Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Bible Study: Called to Healing
Zoom PAA Bible Study series for Friends in the weeks leading to our Annual Sessions (July 6-7), and centering the Sessions theme: Called to Healing. Bible study has been an ongoing, vital part of PYM Annual Sessions. This year, we're moving some program elements of Sessions to the time before and after the summer gathering. In […]
Quaker Call to Action in PYM
Zoom PAThe Quaker Call to Action was initiated by a group of seasoned Friends in June of 2022 as “An Urgent Call to the Religious Society of Friends.” A national steering committee worked to support Friends and meetings in efforts to protect the integrity of local, state and national elections and to strengthen American democracy. They […]
Bible Study: Called to Healing
Zoom PAA Bible Study series for Friends in the weeks leading to our Annual Sessions (July 6-7), and centering the Sessions theme: Called to Healing. Bible study has been an ongoing, vital part of PYM Annual Sessions. This year, we're moving some program elements of Sessions to the time before and after the summer gathering. In […]
Lehigh Valley Friends to Celebrate 75th Birthday!
Lehigh Valley Quakers to Celebrate 75th Birthday Sunday June 16, 2024 Open House from 1-3PM The public is invited to an open house from 1 to 3pm. Activities include an address by Christie Duncan Tessmer, General Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, signing of a commemorative photograph by guests, and a tour of the building and […]
Bible Study: Called to Healing
Zoom PAA Bible Study series for Friends in the weeks leading to our Annual Sessions (July 6-7), and centering the Sessions theme: Called to Healing. Bible study has been an ongoing, vital part of PYM Annual Sessions. This year, we're moving some program elements of Sessions to the time before and after the summer gathering. In […]
Bible Study: Called to Healing
Zoom PAA Bible Study series for Friends in the weeks leading to our Annual Sessions (July 6-7), and centering the Sessions theme: Called to Healing. Bible study has been an ongoing, vital part of PYM Annual Sessions. This year, we're moving some program elements of Sessions to the time before and after the summer gathering. In […]
All Together Worship at Annual Sessions
Zoom PAThree times a year, Friends across all four states in the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting region have the opportunity to join together for an online meeting for worship as an all ages, inclusive, loving community. All Together Worship happens at 10:00 AM on the Sunday morning of every Continuing and Annual Sessions weekend. We come together […]
The Best and Surest Foundation?
American Philosophical Society: Benjamin Franklin Hall Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesThe First Continental Congress took place in Carpenters’ Hall in fall 1774, with 56 delegates from 12 colonies setting the stage for American independence. Among their first decisions was to request an opening invocation from Rev. Jacob Duche, the rector of Christ Church. Duche’s rousing invocation set a precedent for Congressional prayer that continues to […]
Meeting for Worship for Healing
Meeting for Worship for Healing (MfWfH) is first and foremost, worship. Friends gather in expectant waiting on and in the Spirit as they do in any meeting for worship. The difference is, they are gathered with the intention to focus on healing. Friends present may be desirous of healing for themselves, or they may come […]
Meeting Administrators Gathering
Swarthmore Friends Meeting 12 Whittier Pl,, Swarthmore, United StatesThe next gathering of monthly meeting administrative staff will be held on Thursday, October 3rd, 10:30am-1:00pm at Swarthmore Friends Meeting. This time, the administrators gathering is in person! All meeting administrators are warmly invited — join for fellowship, resource sharing, discussion, networking, and mutual support. After time together in the meetinghouse, the group will take […]
Peace Begins with You: A Gathering for Children & Families
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United States"If we are to create peace in the world, we must begin with the children." Mahatma Gandhi "Peace Begins with You: A Gathering for Children and Families" is a Sunday afternoon for families with children to come together for fellowship, learning, celebrating peace and how we can each live in our truth and be peacemakers. […]
220th Anniversary of Arch Street Meeting House
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesOn Sunday, October 27th, 2024, join Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust, Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting, and the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia to celebrate the meetinghouse’s 220th Anniversary! Located in the heart of Old City, Philadelphia, Arch Street Meeting House (ASMH) is a National Historic Landmark, and has been a vibrant hub for both […]
All Together Worship at Fall Continuing Sessions
Zoom PAThree times a year, Friends across all four states in the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting region have the opportunity to join together for an online meeting for worship for all ages. All Together Worship happens from 10-11am on the Sunday morning of every Continuing and Annual Sessions weekend. We come together from meetinghouses and homes for […]
