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. 

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Steering Circle

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…

Working Circles

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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 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.

Resource Library General Search

Children's Education

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Family

African Quaker Library

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Young Adult Friends

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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 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.

Attend QREC Conferences and Retreats

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.  Join the conversation…

Other Events

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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…

Love at the Heart

Spiritual Practices

Discernment

Active Caring

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.

Learn More about Faith at Home

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Get Involved

QREC depends on all of us sharing our gifts and skills as religious educators. Here are some of the ways you can get involved…

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Refuge: The Timeless Story of Christmas

Refuge: The Timeless Story of Christmas

by Sita Diehl | April 22, 2021 | Children's Religious Education, Resources

The Christmas story and what follows: the fleeing of Jesus, Mary and Joseph from Herod’s soldiers to Egypt. An immigration story, this book has timeless crossover appeal and a message that couldn’t be more relevant today as so many leave their homeland for...
The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman

The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman

by Sita Diehl | April 8, 2021 | Adult Religious Education, Resources

The secret of Woolman’s purity of style is that his eye is single, and that conscience dictated his words. This Quaker preacher and tailor was a man of wisdom and true philosophy. These pages are filled with insight and messages for our time. A major classic of...
Faithful Families: Creating Sacred Moments at Home

Faithful Families: Creating Sacred Moments at Home

by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | January 30, 2021 | Faith at Home, For Parents and Nurturers Home RE, Home and Family

Add family faith moments to your daily routine with little or no prep, and share meaningful spiritual experiences with your children. Traci Smith, a pastor and mother of three, offers creative ways to discover and develop new spiritual practices as a family, whether...
Peace Begins with You

Peace Begins with You

by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | January 28, 2021 | Active Caring, Children's Religious Education, Faith at Home, Home and Family

Peace Begins with You frames peace as real and possible and peacemaking as right and actionable in our daily lives and on the world stage. It establishes universal human needs, the inevitability of conflict, and the possibility that resolutions to disagreements may...
The Best Gift of All

The Best Gift of All

by Jonathan Vogel-Borne | January 28, 2021 | Active Caring, Children's Religious Education, Faith at Home, Home and Family

The power of a simple visit rings loud and clear in this story. It’s a sweet primer in pastoral care for children. First, Mole has an awareness of missing his friend, Rabbit. He begins to take action and burrow a tunnel toward her home. Squirrel and Hedgehog are...
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