Quaker Meetings can help parents feel welcome by offering consistent support according to the capacity of the Meeting or Worship Group. Meetings may offer children’s religious education, regular potlucks, family friendly retreats or opportunities for parents to gather for mutual support. Meetings can also put parents at ease by making space for children in the Meeting Room and allaying parents’ concerns about children in Meeting for Worship.
The intensity of the 2024 election cycle is an experience both for adults and for the children and youth in our families and communities. Depending on their age, preschoolers to teens may be aware of the anxiety in the adults around them — and experiencing their own anxiety about the outcome of the election in November. This article shares resources and support for adults caring for children and youth.
Conversations to help meetings discern the value of paid religious education staff in ministry for children and families.
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...
Kindness naturally and joyfully multiplies when we focus on opportunities to be helpful, courteous, generous, and encouraging! The Kindness Quilt is an invitation to illustrate our own acts of kindness and pull them all together in a lovely festive quilt. In the...
