Journeys in the Spirit
Journeys in the Spirit is a resource providing materials for those working with children in Quaker communities such as meetings for worship, all-age events, residential gatherings, and camps. The revised format for Journeys can be found on this page. Journeys in the Spirit is produced by the Youth, Children & Families Team of Quakers in Britain.
May 2025 – The Wild
May 2025 – The Wild Many of us live in towns and cities where it seems that nature has largely been pushed out. All of us benefit from connecting with the natural world, which is…
April 2025 – What Fun!
April 2025 – What Fun! The origin of April Fools’ Day is uncertain, but it is now regarded as a day for telling jokes and playing pranks. Do you have a favourite joke? I’d tell…
March 2025 – What a Wonderful World
March 2025 – What a Wonderful World For generations, Quakers have passed down a deep commitment to the idea of the ‘unity of creation.’ Our Quaker values inspire us to care for the Earth and…
February 2025 – What’s Love Got to Do With It?
February 2025 – What’s Love Got to Do With It? Love comes in all shapes and sizes, and each of us experiences it in our own way. For instance, you might really love chocolate. Many,…
January 2025 – New Beginnings
January 2025 – New Beginnings A lot of people see the New Year as a time to make some changes or try something new! Although starting fresh can be super exciting, it might also feel…
December 2024 – Nativity
December 2024 – Nativity Perhaps the most neglected of all the advices is that we should live adventurously. If there is one wish I would pray the Spirit to put in our Christmas stockings, it…
November 2024 – Light and Dark
November 2024 – Light and Dark By the time November arrives, we are deep into the season of short days, when the walks to school and work may just about be in daylight. To quote…
September 2024 – Harvest
September 2024 – Harvest As summer comes to an end, we start seeing many changes. The colours around us change, the moon appears earlier, the temperature drops, and we may even notice apples on trees…
August 2024 – Live Adventurously
August 2024 – Live Adventurously What comes to mind when we think about going on an adventure? Is it up a mountain, across an ocean, or on a super long train journey to the top…
July 2024 – Centring in Worship
July 2024 – Centring in Worship What is our centre? What do we mean by centring in worship? How do we find that quiet place at the centre of ourselves? Can you explore with children…
June 2024 – George Fox
June 2024 – George Fox It is George Fox’s 400th birthday this year, but who was George Fox? He is known as one of the group of men and women who founded Quakerism. Fox made…
May 2024 – Walk Cheerfully
May 2024 – Walk Cheerfully Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations, wherever you come, that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them, then you…
April 2024 – Earth Day
April 2024 – Earth Day World Earth Day is on April 22, providing a special day to focus on caring for our planet.
March 2024 – Spring
March 2024 – Spring The daffodils are out! There’s more than a whiff of Spring in the air and with it, new life.
February 2024 – How does love grow?
February 2024 – How does love grow? February is often thought of as the month of love. It’s a time when many people send out cards, flowers, and chocolates to show they care. But love…
January 2024 – Caring for our world. Caring for ourselves. Caring for others
January 2024 – Caring for our world. Caring for ourselves. Caring for others “I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can…
December 2023 – Living a Full Life
December 2023 – Living a Full Life Perhaps the most neglected of all the advices is that we should live adventurously. If there is one wish I would pray the Spirit to put into our…
March 2020 – Climate Activism
March 2020 – Climate Activism The issue of climate change is important and urgent for all of us but young people have taken up this concern as something they feel passionate about and maybe very…
November 2023 – Worship
November 2023 – Worship Worship is the response of the human spirit to the presence of the divine and eternal, to the God who first seeks us. The sense of wonder and awe of the…
October 2023 – Black History Month
October 2023 – Black History Month “Black history is OUR history and a steppingstone for our future. We must be connected to our past in order to change our future.” Chandelis R. Duster
September 2023 – Getting Ready for Quaker Week
September 2023 – Getting Ready for Quaker Week Each year Quakers in Britain have a week dedicated to exploring new ways to share their stories and strengthen their faith. In 2023, Quaker Week will run…
August 2023 – Lights, Camera, Action
August 2023 – Lights, Camera, Action In 2024, the Quaker community will celebrate the four-hundredth anniversary of George Fox’s birth. To commemorate this occasion, the Quaker Arts Network, is inviting Quaker schools, summer camps, children’s…
July 2023 – Outdoors
July 2023 – Outdoors All species and the Earth itself have interdependent roles within Creation. Humankind is not the species, to whom all others are subservien to, but one among many. All parts, all issues,…
June 2023 – Belonging
June 2023 – Belonging How can we make the meeting a community in which each person is accepted and nurtured, and strangers are welcome? Seek to know one another in the things which are eternal,…
May 2023 – Truth
May 2023 – Truth Truth, Peace, Simplicity and Equality are values we can all try to live up to in our daily lives. They encourage and challenge us in the choices and decisions we make….
Yearly Meeting – Truth and Joy
Yearly Meeting – Truth and Joy At Yearly Meeting this year the children will be thinking about Truth and Joy. Part of their exploration will be about being true to ourselves – about believing in…
April 2023 – What makes my heart sing?
April 2023 – What makes my heart sing? April Fools’ Day, is the first day of April. A day when people share jokes and play tricks. Even the media join in, with the famous spaghetti…
March 2023 – Spring Forward
March 2023 – Spring Forward Spring is a season of new life. The Earth wakes up from its rest, temperatures rise, and daylight increases. Signs of life are everywhere you look. Our Earth is a…
February 2023 – All You Need is Love
February 2023 – All You Need is Love Love is in the air this month! Valentines Day cards crowd the shops, heart shaped balloons fill the windows and it’s hard to miss. But what is…
January 2023 – Hope
January 2023 – Hope New Year is often a time people make resolutions, changes to their life style or hatch new plans. Sometimes these ideas can take hold and flourish but often plans don’t last…
July 2016 – QFP – Faithful lives
July 2016 – QFP – Faithful lives This issue looks at chapter 18 of ‘Quaker faith & practice’. It is made up of a selection of the testimonies to the grace of God in the…
September 2016 – QFP – Social responsibility
September 2016 – QFP – Social responsibility This edition is looking at chapter 23 – Social Responsibility. Much of the chapter is about engaging with the politics of the day, raising awareness of important issues,…
November 2016 – QFP – Personal journey
November 2016 – QFP – Personal journey This issue asks children to consider what they think of as ‘superpowers’ and how they can use their own unique qualities to be heroes in their everyday lives.
January 2017 – QFP – Reflections
January 2017 – QFP – Reflections This issue of Journeys in the Spirit looks at Chapter 26 of Quaker faith & practice ‘Reflections’. This chapter is a collection of insights, stories and experiences across generations…
March 2017 – QFP – Unity of creation
March 2017 – QFP – Unity of creation This issue looks at chapter 25 of Quaker faith & practice, which considers the Unity of Creation.
May 2017 – QFP – Close relationships
May 2017 – QFP – Close relationships This issue of Journeys in the Spirit looks at Chapter 22 of Quaker faith & Practice ‘Close Relationships’.
July 2017 – QFP – Approaches to God, worship and prayer
July 2017 – QFP – Approaches to God, worship and prayer This edition of Journeys in the Spirit looks at chapter two of Quaker faith & practice – Approaches to God, worship and prayer. It…
September 2015 – Quakers Around The World – Global community
September 2015 – Quakers Around The World – Global community In a world of growing globalisation, it is important that children develop an understanding of the issues around diversity and discrimination.
November 2015 – Quakers Around The World – Seeds and senses
November 2015 – Quakers Around The World – Seeds and senses Our spiritual journeys involve paying attention to and sharing with ourselves, other people, the world around us, and God. We can use all our…
January 2016 – Quakers Around The World – Palestine and Israel
January 2016 – Quakers Around The World – Palestine and Israel As you prepare, it is helpful to reflect on your own knowledge of the current situation in Palestine and Israel and of the long,…
March 2016 – Quakers Around The World – Taking action
March 2016 – Quakers Around The World – Taking action This edition of Journeys in the Spirit is about how we help children consider what leads us to take action. Whether this is going on…
May 2016 – Quakers Around The World – Root and Fruit
May 2016 – Quakers Around The World – Root and Fruit This issue of Journeys in the Spirit looks at the link between how we live out our faith in the world – the fruit…
July 2015 – Quakers Around the World – Living adventurously
July 2015 – Quakers Around the World – Living adventurously This issue of Journeys in the Spirit aims to help children see how being a Quaker can be adventurous, challenging and exciting and, also, to…
March 2014 – Quakers, Work and Business – A chocolate maker
March 2014 – Quakers, Work and Business – A chocolate maker This series of Journeys in the Spirit offers ways to help children look at the sort of work and businesses that Quakers have done…
January 2014 – Quakers, Work and Business – An introduction
January 2014 – Quakers, Work and Business – An introduction This is the first in a short series about how Quakers think about the work and business they might be involved in. The series has…
February 2014 – Quakers, Work and Business – A botanist
February 2014 – Quakers, Work and Business – A botanist Early Quakers had testimonies against outward symbols, taking oaths and the payment of tithes, and about peace, temperance, moderation and forms of address. These beliefs…
April 2014 – Quakers, Work and Business – Farmer to shop owner
April 2014 – Quakers, Work and Business – Farmer to shop owner Many early Quakers were small scale farmers owning the land they worked, or husbandmen renting small farms. Tithes, confiscation of animals or goods,…
September 2014 – Living as a Quaker – How differently Quakers live
September 2014 – Living as a Quaker – How differently Quakers live This issue of Journeys in the Spirit aims to introduce the matter of difference in lifestyle and values, and explore how children may…
October 2014 – Living as a Quaker – Looking after each other
October 2014 – Living as a Quaker – Looking after each other In this issue of Journeys in the Spirit we look at the story of Margaret Fell, one of the founders of Quakerism, and…
November 2014 – Living as a Quaker – Equipping children for ministry
November 2014 – Living as a Quaker – Equipping children for ministry Woodbrooke has a course for adult Friends called ‘Equipping for Ministry’. This enables Friends to explore and develop what ministry is for them….
May 2015 – Living as a Quaker – the Nobel Prize
May 2015 – Living as a Quaker – the Nobel Prize This issue of Journeys in the Spirit answers that question and explains how the Quakers came to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in…
March 2015 – Living as a Quaker – Quakers and the Bible
March 2015 – Living as a Quaker – Quakers and the Bible This issue of Journeys in the spirit offers ways to consider Quaker approaches to the Bible with children. In an historical context, this…
January 2015 – Living as a Quaker – Exploring A&Q 1:19
January 2015 – Living as a Quaker – Exploring A&Q 1:19 This well known and well used advice and query is one that on the surface feels joyful – how lucky we are to have…
December 2014 – Living as a Quaker – Exploring the Quaker business method
December 2014 – Living as a Quaker – Exploring the Quaker business method The Quaker business method is a way of working together using ways which we don’t commonly link with business, being busy or…
August 2014 – Living as a Quaker – Living in the light
August 2014 – Living as a Quaker – Living in the light In this edition of Journeys, there are ways to work with children to look at what it means to live a transformed and…
May 2012 – Some Bible Stories – Jesus and the great picnic
May 2012 – Some Bible Stories – Jesus and the great picnic This issue tells the story of a boy who meets Jesus, who brings his gift and becomes part of a moment of extraordinary…
March 2012 – Some Bible Stories – The lost sheep and the lost son
March 2012 – Some Bible Stories – The lost sheep and the lost son This issue gives suggestions and ideas to explore with children their understanding of two parables from the New Testament in the…
June 2012 – Some Bible Stories – Moses
June 2012 – Some Bible Stories – Moses Read Exodus, the second book of the Old Testament. You may have children’s bibles in your meeting house. These are worth looking at as they will often…
July 2012 – Some Bible Stories – Jesus and the children
July 2012 – Some Bible Stories – Jesus and the children Having shared many Quaker and bible stories with children in my meeting, the one that brings out the most wonder and excitement is Jesus…
January 2012 – Some Bible Stories – An introduction
January 2012 – Some Bible Stories – An introduction This issue is the first in Journeys in the Spirit children’s work edition series 7 – ‘Some Bible stories’. The Bible is a Big Book. It’s…
February 2012 – Some Bible Stories – The story of creation
February 2012 – Some Bible Stories – The story of creation The creation story can be a difficult and controversial one both for adults as well as children. Few believe in the literal seven day…
April 2012 – Some Bible Stories – David and Goliath
April 2012 – Some Bible Stories – David and Goliath The story of David and Goliath is written in the Bible in the Old Testament, 1 Samuel 17. The stories in the Old Testament are…
September 2012 – The Five Senses – Smell
September 2012 – The Five Senses – Smell In this issue of Journey’s in the Spirit we are going to look at smell and danger, smell and pleasure and smell and memory.
October 2012 – The Five Senses – Hearing
October 2012 – The Five Senses – Hearing Hearing or listening is active or passive. We do it passively all the time and only sometimes do we do it actively.
November 2012 – The Five Senses – Taste
November 2012 – The Five Senses – Taste The senses play a vital role in a child’s overall development. They act together to give interesting and vital experiences which stimulate the brain. The sense of…
December 2012 – The Five Senses – Sight
December 2012 – The Five Senses – Sight The human eye is the organ which gives us the sense of sight, allowing us to learn more about the surrounding world than we do with any…
August 2012 – The Five Senses – Touch
August 2012 – The Five Senses – Touch The next five issues look at the five senses of touch, smell, hearing, taste and sight. The senses play a vital role in a child’s overall development….
September 2018 – Hope in Turbulent Times – Quaker stories
September 2018 – Hope in Turbulent Times – Quaker stories This edition is part of the series on ‘Hope in turbulent times’. In this issue we will be looking at stories.
September 2017 – Hope in Turbulent Times – Developing Spiritual Practices
September 2017 – Hope in Turbulent Times – Developing Spiritual Practices This month’s issue is based on the idea that we can find hope, and build resilience and strength through Quaker worship. To do this…
November 2017 – Hope in Turbulent Times – The book of Ruth
November 2017 – Hope in Turbulent Times – The book of Ruth This edition is part of the series on ‘Hope in turbulent times’. The Bible is full of stories about people who found hope…
March 2018 – Hope in Turbulent Times – Militarisation in schools
March 2018 – Hope in Turbulent Times – Militarisation in schools This edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on militarisation in schools. It looks at how the influence of the military can permeate children’s…
July 2018 – Hope in Turbulent Times – Dementia explored
July 2018 – Hope in Turbulent Times – Dementia explored Dementia is an issue for us all: we may worry about our own capabilities or that of people we love. We may know people or…
January 2018 – Hope in Turbulent Times – Living with change
January 2018 – Hope in Turbulent Times – Living with change This issue of Journeys in the Spirit considers coping with change. Change, for some, can be a difficult topic.
September 2013 – Some Feelings – Talking about fear
September 2013 – Some Feelings – Talking about fear This issue helps children to explore their fears and perhaps understand and accept them a little better. It also looks at how fear affects us. Our…
October 2013 – Some Feelings – Talking about happiness
October 2013 – Some Feelings – Talking about happiness This issue offers a variety of information and background about what has been thought and written about the question of happiness.
November 2013 – Some Feelings – Talking about jealousy
November 2013 – Some Feelings – Talking about jealousy In this issue of Journeys in the Spirit we use two Bible stories that are about situations in which jealousy arose. ‘Joseph and his brothers’ –…
June 2013 – Some Feelings – Talking about sadness
June 2013 – Some Feelings – Talking about sadness This issue of Journeys in the Spirit offers some suggestions of how we might offer children the opportunity to talk about what makes them sad and…
July 2013 – Some Feelings – talking about anger
July 2013 – Some Feelings – talking about anger Anger is an emotion most of us will experience regularly in our lives. It is said that it is very important that children experience strong emotions…
December 2013 – Some Feelings – Talking about grief
December 2013 – Some Feelings – Talking about grief In a worshipful way, this issue of Journeys in the Spirit offers ways to talk and explore with children about the feeling of grief.
August 2013 – Some Feelings – Talking about love
August 2013 – Some Feelings – Talking about love This issue offers a variety of ways to explore with children what love means.
May 2013 – Difficult Questions – Using animals in science
May 2013 – Difficult Questions – Using animals in science This issue raises the question of how we react to the use of animals for scientific research that is aimed at improving the lives of…
March 2013 – Difficult Questions – When is it right to break the rules?
March 2013 – Difficult Questions – When is it right to break the rules? This topic offers children an opportunity to discuss in a safe place whether rules are always good, what to do when…
January 2013 – Difficult Questions – What about violence?
January 2013 – Difficult Questions – What about violence? This issue looks at our understanding and feelings about violence. We cope with peace, pacifism and the gentle side of our nature. We have many thoughts…
February 2013 – Difficult Questions – Other Religions
February 2013 – Difficult Questions – Other Religions This issue of Journey in Spirit invites those preparing to work with children or in all-age settings to embark on an exciting journey of discovery with people…
April 2013 – Difficult Questions – How can I talk about being a Quaker?
April 2013 – Difficult Questions – How can I talk about being a Quaker? In this issue we will explore how we might encourage children to speak about their own experience of worship and of…
May 2019 – Room for All – Gardening
May 2019 – Room for All – Gardening This issue looks at how gardens and gardening can be a way of creating hope by reaching out to the wider community around us and by offering…
March 2019 – Room for All – Mental Wellbeing
March 2019 – Room for All – Mental Wellbeing This edition of Journeys in the Spirit continues the theme of ‘Room for All’ and focusses on children’s mental well-being.
January 2019 – Room for All – Hospitality and Welcome
January 2019 – Room for All – Hospitality and Welcome This edition is part of the series “Room for All” and this issue is looking at hospitality and welcome. Advices and Queries 26 Do you…
November 2018 – Room for All – Diversity
November 2018 – Room for All – Diversity This issue is the first in a series, which focusses on the theme of ‘Room for All’. As Quakers, our table is already rich with good things,…
July 2014 – YMG – I matter – I change the world
July 2014 – YMG – I matter – I change the world Children from an early age are sensitive to issues of violence and can be aware of conflict and war. They develop a strong…
June 2014 – YMG – Quakers Get Together
June 2014 – YMG – Quakers Get Together This issue explores something of how we are all part of the world family of Friends – especially when we have an opportunity of meeting or gathering…
May 2014 – YMG – Being a Quaker and a Child
May 2014 – YMG – Being a Quaker and a Child As the Yearly Meeting prepares to consider the issue of what it means to be a Quaker today, this issue offers some suggestions to…
November 2019 – Children’s Voices – The boy Jesus in the Temple
November 2019 – Children’s Voices – The boy Jesus in the Temple This issue is the first in a series which focus on children’s voices and how they can be heard in their meetings, their…
December 2011 – More Quaker Stories – Three Quaker Scientists
December 2011 – More Quaker Stories – Three Quaker Scientists This issue looks at the work of three Quaker scientists: Priscilla Wakefield, Kathleen Lonsdale, and Jocelyn Burnell. Priscilla was a botanist, who wrote books for children…
November 2011 – More Quaker Stories – Bertha Bracey
November 2011 – More Quaker Stories – Bertha Bracey This issue tells the story of one Quaker woman who helped with the Kindertransport, Bertha Bracey. This issue shares the story of what happened to some…
October 2011 – More Quaker Stories – Lucretia Mott
October 2011 – More Quaker Stories – Lucretia Mott Lucretia Mott was an American Quaker (1793 -1880) who was committed to living her faith in action and was very important in campaigns about the slave…
September 2011 – More Quaker Stories – Waldo Williams
September 2011 – More Quaker Stories – Waldo Williams Although Waldo is little-known outside Wales, both his life and his poetry are truly inspirational, with messages which are particularly poignant for Quakers of all ages.
August 2011 – More Quaker Stories – Benjamin Lay
August 2011 – More Quaker Stories – Benjamin Lay In Burlington Meeting in 1738, Benjamin Lay came in clothed as a soldier with a sword. He detailed the evils of slavery and then pierced a…
July 2011 – More Quaker Stories – George Fox
July 2011 – More Quaker Stories – George Fox This issue looks at the life and teachings of George Fox. This issue tries to encapsulate the story of George’s life, the essence of what he…
June 2011 – More Quaker Stories – Jack Hoyland, Quaker and bear maker
June 2011 – More Quaker Stories – Jack Hoyland, Quaker and bear maker This issue tells the story of a remarkable Quaker called John Hoyland, Jack to his friends, whose whole life was spent helping people….
May 2011 – Advices and Queries – Kindness and Justice
May 2011 – Advices and Queries – Kindness and Justice Advices and queries 33 is extremely wide-ranging. It is about discrimination, social responsibility, tolerance, compassion, taking stands, being an active Quaker, and much more. This issue…
April 2011 – Advices and Queries – Dealing with Conflict
April 2011 – Advices and Queries – Dealing with Conflict These are challenging advices, dealing with concepts such as prejudice, forgiveness, reconciliation, and empathy. They look at our approach to conflict, both as individuals and as…
December 2022 – Midwinter
December 2022 – Midwinter Winter is a time of darkness, shorter days and possibly shorter outdoor playtime, and, as John Betjeman’s poem Advent 1955 reads ‘dark at breakfast, dark at tea’. On the face of…
March 2011 – Advices and Queries – Death and Dying
March 2011 – Advices and Queries – Death and Dying This issue reflects on Advices and Queries 30, the only one that mentions death. While the idea of contemplating death may seem unrealistic for children,…
February 2011 – Advices and Queries – The Simple Life
February 2011 – Advices and Queries – The Simple Life In a culture that values having ‘things’ almost more than anything, this issue offers ways to help children think about their views, behaviour, and what…
January 2011 – Advices and Queries – Quaker Marriages and Partnerships
January 2011 – Advices and Queries – Quaker Marriages and Partnerships A wedding is a joyous occasion held in the presence of family and friends who witness the couples’ intention to cherish each other for…
December 2010 – Advices and Queries – What Makes us Happy?
December 2010 – Advices and Queries – What Makes us Happy? These are tough issues to raise with children because, as adults, we have to be careful not to moralise and create guilt. This advice…
November 2010 – Advices and Queries – Honesty, Truth and Integrity
November 2010 – Advices and Queries – Honesty, Truth and Integrity These principles relate to deep-seated Quaker beliefs. If we believe there is that of God in every person then we cannot take advantage of…
October 2010 – Advices and Queries – Stillness and Opening
October 2010 – Advices and Queries – Stillness and Opening This issue of Journeys in the Spirit looks at Advices and Queries 3, which is about silence, stillness, and listening inwardly. It also introduces this…
September 2010 – Our Quaker Stories
September 2010 – Our Quaker Stories This is the last issue in this series on ‘Our Quaker Stories’. Here we look back over the sixteen issues and also offer some simple ways for children to…
August 2010 – Quaker Stories – Bayard Rustin
August 2010 – Quaker Stories – Bayard Rustin This issue is about Bayard Rustin, an African-American Quaker, who expressed his faith in action, challenging inequalities, and responding to racism and prejudice non-violently. He worked closely with…
July 2010 – Quaker Stories – Pilgrimage
July 2010 – Quaker Stories – Pilgrimage Pilgrimages are journeys: they are special journeys, to special places. Where you are going and often how your travel is important. This issue focuses on pilgrimage, both for Quakers…
June 2010 – Quaker Stories – Luke Howard
June 2010 – Quaker Stories – Luke Howard Imagine a time when you laid on some soft grass, looking up at the clouds, and watched the white wisps drift into identifiable shapes which then disintegrated to reform or…
May 2010 – Quaker Stories – The Quaker Tapestry
May 2010 – Quaker Stories – The Quaker Tapestry The Quaker Tapestry is a visual chronicle of Quaker life through the centuries, contained within 77 large embroidered panels. Illustrated by 4000 children, women, and men,…
April 2010 – Quaker Stories – Luke Cock
April 2010 – Quaker Stories – Luke Cock Luke was a butcher. He was born in 1657. He was not from a Quaker family; he wasn’t a merchant, a landowner, or middle class. He was…
March 2010 – Quaker Stories – John Woolman II
March 2010 – Quaker Stories – John Woolman II John Woolman is often talked about as a Quaker “hero”. If we label people as heroic it reduces what they have done, or been, to some kind…
February 2010 – Quaker Stories – John Woolman I
February 2010 – Quaker Stories – John Woolman I John Woolman was a Quaker born in America in 1720. Woolman has had a great influence on Quakers and American society. His Journal is a classic…
January 2010 – Quaker Stories – Betsy Gurney, Elizabeth Fry
January 2010 – Quaker Stories – Betsy Gurney, Elizabeth Fry In stories about Quakers, we can often become lost in their accomplishments and no longer see the individual with personal strengths and weaknesses, joys, and…
December 2009 – Quaker Stories – Bolivia
December 2009 – Quaker Stories – Bolivia This issue looks at the work of one small, Quaker-led, international non-governmental organisation (referred to as an INGO) and its work in the remote Aymara communities of North…
November 2009 – Quaker Stories – Inner Stories
November 2009 – Quaker Stories – Inner Stories How do we explore the Quaker idea that there is “that of God within‟? That ofGod … inside me? … inside you? … inside them? Is it inside our own…
October 2009 – Quaker Stories – The Rodwell Family
October 2009 – Quaker Stories – The Rodwell Family This issue focuses on one Quaker family’s experience of missionary work. The Rodwell family went to China 100 years ago, with the Friends Foreign Mission in China….
September 2009 – Quaker Stories – Burundi
September 2009 – Quaker Stories – Burundi The theme in this issue grows out of Quaker work in Burundi – a country the size of Belgium in the middle of Africa.
August 2009 – Quaker Stories – John Woolman and Animals
August 2009 – Quaker Stories – John Woolman and Animals Quakers such as John Woolman showed respect for other beings, treating the animals he farmed with dignity and respect. Nowadays, a concern for our fellow…
July 2009 – Quaker Stories – Russia
July 2009 – Quaker Stories – Russia In this issue, we are going to take you on a journey that starts by introducing you to a girl in Moscow called Marfa. We then learn about…
June 2009 – Quaker Stories – The Kindertransport
June 2009 – Quaker Stories – The Kindertransport This edition of Journeys seeks to mark the Quaker role in the Kindertransport, and to tell a largely untold story of courage, generosity, and a welcome to strangers…
May 2009 – Quaker Stories – Benjamin West
May 2009 – Quaker Stories – Benjamin West A single story can present many themes and have different meanings for each person. As you read the story, particular memories or challenges in your own life may…
April 2009 – Belonging and Joining – Part 2
April 2009 – Belonging and Joining – Part 2 The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate…
March 2009 – Belonging and Joining – Part 1
March 2009 – Belonging and Joining – Part 1 The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate…
February 2009 – Quaker Work in South Asia – Part 2
February 2009 – Quaker Work in South Asia – Part 2 The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The…
January 2009 – Turning the Tide – Nonviolence Training and Children
January 2009 – Turning the Tide – Nonviolence Training and Children The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The…
December 2008 – Quaker Work in South Asia – Part 1
December 2008 – Quaker Work in South Asia – Part 1 The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The…
November 2008 – Advices and Queries
November 2008 – Advices and Queries The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate between offering ways…
October 2008 – Stop Bullying – some Quaker ways
October 2008 – Stop Bullying – some Quaker ways The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate…
September 2008 – Quaker Work in Post-Yugoslavia Countries
September 2008 – Quaker Work in Post-Yugoslavia Countries The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate between…
August 2008 – Listen, Hear and Act
August 2008 – Listen, Hear and Act The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate between offering…
July 2008 – Israel/Palestine
July 2008 – Israel/Palestine The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate between offering ways for children…
June 2008 – Prayer
June 2008 – Prayer The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate between offering ways for children…
May 2008 – Peace Work in South Africa
May 2008 – Peace Work in South Africa The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate between…
April 2008 – What is Meeting for Worship?
April 2008 – What is Meeting for Worship? The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate between…
March 2008 – Peace Work in the UK
March 2008 – Peace Work in the UK The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate between…
February 2008 – Stilling, Centring and Listening Inwardly
February 2008 – Stilling, Centring and Listening Inwardly The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate between…
January 2008 – Quaker United Nations Office
January 2008 – Quake United Nations Office The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate between offering…
December 2007 – Walk Cheerfully
December 2007 – Walk Cheerfully The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate between offering ways for…
November 2007 – A People of God
November 2007 – A People of God The third series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring the concept of Quakers, a people of God. The issues alternate between offering…
September 2007 – Truth
September 2007 – Truth The second series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring Quaker testimonies with children. This issue uses a mixture of Bible, Quaker, and other stories…
October 2007 – Peace
October 2007 – Peace The second series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring Quaker testimonies with children. A commitment to peace is important to Quakers. It is felt…
August 2007 – Sustainability
August 2007 – Sustainability The second series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring Quaker testimonies with children. Early Quakers had a strong sense of unity with nature, and…
July 2007 – Equality
July 2007 – Equality The second series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring Quaker testimonies with children. The Quaker testimony to equality is grounded in our own experience…
June 2007 – Simplicity
June 2007 – Simplicity The second series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring Quaker testimonies with children. This offers ways to work with children on finding out howto…
May 2007 – The Downwards
May 2007 – The Downwards The first series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring spirituality with children. There are four directions to our spiritual journey: inwards to ourselves; outwards…
April 2007 – The Upwards
April 2007 – The Upwards The first series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring spirituality with children. There are four directions to our spiritual journey: inwards to ourselves; outwards…
March 2007 – The Outwards
March 2007 – The Outwards The first series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring spirituality with children. There are four directions to our spiritual journey: inwards to ourselves; outwards…
January 2007 – The Inwards
January 2007 – The Inwards The first series of the Children’s Work edition of Journeys in the Spirit focuses on exploring spirituality with children. There are four directions to our spiritual journey: inwards to ourselves; outwards…
September 2022 – Being Ready for Quaker Week: Welcoming Families
September 2022 – Being Ready for Quaker Week: Welcoming Families Quakers believe there is that of God in everyone. We can think of it as a light shining inside us. The light shows us things…
October 2022 – Black History Month
October 2022 – Black History Month People from African and Caribbean backgrounds have been a fundamental part of British history for centuries. Black History Month celebrates the vast contribution of Black men, women and children…
November 2022 – Celebrating Difference
November 2022 – Celebrating Difference Each one of us is unique and amazing. We look different, sound different and often, think differently. Our communities are richer for the differences we bring. Sometimes our differences can…
