Jan Hatchard (Director of Development) brings us a progress report on the Annual Fund effort, which was highlighted this year by a successful Arts on Arch concert and art show. It is estimated that we will need an additional $500,000 to reach our goals this year. Check out Jan's report to learn more about our current fundraising progress.

As the Holidays approach, many Monthly Meetings are planning special events, including Candle Light Meeting for Worship and Caroling on Christmas Eve. See a list of Christmas activities at Monthly Meetings within PYM.

There will be a free public screening of “I Cannot be Silent: Testimonies of Peacemaking” (featuring PYM members George and Lillian Willoughby) and “Stop the Violence: A Message to the Youth” (about Mothers in Charge, a partner in the recent picketing of Colosimo’s gun shop.) on December 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Free Library of Philadelphia.

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The first of its kind Faith & Play Make-Your-Own Story Materials Workshop on November 7 was fun, informative and empowering for First Day School teachers. “I came out of this workshop with a complete and beautiful set for the Prayer and Friends Meeting for Worship story, a really good sense of the array of materials needed, plus helpful crafting hints from the workshop leaders and other participants,” said one attendee.

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Popular American culture assaults children with violence on a daily basis. How do contemporary Quaker parents help their children and teens put this violence into perspective? PYM Children’s Religious Life Coordinator Kathy F. Singer led a two hour workshop on September 26, 2009 to consider this question with sixteen participants from Monthly Meetings in Upper Susquehanna Quarter.

Workshop discussion centered around the following issues: advertising, television, the Internet, electronic gaming, toys, guns, firearms, war, and terrorism. Families often look to their faith to provide guidance on these issues. In some situations, The Religious Society of Friends supports parents as they struggle to walk a peaceful path with children. In other situations, parents discover that the practices and testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends can cause tension within themselves and their families.

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A community needs lots of different things in order to function, and we each have a piece to offer, our own personal GIFT. From Dec. 4th-6th the Middle School Friends will gather to consider what our gifts may be, make some creative gifts, and think of meaningful ways to offer them. And of course, there will be plenty of games, songs, and fellowship to be had at one of PYM’s most historic Meetinghouses. (Third Haven Friends Meeting in Easton, MD)

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