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PYM’s “Friends in Business” Group Celebrates the Present, Honors the Past,...
This past December 2023, the yearly meeting’s Friends in Business group gathered for the 25th year at Arch Street Meeting House for its annual fall event. Forty-five Friends and staff attended,...
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Religious Education Resources & Events for Spring 2024
Spring is here! We often talk about renewal in this time, and there is also a duality about springtime that can feel liminal. In March, the warmer sunlight belies the chill still in the air. Flowers...
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PYM’s Joey Leroux Accepts New Role
PYM’s very own Joey Leroux has been working with PYM as the data coordinator for nearly two years. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce Joey accepted the new role of Director of Grantmaking and Data...
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George School Climate Action Club
The March 2024 Eco-Justice Collaborative newsletter featured a story from students at George School in Newtown, PA, who are leaders of the school’s Climate Action Club. The mission of the club is to...
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Creating a Roadmap for Addressing Climate Change!
A yearly meeting 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...
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Support & Resources for Caregivers
Following my participation at Haverford Quarterly Meeting in January, I spoke with Friends Winnie Shaw Hope, who spent many years as a Special Education teacher and as a Social Worker, and Meg Lytton,...
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Asma’s First FGC Gathering Story
May 19, 2023 by Joan Botto, (first published on the Friends General Conference website) Asma arrived at her first Gathering in 2022 after driving 10 hours with Friends from her monthly meeting in...
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Spring Brings New Growth and Talent to PRL & Communications
PYM staff is growing! Welcomes Claire Kinnel and Larry Tiblis to PRL & Communications Meet Larry Tiblis On April 2nd, Larry Tiblis joined the PYM Communications Department in the role of Web and...
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Friends Fiduciary Welcomes New Executive Director
Last month Friends Fiduciary named a new Executive Director: Ethan Birchard. PYM, as well as many meetings, Friends schools, retirement communities, and other Quaker organizations trusts Fiduciary to...
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Attending The Gathering From Childhood Reinforced Lifelong Connections with...
Attending the Gathering from Childhood Reinforced Lifelong Connections with Friends When I was nine, my family’s move brought us to a different unprogrammed meeting in a new state. My newly- made...
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Death Café at Arch Street Meeting (MMFP)
The Care and Funeral and Interment committees at Arch Street (Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia) recently organized a two-part Death Café series for our members and attenders. Its purpose was...
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FGC Gathering Registration Update
General Registration will re-open on Wednesday, May 01! The Gathering of Friends has almost 800 Friends registered as of the close of early registration, and we expect that we will have to close...
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Funding Opportunities from the Friends Historical Association
The Friends Historical Association is pleased to offer funding to support contributions to the field of Quaker history. There are three grant opportunities: project support, publication subventions,...
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Quaker Call to Protect Our Elections and Save Democracy
In February, 2022, Bruce Birchard, Sam Caldwell and Michael Wajda, all members of meetings in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, initiated what became “An Urgent Call to the Religious Society of Friends.”...
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Millville Meeting: Service to the Aging and One Friend’s Story
A Meeting’s Deep Care: I was delighted to interview Elaine Graham, a member of Millville Monthly Meeting’s earlier Senior Concerns Committee, which is currently part of the meeting’s Spiritual Care...
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Youth Programs at Camp Swatara with Caln QM
Over the weekend of May 3 to 5, PYM high school and middle school Friends shared community and had lots of fun at Camp Swatara in Bethel PA. Joining Caln Quarter in their annual gathering, the youth...
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PYM’s Joey Leroux to Lead Tour of Philly’s Quaker Business Influencers
Join Joey Leroux, PYM’s new Director of Grantmaking & Data and co-founder of Beyond the Bell Tours, on Saturday, June 1, for Phriends Influencing Philly, a first-of-its-kind interesting and...
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Are You Getting the Idea that FGC Can Change Your Life?
Here is a snapshot of “my story” of being a part of Friends General Conference’s Gathering as an important part of my spiritual journey. I have attended the Gathering since 1994 when it was held at the...
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Spring Family Overnight Recap
On the cool, spring Saturday afternoon of Mother’s Day weekend, seventeen families met at Camp Dark Waters in Medford, NJ for PYM’s Spring Family Overnight. Nearly sixty Friends stepped joyfully onto...
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Come to the Table! Friendly Community Outreach
As the summer months begin, local communities will be hosting festivals, street fairs, and events in parks and other outdoor locations where Friends meetings will find opportunities for outreach and...
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