Friends General Conference

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FGC Publications

Religious Education

FGC has published books, pamphlets, curricula, and sometimes other media for more than 50 years to support the spiritual lives and witness of Quakers and Quaker meetings and to serve those seeking to learn more about Friends.  Most of these publications are still available through our bookstore, QuakerBooks of FGC.  Below are some of our most recent and most popular titles.

A Lively Faith - Reflections on Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative)
By Callie Marsh

The Conservative Friends of Iowa have a unique story. It is a chronicle of how one group of Quakers has held fast to its roots against the winds of change, while simultaneously grappling with and responding to the modern world. Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) stands its own ground, fitting neither into the liberal nor orthodox Quaker camps, yet with connections to both. Callie Marsh entered this community as an adult seeker and made it her home, taking part in identity-wrenching struggles, such as their understanding of Christianity and the question of same-gender marriage.

Faith & Play : Downloadable PDF
By The Faith & Play Working Group of PYM
This is a resource that will work best for Friends and children already acquainted with Godly Play methods. This is a downloadable .pdf version of this publication, now including two extra stories. Godly Play®, created by Jerome Berryman, opened the way for Friends to teach bible stories using a method that embodies the Quaker idea of continuing revelation, supports multiple perspectives on a story, encourages silence as a tool within storytelling and honors the diversity of ways the spirit works within each person. This curriculum uses the full range of these techniques to help Friends tell stories of Quaker Faith
Build It! A Toolkit for Nuturing Intergenerational Spiritual Community
By FGC Youth Ministries Program

The Build It! Toolkit  is designed to strengthen and nurture ties among generations in our meetings, worship groups, churches and in our larger Religious Society of Friends, and contribute to meetings’ efforts to identify and cultivate emerging leaders. It is both spiritually enriching and fun.