Faith & Play Stories provides a unique resource for Friends meetings and Friends schools to help nurture the spiritual lives of all ages through stories of Quaker faith, practice, and witness.
Last fall, Faith & Play offered three teacher training workshops in the United States. “Playing in the Light” training (Faith & Play and Godly Play for Friends) was hosted in September at West Hills Friends Church in Portland, Ore., bringing together Friends from Oregon, Washington, and California. In November, Albuquerque (N.M.) Meeting hosted this training for Friends in the West and Mennonite guests. Three Friends schools in the Philadelphia, Pa. region sent teachers to participate in “Learning in the Light,” the Faith & Play training created to support educators and Quaker life in schools.
Introductory programs for Friends meetings in both the United Kingdom and the United States were also hosted online.
In February, the Quaker Religious Education Collaborative invited Faith & Play’s director of communications and training to present at two online Conversation Circles exploring stories as a vehicle for learning about Quaker faith and practice and our identity as Friends.
Work continues on development of new stories and providing story kits for purchase at QuakerBooks of Friends General Conference.
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