Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
The Quaker City: A Walking Tour of Old City
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesParticipate in Arch Street Meeting House’s brand new walking tour of Quaker sites in Old City, Philadelphia! The tour begins with a brief exploration of the historic burial grounds at ASMH before continuing on a walking tour of important Quaker sites throughout the neighborhood. This is not just your run-of-the-mill famous Founding Fathers’ tour! It […]
The Quaker City: A Walking Tour of Old City
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesParticipate in Arch Street Meeting House’s brand new walking tour of Quaker sites in Old City, Philadelphia! The tour begins with a brief exploration of the historic burial grounds at ASMH before continuing on a walking tour of important Quaker sites throughout the neighborhood. This is not just your run-of-the-mill famous Founding Fathers’ tour! It […]
Nourishing Spirit Led Action on Climate: an Online Potluck
The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Climate Witness Stewards invite you to an Online Climate Change Potluck where we can share concerns about the Earth and find ways to support and inspire one another to be part of the solution. We can all use support to engage in this issue of climate change - no matter what […]
How to Lobby: A Workshop from FCNL
Zoom PARegister → Join Alicia McBride of the Friends Committee on National Legislation for a workshop about lobbying and its place within the world of political advocacy. Alicia will be joined by Deb Hejl, Gwynedd Meeting and PYM representative to FCNL. The workshop will begin with the role of political advocacy in Quaker history and faith. […]
Building Communities of Hope in the Face of Climate Grief
The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Climate Witness Stewards invite you to join our online workshop facilitated by Jennifer Elam. She will lead us in an exploration of the roots of climate grief and hope and the healing power of the arts. In small group sharing sessions, we will learn how to honor one another’s stories […]
Young Adult Friends Social Gathering, Following Fall Continuing Sessions
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesYou're invited! Calling all Young Adult Friends (18-35) to join the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting at the Historic Arch Street Meeting House on November 11th during Fall Continuing Sessions. In this season of sharing and giving, we will focus on sharing our gifts in community and our peace testimony. We are thrilled for Young Adult Friends […]
All Together Worship
Zoom PAOn Sunday morning, November 12, Friends have the opportunity to join together from their meetinghouses and homes for All Together Worship as part of Sessions weekend. The intergenerational waiting worship will be held in care by the elders and Presiding Clerk. The Zoom link to join All Together Worship is the same one being used […]
Community Choice Aggregation: Boroughs are Ready for 100%
Sponsored by PYM's Environmental Justice Collaborative Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is well established in more than a dozen states, and is already legal in Pennsylvania boroughs. Presenters from the CCA for PA team will provide an overview of CCA, introduce participants to local leaders from the five boroughs that have already signed an MOU, and […]
Nourishing Spirit-led Action in Climate: online conversation & potluck
The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Climate Witness Stewards invite you to an online Climate Change Potluck. This is an informal gathering where we can hear what others are doing and support each other to take a next step. Please join us to share the ways, large and small, that we are already in motion around environmental […]
Thread Gathering: Governance & Stewardship / Property Issues
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesThis day of community learning, held onsite at Arch Street Meeting House, will include ideas to support the many joys and challenges of our collective responsibility. Our meetinghouses and burial grounds connect us to our roots. Taking care of them is a gift to Quakers now and in the future. Topics for discussion will include: […]
Friends Meeting-Friends School “Triad” Community Gathering
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesNOTE: CHANGE OF DATE TO FEBRUARY 3 -- at Arch Street Meeting House! Friends Council on Education and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting will co-host a “Triad Gathering” of Clerks of Meetings, Heads of Friends schools, and Clerks of School Committees (Boards of Trustees). The first Triad Gathering was held in 2007, and for several years the […]
Spring Continuing Sessions: Friday Opening Program
Spring Continuing Sessions 2024 will gather Friends together for worship, fellowship, and business during the weekend of March 8-10! Our 2024 Sessions them is "Called to Healing" Watch this space for more information in coming days and learn more about Sessions 2024 here. Spring Continuing Sessions will begin online on Friday evening, March 8, with […]
Spring Continuing Sessions: Called to Healing
Spring Continuing Sessions 2024 will gather Friends together for worship, fellowship, and business during the weekend of March 8-10! Our 2024 Sessions theme is "Called to Healing" Register now.Learn more about Sessions 2024 here. Spring Continuing Sessions will begin online on Friday evening, March 8, with an intergenerational gathering and speaker. Saturday will be a […]
Young Adult Friends Pizza Social Gathering, Following Spring Continuing Sessions
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesCalling young adult Friends ages 18-35 to bring your voices to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting for Spring Continuing Sessions. As a multigenerational body of Friends, PYM is Called to Healing — healing ourselves, our local communities, and our world. At Spring Continuing Sessions, we will begin a year-long exploration of what healing means to us as […]
All Together Worship
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 […]
All Manner Of Friends: Actionable Steps For Creating Inclusive Meetings
Zoom PAAll Manner Of Friends: Actionable Steps For Creating Inclusive Meetings What does it mean for a Quaker Meeting to be inclusive – and how is access and inclusion shaped by small communities and diverse ages? In this presentation, ministry consultant Bird Treacy will highlight easily actionable strategies that can expand who sees Quaker meetings as […]
Spiritual Formation Collaborative Spring Retreat
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesAnnual Spiritual Formation Retreat April 19-21, 2024 Listening One Another Into Wholeness Nurture your spirit with a weekend retreat designed to uplift your sense of hope and interconnectedness through listening deeply to self, others and to nature. We will have the opportunity for loving conversations and activities with fellow travelers on the Spiritual Journey. We […]
How to use PYM’s Climate Action Resource
Let's celebrate Earth Day 2024 across PYM with a commitment to impactful climate action work! According to Earth Day.org, the first Earth Day in 1970 mobilized millions of Americans from all walks of life to birth the modern environmental movement. Since then, Earth Day has evolved into the largest civic event on Earth, activating billions […]
Meeting Administrators Gathering
The next gathering of monthly meeting administrative staff is on April 24, 11:00am-12:30pm on Zoom! (The date is also National Administrative Professionals' Day!) All are warmly invited -- Bring a mug of tea or coffee, or your lunch, to this casual online space for fellowship, resource sharing, discussion, networking, and mutual support. Please register on […]
Invitation to Worship Sharing: Join Us in Discernment on PYM and Lobbying
Zoom PAOn PYM's collective journey towards unity through Quaker community participation, the Administrative Council invites you to join us in Worship Sharing. Resuming Discernment on a PYM Lobbying Policy: PYM is embarking on a significant discernment process regarding our lobbying policy. This process consists of three integral steps: We join in Spirit-led, active listening through Worship […]
Invitation to Worship Sharing: Join Us in Discernment on PYM and Lobbying
Zoom PAOn PYM's collective journey towards unity through Quaker community participation, the Administrative Council invites you to join us in Worship Sharing. Resuming Discernment on a PYM Lobbying Policy: PYM is embarking on a significant discernment process regarding our lobbying policy. This process consists of three integral steps: We join in Spirit-led, active listening through Worship […]
Invitation to Worship Sharing: Join Us in Discernment on PYM and Lobbying
Zoom PAOn PYM's collective journey towards unity through Quaker community participation, the Administrative Council invites you to join us in Worship Sharing. Resuming Discernment on a PYM Lobbying Policy: PYM is embarking on a significant discernment process regarding our lobbying policy. This process consists of three integral steps: We join in Spirit-led, active listening through Worship […]
Using PYM’s Climate Action Resource: Let’s Check In!
Zoom PAThe tool for Friends and meetings seeking to live out our yearly meeting-wide commitment to address climate change is now available! The booklet Creating a Playbook for Climate Action helps Friends develop personalized plans for how to address climate change – in their meetings and in their homes. Copies of the booklet have been shared with all […]
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 […]