Simplicity Resources

Experiments in Celebration and Simplicity in Quaker Meetings, Summary

Experiments in Celebration and Simplicity in Quaker Meetings, Summary

Jan 2, 2025

During the Christmas season and other holidays, Friends Meetings may celebrate as a way to experience wonder and light, rejoice in intergenerational community, and engage in cultural traditions. At the same time, we are called by the testimony of simplicity that is essential to Quaker faith and practice. We celebrate, in part, for the sake of children in our meeting and recognize that when the adult Friends who curate these celebrations are centered, the spiritual meaning comes through for children.

Sharing Circle: Experiments in Celebration and Simplicity in Quaker Meetings

Sharing Circle: Experiments in Celebration and Simplicity in Quaker Meetings

Nov 10, 2024

During the Christmas season and other holidays, Friends Meetings may celebrate as a way to experience wonder and light, rejoice in intergenerational community, and engage in cultural traditions. At the same time, we are called by the testimony of simplicity that is essential to Quaker faith and practice. We celebrate, in part, for the sake of children in our meeting and recognize that when the adult Friends who curate these celebrations are centered, the spiritual meaning comes through for children.

The Good Garden

The Good Garden

Aug 19, 2021

This is an inspiring story of one struggling farming family in Honduras…and their journey to growing enough food to meet their needs. Based on the real story of farm transformation underway in Honduras and many other countries, this book offers children ways they can...

The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman

The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman

Apr 8, 2021

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...

Birth of the Friends Church

Birth of the Friends Church

Feb 17, 2021

Mid-17th century England was swept by dramatic changes: sharp religious and political conflict, rising hopes, charismatic leaders and popular grassroots movements — in short, a world much like the one we live in today. Friends were born as a faith community into this...

Afirmación cuáquera: un curso de estudio para jóvenes amigos

Afirmación cuáquera: un curso de estudio para jóvenes amigos

Feb 2, 2021

"CURRÍCULO VISTO, CREADO Y DESARROLLADO como una forma de guiar y educar a los Amigos jóvenes en su fe cuáquera, similar a las Clases de Confirmación o los estudios de Bar / Bat Mitzvá que se encuentran en otras religiones. Para cualquier reunión o iglesia cuáquera,...

The Gardener

The Gardener

Jun 2, 2020

Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big gray city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, a cantankerous baker. There she initiates a gradual transformation, bit by bit brightening the shop and bringing smiles to customers' faces with the...

Quiet

Quiet

Apr 14, 2020

Lesson plan for the home with book, videos and activities. The author reminds us that mindfulness‚ "being quiet, still, and present with one another" is a very special thing. Everything is in such a hurry, busy as busy can be. The birds are flying so fast, the...

Quaker Worship, Faith and Practice

Quaker Worship, Faith and Practice

Oct 30, 2019

Perfect for newcomers, this brief pamphlet captures the essence of unprogrammed Quaker worship, our faith and practice, and testimonies. By permission of the author, the document is downloadable at no cost. Quaker Worship, Faith and Practice Excerpt on unprogrammed...

Beyond Majority Rule: Voteless Decisions In The Religious Society Of Friends

Beyond Majority Rule: Voteless Decisions In The Religious Society Of Friends

Oct 17, 2019

This book is based on Michael J. Sheeran‚Äôs doctoral work in the Dept. of Politics at Princeton University. A Jesuit priest, he spent two years (1973‚Äî75) conducting interviews, reading, and observing the actual decision-making of the Quakers. Sheeran was convinced...

Our Life is Love: The Quaker Spiritual Journey

Our Life is Love: The Quaker Spiritual Journey

Oct 17, 2019

Our Life is Love describes the transformational spiritual journey of the first Quakers, who turned to the Light of Christ within and allowed it to be their guide. Many Friends today use different language, but are still called to make the same journey. In our time...

A Testament of Devotion

A Testament of Devotion

Oct 17, 2019

Since its first publication in 1941, A Testament of Devotion has been universally embraced as a truly enduring spiritual classic. Plainspoken and deeply inspirational, it gathers together five compelling essays that urge us to center our lives on God's presence, to...

Silence and Witness: The Quaker Tradition

Silence and Witness: The Quaker Tradition

Oct 17, 2019

This is a meaty and inviting introduction to Quaker thought and spiritual life. The detailed examination of discernment about when to speak in meeting and other leadings is worth the cover price. His chapter entitled 'The Facing Bench' lifts up well selected...

Revolutionary Roots of Quakerism: a six-session journey with Early Friends

Revolutionary Roots of Quakerism: a six-session journey with Early Friends

Oct 17, 2019

Mid-17th century England was swept by dramatic changes: sharp religious and political conflict, rising hopes, charismatic leaders and popular grassroots movements - in short, a world much like the one we live in today. Quakers were born as a faith community into this...

Deepening Meeting Life

Deepening Meeting Life

Oct 15, 2019

This curriculum enables Friends to explore central tenets in the shared life of a Friends Meeting. Topics include: Quakerism as an adventure in direct, unmediated, ongoing guidance by Spirit. Exploring our faith with each other. Deepening worship — how we can...

Religious Education for the Home and Small Meeting

Religious Education for the Home and Small Meeting

Jul 23, 2019

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...

Thy Friend, Obadiah

Thy Friend, Obadiah

Jun 14, 2019

Obadiah, a young Quaker boy living in colonial Nantucket, is constantly followed by a sea gull. Obadiah wishes the seagul would leave him alone, but when it does leave, he yearns for its companionship. This story helps young children learn about the importance of...

Exploring Quakerism: A Study Guide, Teenagers Edition

Exploring Quakerism: A Study Guide, Teenagers Edition

Apr 30, 2019

"There is that of God in everyone," paraphrased from George Fox's revelation, electrified 17th century England and continues to speak to us today. This 14-session curriculum offers an overview of Quaker faith and practice for middle and high school students. Designed...

Reverse Advent for Friends

Reverse Advent for Friends

Nov 5, 2018

Reverse Advent: For Families and RE Programs, An Activity to Teach the Spiritual Discipline of Reaching Out In December, young people and their families have an opportunity to connect a story of the season with service to a local food cupboard or shelter. While...

Quaker Children and the Bolivian Water Crisis

Quaker Children and the Bolivian Water Crisis

Aug 18, 2018

In 2016, when global warming left the entire city of La Paz without drinking water for weeks, the Friends International Bilingual Center (FIBC) seized the teachable moment to educate children about the crisis and what they could do to help. Through QREC, Friends in...

The Power of Goodness

The Power of Goodness

Jun 24, 2018

TThe Power of Goodness: Art and Stories for a Culture of Peace is a short story book with children's art from Chechnya, Russia and around the world illustrating narratives of nonviolence, healing and reconciliation. Together, the words and images capture the...

Discovering Our Faith Through Worship Sharing

Discovering Our Faith Through Worship Sharing

May 14, 2018

This booklet offers opportunities for individual, family and all-meeting study of the foundations of the Quaker faith. It offers a way to welcome new attenders by drawing out the faith that is already within them while respecting where each is on their spiritual...

El Curriculo de la Vida de John Woolman

El Curriculo de la Vida de John Woolman

May 8, 2018

Había un gran interés en mi mente en no ocupar mi tiempo con relación a las cosas externas, de tal manera que nada me impidiera tener la fiel atención a la voz del Pastor Verdadero. —El diario de John Woolman, 1743, p.18 Este currículo es el resultado de una...

Earth Care for Children

Earth Care for Children

Mar 15, 2018

This curriculum helps children walk gently over God's Earth through interactive and fun activities. Young Friends experience the Earth as our home, see how we share our home with God's creatures, and learn how we can behave in caring ways for our world. Quaker...

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