Silence & Light for Quaker Newcomers eRetreat
Zoom PAThe Silence & Light for Quaker Newcomers eRetreat invites you to explore and practice the experience of Quaker worship and silent waiting, for an inward encounter with Inner Teacher who leads, guides, and transforms us every day. This session is offered for people who are curious about Quakers or new to Quakerism and will explore […]
Altered Books: Making Tangible Our Personal and Prophetic Narratives
Zoom PAJul 14 - Sep 8, 2024 An online arts program with Jesse White. Sundays, 12:30pm-2:30pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom. *Note: no group class the week of September 1. You will have the opportunity to schedule a personal check-in between August 25 and September 7. Come and join a safe and brave online […]
Meeting for Worship for Newcomers and Seekers
FGC's Spiritual Deepening’s Worship for Newcomers aims to support Friends and seekers new to Quakerism. This program will introduce Newcomers to Quaker worship practices as well as allow them to ask questions and reflect on their experiences as they flow through their journey in worship spaces with Friends from the seasoned to the seeking. For […]
Illuminate Summer Speaker Series with Barclay Press
Join us for a series of evening discussions with authors of Illuminate: Entering God’s Presence, the most recent publication in the Barclay Press Illuminate Friends Bible Study Series. Speakers will share insights from their studies as they prepared the lessons and “Friendly Perspectives” in this series. The book of Psalms displays a range of human experiences and emotions […]
Silence & Light for Quaker Newcomers eRetreat
Zoom PAThe Silence & Light for Quaker Newcomers eRetreat invites you to explore and practice the experience of Quaker worship and silent waiting, for an inward encounter with Inner Teacher who leads, guides, and transforms us every day. This session is offered for people who are curious about Quakers or new to Quakerism and will explore […]
The Quaker City: A Walking Tour of Old City
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesThis isn’t your run-of-the-mill Founding Fathers’ tour! Perfect for Friends or visitors seeking a different side of Philly history, this walking tour highlights important Quaker sites in Old City. The tour starts at Arch Street Meeting House, then continues to the Betsy Ross House, and on to Welcome Park, the site of William Penn’s first […]
Altered Books: Making Tangible Our Personal and Prophetic Narratives
Zoom PAJul 14 - Sep 8, 2024 An online arts program with Jesse White. Sundays, 12:30pm-2:30pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom. *Note: no group class the week of September 1. You will have the opportunity to schedule a personal check-in between August 25 and September 7. Come and join a safe and brave online […]
Where Two or Three are Gathered–Young Adult Friends International Gathering
Jordans Meetinghouse and Center (U.K.) Welders Lane, Jordans, Beaconsfield, Bucks,Join an international group of Young Adult Quakers (18-35) to explore how we are transformed and gathered together by the Spirit. We are pretty sure that our gathering won’t look like the painting above! However, we do want to explore what The Presence in the Midst (painted at Jordans over a century ago) could mean for us […]
Young Adult F/friends (Ages 18-35) Community’s Summer Celebration
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesCalling the Young Adult F/friends community (ages 18-35) on Saturday, August 24, from 10:00 a.m. till 8:00 p.m. at Arch Street Meeting House to celebrate the summer. Along with fellowship, worship sharing, and free time, we will have the distinct pleasure of participating in a Tarot Card Workshop (11 a.m.-2 p.m.): Can tarot help us listen […]
The Quaker City: A Walking Tour of Old City
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesThis isn’t your run-of-the-mill Founding Fathers’ tour! Perfect for Friends or visitors seeking a different side of Philly history, this walking tour highlights important Quaker sites in Old City. The tour starts at Arch Street Meeting House, then continues to the Betsy Ross House, and on to Welcome Park, the site of William Penn’s first […]
Altered Books: Making Tangible Our Personal and Prophetic Narratives
Zoom PAJul 14 - Sep 8, 2024 An online arts program with Jesse White. Sundays, 12:30pm-2:30pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom. *Note: no group class the week of September 1. You will have the opportunity to schedule a personal check-in between August 25 and September 7. Come and join a safe and brave online […]
Twilight Meeting for Worship
Drexel Lodge Pavilion, West Chester Pike, Newtown Square West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA, United StatesNewtown Square Friends Meeting will be holding its next Twilight Meeting for Worship will be on Sunday, August 25, at Natural Lands' Hildacy Preserve, 1031 Palmers Mill Road, in Media, beginning at 7:15 PM. We will be meditating to the sounds of flowing water on a bridge over Crum Creek. In case of rain, we […]
Climate Cafe: a place for support and to report
Zoom PAClimate Witness Stewards invite all interested Quakers in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to join us for for a virtual Climate Cafe: a place for support and to report climate actions (formerly Online Potluck). We have found this format to be a supportive, spiritually encouraging and community building way to share climate action information and hope. Some […]
The Quaker City: A Walking Tour of Old City
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesThis isn’t your run-of-the-mill Founding Fathers’ tour! Perfect for Friends or visitors seeking a different side of Philly history, this walking tour highlights important Quaker sites in Old City. The tour starts at Arch Street Meeting House, then continues to the Betsy Ross House, and on to Welcome Park, the site of William Penn’s first […]
CANCELED-Young Adult Friends (Ages 18-35) Online Worship Sharing
Join on Zoom Zoom Link Available upon RegistrationPLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENING'S WORSHIP SHARING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE YAF ONLINE WORSHIP SHARING SERIES IS ON PAUSE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING! Calling young adult F/friends and Seekers (ages 18-35) throughout the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to join us for our monthly online worship sharing series the first Wednesday of every […]
Hand in Hand: Aging Together in the Spirit
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesA three-part online series with authors of A Tender Time: Quaker Voices on the End of Life, Patti Nesbitt, Eileen Stanizone, and Kristin Camitta Zimet This program offers live and interactive engagement with A Tender Time: Quaker Voices on the End of Life, the Baltimore Yearly Meetings’ End of Life Working Group’s new resource. In […]
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 […]
Yardley Friends Meeting Flea Market
Yardley Friends Meeting 65 North Main St, Yardley, PAOur annual Flea Market includes vendors offering antiques, crafts, books, housewares, and more, plus our own white elephant sale.
Film & Speaker: THE BERRIGANS: Devout & Dangerous; Speaker: Brad Wolfe, author of “Ministry of Risk, the Definitive Writings on Peace & Nonviolence by Philip Berrigan”.
Film: Devout & Dangerous, a documentary about Philip and Daniel Berrigan, and Liz McAlister and their legacy of peacemaking and nonviolent resistance, such as the Plowshare 8 action at the GE nuclear weapons plant in King of Prussia, PA, in 1980. Speaker: Brad Wolf on his recent book Ministry of Risk, the Definitive Writings on […]
Altered Books: Making Tangible Our Personal and Prophetic Narratives
Zoom PAJul 14 - Sep 8, 2024 An online arts program with Jesse White. Sundays, 12:30pm-2:30pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom. *Note: no group class the week of September 1. You will have the opportunity to schedule a personal check-in between August 25 and September 7. Come and join a safe and brave online […]
Healing Alternatives at Newtown Square Friends Meeting
Newtown Square Friends Meeting 120 N Newtown Street Road, Newtown Square, PA, United StatesWestern civilization associates healing with doctors, hospitals and medicines manufactured by large pharmaceutical companies. Other cultures, however, look to other methods, steeped in nature, mysticism and religion, to bring wellness to their communities. Please join us at Newtown Square Friends Meeting, on Sunday, September 8, at 1 PM, for an animated discussion of these healing […]
Fun Family Concert Benefit for The Peace Center
Two of a Kind, an award-winning husband-wife musical duo, will perform a benefit concert for the Peace Center on Sunday September 8, 2024, from 2-4:30pm at Fallsington Friends Meeting (9300 New Falls Rd, Levittown, PA). This interactive concert, designed for families and children of all ages, will feature songs, puppets, movement, and stories centered around […]
Meeting for Worship for Newcomers and Seekers
FGC's Spiritual Deepening’s Worship for Newcomers aims to support Friends and seekers new to Quakerism. This program will introduce Newcomers to Quaker worship practices as well as allow them to ask questions and reflect on their experiences as they flow through their journey in worship spaces with Friends from the seasoned to the seeking. For […]
Stephen G. Cary Memorial Lecture: Light Within and Light Without ~ The Personal and Political in the Formation of a Palestinian-American Quaker Identity
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesQuakerism thrives as a practice that accentuates the individual spiritual experience and the communal life of the monthly meeting. Ongoing revelation, the Light within all, personal integrity, communal worship, and consensus decision-making are hallmarks of this tradition. As a lifelong Quaker, Steve Tamari’s spiritual formation developed along these lines in a Quaker household and in […]
Hand in Hand: Aging Together in the Spirit
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesA three-part online series with authors of A Tender Time: Quaker Voices on the End of Life, Patti Nesbitt, Eileen Stanizone, and Kristin Camitta Zimet This program offers live and interactive engagement with A Tender Time: Quaker Voices on the End of Life, the Baltimore Yearly Meetings’ End of Life Working Group’s new resource. In […]
The Pendle Hill Chorus: O, Mystery! Music for the Soul
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesThe Pendle Hill Chorus: O, Mystery! Music for the Soul Rehearsals begin Sep 11, 2024 A non-audition community chorus. “We work hard and have a good time.” Rehearsals: Wednesdays, 7:00 – 8:30pm (1st rehearsal 7:00 -9:00pm), on Pendle Hill’s campus. First Rehearsal: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Holiday Concert Date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 8:00pm Pay […]
September Movie Night at Gwynedd Friends Meeting
Gwynedd Friends Meeting 1101 Dekalb Pike, Gwynedd, PA, United StatesPeace and Sustainability will sponsor a movie night on Saturday, September 14 starting at 6:00 PM, with a delicious vegetarian/vegan dinner for all. Movies will start at 7:00. Kids will have mac and cheese and a separate kid's movie indoors with supervision. The outdoor movie will explain ways that we can help our beautiful planet […]
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 […]
Walking in the World as a Friend: Community Practice Group
Via Zoom Zoom Link Available Upon RegistrationAdult Religious Education Online on 3rd Mondays, 7:15 – 9:00pm Eastern US time, Sept 16, Oct 21, and Nov 18, 2024. To register go to Quaker Religious Education Collaborative (QREC) or Friends Peace Teams (FPT).
Community Organizing Training
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesSep 18-19, 2024: A training workshop hosted by Spadework on Back to Basics: Base-Building, Developing Leadership, Organization as Spaces for Transformation. This program is a collaboration between Pendle Hill and Spadework, a school for organizers to reverse the diminution of organizing practice in the United States. This training will explore: Base-Building Tools & Planning: Identifying and […]
Hand in Hand: Aging Together in the Spirit
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesA three-part online series with authors of A Tender Time: Quaker Voices on the End of Life, Patti Nesbitt, Eileen Stanizone, and Kristin Camitta Zimet This program offers live and interactive engagement with A Tender Time: Quaker Voices on the End of Life, the Baltimore Yearly Meetings’ End of Life Working Group’s new resource. In […]
Philly premiere for Citizen George, a film about George Lakey
Friends Center 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, United StatesJoin us for a special screening of the film about the incredible George Lakey at Friends Center. Get ready to be inspired by his story and his impact on movements for social justice. Thursday, September 19, 2024, 7:30-9:30pm at Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street in downtown Philadelphia RSVP here A special treat for those who […]
Embracing Spiritual Gifts: Weekend Workshop with Adria Gulizia
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesSep 20-22, 2024: A workshop to explore and nurture spiritual gifts with Adria Gulizia As Friends, we often say that “we are all ministers,” but too rarely do we prepare ourselves to recognize, welcome, and nurture spiritual gifts among us. These gifts aren’t rewards for good behavior but evidence of God’s grace, poured out among us to invite us into […]
Young Friends Peace Fair and Overnight!
Buckingham Friends Meetinghouse 5684 Old York Rd, Lahaska, United StatesAll Young Friends (grades 8 to 12) are invited to the 24th Annual Peace Fair and Overnight at Buckingham Meeting/Buckingham Friends School in Lahaska, PA! The Peace Fair features local crafts, artwork, traditional and vegetarian food, kids’ games, a dunk tank, and Bucks County area non-profits that focus on peace, community service, healthy living, and […]
PYM Family Day at Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesCalling all PYM families! Please join us for a day-long Quaker family meetup on Saturday September 21st from 10 AM to 3 PM at Pendle Hill. Come enjoy Pendle Hill’s beautiful campus and get to know other families from around PYM. There will be intergenerational activities, time for parent/guardian worship sharing, children’s activities, art projects, and […]
24th Annual Peace Fair
Buckingham Friends Meetinghouse 5684 Old York Rd, Lahaska, United StatesThe 24th annual Peace Fair of Bucks Quarterly Meeting features local crafts, artwork, traditional and vegetarian food, kids games, a dunking tank and dozens of Bucks area non-profits whose focus is peace, community service, healthy living, education, and the environment. Browse the gently-used book sale, hear Bucks area poets at the Poetry Reading (open mike […]
Young Adult Friends (Ages 18-35) Bonfire Gathering
Calling young adult F/friends and Seekers to join us for a Fall Bonfire gathering on Saturday, September 21, from 5:00-10:00 p.m. around the Doylestown, PA area. We will make smores, chat with each other, and welcome in the Fall season. The location to the gathering will be shared closer to the date of the event. […]
Israel and Palestine Two States-One Homeland
Medford Friends Meeting 14 Union St, Medford, United StatesGuest speaker Sarah Rosenson, a former teacher at Moorestown Friends School, will discuss one possible solution proposed by the group, A Land For ALL. This group is mase up of Jewish Israelis and Palestinians who are promoting a political solution based on two states in one shared homeland, with full and equal rights for all.
Israel and Palestine Two States – One Homeland
Medford Friends Meeting 14 Union St, Medford, United StatesUnderstanding the roots of and possible solutions to the Israeli Palestinian Conflict is important as Quakers continue their long history of working for lasting peace in the area.
FAITH INTO ACTION: A family-friendly interfaith gathering to support democracy
Friends Center 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, United StatesThe national Quaker Call to Action is hosting a family friendly, interfaith service that will focus on Pennsylvania and be both inspirational as well as practical. This special event will bring together interfaith leaders who will help inspire and confirm the faith basis for our individual actions in the weeks prior to November 5, 2024. We […]
Wednesday Worship Sharing
Zoom PAThe tradition of gathering midweek has always been strong among Friends. Please join us to reflect and connect in fellowship. This week, we’ll sit together, online, and reflect on the Biblical verse, “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven,” from Ecclesiastes 3:1. All are welcome; click here to join or call 646-558-8656; use meeting […]
Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples
In this 2-hour participatory program, we experience the history of the colonization of Turtle Island, the land that is now known as the United States. The story is told through the words of Indigenous leaders, European/American leaders, and Western historians. We engage with this history through experiential exercises and small group discussions. And we are […]
Worship Sojourn Weekend at Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesFriends are invited to sojourn at Pendle Hill to enjoy on-campus worship, meals, and time together. Book an overnight stay around and during this weekend as you’re led and able. Or if you prefer to commute, register by booking your meals in advance. This weekend will include space for Pendle Hill worship community members, and […]
2024 Tri-Quarter Gathering
YMCA of the Pines 1303 Stokes Rd, MedfordTri-Quarter is an annual gathering of F/friends from Haddonfield, Salem, Burlington Quarterly Meetings and beyond at YMCA's delightful "Camp of the Pines". It is a valuable opportunity to convene with nature, participate in workshops led by members of our community, and develop new and lasting friendships. Lean more and register at southjerseyquakers.org/triquarter-gathering/
Pendle Hill Resident Reunion
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesOnline Resident Reunion Sep 28, 2024 Alums are invited to join other Pendle Hill resident students, scholars, Friends in Residence, and staff from years past to celebrate Pendle Hill’s 94th birthday online! 1:30pm-3:30pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom. Free to all past residents and staff! Registration required. https://pendlehill.org/events/online-resident-reunion/
Know Thy Neighbor: Give Peace a Chance
 Let’s Be Friends - Know Thy Neighbor Give Peace a Chance Join us for a for a Lecture on the Quaker Peace Testimony presented by David Harrington Watt Sunday, September 29th at 2:00pm In the Meeting House The lecture will feature an overview of the Quaker approach toward peace from the 1640’s to […]
Twilight Meeting for Worship
Drexel Lodge Pavilion, West Chester Pike, Newtown Square West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA, United StatesOur next Twilight Meeting for Worship this year will be on Sunday, September 29, at Drexel Lodge Park in Newtown Square. We will be gazing out over a beautiful pond while watching the sun go down. Let's meet at the Park at 6:15 PM. See you there!
CANCELED-Young Adult Friends (Ages 18-35) Online Worship Sharing
Join on Zoom Zoom Link Available upon RegistrationPLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENING'S WORSHIP SHARING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE YAF ONLINE WORSHIP SHARING SERIES IS ON PAUSE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING! Calling young adult F/friends and Seekers (ages 18-35) throughout the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to join us for our monthly online worship sharing series the first Wednesday of every […]
Moorestown Friends Meeting: Wednesday Worship Sharing
Zoom PAThe tradition of gathering midweek has always been strong among Friends. Please join us to reflect and connect in fellowship. This week, we’ll sit together, online, and reflect on the query, Do I resist change I might accept, or accept change I might resist? All are welcome; click here to join or call 646-558-8656; use meeting #885 […]
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 […]
Maurice Louca Live in Concert at Germantown Friends Meeting
Germantown Friends Meeting 47 West Coulter Street, PhiladelphiaMaurice Louca Live in Concert Friday, October 4th, 2024 at Germantown Friends Meeting. Doors open at 7:00 PM, and the performance begins at 7:30 PM. Join us for a live performance by Maurice Louca, one of Egypt’s most innovative and influential composers. Known for his ability to blend traditional Arabic music with experimental and avant-garde […]
Haddonfield Friends Meeting: Open House and Graveyard Tour
Haddonfield Friends Meeting 47 Friends Avenue, HaddonfieldHaddonfield Friends Meeting is holding an open house this Saturday. Learn about the birth of Haddonfield and the remarkable story of the borough's founder, Elizabeth Haddon. Visit the historic graveyard, including her (presumed) resting place. Three hundred years of history await your discovery! This event is part of the Camden County History Alliance’s annual “History […]
World Quaker Day Worship Sharing
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesWorld Quaker Day Worship Sharing Online at Pendle Hill Oct 6, 2024 Join Friends after our daily hybrid Meeting for Worship for continued learning with Jennifer Kavanagh in honor of World Quaker Day. 9:30am-10:30am Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom. Free and open to the public! No registration required.
Too Queer to Be Quaker: The Limits of Liberal Quaker Inclusion of Lesbian and Gay People during the Cold War and Today
HybridOctober 7, 2024, 7:30pm-9pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) on campus and via Zoom: A First Monday Lecture with Brian Blackmore Before the gay rights movement gained momentum in the early 1960s, a few very small assemblies of Quakers publicly supported lesbian and gay people ahead of all other religious groups. Most Quakers in the mid-twentieth century, however, did […]
Open House for Quakers considering Quaker education
Ingrid Lakey is hosting a gathering for Quaker parents and guardians and those considering Quaker education for their children at her home in West Philadelphia on Tuesday, October 8 from 6-7:30pm for fellowship and conversation about Friends Select School, the only pre-k-12 Quaker school in Center City Philadelphia. As a parent to an FSS 10th […]
Neurodivergent Friends Discussion Group
Zoom PAJoin our Neurodivergent Friends gathering! We will worship together, build community, and share our experiences of the gifts and challenges of being neurodiverse folks among Friends. Over time we may explore what we need to fully engage in the life of our meetings; how to communicate our needs to our communities; ways that we experience […]
Online Training for Recording Clerks
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ofu2spzgrEtCQEqgX39hOg4LQy6s9YqwOJoin Philadelphia Yearly Meeting for a virtual Recording Clerks Training on October 11th! Expand your skills in taking minutes! This training is open to the whole yearly meeting. Whether you're a current recording clerk, have served in the past, or are simply interested in this session - you are invited. Facilitated by experienced recording clerks […]
