About learning with Woodbrooke
Woodbrooke’s learning programmes seek to support, inform and transform Quakers and others as individuals and communities. Through our learning we hope to nourish spiritual development, strengthen the Quaker community and enable and encourage work for a peaceful and just world.
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World Quaker Voices
You will be introduced to a panorama of voices that may challenge, encourage and enthuse your own Quaker journey. Your perspective on Friends will be broadened and stretched. We will learn about current and historical approaches to Quaker faith and witness. We will listen for that of God beyond words and languages, that unites and sustains us in our faith
George Richardson Lecture – Back to the Light: A Fresh Approach
Nigel will focus on the interactions between Friends and various European groups. Asking questions such as “What was at the heart of the debates between Quakers, Mennonites, Collegiants, Sephardic Jews, and other fellow travellers, about the meaning of the ‘light within’?” and “Why did some become Quakers at this time and others not, and what does this tell us about
Attending to True Self in Turbulent Times
This Circle of TrustⓇ retreat provides spacious time to follow your own thread, alongside others in a supportive community of fellow enquirers. You will have opportunities for solo reflection and journaling, deep listening in small groups and sharing in the larger circle. We will use images, poetry, prose, music and time in the more-than-human world, to deepen our conversation and