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Exploring PYM Connect: Features for Connection and Community
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is launching a new online community platform, PYM Connect, in Fall of 2025. PYM Connect is a secure and supportive virtual space to discuss, engage, and grow with PYM...
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October 2024 | Joint Council Update
On Saturday, October 12th, the three councils that support Philadelphia Yearly Meeting—Quaker Life Council, Administrative Council, and Nominating Council—held their first meeting in a new joint...
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Upcoming Grant Deadlines: December 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025
Funds are available for outreach, traveling for interfaith dialog, service, or ministry, Indigenous people and communities, and more. Apply today! Are you working to enhance the visibility and outreach...
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Pennsdale Meeting House Celebrates 225 Years – As Featured in the...
This article, written by Pat Crossley, originally appeared in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. Quakers have been a part of Pennsylvania’s history since 1675. After William Penn, who was a Quaker, founded...
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Nikki Mosgrove Begins as Presiding Clerk of PYM
On August 1, 2024, Nikki Mosgrove stepped into the role of Presiding Clerk of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (a collection of 105 Quaker congregations in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and...
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Cropwell Hosts Halloween Family Outreach Event Again
This Sunday, Cropwell Friends Meeting, a Quaker community in Marlton and Cherry Hill, N.J., hosted a Halloween party from 1:30-3:00 p.m. Around 45 neighbors visited and enjoyed pumpkin decorating,...
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Collaborate with Friends to Build PYM Connect
As some may know, PYM Connect is already running in test mode, utilizing volunteers from the PYM community. We invite you to collaborate with us in building PYM Connect, shaping it into a meaningful...
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Building Connections Through Grief, Loss, and Pastoral Care
On October 19th, Friends gathered at Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting for a Thread Gathering focused on grief, loss, and pastoral care. The day provided space for conversations about how meetings offer...
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Quakers Tackle Turnout – As Featured in Chestnut Hill Local
This article, written by Francesca Chapman, originally appeared in the Chestnut Hill Local. Philly Souls to the Polls will help drive voters to their polling places. The group that started as a modest...
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Partnership with Church World Service
In October, PYM announced a new partnership with Church World Service (CWS) as a covenant member. During the recent Joint Council meeting, Clerk Nikki Mosgrove led a discussion on PYM’s new...
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Insights from Recording Clerks Training: Ministry, Accountability, Community
A recent virtual Recording Clerks Training hosted by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting shared helpful insights for those interested in becoming a recording clerk. Led by Deborah Haines and Becka Haines...
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Memorial to the Lost® Installation at Arch Street Meeting House Commemorates...
The Friends Ending Gun Violence Collaborative, in partnership with Heeding God’s Call to End Gun Violence, will host a Memorial to the Lost® installation at Arch Street Meeting House from November 8th...
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Local groups honor gun violence victims in Philly and its suburbs – As...
This article, written by Sandra Jones, originally appeared through WHYY. More than 200 brightly colored T-shirts surround the Arch Street Meeting House. On each one, written in marker, is the name,...
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Mott Memo – Fall Continuing Sessions 2024
This past weekend, November 8-10, our Fall Continuing Sessions at Arch Street Meeting House, and online, gathered us into a shared journey of worship, fellowship, and reflection as we closed our theme...
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Aging Assistance For PYM Friends: What is Available and a Family Thank You
How to Apply: Aging Funds Available at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting AAGG and Greenleaf Granting Group clerks sat down Aging Support Coordinator, Sheila Sorkin, and Director of Grantmaking and Data, Joey...
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Radnor Monthly Meeting’s Engagement in Outreach
Many meetings across Philadelphia Yearly Meeting participated in local fall festivals this year, engaging with communities through outreach. Hosting booths with inviting displays, they shared...
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PYM Supports FCNL’s Award-Winning Peace Efforts
PYM Friends joined with Friends from different yearly meetings, schools, and organizations across the country for Friends Committee on National Legislation’s (FCNL) 2024 Annual Meeting in Washington,...
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Friends in Business to Welcome Sara M. Lomax
Friends in business – or retired from it – join together through PYM twice a year to share ideas, nurture their network, and explore perspectives. These times together provide a space to reflect on the...
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Providence Monthly Meeting Celebrated Its 340th Anniversary
Providence Monthly Meeting (PMM) in Media, PA, celebrated its 340th anniversary on October 26, 2024. The event began with a program led by PMM Clerk Meg Barney, which included a Land Acknowledgment...
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Add Your Quaker Meeting to the QuakerEarth Action Map!
Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW), in partnership with Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), is thrilled to announce the launch of the QuakerEarth Action Map! This dynamic tool highlights...
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