| Description | A Religious Education Section of the Monthly Meeting Education Committee was formed in 1941, after W. Pearson Braithwaite of George Road Meeting raised a concern that there was a need for children in the Monthly Meeting to receive more religious education. Initially, it was decided to increase the size of the Education Committee so that it could take on the additional responsibilities of caring for young people within the Monthly Meeting and also co-ordinate the work of the Children's Class Committee. However, by 1944, it had become a Committee in its own right and was responsible for ensuring that young Friends remained in contact with the Monthly Meeting and the life of the Society. It did this by arranging summer schools, camps, re-unions, and weekend and holiday gatherings for the younger members of the Monthly Meeting and by contacting school leavers (both those at Friends' schools and non-Quaker schools), either by letter or in person, and presenting them with a suitable book of Quakerly interest. |