Programs & Services
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Advancement & Outreach
- helps Friends Meetings become more visible, accessible, and welcoming,
- supports new and isolated meetings and worship groups,
- promotes Quaker outreach efforts grounded in spiritual revitalization,
- looks after affiliation of local or regional groups of Friends with Friends General Conference,
- cares for the Quaker Quest Program in the United States.
- Quakerbooks of FGC
- provides literature and other resources for Friends and Friends’ meetings throughout North America and the world,
- offers materials via mail-order, online, at book-tables at Yearly Meetings, and at the FGC Gathering Store
- Christian and Interfaith Relations
- coordinates FGC’s relations and communication with other religious bodies within and beyond the Religious Society of Friends
- recommends appointments of representatives to the World Council of Churches, the Friends Committee on Scouting, and an observer to the FUM Triennial for FGC's Governing Body, Central Committee
- Couples Enrichment
- Fit for Freedom
- The online home built in support of the book Fit for Freedom Not for Friendship - Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice
- published by FGC's Quakerpress, the book reveals that racism has been as insidious, complex, and pervasive among Friends as it has been generally among people of European descent.
- Learn more, find resources, and discuss the book.
- Meeting House Fund
- Ministry on Racism
- CMR offers assistance and support to monthly and yearly meetings as they develop their racial and ethnic awareness, increase their diversity, and strive to address the impact of the institution of racism on our Society.
- It provides opportunities at the annual FGC Gathering for individuals who are working for racial diversity and challenging racism to gather together for mutual support and sharing.
- Quaker Press of FGC
- publishes books and other resources to nurture meetings and individual Friends.
- We usually publish 3-5 publications per year, with a strong focus on fostering vital meeting life.
- Quaker Quest of FGC
- a dynamic new approach to outreach that has brought seekers to meetings all over England. It is based on the idea that Quakerism, “a spiritual path for our time,” is simple, radical, and contemporary.
- In essence, Quaker Quest is a series of public open meetings on Quaker topics, which are presented in repeated cycles.
- During each session three Friends speak briefly from the heart about the evening’s topic.
- Quaker Quest in the US and Canada is a project of FGC.
- QuakerYouth
- Supports younger Friends (ages 14-35) and facilitates intergenerational community building amongst Quakers.
- Religious Education
- seeks to act as a catalyst for Quaker spiritual development at the monthly, quarterly and yearly meeting levels, as well as within individual Friends.
- We provide workshops, retreats and curriculum materials, and work through other FGC programs.
- The Religous Education Committee has partnered with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in creating the Faith and Play curriculum. Learn more at /faithandplay
- Summer Gathering
- About 1500 Quakers (mostly from the unprogrammed, liberal tradition) spend a week together on a college campus at different sites around the US and occasionally Canada. Attenders range from newborns to elders in their 90s.
- In structure, it’s part conference and part family camp. In content, it provides an abundance of opportunities to learn about Quakerism and to foster your spiritual life – and to have fun together.
- In content, it provides an abundance of opportunities to learn about Quakerism and to foster your spiritual life – and to have fun together.
- There is much vibrancy and variety that is available by immersing yourself in this community of Friends for a week.
- Traveling Ministries
- Traveling ministry was an intrinsic part of the Religious Society of Friends from early times until recent history.
- Seasoned Friends carried concerns of their meetings, as well as news of family and F/friends across this continent and to meetings all over the world.
- Local meetings nurtured the spiritual gifts of their members, helped discern clearness, and provided oversight for Friends when they felt called to travel in this way.
- When we provide opportunities for Friends to travel and share their experiences of the Divine, we strengthen that common thread and are brought closer to each other in God.
- Youth Ministries
- The committee which supports www.quakeryouth.org
- Supports younger Friends (ages 14-35) and facilitates intergenerational community building amongst Quakers.
