A Conversation with Anne Lamott

Goddard Auditorium

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ESR Alumni Reunion

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New Student Meet & Greet via Zoom

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Author Talk with Howard Macy

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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

Sowing Seeds of Peace in Bolivia

Earlham School of Religion - Dining Area 228 College Avenue, Richmond, Indiana

In 2010, Bolivian Quaker Magaly Quispe started offering Alternatives to Violence workshops in one Bolivian prison. AVP-Bolivia has now reached 21 prisons - and every department in Bolivia. Come hear about Magaly's work for peace and how it has expanded to anti-domestic violence work, as well as a  "study home" -- a residence for rural students who...

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 on Friday, October 18th for a day of reflecting on the role of silence in pastoral ministry. Whether programmed or unprogrammed, Quakers have always valued silence as an important means of accessing divine grace and listening to God. Some talk about "centering down" or "communion in the manner of Friends"; programmed Meetings talk...