Explore creative writing as a tool for spiritual reflection and development through a range of reflective writing activities. Writing prompts and exercises will guide you to write from the heart rather than the head. Book your place: https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/write-from-the-heart/

How does the social structure of patriarchy, in which men and masculinity are valued above women and femininity, affect our religion and spirituality? Explore this question with ideas from Christian, Jewish, and Pagan feminist and womanist theologians. Book your place: https://ow.ly/yEKQ50XqCqQ

Thinking of postgraduate study? Meet one of our graduates to hear what doing a PhD is like. In this live interview, Paul Harris shares his experience of studying the nineteenth-century Quaker theologian Joseph John Gurney as a Woodbrooke research student. https://youtube.com/live/f1cN6ifenlY

Keith Helmuth, 1990 Quaker Faith & Practice 25.14

Parenting can be one of life’s deepest spiritual journeys. How do we “take heed of love and truth” with the young humans in our care? This course is for parents who wish to be more present and compassionate with themselves and their families. Book your place: https://ow.ly/Z6xt50XqCnm

Perhaps joy is a gift, a grace, as well as something to be cultivated? How can we put ourselves in the way of joy? Over four sessions across four months, we will create a shared space together to reflect on joy and engage in joyful practices. Book your place: https://ow.ly/O3s350XqCi6

All Quaker communities experience change, whether small or significant. Change can open up new possibilities, but it can also bring challenge. In this course, we will create a supportive space to share experiences and explore ways forward together. Book your place: https://ow.ly/VEng50XqBh3

S Jocelyn Burnell, 1989 Quaker Faith & Practice 22.50

It's Trustees Week across the UK! If you are a new Quaker Trustee who is looking to increase confidence in your role join us next Saturday to explore the role of Trustee with a focus on both its spiritual grounding and practical responsibilities. Find out more: https://ow.ly/zKMq50XnPKi

This week marks Trustees Week in the UK, a time for us to come together to celebrate the contributions of Trustees. At Woodbrooke, we are grateful for our Trustees who help shape our vision, ensure good governance and support our work.

Ursula Franklin, 1979 Quaker Faith and Practice 23.32

✨Join us for online meeting for worship! ✨ UK times shown, Friends welcome from around the world! Find out more information on our website: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/worship

John Macmurray, 1942 Quaker Faith & Practice 22.10

How accessible are our Quaker meetings? What attitudes towards disability might be harmful, and how can we do better? This session explores these questions through a disability justice lens, centring the lived experiences of disabled Friends. Book your place: https://ow.ly/Fcmy50XhI4M

Next Wednesday, I begin a new course (ably Eldered by @goodquakerpirate.bsky.social) for @woodbrooke.bsky.social on the life & #philosophy of the Early #Quaker Anne Conway. There's still time to sign up.

Join us this Halloween to explore Quakers and the Supernatural! 👻 www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/quak...

Had the absolute pleasure of facilitating a panel sharing thoughts on "Quakers and Anabaptists: Peacebuilding Today" for @woodbrooke.bsky.social

At the end of October, I start a new course for @woodbrooke.bsky.social, exploring the life & #philosophy of the early #Quaker & #Platonist Anne Conway. Sign up below. ⚗️📚

As tensions rise and divisions deepen across the UK and beyond, Quakers are inviting everyone to pause, reflect, and act on one simple but radical idea: Love Your Neighbour. Find out more about Quaker Week and this year’s theme: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

We’re excited to share that applications are now open for Equipping for Ministry. This two-year learning journey offers Friends the chance to deepen their understanding of Quakerism and explore how ministry can be lived out in community and the wider world. Applications close 12 October 2025

Join us for this free online bible study program with Woodbrooke and Barclay Press on October 18th! This session is an opportunity for Illuminate authors to share what led them to write and what inspired them most about the theme of ‘creation’. Register for the link at pendlehill.org/calendar/chr...

In mid-October @woodbrooke.bsky.social & @pendlehillusa.bsky.social are partnering up to deliver this fabulous event. The session explores themes of divine #presence, #creation, and #earthcare, drawing on the wisdom of Scripture. 🌰📖

📣 The first session in the Simpler Meeting series starts tonight! Simpler Meetings: Starting With Fundamentals introduces the key ideas of simplification and offers a starting point for thinking about doing things differently. ➡️ Book your place: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/.../simpler-...

At last year's World Plenary Meeting in South Africa one our Associate Tutors caught up with previous participants of our course 'Being a Quaker Clerk: A Course For Friends From Around The World'. To book your place on this year's course visit: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/worldclerks

🏡 Simpler Meetings 📅 September – October 2025 Is your Meeting feeling stretched? Too many roles, not enough energy? This series offers space to reflect, hear what others are doing, and explore practical, Spirit-led ways to simplify. ➡️Find out more: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/our-courses/...

"I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, I smell it in the air". A new course comes to @woodbrooke.bsky.social tomorrow evening. Session 1 of "Wisdom from Middle Earth" explores what Tolkien thought about the nature and meaning of #myth.

#Quakers have always called each other 'Friend.' Is this a quaint relic from our past, or a site of rich theological reflection? Join me for an exciting online course, building a theology of Friendship inspired by Black feminist thought. www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/whos... @woodbrooke.bsky.social

Next week, the wonderful @satyarobyn.bsky.social is leading a session for @woodbrooke.bsky.social exploring the deep spiritual converges between the #Quaker Mysticism of Thomas R Kelly, and the Pure Land #Buddhist tradition. There's still time to sign up. 🙏☸️✝️

Today I'm putting the course pages together for my upcoming @woodbrooke.bsky.social course "Wisdom from Middle Earth". There are still some places available. You can sign up below:

📢 Speakers Announced for The Creation of Modern Quaker Diversity, 1830-1937! Join us for a six-week online course exploring the various changes and crises Quakerism underwent globally during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 🗓 Thursdays from 18 September, 19:00–20:30 (UK Time)

We’re delighted to share that Stuart Masters will give the 2026 Swarthmore Lecture. The lecture, which is a key part of Woodbrooke's work, will take place during Britain Yearly Meeting from 1–4 May. Read the full announcement on our website: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/stuart-maste...

Its been a privilege to sit in on the Wisdom from #Liberal #Christianity course. Thanks to Jo, @sjlingwood.bsky.social, @lauradobson.bsky.social @rorycastlejones.bsky.social, & Sheena. What for me remains so special about @woodbrooke.bsky.social is that its a place where deep stories can be shared.

🎓 Congratulations to Sheryl Metzger, who graduated from the University of Birmingham this weekend after completing her PhD with Woodbrooke's Centre for Research in Quaker Studies. Sheryl’s doctoral work explored the faith lives of LGBTQIA+ Christians in Canada.

Last month our 2025 cohort of Eva Koch Scholars delivered their presentations. These can now all be watched back on our YouTube Channel ⬇️

Thank you to the fabulous @lauradobson.bsky.social for the wonderful session this evening on Hildegard von Bingen and what she has to say to us today - part of a great @woodbrooke.bsky.social course on spiritual wisdom from liberal Christianity ✝️ 🙏❤️

What has the Dharma got to do with the Gospel? Sign up to my new course starting in late July to find out. ✝️☸️ @woodbrooke.bsky.social www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/the-...

This week Free Christian Minister Jo James explpres the work of the twentieth century #pacifist, #Unitarian theologian, and Liberal #Mystic, Sidney Spencer. There's still time to sign up for the course. @woodbrooke.bsky.social

Our Justice & Peace Secretary Hezron Masitsa has been researching how traditional African food preservation techniques are saving lives. Hear his findings on Thursday 19 June 2025, 19:00-20:30 (BST) in the third of Woodbrooke's Eva Koch Scholar series. www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/eva-...

Book of the month! Speaking in Quaker Meeting for Worship has been listed as one of June's books of the month by the Quaker Bookshop! I'm also looking forward to the launch event (online with @woodbrooke.bsky.social ). bookshop.quaker.org.uk/books-of-the... www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/book...

More exciting things at @woodbrooke.bsky.social 🧡

The 2025 Swarthmore Lecture video premieres on YouTube this evening at 19:00 (UK time). Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkGD...

Today is publication day! If you're curious about how and why Quakers speak during mainly silent worship, this book might help. You can order the book online (links in next post) and sign up for the online launch event with @woodbrooke.bsky.social below.

We send our love and greetings to all Friends everywhere... Quakers from across Britain met at our Yearly Meeting this weekend as an all-age community. Our clerk, Adwoa Burnley, reads our letter shared at the rise of the meeting youtu.be/C4jBUUGa5o4?...

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this evening’s Swarthmore Lecture! We have published a resource to accompany Emily’s lecture which includes a written version of the spoken lecture and all 92 minutes written as part of the lecture. You can find it here: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/research/swa...

Emily Provance will be delivering her lecture on community this evening at 19:00 (UK time) as part of Britain Yearly Meeting 2025. You can watch the lecture live via the following YouTube link: youtube.com/live/wo45XAN...

This short and accessible book about speaking in Quaker meeting for worship explores how our spoken ministry relates to the silence. In the launch, Rhiannon Grant will talk about the book, why and how she wrote it, and who might want to read it. For more information visit ow.ly/GAFq50VPel7

Very pleased to offer a course on lectio divina @woodbrooke.bsky.social coming up soon. The text recounts Rufus Jones’ compelling experience of embodied spirituality—join me in a #healing time together #embodiment #Quakers

Today I plan on finishing Part 2 of the little William Blake and George Fox course for @woodbrooke.bsky.social. See you in early June for some comparative mystical Christianity. 🙏💜

Just been talking to Simonne Wood, my @woodbrooke.bsky.social colleague who will be hosting this session and asking me questions about the book, vocal ministry, and whatever else seems relevant! Share your questions here or sign up to ask them on the night. www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/book...