Friends General Conference

Nurturing faith and Quaker practice

Events

Upcoming events offered by FGC, including workshops, trainings, retreats and other opportunities.

High School Program participants live together creating community through a multitude of activities during the week. An intense and amazing, fun-packed Quaker experience.

Youth and Parents | Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 2:00pm

Sixth through Eighth Graders (2012-13) spend their mornings in workshops and their evenings with both small support groups and large group recreational activities.

Youth and Parents | Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 2:00pm

Kindergarten through Fifth Graders (2012-13) spend time with similarly aged friends, working on projects, singing, worshipping, playing and learning.

Youth and Parents | Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 2:00pm

Preschoolers spend their mornings in a variety of spirited outdoor activities... all with abundant staffing.

Youth and Parents | Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 2:00pm

Infants and Toddlers spend their mornings pretty much as they would if they were at home . . .

Youth and Parents | Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 2:00pm

 

Opportunities abound for families to spend time together at Gathering. 

Youth and Parents | Monday, July 1, 2013 - 1:30pm

What Love Requires: Community and the Challenge of Diversity

As Friends we are called to love each other in unity. For many of us, the challenge of diversity overwhelms our ability to labor with each other in love. . . . Read more.

Evening Programs | Monday, July 1, 2013 - 7:00pm

These small-group sessions often spark new leadings and insights. Choose from varied topics likely to include peace and justice issues, international conflict and peace-making, education, economics, spirituality, and other Quaker concerns. To offer an interest group, submit a completed proposal by May 7.

Evening Programs | Tuesday, July 2, 2013 - 7:00pm

As spiritually sensitive as Rumi, as dedicated to the common good as Pete Seeger, as complex in his characterizations as Joni Mitchell–David Wilcox brings depth, conscience, rollicking energy and gentle humor to his recordings and stage shows.

A superb guitarist with a light baritone voice, David creates songs and stories to touch Friends’ hearts.

Evening Programs | Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 7:00pm

Vincent Harding has spent his life in service to the intersection of faith and justice. He is a civil rights activist, primary author of Martin Luther King’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech; Professor Emeritus of Religion and Social Transformation at Iliff School of Theology in Denver; and author of many books, including Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero. He looks forward to spending most of the week at the Gathering, and we look forward to his message for us.

Evening Programs | Thursday, July 4, 2013 - 7:00pm