Our Stories
In this section:
- Story Development
- Published Stories
- YouTube Channel
- Spanish Translation and Global Sharing
- Advices and Queries for Creating Stories
- Nurturing the Spirituality of Children
The Development of Faith & Play Stories
“Faith & Play” refers to Quaker stories developed, tested and approved by the Faith & Play Group. Story development is deep work. Each story follows its own path, and the process cannot be hurried. When an individual member of the group finds that a story rises in them or they have a leading to contribute a story we have identified a need for, they bring the first draft to the group, and it is turned over to collaborative discernment and editing. We stay open to leadings and new insights and work together in relationship with our co-creators and with Spirit. The focus is on process and it can take months or years to write, revise, test and receive feedback, and develop materials for a story. The Faith & Play Group works on stories together when we can meet in person and during the times in between, we’re testing stories in circles of children and among Friends, gathering feedback from others, and listening for new openings about a story and its accompanying materials.
Faith & Play Stories are published by Quaker Press of FGC and carried by the online bookstore QuakerBooks. The 2017 second edition of “Faith & Play: Quaker Stories for Friends Trained in the Godly Play Method" was published with a generous grant from Obadiah Brown’s Benevolent Fund.
New stories are always in the works! Stories have a way of choosing their own time to be born, and we are confident that when the time is right stories find their way to us.
“Faith & Play” refers to Quaker stories developed, tested and approved by the Faith & Play Group. Story development is deep work. Each story follows its own path, and the process cannot be hurried. When an individual member of the group finds that a story rises in them or they have a leading to contribute a story we have identified a need for, they bring the first draft to the group, and it is turned over to collaborative discernment and editing. We stay open to leadings and new insights and work together in relationship with our co-creators and with Spirit. The focus is on process and it can take months or years to write, revise, test and receive feedback, and develop materials for a story. The Faith & Play Group works on stories together when we can meet in person and during the times in between, we’re testing stories in circles of children and among Friends, gathering feedback from others, and listening for new openings about a story and its accompanying materials.
Faith & Play Stories are published by Quaker Press of FGC and carried by the online bookstore QuakerBooks. The 2017 second edition of “Faith & Play: Quaker Stories for Friends Trained in the Godly Play Method" was published with a generous grant from Obadiah Brown’s Benevolent Fund.
New stories are always in the works! Stories have a way of choosing their own time to be born, and we are confident that when the time is right stories find their way to us.
Published Stories in the Faith & Play Collection
Stories of Quaker Faith and Practice:
Listening for God
A story about different ways we sense God’s presence
Images of God
A story about different ways Friends describe God
Prayer and Friends Meeting for Worship
A story about Friends gathering as a community to listen for God
Friends Meeting for Business
A story about meeting for worship with attention to business
Gifts
A story about the gifts God gives each of us
Queries
A story about the role of queries for early and present-day Quakers
Stories about the Testimonies:
Love’s Way
A story about testimonies for younger children
Living the Ways of the Spirit
A story about testimonies drawing on the life of Jesus
Let Your Life Speak
A story for older children about the testimonies and what happens
when we live our lives guided by Spirit
Stories of Witness:
George Fox’s Big Discovery
A story about a way God reveals Truth to us
Margaret Fell of Swarthmoor Hall
An early Friend gives Quakerism a home
Mary Fisher Carries the Quaker Message Near and Far
A story about an early Friend who lived in God’s love, power and
peace
John Woolman, Gentle Abolitionist
A Friend acts to end slaveholding by Quakers
John Woolman Visits the Indians at Wyalusing
A Quaker risks a dangerous journey to visit people with lives very
different from his
Elizabeth Fry and the Women of Newgate Prison
How she saw people opened the door to prison reform
Other Stories for Friends:
An Easter Story for Friends
A story about the power of God’s love
Stories of Quaker Faith and Practice:
Listening for God
A story about different ways we sense God’s presence
Images of God
A story about different ways Friends describe God
Prayer and Friends Meeting for Worship
A story about Friends gathering as a community to listen for God
Friends Meeting for Business
A story about meeting for worship with attention to business
Gifts
A story about the gifts God gives each of us
Queries
A story about the role of queries for early and present-day Quakers
Stories about the Testimonies:
Love’s Way
A story about testimonies for younger children
Living the Ways of the Spirit
A story about testimonies drawing on the life of Jesus
Let Your Life Speak
A story for older children about the testimonies and what happens
when we live our lives guided by Spirit
Stories of Witness:
George Fox’s Big Discovery
A story about a way God reveals Truth to us
Margaret Fell of Swarthmoor Hall
An early Friend gives Quakerism a home
Mary Fisher Carries the Quaker Message Near and Far
A story about an early Friend who lived in God’s love, power and
peace
John Woolman, Gentle Abolitionist
A Friend acts to end slaveholding by Quakers
John Woolman Visits the Indians at Wyalusing
A Quaker risks a dangerous journey to visit people with lives very
different from his
Elizabeth Fry and the Women of Newgate Prison
How she saw people opened the door to prison reform
Other Stories for Friends:
An Easter Story for Friends
A story about the power of God’s love
