Outreach Resources for Local Meetings

You are not alone in your Advancement and Outreach efforts. The Advancement and Outreach Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting is here to help! On this page you will find some ideas and printed materials being used by other meetings. Where possible we have included editable versions of some of the printed material that can be downloaded and adapted for your purposes.

In addition to these samples, we made a special arrangement with Britain Yearly Meeting to make their Advancement and Outreach Handbook – 54 pages of ideas and how-tos available on this web site.

We are always looking for more examples, if you have an example you would like to share, e-mail it to: aando@bym-rsf.org. If you have specific A&O needs, please e-mail us a request and we will do our best to get you some help or resources.

• Advancement and Outreach Handbook of Britain Yearly Meeting. Has some great examples of real Friends doing real outreach activities, most of which can be easily adapted for a variety of settings. Click here to download the PDF.
• Quaker Communications & Outreach - a cross-yearly-meeting collaboration, including a lot of research done by BYM A&O. Also has a Facebook group.
• Recommended reading list
• Friends General Conference
  • For new Worship Groups and Meetings –
    • helpful links to understand and prioritize start-up activities
    • New Meeting Toolbox including practical advice on building a Friends Meeting, what to do if you are the only Friend in town
    • Join the new Meetings database so people will know about your efforts.
  • For existing Monthly Meetings –
    • Quaker Meeting Toolbox: A resource for Monthly Meeting outreach and publicity including Web presence, Social Media, & using other communication technology
    • Quaker Quest program for Meeting inreach and outreach
    • Quaker Cloud support for creating and maintaining Local Meeting Web sites and other communication support for the Local Meeting community
    • Grow Our Meetings Toolkit
• Ideas from local Meetings
  • Promotional materials – examples from other Meetings
    • General welcome brochure and newcomer packet from Patapsco Friends Meeting
    • General welcome brochure: Sacramento Friends Meeting – An attractive and easy to read 5.5x4 4 page booklet
    • General welcome brochure: Frederick Friends Meeting – a thoughtful 3 fold brochure
    • New Family brochure: Langley Hill Friends Meeting (3 fold) – for first time attenders, intro to Quakerism, RE & BYM teen programs. Click here for a customizable version.
    • Mini flyers for posting: Frederick Friends Meeting – Invitation to visit
    • Mini brochures (1/3rd sheet Adapted from FGC mini brochures):
      • Langley Hill Friends Meeting - Quakers and Prayers. Click here for customizable version
      • Langley Hill Friends Meeting - Quaker Testimonies. Click here for customizable version
      • Langley Hill Friends Meeting - You are Welcome Here. Click here for customizable version.
      • Langley Hill Friends Meeting - Quaker Beliefs. Click here for customizable version
      • Langley Hill Friends Meeting - How Quaker Meetings work. Click here for customizable version
  • Other printed materials
    • Banners: Langley Hill Friend Meeting – Quakers – More than Oatmeal
    • Calling Cards: Frederick Friends Meeting
    • Calling Cards: Langley Hill Friends Meeting