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Growing in the Light
6th-8th Grades

Dorothy Reichardt and Barbara Rose Caldwell, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Religious Education Committee, 1984, revised 1988, 1994, 1998, 39 pp. ($7.00)

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Introduction

Chapter 1      Enter in the Meetinghouse – Meeting for Worship, Part I
Chapter 2      Special Silence – Meeting for Worship, Part II
Chapter 3      When Two or Three Are Gathered Together – Meeting for Business
Chapter 4      The Seekers of the Light Are One - Membership
Chapter 5      Do Unto Others – The Testimony of Community
Chapter 6      In His Image – The Testimony of Equality
Chapter 7      The World in Tune – The Testimony of Harmony
Chapter 8      ‘Tis a Gift to Be Simple – The Testimony of Simplicity
Chapter 9      A Quaker Is… - Closing Celebration

Content: Covers Meeting for Worship, Meeting for Business, architecture, Meeting Structure, and the first four Queries: community, equality, harmony and simplicity. Focuses on understanding Quaker beliefs and practices.

Age Range: 11 - 13 years.

Preparation Time: 30 minutes; need advance time to gather supplies.

Number of Lessons: Nine; one each week. Could stretch some lessons into two weeks with service projects.

Activities: Games, songs, arts and crafts, writing and journaling, play acting, discussion, and service projects.

Supplies/Equipment: Books, records or tapes, art and craft supplies, and journaling supplies (pencils and paper), a hymnal or song book, and a Bible.

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Published by Curriculum Working Group of the Religious Education Executive Concerns Group, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, September 1998 (reprinted, November 2001).

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