by Sita Diehl | November 30, 2019 | Planning Resources Small Meetings RE, Small Meetings
From the child’s point of view, living in a small Meeting can be very rich. The segregation between children and adults that is the norm for popular culture and many large Meetings is impossible here. It is like living in a small town, or a large family where...
by Sita Diehl | November 21, 2019 | Children's Religious Education
Grandparents, aunts and uncles, and children gather at a farm house to celebrate Christmas in the Russian tradition. Based on Polacco’s childhood memories, this is the story of her Great-uncle Vladimir, known as Vova, and his colorful and inventive celebrations...
by Sita Diehl | November 16, 2019 | Children's Religious Education, Home and Family, Small Meetings
This picture-book version of the Biblical parable of the loaves and fishes tells the story from the perspective of the young boy who offers up his simple lunch of rye bread loaves and fish he’d caught at his quiet fishing spot to Jesus, who uses them to feed the...
by Sita Diehl | October 7, 2019 | Projects Children's RE
Join us in an exciting pop-up partnership between Friends Peace Teams and the Quaker Religious Education Collaborative! We are starting a pilot project organizing Friendly Holiday Gift Fairs as a way to learn about, celebrate, and support peacemaking through...
by Sita Diehl | July 23, 2019 | Children's Religious Education, Curricula Home RE, Home and Family, Small Meetings, Teaching Resources Small Meetings RE
This is an idea packet assembled for families and small meetings who seek to educate children in Quaker faith and practice. Originally published in 1986, this is a treasure trove, worthy of adaptation and revision given that most Quaker meetings still face these...
