Hi Friends,

I’m serving on the Workshops Committee for the 2024 FGC Gathering, and I’m hoping some of you Richmond Friends might be willing to consider offering a workshop.  We are a Meeting overflowing with members and attenders who have wonderful gifts that the wider Friends community would be grateful to receive.  As someone who has personally benefitted from these gifts, I don’t say this lightly.

The 2024 Gathering is June 30-July 6 at Haverford College.  FGC is planning to alternate in-person and online Gatherings, so this will be entirely in person, with 2025’s being entirely online.

Proposals are due at the end of September, along with a letter of support for each workshop leader. The FGC website has a page of detailed information (https://www.fgcquaker.org/fgcprograms/the-gathering/programs-and-events/workshops/gathering-workshop-proposal-information/) including links to the forms.  I’ll be glad to answer any questions I can, or to send you in the right direction.

Each workshop is allocated a 50% work grant, meaning half of fees (registration, meals, and basic room) are covered for one leader.  There are also scholarships available, and FGC is eager to make sure that all workshop leaders can attend.

One caveat in all this: I don’t get to decide which workshops go on the program.  Everyone on the committee reads every proposal, and then the committee as a whole decides on the slate of workshops to be offered.  It depends not only on the merits of each proposal, but also on the balance of topics on the program. 

I really hope Friends will consider this, and I’d be glad to talk about it and/or brainstorm topics if you’d like.

With love & Light, Ted