In this series of five multimedia lessons, Young Friends learn about Jesus' life as it was told in the musical Godspell and the New Testament gospels of Matthew and Luke. Each lesson covers one part of Jesus' story and a little bit about how it relates to Quakerism....
Exploring the Mystery of Easter with Friends Quaker Resources for Children's and Adult Religious Education during the season of Lent, Easter and Pentecost This is a place to share resources and ideas for learning about and celebrating the Easter season. How do we...
In QREC, we share leadership in keeping with our collaborative mission. Decision-making employs the Quaker 'sense of the meeting' process where Friends sit in expectant, worshipful waiting for the emergence of shared truth. Our work takes place in 'circles' or small...
The Quaker Religious Education Collaborative (QREC) was formed in August 2014 when thirty-four Friends from seven yearly meetings met at the Pendle Hill Conference and Retreat Center in Pennsylvania to form a community of practice. During that seminal meeting we share...
Quaker Summer Sleep-Away Opportunities for Kids Most Friends Camps are affordable and provide a range of activities. Many have subsidies for low-income and members of Friends meetings. Baltimore Yearly Meeting Camps...
Quaker Bible Hour, Monthly Sessions, Oct. - Dec. 2020 Hosted by Peter Blood Paterson (Mt. Toby Meeting, NEYM) this is a new online Bible series, the first Sunday afternoon of each month, October - December 2020. There will be a different guest...
We are thankful for the international, cross-branch gathering of 50+ Friends in a joyous celebration of lifelong religious education and faith formation. Documents: Workshop Descriptions Interest Groups Panelist Bios Connect ⬥ Recharge ...
Faith & Play™ is a Montessori-inspired storytelling resource that helps children find words and images for expressing their experiences of holy mystery and wonder in their lives. Play is children’s practice, hence the name Faith & Play, deriving...
UPCOMING CONVERSATION CIRCLES September Conversations, Child Safety: How are we caring for children in our Meetings; their safety and well-being? This conversation will explore our pastoral role as religious educators, Meeting child safety...
Conversation Circles are online video conferences convened to help Quaker religious educators across geographic regions share and collaborate about why and how they do their work. Conversations focus on topics of shared interest with two sessions for teach topic; one...
Mission The Quaker Religious Education Collaborative (QREC) is a grassroots network of Friends holding a sense of stewardship for life-long Quaker faith formation through religious education. We include Friends from all branches of our international Quaker family. We...
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...
Online: on PayPal with your credit or debit card or your PayPal account, click here and then click the donate button in the middle of the page. By check or money order mailed to: QREC Membership C/O Liz Yeats, Treasurer 904 E Meadowmere Lane ...
QREC Membership Invitation The Quaker Religious Education Collaborative (QREC) nurtures the work of religious education across all branches of the Religious Society of Friends. We believe religious education is integral for life-long spiritual growth,...
As Quakers have you ever wondered: How your Quaker faith can give support and guidance to your parenting? How your parenting is part of your spiritual journey? What guidance does Quakerism give to knowing how to deal with behavior challenges, from toddlers to teens?...
This summer, you are invited to help the Quaker RE Collaborative (QREC) take stock of our work, service, and ministry. Our intention is for a broad listening before we convene at Quaker Hill, August 18-20, 2017. The QREC Steering Circle is reaching out to...
LINK TO VIDEO: quakerspeak.com/how-do-quakers-support-childrens-spirituality/ MORE videos on welcome and inclusion of children and families here on the QREC site -- see "Videos" tab above!
AUGUST 2017 to MAY 2018 — Click HERE for Flyer! Nurturing Worship, Faith, and Faithfulness (NWFF) is a multi-generational faith and leadership program to help Friends in New England explore ways to meet God more deeply, hone methods of...
QREC CONNECTIONS Fall 2016
"Finding the Light In You: Bright Silent Worship with Young Friends" From Marjorie McKelvey Isaacs, Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting Photography by Eugenia M. Mills From FGC Quakerbooks: "Finding the Light In You supportively guides the...
From Indianapolis First Friends: "Quaker Affirmation Curriculum" "A curriculum envisioned, created, and developed as a way to guide and educate young Friends in their Quaker faith, similar to Confirmation Classes or Bar/Bat Mitzvah studies found...
Celebrate our World Family of Friends! QREC has partnered with Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) to create materials to accompany five FWCC-QuakerSpeak videos being released in 2016-17. The short videos are wonderful places to begin an...
Friends are Invited to Host or Join a Listening Circle! To take stock of our work and our growing RE community, we invite and encourage you to host a summer Listening Circle. Guiding queries and more information in document posted...
We are excited to report that 48 Friends from 12 yearly meetings traveled to be together for a full weekend of sharing, learning, fellowship and worship. Together we created a multigenerational space that included Friends from across geographic and theological boundaries. We were blessed with many opportunities to network and build relationships that will support and sustain our RE work in our meetings and churches and further QREC’s stewardship for life-long Quaker faith formation through religious education. Many reported coming away with a sense of the weekend being a covered time together.
Plans were made to collaborate on some projects throughout the year. A full report of the conference, including information about ways for Friends to be part of this ongoing work, will be available soon. Watch for an article about the conference and QREC soon in Friends Journal.
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.
We share leadership as part of our collaborative mission, making decisions using the Quaker ‘sense of the meeting’ process, sitting in expectant, worshipful waiting for the emergence of shared truth. Read more…
Our work takes place in ‘circles’ 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 more…
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.
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 God’s 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.
Online conferences for Quaker religious educators to share about their work. Conversations are scheduled for two sessions per topic to encourage international participation. Join the conversation…
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 events…
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.
QREC depends on all of us sharing our gifts and skills as religious educators. Here are some of the ways you can get involved…
