Woodbrooke

On Friday 12 June at 15:30, we’re holding an information session offering a glimpse into our Silence and Spirituality module, delivered in partnership with The Queen’s Foundation.

This is a great opportunity to explore the role of silence in spiritual practice and experience our approach to Quaker Studies in a welcoming and reflective space.

The module begins in September and is delivered fully online as part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Theology and Transformative Practice.

Book your place on the information session here: queens.jotform.com/261164014139853
Find out more about the modules on our website: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/research/taught-degrees/

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.

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Testimony concerning Amy Lewis (1893–1951):

In 1920 [Amy and Warren Lewis] joined the Society of Friends, and some years later moved to Eccles to establish the home which is inseparable from Amy Lewis’s life and work. She did not allow her outside activities to impoverish her home, but rather enriched all her service with the generous warmth of her family life. She and her husband have shown us that under the exacting conditions of our modern world it is possible to build a new kind of Swarthmoor Hall; the outward circumstances may be different but the spirit is the same… Things were never easy materially, and faith and works, conjoined to prayer, were their principal resources. As the years went by, countless men and women, young and old, came to this home to talk out their problems and to share in its blessings.

Hardshaw East Monthly Meeting, 1951
Quaker Faith and Practice 22.23

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.
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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 radical welcome through shared learning and reflection.
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Published in 1942, “The Screwtape Letters” is a satirical collection of letters from one devil to another. In this book group we will read C.S. Lewis’ “theological fantasy,” discussing together the thought-provoking insights lying beneath the comically demonic surface.

Book your place: https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/book-group-the-screwtape-letters-by-c-s-lewis/

Stillness lies at the heart of Quaker practice, but can be hard to achieve. This session offers practical approaches to settle the mind and open to Spirit.
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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. The focus of this session is 'Serving as a Quaker Elder and Meeting for Clearness and Threshing Meeting'.
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Sharing the Quaker message today does not mean sharing it [only] in English. It means carrying it in French, from Burundi Yearly Meeting to Madagascar. Or standing in Kenya, telling of your faith as a Bolivian Friend in Aymara to be translated into Spanish and then into English and then whispered into Luragoli for the old Friend in the back row! Those who carry the Quaker message today are not only those who worry about whether sanctions against South Africa are right or wrong. Quakers today are the victims of violence and racism in Soweto. Quakers today are not simply watching pictures of famine on their televisions; they are farming the inhospitable altiplano in Bolivia; they are facing drought in Turkana.

Val Ferguson, 1987
Quaker Faith and Practice 28.12

✨ Woodbrooke is recruiting! ✨

We’re looking for a new Programme Coordinator – Faith and Spirituality to join our team.

You will be able to coordinate programmes that illuminate Quaker worship and spirituality and enable people to explore and engage with worship practices, ministry and the variety of expressions of Quaker faith.

This is an exciting role that provides the opportunity to contribute to our expanding vision to reach a global audience with new and innovative opportunities for learning.

📅 Closing date: 5pm, Thursday 25 June

Find out more and apply: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/vacancies/