Consultation on Intergenerational Engagement

Melinda Wenner Bradley and Beth Collea from Quaker Religious Education Collaborative will facilitate this consultation. This gathering is for Friends who are parenting, grandparenting, holding care for ministry or pastoral care in their church/meeting, and anyone curious to explore being "all together." Why is intergenerational community good for all of us, at any age? Why...

Public Ministry Workshop Series: Discerning a Public Ministry

Join Powell House in the first of three skills workshops co-sponsored by Quaker Leadership Center. This workshop explores how a local worshipping community and an individual Friend might respond together to a call to public ministry. What is a call and what is necessary to be accountable and supported in it? Register for this event

Heart of Peace Lecture & Brunch

Join us at Earlham School of Religion or online for a brunch & peace lecture, sponsored by the Betty Carter Peace Fund. We will learn from Diana Hadley & David Weatherspoon, gleaning insights on peace leadership from their book The Peace Class: A study of effective cheek-turning, neighbor-loving and sword-to-plowshare conversion. Diana Hadley is a...

Public Ministry Workshop Series: Accountability for Public Ministry

Join Powell House for the second of three skills workshops co-sponsored by Quaker Leadership Center. This workshop will dive deep into material explored in our first workshop with QLC. What is accountability to a call, and how do we actively fulfill this as religious communities? Register for this event

Pastors Conference

Join us for the annual pastors conference in Richmond, IN or online. The event is co-sponsored by Earlham School of Religion and the Quaker Leadership Center. This year we will be joined by Gregg Koskela from Oregon as we reflect on the role of silence in worship, or "communion in the manner of Friends." We...

Public Ministry Workshop Series: Eldering a Public Minister

Join Powell House for the third of three skills workshops co-sponsored by Quaker Leadership Center. Do you feel a call to serve as an elder, or support person, to another's public ministry? Join us for a conversation about lessons learned in serving in this capacity, including how to ask for and offer eldership and negotiate...