Friends, we are calling you to come to the table . . .
April 11-13 in Atlanta, GA.
Click here: REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
QREC’s Annual Conference is about connection, renewal, and learning from and with one another. Watch here for FULL SCHEDULE, coming soon!
- This is a unique opportunity to attend a Quaker gathering focused on formation and religious education.
- Interest groups, workshops, resource sharing, panel discussion and plenary speaker — watch here for more program information! (Oh, and we will SING!)
- There will be childcare provided, hospitality options, and many sessions will be hybrid, with online access.
- Ask your meeting/church how they can provide financial or spiritual support for you to attend!
Registration for overnight home hospitality requests will close on March 14
General registration will close April 4
Questions? Contact info@quakerrecollaborative.org
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Times shown are Eastern Daylight Time
HYBRID indicates where program will be both online and onsite
Friday, April 11: “Laying the Table”
- 4:30 Arrival/Registration
- 6:00 Supper – Potluck hosted by AFM
- 7:00 Evening Program HYBRID
- 8:30 Closing prayers and goodnight
Saturday, April 12: “Gather at the Table”
- 8:30 Coffee/tea at meetinghouse
- 9:00 Programmed Meeting for Worship HYBRID
- 10:00 Panel Discussion: “What is feeding the spiritual lives and formation of Friends?” HYBRID
- 11:15 Small group discussions growing out of panel sharing HYBRID
- 12:00 Lunch
- 1:00 Interest Groups – “Spiritual Snacks!”
- Human Dignity and Trans Quakers since 1970
- Nurturing Quaker Teens HYBRID
- Bayard Rustin Speaks Truth to Power
- and more!
- 3:00 Meeting for Worship with a Concern for the Business of QREC HYBRID
- 4:15 Workshops – “Picnic Baskets”
- Creating Space for Spiritual Intimacy Among Friends HYBRID
- Walking in the World as a Friend /Caminando en el Mundo como Amigo Cuáquero (English and Spanish HYBRID)
- How can the power of tutoring and tiny group conversations be harnessed to improve the quality of first day school?
- Money Cafe: A RSWR workshop around exploring our relationship with money, as well as a discussion on how to approach economic topics in spiritual education spaces
- U. S. Quakers, the Equality Testimony and Marriage Equality before Loving (1967) and Obergefell (2015) decisions on Interracial and Same-Sex Marriages
- 6:00 Supper – Potluck hosted by AFM
- 7:15 Evening Program HYBRID
Dr. Folami Prescott-Adams will facilitate us in co-creating a program of story, song, and community, lifting up what we’re taking from the day.
- 8:30 Closing prayers and goodnight
Sunday, April 13: “Take-home Containers”
- 8:30 Coffee/tea at meetinghouse
- 9:00 Worship Sharing with Silent Squares
- 10:00 Meeting for Worship and Fellowship with AFM HYBRID
- 12:00 Farewells, for now!