Join Ashley Wilcox as she explores the many ways preachers can learn from stand-up comics. Preachers have a lot to learn from stand-up comics. These comics are masters of form and storytelling. And comics are doing innovative work in sharing their comedy online. In this conference, Ashley M. Wilcox will use video clips from stand-up...
Author Talk with Margaret Benefiel about her book Crisis Leadership Register for this event
Meet professor Colleen Wessel-McCoy and learn about the exciting changes to the MA in Peace & Social Transformation Program at ESR. Register for MAPST Information Sessions For more information contact Julie Dishman, Director of Recruitment & Admissions, ESR, 765-983-1523 or [email protected].
Meet professor Colleen Wessel-McCoy and learn about the exciting changes to the MA in Peace & Social Transformation Program at ESR. Register for MAPST Information Sessions For more information contact Julie Dishman, Director of Recruitment & Admissions, ESR, 765-983-1523 or [email protected].
We will gather in the "sandbox" by Zoom to talk together about the topic of silence - our experience with silent worship, our use or disuse of silence in our congregation, how we teach its different applications, etc. This discussion grew out of engagement around Andy's Friendly Reminder blog: Talk About Silence. You may want...
Join us for our Insights conversation with Wess Daniels & Robin Mohr. These two great Quaker thinkers and leaders will talk with us about the Convergent Friends Model of Renewal. This model has great potential for renewing our meetings & organizations and healing historical divisions. Wess Daniels bio: Wess Daniels is the William R. Rogers Director...
Do you carry a concern for healing interpersonal violence that takes place within Quaker meetings, churches, and organizations? Join us for a cross-branch discussion about how we can address the impacts of abuse and how we can take preventative measures in our ministries. Public minister Windy Cooler will lead this consultation, sharing about the Life...
Quakers and Race in the 1920s Join Earlham College Emeritus Professor of History and Quaker Scholar in Residence Tom Hamm as he examines the turning point for modern Quaker involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.
How do we talk about the legal responsibilities of trustees and how this works with the corporate discernment of the whole community? What are some common misunderstandings that arise in this area? Since there’s no one model on which all Friends agree, what are some various models that we could consider?
Using Andy’s blog “Talk About Silence” as an anchor point, we will have an open discussion around topics like: Register for the Sandbox Conversation
Register for this event Black Creativity and Imagination in an Anti-Black World: Reading Grief and Justice in Psalm 89 Upon considering the story world and historical context of the biblical text of Psalm 89, I cannot help but hold it in conversation with the experiences of marginalization and oppression that black folks in the United...
Join us for Willson Lecture 2 with Lauren Brownlee on Quaker Principles and Practices in Service of Racial Justice. Register for this event About Lauren Brownlee Lauren Brownlee, a member of Bethesda Friends Meeting (BYM), is Deputy General Secretary at the Friends Committee on National Legislation. She leads FCNL's Governance, Community and Culture department and helps...
