of Middletown Friends Meeting (Philadelphia Yearly Meeting) for three plays celebrating the Christmas season This is the Stable, A simple telling of the Nativity with readings from the book by Cynthia Cotten, illustrated by Delana...
Peaceable Kingdom and the Penn Treaty
This lesson explores the Edward Hicks painting, The Peaceable Kingdom (1820), beginning with a famous passage from the book of Isaiah. The focus then turns to the background of the painting depicting the treaty between William Penn and early Friends...
Love Thy Neighbor: Two Lessons on Welcoming Immigrants
Two lessons on journeying from the homeland and welcoming immigrants. One lesson is based on the Friends Committee on National Legislation slogan, "Love Thy Neighbor, no exceptions".Ā The other is a Biblically inspired story of journey and welcome told in the manner of...
Integrity & Authenticity
This 11-lesson curriculum for First Day School explores four aspects of integrity: truth telling, authenticity, faithfulness/loyalty to the Truth, corporate action (our communal accountability to the Truth). For each week, there are engaging activities and/or...
Reverse Advent for Friends
Reverse Advent: For Families and RE Programs, An Activity to Teach the Spiritual Discipline of Reaching Out In December, young people and their families have an opportunity to connect a story of the season with service to a local food cupboard or shelter. While...
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An Introduction
The Quaker Religious Education Collaborative (QREC) is an international, cross-branch, grassroots network of Friends sharing a stewardship for lifelong Quaker faith formation through religious education. We formed in April 2014 and now serve more than 300 Friends in our network. We actively engage and support each other across languages and continents. We gather for regional and annual conferences and offer monthly Conversation Circles via an online conferencing platform.Ā
Steering Circle
We share leadership as part of our collaborative mission, making decisions using the Quaker āsense of the meetingā process, sitting in expectant, worshipful waiting for the emergence of shared truth. Read moreā¦
Working Circles
Our workĀ takes place in ācirclesā or small groups of Friends who labor on a common task, usually meeting by video conference due to the geographic diversity of the membership. Read moreā¦
The Resource Library
Finders Guide, a sampling of the collection
The QREC Resource Library is a place to share lessons and other educational information in support of our work as Quaker religious educators. This library is a forum for curricula, articles, videos and other educational materials on Quaker themes. You will also find principles, policies and procedures to strengthen operation of your child, youth and adult religious education programs.
Children’s Education
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Youth Education
Small Meetings
Young Adult Friends
Biblioteca QREC
Events
Find renewal, companionship, and help for nitty gritty issues in Quaker religious education, all the while opening spaces for Spirit to work and listening together for Godās way forward.
QREC holds an annual conference and retreat. In addition we hold online Conversation Circles and post other religious education events as we learn about them.
Conversation Circles
Online conferences for Quaker religious educators to share about their work. Conversations are scheduled for two sessions per topic to encourage international participation. Ā Join the conversationā¦
Other Events
Religious education events of interest to Quakers from all parts of the world. Please let us know about upcoming online or in-person events happening in your area. See the list of upcoming eventsā¦
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Quaker Family Culture
Finding the Light
Faith at Home
Home is the heart of faith formation for all families. This is especially true for Friends. As an experiential religion, Quakerism is best learned through living in loving community. Indeed, the vast majority of faith formation for our young Friends happens at home in the busy swirl of daily life.
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QREC depends on all of us sharing our gifts and skills as religious educators. Here are some of the ways you can get involvedā¦