Supporting Spiritual Nurture in the Home
Slides from the PYM RE Conversations March 2021: How can meetings support families? What practices in the home are spiritual formation that’s happening all the time?
Programs and Worship During COVID-19
- How do we continue to engage our children,young people, and their families each week in worship and religious education, during “physical distancing?”
- Guidance and Practices for Online Youth Gatherings with participants under the age of 18
Planning and Welcome:
- Families at the Threshold (welcome for families)
- Friendly Spaces for Families
- 4 Videos on Welcome and Inclusion of Families in Our Meetings (Quaker Religious Education Collaborative)
- Planning Calendar for First Day Programs 2020-2021
- Planning Calendar for First Day Programs 2021-22
- Recommended books and curricula for First Day program libraries
- Resources for Quaker Teens at Meeting and at Home
- Why include the Bible in Quaker religious education?
- Books to Support Spiritual Growth and Connection to Testimonies
- Considerations When Choosing and Using Books in First Day School (reflections on age appropriateness, gender issues, racial and cultural awareness, and considerations for working with middle school aged children by Gail Thomas, shared from the FGC website)
- Suggested Resources for Easter (2021)
Support for Friends:
- Video: Supporting the Ministry of Children’s Religious Education
- Youth Religious Education “Minute of Travel”
- Nurturing Children’s Spiritual Lives: A Journey of Spirit and Wonder
- Nurturing Quaker Children in Small Meetings
- Top Ten List for New Teachers
- Let love (and welcome, inclusion, knowledge, and action) be the first motion! (multiple links to additional resources)
- Choosing Excellent Children’s Books By & About American Indians
Quaker Testimonies Handouts:
Worship with Young People:
- Teaching the Practice of Worship
- Meeting for Worship: A How-to Guide by 6th Graders
- Worship Sharing with Children
- Exploring Vocal Ministry with Young People
- Being Present: The Worship Bowl (lesson plan)
- Start with Worship
- Meeting for Worship in the Classroom
- Heart Sharing
- Foundations for Worship
- A Recipe for Multigenerational Worship!