MAPST Information Sessions

MAPST Information Sessions

Meet professor Colleen Wessel-McCoy and learn about the exciting changes to the MA in Peace & Social Transformation Program at ESR. .stk-7rbn81w .stk-button{padding-right:25px !important;padding-left:25px !important;background:#7B1F38 !important;border-top-left-radius:50px !important;border-top-right-radius:50px !important;border-bottom-right-radius:50px !important;border-bottom-left-radius:50px !important}.stk-7rbn81w .stk-button:hover:after{background:#3F5661 !important;opacity:1 !important}Register for MAPST Information Sessions For more information contact Julie Dishman, Director of Recruitment & Admissions, ESR, 765-983-1523 or [email protected].

MAPST Information Sessions

MAPST Information Sessions

Meet professor Colleen Wessel-McCoy and learn about the exciting changes to the MA in Peace & Social Transformation Program at ESR. .stk-xjni9hm .stk-button{padding-right:25px !important;padding-left:25px !important;background:#7B1F38 !important;border-top-left-radius:50px !important;border-top-right-radius:50px !important;border-bottom-right-radius:50px !important;border-bottom-left-radius:50px !important}.stk-xjni9hm .stk-button:hover:after{background:#3F5661 !important;opacity:1 !important}Register for MAPST Information Sessions For more information contact Julie Dishman, Director of Recruitment & Admissions, ESR, 765-983-1523 or [email protected].

Sandbox on Topic of Silence

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...

Convergent Friends Model of Renewal conversation

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...

Consultation on Interpersonal Violence within Quaker Meetings

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...

Quaker Trustees Training Series

Trustees in Quaker Community

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?

Sandbox Conversation on Silence

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

Celebrate Black History Month

.stk-ogw5dym .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:24px !important}@media screen and (max-width:1023px){.stk-ogw5dym .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:24px !important}}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...

Celebrate Black History Month

Join us for Willson Lecture 2 with Lauren Brownlee on Quaker Principles and Practices in Service of Racial Justice. .stk-7xvqh1w .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:24px !important}@media screen and (max-width:1023px){.stk-7xvqh1w .stk-block-heading__text{font-size:24px !important}}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...

Quaker Trustees Training Series

Policies

Why do we need a child safety policy? A sexual abuse and harassment policy? An employment policy? What do such policies mean in the context of Quaker faith and practice? How can we be guided by the Holy Spirit in these difficult legal areas to build the beloved community? Please let us know you're coming!

Willson Lectures Follow-Up

Join us on Thursday, February 29 @ 7:00 PM ET for a follow-up conversation about the Willson Lectures at ESR by nova george and Lauren Brownlee in recognition of Black History Month. Adria Gulizia, a public minister from Chatham-Summit Monthly Meeting, will be facilitating the conversation. She will help us consider how the content from...