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Writings on Religious Education: Practical and Prophetic


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
  • 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)

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:

  • Community
  • Equality
  • Integrity
  • Peace
  • Simplicity
  • Stewardship

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!

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Religious Education

  • Guidance and Practices for Online Youth Gatherings
  • Religious Education
  • Religious Education News
  • Quaker Religious Education Organizations
  • Together at Home and Online: Religious Education during COVID-19
  • The Tote Bag Newsletter
  • Upcoming PYM Youth Programs
  • Writings on Religious Education: Practical and Prophetic

Contact

Melinda Wenner Bradley
Youth Religious Life Coordinator
mwennerbradley@pym.org
215-241-7171

RSS Religious Education News

  • Youth Hangouts & Summits
  • Stories of Faith on the Road to Easter
  • Quaker Traditions Series: Part II – Worship
  • Share Your Meeting’s Spiritual Self-Assessment
  • Black History: Celebrate in February, Include All Year
  • How Meetings Coped with a (Mostly) Virtual Christmas
  • Pastoral Care for Our Children in These Times
  • Tuition Aid for Friends Children in PYM Friends Schools
  • The Mystery of Christmas: A Nativity Story
  • Christmas Together in New Ways

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