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Faith & Play, created by Friends (Quakers), is a Montessori-inspired resource that helps children find words and images for expressing their experiences of holy mystery and wonder in their lives.  Go to Faith & Play of FGC to learn more

Faith & Play Working Group (of the Children's Spiritual Life Committee)

The Faith & Play Working Group, under the care of the Children's Spiritual Life Committee and Education Standing Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM), supports Friends interested in using Godly Play® and Faith & Play, stories of Quaker faith and witness told in the method of Godly Play®. Our work includes: writing, group editing and testing new Faith & Play stories; maintaining an informative website www.faithandplay.org (maintained through FGC); and offering workshops and information sessions about Godly Play® and Faith & Play to PYM monthly and quarterly meetings, PYM Friends schools, and at PYM annual sessions.

The Faith & Play Working Group is comprised of Friends from PYM monthly meetings as well as corresponding members from Baltimore, New England, and Pacific Yearly Meetings. The group meets 4-5 times a year at various locations within PYM. The working group grew out of Friend's interest in and use of Godly Play® in religious education programs, and members of the working group are trained in the Godly Play® method. The working group also has a close relationship to and is supported by Friends General Conference (FGC) through its Religious Education Coordinator, who is a member of the working group.

For ideas and information about using Godly Play® and Faith & Play in religious education, please contact the Faith & Play Working Group through its clerk: Melinda Wenner Bradley, mmwb@comcast.net

Upcoming Godly Play®Workshops FGC Sponsored Training, Supported by the PYM Faith and Play Working Group Salem Quarter Introductory Workshop-Godly Play®/Faith and Play: Releasing the Story October 31, noon to 3:30 pm (yes it is on Halloween). For parents, teachers, concerned adults. Find out about this unique approach to spiritual instruction. Halloween Youth Program runs at the same time as the workshop! Location: Mullica Hill Friends Meeting. Contact: Marsha Gaspar (Woodbury Friends) 856-869-3431. Make Your Own Godly Play®/Faith and Play Story Materials Workshop November 7, 11am to 4 pm. Join Friends from PYM who are using these stories. Crafting, sharing stories, fellowship, sharing experiences and tips. Sponsored by the Faith and Play Working Group of PYM. Childcare! Location to be announced. Contact Kathy Singer, ksinger@pym.org, 215-241-7526 Download Flyer and Registration Form (PDF)

 

Now Available through Quaker Books of FGC! Faith And Play: Quaker Stories For Friends Trained In The Godly Play (r) Method BY THE FAITH & PLAY WORKING GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING Godly Play®, created by Jerome Berryman, opened the way for Friends to teach bible stories using a method that embodies the Quaker idea of continuing revelation, supports multiple perspectives on a story, encourages silence as a tool within storytelling and honors the diversity of ways the spirit works within each person. This curriculum uses the full range of these techniques to help Friends tell stories of Quaker Faith and Practice. Developed by the Faith & Play Working Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, this is a resource that will work best for Friends and children already acquainted with Godly Play® methods. Quaker Press of FGC 2008 44 PP. Looseleaf $20.00 (in stock)

Links for training information and materials:
www.godlyplay.com
www.godlyplay.org.uk
www.childrenandworship.org
www.worshipwoodworks.com

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