In 2016, Jon Watts of Friends Journal will produce five new videos on the topics below. The Quaker Religious Education Collaborative (QREC) will develop a set of materials and instructions to assist Friends to use each video in religious education programs for adults and children. FWCC will train yearly meeting representatives to use our new videos and the collateral material to effectively share more of their knowledge and experience, bringing more engaging religious education programs home to their monthly, quarterly and yearly meetings.
We encourage everyone to show them as part of an FWCC program on World Quaker Day on October 2, 2016.
Attenders at the 2017 Section Meeting will receive a USB thumb drive with the videos and the religious education curricula to take home for use in local presentations after the Section Meeting, including FWCC presentations at yearly meeting sessions.
Listening in Tongues: Being bilingual as a Quaker Value How learning to communicate with people who we think are not like us makes Quakers more welcoming to newcomers, able to listen more deeply to that of God in everyone, and more effective in achieving community service and justice goals.
What are Quakers around the world doing to sustain life on earth? From the 2012 Kabarak Call for Peace and Ecojustice to the sustainability minute created at the 2016 World Plenary Meeting in Peru. What have Quakers been doing about the challenge of climate change and environmental justice and how can I get involved?
Where in the world are all the Quakers? Looking at the statistical map and the demographics of global Quakerism, with a link to our online directory.
Top 10 reasons I'm a Quaker with Gregg Koskela, Evangelical Friend, and pastor of Newberg Friends Church in Oregon, Northwest YM.
I think I'm a Quaker. What do I do now? For people who read about Quakers on the internet. What do I need to know about the different kinds of Quakers? How do I find real, live Quakers and what should I do when I get there? Interviews will be conducted at a joint meeting of our Nominating and Representative Engagement Committees in November 2016 with a very wide range of Quakers from across the Section.
In 2015, FWCC and FPC produced three QuakerSpeak videos that have been popular and useful in religious education for adults and teens. These are currently available at QuakerSpeak.com. The "Seeing the Tapestry" project is a collaboration between FWCC and
- Friends Journal
- Quaker Religious Education Collaborative (QREC)
- FWCC Representatives who serve as volunteer ambassadors for their yearly meetings
- The monthly meetings, churches, and worship groups who will receive these religious education programs, building local community and deepening spiritual experiences.
