Bucks Quarterly Meeting “Welcome to Meeting” cards: Example
For more information about these cards, which are tailored for each meeting, please reach out to the Bucks QM Coordinator, Wendy Kane: quakersbucks@gmail.com
Outreach & Communications
Resources Shared at Outreach Thread Gathering
Resources Shared by Panelists at the October 21, 2023 Thread Gathering Focused on Outreach & Communications:
- Guide to Panel Speakers and Topics
- Welcome Self-Assessment Plan for Meetings, Joshua Ponter (Haddonfield)
- Follow Up with Newcomers, Brad Sheeks (Newtown)
- Welcoming Families with Children and Youth, Sallie Jones (Birmingham)
- Opening Exercises FAQ – How to use these programs to welcome and include newcomers, Irene Oleksiw (Downingtown)
- Membership Development Granting Group Advices and Queries, Guinevere Janes (PYM Member at Large)
- Growing Our Meetings — slides from June 2022 PYM Workshop, Irene Oleksiw (Downingtown)
- Digital Presence – 2020 slide presentation on website development and more, Ilona Miller (Downingtown)
- Outreach Initiative Card – a worksheet for meetings considering growth and change through outreach
Digital Presence
Digital Presence — a PDF of the slides from an excellent 2020 presentation by Ilona Miller. Covers websites and more!
Guidance for Virtual Gatherings
Virtual Gatherings
- Guidance for Meetings (.pdf) by Emily Provance, New York YM
Addressing the many parts of being a meeting community — worship, fellowship, business, youth — with thoughts on hybrid community and queries for discernment. - Hybrid Meetings – handbook, resources, and videos curated by Richmond Shreve (Newtown Meeting)
- Friendly Zoom Security Tutorial by Mary Klein, Western Friend
- Retreating in Place: How I Made a Virtual Retreat a Real Retreat (.pdf) by Barbara “Shulamith” Clearbridge (Swarthmore Meeting)
You Are Welcome Here!
You Are Welcome Here! adaptable template coloring page and meeting information for children and families
Transforming Quaker Welcoming: Greeting Diverse Newcomers (FGC)
Transforming Quaker Welcoming: Greeting Diverse Newcomers by Friends General Conference, adapted from the Unitarian Universalist Association
