Nurturing all-ages spiritual community is vital to the future of our Religious Society. This presentation explores invitation, welcome, and inclusion of families and children in the life of local meetings. How can we prepare spaces and programs to welcome newcomers? How are we called to rethink practices and structures that are barriers to family and youth participation? A presentation by Melinda Wenner Bradley, PYM Director of Program and Religious Life.
Outreach & Communications
Welcoming Friends: Encourage the Whole Meeting to Practice Authentic Welcoming
Welcoming Friends support the meeting community in warmly and effectively engaging newcomers. For many newcomers, obtaining a working understanding of Quaker faith and practice requires immersion in a community that is spiritually grounded, open, and inviting.
How Do Quaker Meetings Do Outreach and Welcome Newcomers?
This summer we traveled to New England Yearly Meeting and asked Quakers from all over the region: how does your meeting do outreach? How do you welcome newcomers? [Read more…] about How Do Quaker Meetings Do Outreach and Welcome Newcomers?
Inclusive Language to Use in Inreach, Outreach, and Communication
This document was created as part of an open day of developing resources for Quakers on January 14, 2017. Please send edits and suggestions to improve this to lisa@neym.org Why use inclusive language: Inclusive language communicates understanding of identity, power, and a commitment to create spaces that are more respectful and encompassing of everyone.
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