an in-person program
with Barbara Babin
January 23-25, 2026
Come and learn the basics of the beautiful Quaker practice of Clerking: guiding groups towards collective decisions and actions by helping to discern the Sense of the Meeting. Everyone can learn to do this, which is why members of Quaker Meetings all take turns doing it.
All are welcome. Whether you’re new to clerking or you’d like a refresher, this program is open to all.
Friends believe that it is possible for the human spirit to be in direct communion with the Divine. Seeking God’s will together, we believe way will open and unity will emerge.
-Pacific Yearly Meeting’s Faith and Practice, p. 39
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Program cost
Like all Quaker Center programs, this program is priced along a sliding scale – we encourage you to contribute an amount that you are okay with and that enables you to attend. We hope the suggested cost ranges below will help you to do this.
Standard rate: $200-350.
Welcome rate: $75-150.
You can learn more about Quaker Center’s program costs here.
Childcare will be provided during the program sessions, and children are welcome to come along for free.
About the facilitator. Barbara Babin has experienced clerking as a deeply spiritual practice leading to personal growth, service, and leadership. Through her service as presiding clerk for Palo Alto Monthly Meeting and Redwood Forest Meeting, as well as clerk of various committees at the monthly and yearly meeting levels, she has engaged in the joys and challenges of clerking. She has facilitated several clerking workshops for new and current clerks of committees and Meetings, and others who wanted to learn more about clerking. Barbara enjoys mentoring and coaching those who are stretching and stepping into new roles as they are called into service for our Quaker groups and organizations.