This is a list of topics and activities compiled by the Young Friends for future or repeat sessions. Every four to six weeks items will be chosen from the list to put on the schedule:

Bible and Theology:

• In the beginning: the meaning of Genesis
• The Hebrew Justice Tradition: Amos and James
• Bible debates: Job versus Proverbs
• God with Us: the meaning of Jesus,
• The Gospel and The Empire: Jesus versus Rome
• And in the end... Revelation
• Where the Bible came from
• Different translations
• Alternative Gospels: Thomas, Judas, Mary
• The Apocrapha
• Bible stories, reading and reflection
• What do we believe about God? Traditional, Pantheistic and non-theist views in our Meeting
• Communion: Death and Ressurection

Quaker History Topics:

• John Woolman
• Lucretia Mott
• George Fox
• Important Quaker women: Margaret Fell, Mary Dyer...
• Muggletonians, Ranters, Diggers and Fifth Monarchy Men
• Branches of Quakerism
• Peace Testimony
• Quaker Testimonies
• Quaker alphabet soup: AFSC, FCNL, FUM, FGC, FWCC...

Comparative Religion Topics:
(including visits to other places of worship)

• Hindu (festival at Barsana Dham)
• The Qur'an (aka Koran)
• Traditions of Islaam: Ramadan, Eid ul-Fitr
• Budhism
• Baha'i
• Jewish Traditions
• Sufi
• Hindu and Budhist Sacred Writings

Peace and Non-violence

• US/Mexico Border (Jackson reports on his visit)
• AVP Training
• Ghandhi, King and the Quakers
• The Arab/Israli conflict
• Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Iran, nuclear arms and proliferation
• Colombia and Latin America
• The movement to abolish the death penalty
• Economic Justice and the Global Economy
• Capitalism and Socialism and none-of-the-above
• Gay, Lesbian and trans-gender rights
• Women and the struggle for equality
• Racisim, who us?

Outings, Work Activities and Service Projects:

• Outdoor: hiking, boating, swimming
• Soup kitchen, homeless
• Meeting house landscape, plants and garden.
• Young Friends space improvement and maintenance
• Visit Friendswood Friends Church in Houston