This is an in-person opportunity for new Elders and Pastoral Care Friends to come together for learning and community. This ‘nutshell’ training course will help you gain understanding and confidence in serving your Quaker Meetings in these roles. For more information visit https://ow.ly/k4Aj50YKlni

One of the challenges as a Quaker Elder is knowing what needs to be said, and how to say it, on behalf of the Meeting to uphold its spiritual life. This course offers a supportive space where participants will cultivate the confidence and knowledge this requires. https://ow.ly/bJ0250YKlhF

Have you found yourself (whether inadvertently or as part of your role) addressing changes with significant impact in your Quaker communities? You are invited to join this online retreat for reflections and creativity to keep navigating them well on behalf of your meetings. https://ow.ly/Zmw350YKl8q

Sue Norris, 1982 Quaker Faith and Practice 20.68

In a new kind of session for Woodbrooke, we are inviting whole meetings to gather together after Meeting for Worship and join us in an exploration of ministry through shared learning and reflection. For more information visit https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/sunday-sessions-quaker-ministry/

The Bible is not all sweetness and light! This session is part of a series which engages critically with difficult, perplexing, even offensive, material – setting the passages in context, exploring their reception history, and giving permission to disagree with the Bible. https://ow.ly/vj8g50YGzil

Being a Quaker elder can be inspiring but also challenging. This is a monthly space for those with eldership responsibilities. The focus of this session is 'Serving as a Quaker Elder and Addressing Difficulties in Meetings'. For more information visit https://ow.ly/kibz50YGxWW

What if you had a poetic ritual for everyday moments? In this five-week course we will explore how poems can help us find meaning, connect us to one another and support the life we want to live. For more information visit https://ow.ly/LbBT50YGxGj

We’re going live in 10 minutes! ⏳ Join us for our Meet the Students interview with Oscar Malande at 16:00 (UK time). Tune in live on YouTube: youtube.com/live/Fy8arC2...

Many people think of calligraphy simply as “beautiful writing” but it can be explored as an exciting and expressive art form, offering creative and spiritual aspects. How might a close look at the 8th century Lindisfarne Gospels inform our exploration? For more info visit https://ow.ly/7R3Y50YGxq6

Marjorie Sykes, 1957 Quaker Faith and Practice 27.11

Would you like to learn how Quakers nominate and appoint people to roles? Are you about to be, or are you new on Nominations Committee? This one-day course will provide clear information about what being on ‘Noms’ entails and the basics of how to do it well. Learn more: https://ow.ly/SbNj50YCMbK

Recent years have witnessed a global resurgence in authoritarian and populist sentiments. This course draws on the writings of Hannah Arendt, whose analysis of totalitarianism offers lessons for Quakers facing contemporary international challenges. Book your place: https://ow.ly/gxiT50YCM9K

Learn about the background to the 2026 Swarthmore Lecture in the second of our three-part interview series with Stuart Masters: https://ow.ly/lLvw50YGG6U Find out more: https://ow.ly/IJKo50YGG6V

Are you involved in clerking online or blended Meetings for Worship for Business? Come and explore ways to support discernment and Quaker decision-making in a technological context, whether through or over the screen. Book your place: https://ow.ly/W96X50YCM8W

Quakerism began with divine inspiration, through a vision that came to George Fox as he walked up Pendle Hill. Why do so many visions or other moments of inspiration seem to occur in wild places? What can we learn, if we are able to tune in, from the natural world? https://ow.ly/GSnI50YCM7H

Artificial intelligence is everywhere, in government, business, healthcare and schools, touching all areas of our lives. How do we make sense of this? What does it mean for our faith, our practices and our witness in the world? Book your place: https://ow.ly/21OJ50YCM7l

In an age of climate crisis, how can Jewish stories draw us into more respectful relationships with the Earth? Drawing on the Torah, Talmud, and traditions of devotional storytelling, this course introduces Friends to the ecological dimensions of Jewish life. https://ow.ly/6VsP50YCM6U

T Edmund Harvey, 1949 Quaker Faith & Practice 27.29

How can the example of Francis of Assisi inspire us today? This session offers both a Quaker and Franciscan perspective on Francis’ life and legacy. A particular focus of the session will be Francis’ fusion of mysticism and practical action. https://ow.ly/rOAW50YyN9P

Get to know Stuart Masters, the 2026 Swarthmore Lecturer, in the first of our three-part interview series: https://ow.ly/tC9y50YCTaa Join us for the Swarthmore Lecture on Saturday 2 May at 19:00 at Friends House, London, or watch live on our YouTube channel. Find out more: https://ow.ly/ha6s50YCTab

Simple melodies and words sung over and over can be extraordinarily powerful, especially when each chant emerges from and returns to deep silence. Become part of a sacred river of sound and silence, trusting the current to take you where you need to go. Find out more: https://ow.ly/vmVE50YyN4p

Are you about to start or have you recently started serving on a Quaker committee? Join us to explore what this service and role mean for your Quaker faith and how you can prepare practically. Find out more: https://ow.ly/SVE350YyM9K

As more and more of our lives are lived out online, are we in danger of digitalising our souls? What exercises might be able to help us deepen our inner life in a world of AI, algorithms, echo chambers, feeds, socials and misinformation? Find out more: https://ow.ly/JvYu50YyM55

This session explores the diverse ways the Garden of Eden has been imagined across Jewish and Christian traditions. Friends will be invited to consider some striking poetic images as a means of deepening their appreciation of Eden’s decidedly ecological message. https://ow.ly/klgj50YyLVS

Advices and Queries 33 Quaker Faith and Practice

The Bible is not all sweetness and light! This session is part of a series which engages critically with difficult, perplexing, even offensive, material – setting the passages in context, exploring their reception history, and giving permission to disagree with the Bible. https://ow.ly/MEm550YyJB0

Explore Quaker Worship using the Philosophy for Communities (P4C) method. This is a philosophical rather than practical course in which Friends do some personal exploration and as a group we recognise what it might mean for us as a community. Find out more: https://ow.ly/41no50YyJlM

This is a monthly space for those with eldership responsibilities to come together to learn how to serve as an effective elder in your Quaker community. The focus of this session is ‘Serving as a Quaker Elder and Children and Young People in the Meeting’. Find out more: https://ow.ly/Hjn950YyJ0K

The Quaker testimony against tithes was often at the heart of early Quaker sufferings, including heavy fines and imprisonment. This session explores how Quakers’ refusal to pay tithes challenged long-standing legislation and customary practice from the 1650s to the 1680s. https://ow.ly/kNbK50YyCwA

“What’s a Quaker?” Do you wish you could respond more easily to that question from non-Quaker family, friends, colleagues and strangers? Join us to find ways to explain our faith positively and respectfully in different contexts. Find out more: https://ow.ly/rTLH50YyCaR

Listening is the foundation of trust and co-operation. A good society cannot exist without it. This session will offer practical skills and new perspectives on how we can listen well and will explore how this relates to Quaker values and approaches. Find out more: https://ow.ly/SqmT50YyfBN

London Yearly Meeting, 1986 Quaker Faith and Practice 27.38

Is there conflict within your Quaker meeting? Would you love to initiate dialogue about controversial topics but don’t know where to start? This course can help you to develop the skills and confidence to embrace the opportunity of conflict. Find out more: https://ow.ly/KfKC50YwqLx

Iris Murdoch was a 20th Century philosopher and novelist, who wrote extensively about love, beauty and the sacred. This course offers an introduction to her thought, with a particular focus on her interest in Quaker-related themes like silence and experiences beyond words. https://ow.ly/MrFs50YwqCB

How can we meet in our wholeness and commune in changing times? Drawing on Nora Bateson’s Warm Data practice, this Woodbrooke online course explores these questions through curious and open conversations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/nNxY50Ywqrq

People of conscience often feel drawn to take action in the world. Some actions are personal, while others reflect a wider Quaker concern. In this session, we will explore how to recognise the difference and how different pathways can emerge from being led by concern. Visit https://ow.ly/7Qh250YrI8r

Norfolk, Cambs & Hunts Quarterly Meeting, 1957 Quaker Faith and Practice 25.07

This series shares what we learnt about interconnectedness, intergenerational community, and intersectional inclusion at the 2025 Quaker Earthcare Gathering. This third session will explore practical ways to make attending residential events possible for all Friends. See https://ow.ly/g1sl50YoraQ

Sustaining our social witness can be deeply rewarding, but without care it may lead to burnout. This series offers embodied practices and Active Hope tools to build resilience in your community and create a lifelong toolkit for witness. For more information visit https://ow.ly/bx0n50Yor6g

📅 Ten years ago on this day, Woodbrooke, in partnership with the European and Middle East Section of FWCC, began offering online meetings for worship twice a week. The aim was simple: to extend our ministry of learning and spiritual nurture to Friends who couldn’t easily gather in person.

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How do we experience the Spirit – God, the divine – in later life? Through gentle sharing we’ll look at how our experience of ageing, loss and the prospect of death may free us to live a life that is more Spirit-led, loving, joyful and productive. Book your place: https://ow.ly/APrl50Yq4A0

Being a Quaker elder can be inspiring but also challenging. This is a monthly space for those with eldership responsibilities to come together to consider and learn how to serve as an effective elder in your Quaker community. For more information visit link in bio.

This is the annual academic Quaker studies conference co-sponsored by the Centre for Research in Quaker Studies at Woodbrooke and the Quaker Studies Research Association. Come and hear the latest scholarship on this year’s theme, ‘Quakers and the Law’. For more information visit: link in bio.

Are you a new or relatively new Quaker Trustee, or looking to gain confidence in your role? This one-day online course offers an introduction to trusteeship in a Quaker context, exploring both its spiritual foundations and practical responsibilities. For more information visit link in bio.

Our new programme of courses is now live! From deepening spiritual practice to engaging with peace and social justice, exploring Quaker theology, or equipping and strengthening those with roles in Quaker meetings, you’ll find fresh opportunities to learn and reflect. https://ow.ly/XhW450YoK5l

Sue Bowers, 1991 Quaker Faith and Practice 24.38

It’s quiz night! Test your Quaker knowledge against other Friends in this light hearted evening of fun. Featuring puzzles, pictures and Quaker general knowledge, this quiz will test your lateral thinking skills as much as your information retention skills. See https://ow.ly/NGBI50Yhvu5

In this session we will explore the Friends’ Ambulance Unit (FAU) and its humanitarian work in post-war China. The FAU was a volunteer service organised by Quakers that provided an alternative mode of wartime service focused on relieving suffering and promoting peace. See https://ow.ly/pF3E50YhvkN