Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Children's Spiritual Life and Religious Education

Monthly Meetings are the spiritual homes for our children. Most children don’t know about PYM or Quarterly Meeting or Annual Sessions—they know the people and traditions of their own Meetings. The whole Meeting community (not only the parents and FDS teachers) needs to care for its children. Below are some resources to support the Meeting’s commitment to its children.

Pamphlet Series
Pamphlet titles in grey are coming soon!
click on the title for a .pdf of the PYM pamphlet; pamphlets print on 8.5x14 paper

Teaching the Practice of Worship

Nurturing Children in Small Meetings

Children and Committees

Multigenerational Meeting Community

On-line articles and resources

	Children in Meeting for Worship an article by Susan L. Phillips, published in Friends Journal in 1984 (c1984 Friends Publishing Corporation. Reprinted with permission. www.friendsjournal.org)
	Foundations for Children in Quaker Worship an article by Kathleen Karhnak, published in Making Space
	Heart~Sharing is a variation on worship-sharing that invites participants to respond to a query with the immediate impulse of the heart in a single word or sentence. This discipline allows Friends of all ages to participate equally and richly.
	Building Multigenerational Community within Monthly Meetings an article by Christie Duncan-Tessmer in the July 2007 issue of Friends Journal (c2007 Friends Publishing Corporation. Reprinted with permission. www.friendsjournal.org)
	Thoughts on Children and the New Worship Group, An FGC article written for new Meetings, but applicable to all small Meetings.
	Learning Together across Generations, Tools and tips for "home-grown" multigenerational events.
	Getting Parents Aboard for Children's Faith Journeys, an article by the Evangelical Lutheran Church about the relationship between the church/Meeting and its families (the language is strongly Christian, the message is universal).
	What Good Is a Small Church? an article by the pastor of a small church on its strengths (his idea of small is different from ours - but the ideas are relevant anyway!)
	Reaching Families in Your Community, Another article by the Evangelical Lutheran Church about supporting and ministering to families in a spiritual community.

Send your ideas for additional resources to the RE Coordinator: christiedt@pym.org