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“We have no time but this present time to bear witness to the power of the Light to re-create the human heart, and thus transform our doing, our seeing, and our speaking. There is much tenderness and good will among us, but have we been baptized with fire, as well as the Holy Spirit?”
— Brian Drayton, from On Living with a Concern for Gospel Ministry, 2006
Quaker Press of FGC publishes resources that nurture meetings and individual Friends. We are committed to an historical ministry as “publishers of Truth” in the experience of Friends. We work closely with other FGC programs to produce books and other resources that help to foster individual and corporate spiritual growth and public witness. Quaker history, biography, early Quaker writings, devotionals, reflective essays, fiction and memoir speak to Friends’ living ministry. Quaker Press supports leadership and community-building through resources on Quaker faith and practice, worship, clerking, and outreach. Curricula for adults and youth offer opportunities for group study of the Quaker faith and testimonies—including the life and message of Jesus as found in the Bible and guidance on how to incorporate our faith in our daily lives.
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A Novel
BY MARGARET HOPE BACON It's 1837, and fourteen-year-old Quaker Myra Harlan's mother has died, forcing her to leave her home and family in the country to live in Philadelphia. Shocked by the racism she sees all around her and caught in the aftermath of the Orthodox-Hicksite split in the Religious Society of Friends, Myra longs for her mother and struggles to make friends until she finds the Female Anti-Slavery Society, Lucretia Mott, Sarah Douglass, and - ultimately - herself.
Quaker Press of FGC 2007 127 PP. Paper
$13.00 (in stock)
BY BEN PINK DANDELION This is a downloadable mp3 file of Ben Pink Dandelion's 2009 plenary address at the FGC Gathering of Friends. Ben, a Quaker historian, takes us to where the joy and love, and fire come from: our roots in spirit. He brings years of experience at weaving academic insights with th edesire to lead a faithful life.
Quaker Press of FGC 2009 AUDIO MP3 Audio
$5.00 (in stock)
BY BEN PINK DANDELION This is an audio CD version of Ben Pink Dandelion's 2009 plenary address at the FGC Gathering of Friends. Ben, a Quaker historianThis is an audio CD version of Ben Pink Dandelion's 2009 plenary address at the FGC Gathering of Friends. Ben, a Quaker historian, takes us to where the joy and love, and fire come from: our roots in spirit. He brings years of experience at weaving academic insights with th edesire to lead a faithful life.
Quaker Press of FGC 2009 AUDIO CD Audio
$12.00 (in stock)
The First Elizabeth Watson Lecture Given At The 2005 Fgc Gathering Of Friends
BY BISHOP JOHN SHELBY SPONG This is a downloadable mp3 recording of Spong's plenary speech at the 2005 Gathering. In his talk Spong rejects fundamentalism in favor of a religion compatible with intellectual inquiry. He rejects Christian `tribalism' in favor of a universalism that sees holiness throughout the world's religions. He describes a Christianity premised upon justice and love rather than judgment and literal readings of the Bible. This is a downloadable mp3 version of his talk. When you purchase this, after confirming your order, we will send you a limited time web link to download the file.
Quaker Press of FGC 2005 50 MIN MP3 Audio
The 2005 First Elizabeth Watson Lecture Given At Fgc's Gathering Of Friends - Audio Cd
BY JOHN SHELBY SPONG This is an audio CD recording of Spong's plenary speech at the 2005 Gathering. In his talk Spong rejects fundamentalism in favor of a religion compatible with intellectual inquiry. He rejects Christian `tribalism' in favor of a universalism that sees holiness throughout the world's religions. He describes a Christianity premised upon justice and love rather than judgment and literal readings of the Bible.
Quaker Press of FGC 2005 AUDIO CD Audio
TAKEN AT THE 2000 GATHERING OF FRIENDS This unique document was taken at the 2000 annual Gathering of Friends in Rochester, NY. Measuring 13" by 34" the print is both a memento and a celebration of Quakerism at the turn of the century. Limited supply. Comes with a copy of Deep Roots, New Growth.
Quaker Press of FGC 2000 Blank
$40.00 (backorder)
BY JAN HOFFMAN A clearness committee meets with a person who is unclear on how to proceed in a keenly felt concern or dilemma, hoping that it can help this person reach clarity. Pamphlet describes practical steps. $0.75 each (fewer than 10). $0.60 each (10-49). $0.40 each (50 or more).
Quaker Press of FGC 1996 LEAFLET Tract
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Bumpersticker
BY THE ADVANCEMENT AND OUTREACH COMMITTEE OF FRIENDS GENERAL CONFERENCE Help make Quakerism more visible in the world. Attractive and easy-to-read bumpersticker with Come Worship with Friends plus www.QuakerFinder.org in large type. The QuakerFinder website helps seekers and Friends find the nearest FGC meeting to any location in the United States or Canada.
Quaker Press of FGC 2003 BUMPERSTCKER Blank
$2.00 (in stock)
The Journey Of A Young Adult Friend
BY CHRISTINA VAN REGENMORTER By naming the gifts she has received from her meetings, Christina Van Regenmorter offers a resource both for young adult Friends and for meetings striving to welcome, support and nurture the young people in their midst. Includes queries and a resource list. "If Friends desire their meeting to be a spiritual community where love is the first motion and a place where young Friends feel welcomed, nurtured and supported, prayerful engagement with this text would be a fruitful place to begin." - Deborah Shaw, Assistant Director of Friends Center and Campus Ministry, Guilford College
Quaker Press of FGC 2008 32 PP. Paper
$6.00 (in stock)
Meeting The Needs Of The Many While Responding To The Needs Of The Few
BY THE MINISTRY AND NURTURE COMMITTEE OF FRIENDS GENERAL CONFERENCE We've changed the size and the title but otherwise this is the same pamphlet as 'The Wounded Meeting.' The new title, formerly the sub-title, more clearly reflects the contents. When someone disrupts meeting for worship, what can the meeting community do? Explore your options and find caring solutions.
Quaker Press of FGC 2002 27 PP. Paper
$8.00 (in stock)
BY EDWARD HOARE "How do we deepen the spiritual life of the meeting?" "Since there were no birthright Friends in the 1650s, what made them Quakers?" The author approaches these questions based on conviction, conversion, and convincement.$1.50 each (fewer than 10). $1.25 each (10-49). $.85 each (50 or more).
Quaker Press of FGC 1994 10 PP. Tract
0-10 $1.50, 10-50 $1.25, 50 or more $0.85 (in stock)
BY MARY HOPKINS Have you ever wondered how to prepare for meeting for worship or what other people experience during worship? These issues are addressed in this insightful pamphlet-useful for the individual seeker, clerks, committee members and potential workshop leaders. Find creative solutions and procedures to deepen the mysterious process known to Quakers as unprogrammed meeting for worship.
Quaker Press of FGC 1999 32 PP. Paper
BY LLOYD LEE WILSON Essays address facets of Quaker faith and practice, articulating the ways in which Gospel order has shaped lives and beliefs of Friends. Wilson gives the reader both a historical perspective and a contemporary understanding of basics like meeting for worship and for business, spiritual gifts, leadings and ministry. Seasoned Friends and those new to Quakerism will find much to ponder.
Quaker Press of FGC 2002 200 PP. Paper
$17.00 (in stock)
A Study Guide
BY MARSHA HOLLIDAY This easy-to-use manual promotes a better knowledge and understanding of Quakerism among unprogrammed Friends. Leaders will appreciate the instructions and supplemental material available in the full version, while the core of the curriculum is in booklet form for participants. Useful both for groups and for self-study, all the basics of Quakerism are covered from George Fox to present day organizations serving the many branches of Friends. Lessons build on one another and each includes a reflection question. A wonderful tool for enriching the lives of Friends both new and old.
Quaker Press of FGC 2006 59 PP. Spiral Bound
Quaker Press of FGC 2006 48 PP. Paper
$15.00 (in stock)
BY MARSHA HOLLIDAY This easy-to-use manual promotes a better knowledge and understanding of Quakerism among unprogrammed Friends. Leaders will appreciate the instructions and supplemental material available in the full version, while the core of the curriculum is in booklet form for participants. Useful both for groups and for self-study, all the basics of Quakerism are covered from George Fox to present day organizations serving the many branches of Friends. Lessons build on one another and each includes a reflection question. A wonderful tool for enriching the lives of Friends both new and old. This is a downloadable .pdf version of this publication.
Quaker Press of FGC 2006 59 PP .PDF Blank
BY MARSHA HOLLIDAY This easy-to-use manual promotes a better knowledge and understanding of Quakerism among unprogrammed Friends. Leaders will appreciate the instructions and supplemental material available in the full version, while the core of the curriculum is in booklet form for participants. Useful both for groups and for self-study, all the basics of Quakerism are covered from George Fox to present day organizations serving the many branches of Friends. Lessons build on one another and each includes a reflection question. A wonderful tool for enriching the lives of Friends both new and old.This is a downloadable .pdf version of this publication.
Quaker Press of FGC 2006 48 PP .PDF Blank
Quaker Stories For Friends Trained In The Godly Play (r) Method
BY THE FAITH & PLAY WORKING GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING Godly Play(R), created by Jerome Berryman, opened the way for Friends to teach bible stories using a method that embodies the Quaker idea of continuing revelation, supports multiple perspectives on a story, encourages silence as a tool within storytelling and honors the diversity of ways the spirit works within each person. This curriculum uses the full range of these techniques to help Friends tell stories of Quaker Faith and Practice. Developed by the Faith & Play Working Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, this is a resource that will work best for Friends and children already acquainted with Godly Play(R) methods.
Quaker Press of FGC 2008 44 PP. Looseleaf
$20.00 (in stock)
BY THE FAITH & PLAY WORKING GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING Godly Play(R), created by Jerome Berryman, opened the way for Friends to teach bible stories using a method that embodies the Quaker idea of continuing revelation, supports multiple perspectives on a story, encourages silence as a tool within storytelling and honors the diversity of ways the spirit works within each person. This curriculum uses the full range of these techniques to help Friends tell stories of Quaker Faith and Practice. Developed by the Faith & Play Working Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, this is a resource that will work best for Friends and children already acquainted with Godly Play(R) methods. This is a downloadable .pdf version of this publication.
Quaker Press of FGC 2008 44 PP. Blank
Oral Readings Exploring Beliefs In Action
BY ED SCHWARTZ Need a workshop idea, a way of building community, material for religious education? Faithful Voices can be the answer. Each person featured lived his or her deeply held beliefs, leaving a legacy in writing and deeds. Each script includes a brief biography and is followed by queries. About half the subjects are well known Quakers including Margaret Fell, Rufus Jones, and John Woolman. Also featured are people as diverse as Dorothy Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Suitable for groups of any size and age from 12 on up or mixed ages, the material is read aloud twice so that everyone both speaks and listens. No preparation is required. Queries are provided for discussion.
Quaker Press of FGC 2005 104 PP Paper
$11.95 (in stock)
Quakers, African Americans And The Myth Of Racial Justice
BY DONNA MCDANIEL AND VANESSA JULYE There is a common misconception that most Quakers assisted fugitive slaves and involved themselves in civil rights activism because of their belief in equality. While there were Friends committed to ending enslavement and post-enslavement injustices, Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship reveals that racism has been as insidious, complex, and pervasive among Friends as it has been generally among people of European descent. The book documents the spiritual and practical impacts of discrimination in the Religious Society of Friends in the belief that understanding the truth of our past is vital to achieving a diverse, inclusive community in the future.
Quaker Press of FGC 2009 548 PP. Paper
$28.00 (in stock)
BY THE FGC COMMITTEE FOR MINISTRY ON RACISM AND WREN ALMITRA This guide is designed to help readers explore more deeply the issues discussed in the book Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship: Quakers, African Americans and the Myth of Racial Justice by Donna McDaniel and Vanessa Julye. Filled with quotes, queries, and suggested activities, the guide can be used in meetings, reading groups, or individually.
Quaker Press of FGC 2009 Looseleaf
$18.00 (backorder)
BY FGC'S COMMITTEE FOR MINISTRY ON RACISM AND WREN ALMITRA This is a downloadable .pdf version of the study guide. When you order, after we confirm your purchase, we will send you a link to download the publication. This guide is designed to help readers explore more deeply the issues discussed in the book Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship: Quakers, African Americans and the Myth of Racial Justice by Donna McDaniel and Vanessa Julye. Filled with quotes, queries, and suggested activities, the guide can be used in meetings, reading groups, or individually.
Quaker Press of FGC 2009 PDF DOWNLOAD Blank
$10.00 (in stock)
Quaker Press of FGC 2009 548 PP. Cloth
$45.00 (in stock)
A Handbook For Working With Quaker Meetings
BY JAN GREENE AND MARTY WALTON Growing from the common purpose of nurturing and encouraging meetings, this handbook provides carefully seasoned guidelines, tools and exercises that meetings can use to strengthen Quaker practice in a concise and user-friendly manual. Sections detail who, what, how and why people can be about the work of fostering vitality in Friends meetings everywhere.
Quaker Press of FGC 1999 128 PP. Paper
$14.00 (in stock)
The Story Of George Fox And The Quakers
BY JANE YOLEN First published over 30 years ago Friend: The Story of George Fox and the Quakers remains a timeless gift. It brings to light, for young and old Friends, the life and legacy of the founder of Quakerism. Fox was a larger than life personality in a turbulent period in English history. Jane Yolen's biography sets the context and chronicles Fox's spiritual development. Never released in a paperback edition, we are pleased to offer this new edition with a foreword by Larry Ingle. "Torn by war and wracked by uncertainty and doubt, the people of Fox's age wanted answers, and our author demonstrates those he offered." - Larry Ingle
Quaker Press of FGC 2005 192 PP. Paper
$13.95 (in stock)
BY ELIZABETH MUENCH A brief, clear aid to meeting treasurers and those who review their accounts, written by a Quaker with extensive experience in Friendly accounting.
Quaker Press of FGC 1990 7 PP. Paper
$3.00 (in stock)
BY JOANNE & LARRY SPEARS Bible study method for small groups, embodying Friends sense that greater insight comes from a combination of personal reflection and group interaction. Directions include several pages on using this method with children and young people.
Quaker Press of FGC 1990 11 PP. Paper
$7.00 (backorder)
BY JOANNE & LARRY SPEARS Study the faith and practice of your yearly meeting or another using the same combination of personal reflection and group interaction as in Friendly Bible Study.
Quaker Press of FGC 1997 20 PP. Paper
$7.00 (in stock)
BY SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN YEARLY MEETING These pamphlets give basic explanations of Quaker principles and beliefs covering a wide variety of topics of interest to seekers. Useful for display in the Meeting House. Price depends on quantity ordered: $.75each (fewer than 10), $.60each (10-49), $.40each (50 or more). NB Price will show as $.60 on web orders, & we will adjust when processing your order. You can see the full text of these leaflets at http://www.fgcquaker.org/library.
Quaker Press of FGC 1992 LEAFLET Tract
Fit For Freedom, Not For Friendship - Paperback
The Quaker Way
A Lasting Gift
Worship In Song - Clothbound
Where Should I Stand?
Listening For The Voice Of Truth
Ben Pink Dandelion's 2009 Gathering Plenary Address - Audio
Hollister Knowlton's Address - Audio Cd Version
Nikki Giovanni's 2009 Plenary Address - Audio Cd
