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 […]
Abington Quarter Junior Friends Conference
Abington Quarter Junior Friends and Middle School Friends Conference will take place Sunday, June 16th through Friday, June 21st. This five-night residential conference for Quaker children in 1st through 8th grade provides an opportunity to learn more about living in the world as a Quaker while making new friends and having fun. Activities include worship, […]
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 […]
Worship at Roaring Creek Meetinghouse
Roaring Creek Meetinghouse 37 Dragstrip Rd, CatawissaMillville Quakers will be holding Meeting for Worship at the Roaring Creek Meetinghouse on June 16, 2024 at 1:30 pm. If you are traveling from a distance and also wish to visit the historic Catawissa Meetinghouse, please notify us as soon as possible. Roaring Creek Meetinghouse is a log building built in 1795. Millville Friends […]
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 […]
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, What are ‘those things that make for peace’? All are welcome; click here to join or call 646-558-8656; use meeting #885 631 969.
Crosswicks Friends Meeting Juneteenth Jubilee Event
Our Peace and Social Action Committee in Partnership with the Interfaith Community Builder's Host's the 3rd Juneteenth Jubilee
Downingtown Friends Meeting’s Memorial to the Lost
Downingtown Friends Meeting 800 E Lancaster Ave, Downingtown, United StatesJoin DFM in dedicating the Chester County Memorial to those lost to gun violence; in partnership with the Friends Ending Gun Violence Collaborative and Heeding God's Call.
Scrub-A-Dub-Dub Cemetery Stone Basics
Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting 21 East Main St., Tuckerton, NJThe Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting will be hosting a hands-on demonstration to learn the basics of cemetery stone cleaning in collaboration with the Ocean County Cultural and Heritage Commission. This demo will take place on 6/25 at 9:00 am at the Little Egg Harbor Friends Meetinghouse located in Tuckerton. Rain date is 6/26. Supplies […]
Annual Sessions Opening Meeting for Business
Zoom PAThe 344th Annual Sessions of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is here! Our first Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business will take place online, in order to accommodate our shorter schedule onsite at Haverford College. June 25: Meeting for Business 7:00 – 8:30pm *please note: this is a change in date (previously June 27) Epistle Committee […]
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 […]
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 fifth beatitude from the Book of Matthew, Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. (Matthew 5:9) All are welcome; click here to […]
Quaker Writers’ Retreat at Pendle Hill
Pendle Hill 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, United StatesJun 27-30, 2024 Join us in Pendle Hill’s sanctuary to center down and write in community with other Friends. Enjoy Pendle Hill’s library, art studio, walking trails, and communal meals, with time each evening to come together to worship or share your work as led. Pendle Hill Pamphlets Coordinator Janaki Spickard Keeler will present about […]
George Fox’s Birthday Celebration at Arch Street Meeting House
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United StatesBring your friends, your children, and your neighbors for a birthday party at Arch Street Meeting House! On June 29th Friends in the Philadelphia area will celebrate and reflect on the legacy of Quakerism co-founder, George Fox. This event is free and open to the public. Event highlights include: Historical re-enactors Outdoor and indoor games […]
The Extraordinary Case of Allen Ricketts
Sadsbury Friends Meeting 1089 Simmontown Rd, Gap, PA, United StatesTold by Harold Finigan of Darby Meeting, the story of enslaved person Allen Ricketts who escaped slavery only to be taken back into slavery again and escaped a second time with help of Lancaster County, PA, Quakers. Hosted by Sadsbury Meeting.
Rise up for Reparations Juneteenth Revival
Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting 1515 Cherry St, Philadelphia, United StatesRise up for Reparations: a Multi-Faith Revival Join us in proclaiming the urgent call for reparations in Philadelphia! On Sunday, June 30th from 2 to 4 p.m. ET At: Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, downtown Philadelphia Hosted by Rev. Jackie Newsome, newly seated to the Philadelphia Reparations Task Force Speakers will include: Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart, Rise […]
Twilight Meeting for Worship
Ashbridge Preserve Goshen Road, WillistownImagine sitting with a friendly group in a natural setting, watching a brilliant sunset, surrounded by birdsong and thousands of fireflies. Newtown Square Friends Meeting ("NSFM") announces its Twilight Meeting for Worship Program, offering meditation on the last Sunday of each month. Our first meeting will be on Sunday, June 30, at Ashbridge Preserve, on […]
Red, White, & Blue To-Do!
Arch Street Meeting House 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, United States +1 moreArch Street Meeting House is joining Philadelphia’s Historic District to celebrate the first annual Red, White, & Blue To-Do, a commemorative day of “pomp and parade,” as declared by John Adams in 1776, to encourage visitors to celebrate independence in the place where it all began! On Tuesday, July 2nd, America’s most historic square mile […]
344th Annual Sessions of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
REGISTER NOW FOR ANNUAL SESSIONS 2024! PYM Annual Sessions will take place at Haverford College on Saturday, July 6th and Sunday, July 7th. We hope all Friends will participate in a day-long program focused on attending to the Yearly Meeting’s business. There will be options to join online with Zoom, commute to Haverford College without […]
344th Annual Sessions of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
REGISTER NOW FOR ANNUAL SESSIONS 2024! PYM Annual Sessions will take place at Haverford College on Saturday, July 6th and Sunday, July 7th. We hope all Friends will participate in a day-long program focused on attending to the Yearly Meeting’s business. There will be options to join online with Zoom, commute to Haverford College without […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mystic Friends Meeting
Newtown Square Friends Meeting 120 N Newtown Street Road, Newtown Square, PA, United StatesMystic Friends is a spiritual group formed under the care of Newtown Square Friends Meeting to create a safe community to share and explore mystical experiences in a wide variety of settings. Quakerism, at its heart, is a mystical religion, but many are reluctant to share their mystical experiences out of concern that they may […]
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 […]
