On April 17, 2021, Yearly, Quarterly, and Monthly Meetings along with other Quaker organizations gathered to share what they’ve learned about creating community and opening ways to allow Spirit to move us online. We hope you will find these resources useful in your Quaker community.
Recordings from the Consultation
Panel: What Have We Learned? Spirit and Community-Building Online
These Roundtable Discussions are available to view now:
Clerking Online
Religious Education and Programs for Youth
Religious Education and Programs for Adults
FCNL: The Nuts, Bolts and Pitfalls of Online Quaker Gatherings
Beyond Worship: Fellowship in our Meetings
Experiential Spiritual Exploration and Deepening Online Roundtable #1
Experiential Spiritual Exploration and Deepining Online Roundtable #2
These Roundtables Recordings will available soon:
Remote Pastoral Care
Future of Worship: Online, In Person and Blended Together
Other Resources
Online and Hybrid Worship
- Tips and Tools for Virtual Worship and Gathering NEYM
- Thoughts on Hybrid Worship Emily Provance
- Decision Making and Discernment Guidance for Online & Blended Meeting for Worship for Business Woodbrooke
- Needs and Recommendations for Hybrid Business 2021 David Colletta
- Pastoral Care at a Distance NYYM
Clerking Online
- Clerking by Zoom Steve Mohlke NYYM
- Virtual Clerking Emily Provance
Re-Opening Meetings for Worship
- Resources for Meetings Approaching Reopening Amid COVID NEYM
- Advices and Queries for Reopening Wilmington Yearly Meeting
Religious Education and Programs for Youth and Families
- Supporting Spiritual Nurture in the Home: PYM RE Conversation slides Phila YM
- Worship with children at home and online Phila YM
- Religious Education Planning: Connections and New Directions Fall 2020 and available slides Phila YM
- Together at Home and Online: Religious Education During COVID-19 Phila YM
- Guidance and Practice for Online Youth Gatherings when participants are under 18 Phila YM
Technology
- Owl for Hybrid Meetings? Phila YM
- Automatic Live Closed Captions in Quaker Meetings David Colletta
- Virtual Coffee Rooms Using Proximity Chat Cofactor
Accessibility
- Best Practices for Increasing Accessibility in Zoom Meetings David Colletta
- Anti Racist Clerking Screener Eppchez Yes, member of the Institutional Assessment Implementation Committee
Multiple Resources
- Resources for Friends and Meetings – COVID 19 NYYM
- Being the Church Online Resources Kathleen Wooten