by Sita Diehl | November 27, 2022 | Children's Religious Education, Faith at Home, Lessons Small Meetings RE, Quaker Family Culture, Resources, Small Meetings
Children learn through play. They play school, they play house, they even play COVID, giving everyone shots. Do our children know enough about being Quaker to play Quaker? Children are fully spiritual beings. Meeting life needs to be as open and comprehensible to them...
by Sita Diehl | March 18, 2022 | Administrative Guidance Children's RE, Administrative Guidance Youth RE, Resources, Small Meetings
Friends Meetings, like all faith communities, are at risk of sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults. This one page explanation of the risk is a good conversation starter for Friends meetings seeking to create or strengthen safety policies. Rules of Thumb for...
by Sita Diehl | January 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Since the beginning of the Religious Society of Friends, we have found “the Light” to be a helpful way of talking about the Divine. Today, we often speak about “the Light within” and “holding each other in the Light,” but not all Friends know that the image of the...
by Sita Diehl | November 24, 2021 | Children's Religious Education, Home and Family, Resources
Use this coloring page when the world seems to need brightening. Author and illustrator, Anne Nydam (Wellesley Meeting, NEYM), invites you to send colored pages for posting in her on-line gallery: Nydam Prints, Black and White Download the image Fill This Day with...
by Sita Diehl | September 21, 2021 | Children's Religious Education, Resources, Small Meetings
Aconcise exploration of Quaker faith and practice for young children. Without preaching or proselytizing, children who are believers talk about their religion, as they have learned it from — or practice it with — their families. Religions of the World...
