How-To Guides
Step-by-step instructions for specific tasks: setting up virtual meetings, managing websites, creating newsletters, and more.
Quaker.cloud
Practical documentation and resources for Quaker meetings
About This Project
Section titled “About This Project”Quaker.cloud provides accessible, structured documentation to help Friends manage the practical aspects of meeting life—from technology and communications to stewardship and organizational structure. We focus on the operational questions that clerks, committee members, and volunteer administrators encounter, offering guidance that’s approachable for Friends who may not consider themselves “tech-savvy.”
This project serves as a spiritual successor to the Friends General Conference Quaker Cloud service, which supported meetings from 2011 until December 2023. Rather than hosting websites directly, we focus on documentation and resources that meetings can use regardless of their technical setup.
What You’ll Find Here
Section titled “What You’ll Find Here”Explanations
Background and context to help you understand concepts—what makes hybrid worship challenging, how platforms compare, and why certain approaches work.
Reference Material
Quick-lookup resources like platform comparisons, accessibility checklists, and equipment recommendations.
Essays & Reflections
Articles exploring questions at the intersection of Quaker faith and contemporary challenges, including technology discernment and AI.
Complementary Resources
Section titled “Complementary Resources”Quaker.cloud is designed to complement, not duplicate, existing Quaker resources. We encourage you to explore:
Woodbrooke
Courses on clerking, eldership, and Quaker practice from Europe’s foremost Quaker learning organization.
Friends General Conference
Spiritual deepening resources, QuakerSpeak videos, and the QCCOP peer network for communications volunteers.
Britain Yearly Meeting
Quaker faith & practice and extensive guidance on meeting roles and pastoral care.
Quaker Meetings Network
Website hosting and tools for meetings seeking a managed solution, serving Friends in the UK and US.
This Site Is Growing
Section titled “This Site Is Growing”We’re in the early stages of developing content. If you have expertise to share, topics you’d like to see covered, or corrections to suggest, contributions are welcome. Visit our GitHub repository to get involved.
All content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, so useful guidance can spread throughout the Quaker community and beyond.