Faith & Play: Stories of Quaker faith, practice and witness
Conversation Circles: February 20 & 22, 2024
Thursday conversation will be simultaneously interpreted in Spanish
FAITH & PLAY™ IS A SET OF STORIES for Friends to use as a vehicle for learning about Quaker faith and practice, and to explore our identity as Friends. Because the format is experiential, listeners can find meaning in the story drawing on their own life experience. Stories provide an opportunity to explore faith both as an individual and as part of a spiritual community.
Following the Godly Play® model, a Faith & Play story is told both verbally and visually, using simple materials, with participants gathered in a circle. Faith & Play stories were originally intended for children 3-12 years old, and this remains the primary focus. At the same time, the stories are also used with older youth, multigenerational groups, and with adults new to Quakerism.
Join this conversation to learn more about using Faith & Play in your meeting.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
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Conversation Starter:
- Melinda Wenner Bradley, Faith & Play Director of Communications and Training
Facilitators:
- Elizabeth Freyman, Albuquerque Friends Meeting, IMYM
- Andrew Wright, Durham Friends Meeting, NCYMC
RESOURCES:
- Faith & Play: Quaker Stories for Friends Trained in the Godly Play Method, (Quaker Press of FGC, second edition, 2017) available from FGC QuakerBooks.
- Faith & Play Stories website: https://quakerfaithandplay.org/
- Faith & Play Stories channel on YouTube
- Teaching Godly Play: How to Mentor the Spiritual Development of Children by Jerome Berryman, (Morehouse, revised and expanded 2009).
- The Complete Guide to Godly Play (Volumes 1-8) by Jerome Berryman (Church Publishing Incorporated, 2002, revised 2017). Friends most often find volumes 2, 3, and 4 have the core, extension, and enrichment stories from the Bible curriculum that are used in our circles.
- Stories of God at Home by Jerome Berryman
- Children’s Spirituality: What it is and Why it Matters by Rebecca Nye
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