Events

An Emergent Quaker Theology of Childhood

April 1, 2026
7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

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Join Melinda Wenner Bradley for a thoughtful conversation about the realities of ministry with and for children, exploring how Quaker faith, worship, and community shape our understanding of childhood and how we might more faithfully honor and protect the spiritual lives of the youngest among us.

How do we perceive and experience children as part of worship and community, and how is this shaped by societal attitudes toward children alongside Quaker faith and practice? What tensions exist between our testimonies and the experience of childhood? We can talk about children the same way we talk about social witness — with an urgency and love for what we’re protecting now and for the future. How do we get there? Melinda Wenner Bradley invites us into conversation.

Melinda co-founded the Quaker Religious Education Collaborative and Faith & Play Stories, and is a licensed Godly Play trainer who keeps learning at every opportunity.