Quaker Leadership Center Info Session hosted by Pendle Hill
A webinar introducing the resources of the Quaker Leadership Center, a ministry of Earlham School of Religion….
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Who are we?
The Quaker Leadership Center (QLC) was launched in 2022 by Earlham School of Religion (ESR) in Richmond, IN. Established in 1960 as a graduate theological division of Earlham College, ESR is the pre-eminent Quaker seminary in the United States.
The Center is being funded with a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative, which is designed to help theological schools in the U.S. and Canada prioritize and respond to the most pressing challenges they face as they prepare pastoral leaders now and into the future.
We are a ministry of ESR but seek to serve and connect a wide variety of Quaker leaders.
What is our Mission?
In a time of rapid cultural and congregational change,
We equip Quaker leaders to faithfully adapt by:
- Cultivating new connections among diverse Quaker expressions
- Collaborating with existing partners to revitalize leaders and their ministry contexts
- Curating relevant resources from the wider world of faith and leadership
- Convening conversations about common concerns and new possibilities
- Creating spaces where leaders find their path to ministry and groups discern their vital futures
- Companioning leaders and like-minded Friends as they incubate new ministries
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QLC news
Get One Good Word
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Keep Your Playdates
As Quaker leaders, we do serious and important work. We are charged with leading institutions, shepherding souls, laboring for social change, sharing divinely-inspired messages, providing care for the suffering, and more. With such serious and sacred work to do, we might think that we should always be serious and solemn. “No more laughing, no more…
Hold on to the Holy Conjunction
One of my favorite musicals is Fiddler on the Roof. Tevye, the narrator and protagonist in the play, has a great respect for “tradition!” but he keeps coming upon situations that challenge his loyalties. His daughters keep falling in love with the “wrong” guys, for example. So Tevye often finds himself wandering around pondering his…
Make Footprints, Not Monuments
I read a quote a couple months ago, from the writer William Faulkner, that I haven’t been able to shake. He was talking about monuments vs. footprints. He explains: “A monument only says, ‘At least I got this far,’ while a footprint says, ‘This is where I was when I moved again.’” Making monuments is…
Three Good Reminders
I need reminders. With all the data, information, opinions, suggestions, ads, and other input that I see in a day, I need reminders about what is important and what I need to do. I need assistance, not because my brain is faulty, but because it was designed with limits (whether I like them or not.)…
Sing a New Song
A Friendly Reminder reflection from QLC By Andy Stanton-Henry As many of you know, earlier this month, the Quaker Leadership Center and Pendle Hill collaborated on a conference called “Publishers of the Truth.” The last couple of years, their Quaker Institute and our Quaker Leadership Conference happened around the same time, so we decided to……
Meet your QLC team
Let us know if you have questions, concerns, visitation inquiry, or request for resources
Della Stanley-Green
Director
Della is excited to see where God is leading the Center, ESR and the whole of the Religious Society of Friends. She is a Recorded Minister in Western Yearly Meeting and a trained spiritual director.
She recently completed a three-year interim as the leader of the Interim Co-Superintendent Team for Western Yearly Meeting of Friends, (33 Quaker Meetings in western IN and eastern IL). She also serves as an Adjunct Professor in the MBAOnline@UDayton program teaching “The Principled
Organization: Integrating Faith, Ethics and Work.”
Andy Stanton-Henry
Associate director
Andy is a writer, Quaker minister, chicken-keeper, and distraught Reds fan. He holds degrees from Barclay College and Earlham School of Religion, and is a doctoral student studying Open and Relational Theology. He carries a special concern for rural leaders, leading to his recently published book Recovering Abundance: Twelve Practices for Small-Town Leaders. Andy has also trained in spiritual direction, labyrinth facilitation, conflict transformation, and entrepreneurial ministry. A native Buckeye, Andy now lives in East Tennessee with his spouse, Ashlyn, their blue heeler Cassie, and their laying hens.
Katrina McConaughey
Administrative Assistant
Katrina McConaughey is a lifelong Quaker originally from the Pacific Northwest. She recently relocated to central Indiana with her husband Shawn, after serving a four-year term with Friends United Meeting in Kenya. She is most proud of having raised two awesome adult children, but also loves gardening and is almost as proud to have grown a six pound sweet potato this year!