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Welcome to Faith & Play

Like Godly Play®, with which it is designed to be used, Faith & Play is

In the Faith & Play classroom, an experiential framework for exploring Quaker faith and practice with children is provided through

  • regular use of story in a structured environment,
  • careful pacing, including periods of silence,
  • community building,
  • mutual sharing and
  • creative play.

While created by Friends for Friends, many Faith & Play stories can also be used by people of other faith traditions with little or no modification.

The first volume in the Faith & Play series contains six stories:

  • Listening for God: A story about different ways we sense God’s presence
  • Prayer and Friends Meeting for Worship: A story about Friends gathering as a community to listen for God
  • Gifts: A story about the gifts God gives each of us
  • Queries: A story about the role of queries for early and present-day Quakers
  • George Fox’s Big Discovery: A story about a way God reveals the Truth to us
  • The Mary Fisher Story: A story about a Friend who lived in God’s love, power and peace

Included with each story text are a photograph of the story materials and directions for the storyteller’s movements.  New stories are under development and will be released as they are ready.  Please note that the resource assumes hands-on familiarity with the Godly Play® approach to religious education.

FGC & PYM

Faith & Play is the creation of the Faith & Play Working Group, under the care of the Children’s Spiritual Life Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PHLYM) of the Religious Society of Friends.  Friends General Conference (FGC) provides significant ongoing staff support for Faith & Play, publishes the stories and maintains this website.  Both PHLYM and FGC, independently and cooperatively, provide Faith & Play workshops and training opportunities.

Faith & Play and Godly Play® resources are available from QuakerBooks of FGC.  Call 1-800-966-4556, e-mail bookstore@fgcquaker.org or order online.