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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Outreach”

Crossing the Threshold: Preparing to Welcome Families

February 15, 2019 Children, Outreach, Pastoral Care

How do meeting communities prepare and engage in active invitation to families and children? Three sets of needs. When a family walks through the door of a meeting, there are three sets of needs we should be prepared to support: the spiritual formation of their children, the spiritual journey of …

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Salem Quarterly Meeting Launches Podcast

October 28, 2016 Communications, Outreach, Religious Education

Salem Quarterly Meeting, an association of seven South Jersey Quaker meetings, has launched a new podcast called Clearly Quaker. This occasionally released podcast will feature audio recordings from various lectures on topics of interest to both Quakers and non-Quakers alike. Clearly Quaker expands Salem Quarterly Meeting’s recent efforts to explore …

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Inspiring Connections Across Difference in Delaware County

July 15, 2016 Addressing Racism

Written by Sarah Willie-LeBreton and Pauline Guerin, July 15, 2016 Like many meetings and faith organizations across the country, Providence Monthly Meeting in Media, PA has been wrestling with what racism and white privilege, the nation’s policies of hyper incarceration of black and brown people in particular, and state-sponsored as …

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