• Introducing PYM Quakers

    Introducing PYM Quakers

    PYM Quakers seek to experience God within ourselves and in our relationships with others.

    We believe that the Divine spirit continues to reveal new truths to us.

    We are a community of meetings, members and seekers who support each other in faith, practice and witness.

    Quaker Faith
    • Friends’ Spiritual Message
    • The Light Within
    • Continuing Revelation
    Quaker Practice
    • How Quaker Meetings Work
    • Quakers and Prayer
    • Quaker Testimonies
    Quaker Worship
    • What is a Quaker Meeting?
    • You are Welcome Here!
    • Your First Quaker Meeting

    Find a Quaker Meeting Near You
    • Search by Location
    • Directory
  • What We Do

    Active Work in PYM

    PYM Quakers are committed to living lives that outwardly attest to our inward spiritual experience.

    We express our faith in action and work for a better world through pioneering, inspiring programs and services.

    Everything we do is founded in our testimonies of peace, integrity, equality, simplicity and community.


    Find Out More

    Check out the complete directory of all PYM Programs and Work.

    Worship & Ministry
    • Meeting on Worship & Ministry
    • School of the Spirit
    • Spiritual Formation
    • Spiritual Nurturer Directory
    Peace & Social Concerns
    • Eco-Justice Working Group
    • FCNL Network
    • Friendly Households
    • Growth Dilemma
    Pastoral Care
    • Aging Services
    • Friends Counseling Service
    • Pastoral Care Support
    Monthly Meetings
    • Meeting Enrichment Services
    • One Book One Yearly Meeting
    • Quaker Quest
    • Thread Gatherings
    Youth Programs
    • Children
    • Middle School Friends
    • Young Friends
    • Young Adult Friends
    • Friends Who Care For Youth
    Grants Witness
    • Overview
    • Recent Reports
  • Resources

    PYM Resources

    PYM Quakers seek to create and steward resources to help individuals, communities and the world.

    We provide spiritual and tangible assistance to those in need.

    All our resources stem from our desire to bring light to the world and implement our testimony to the power of the Divine spirit.


    Looking for something else?

    Check out the complete directory of all PYM Programs and Work.

    Religious Education
    • Adult Religious Education
    • Curriculum
    • Faith & Play
    • First Day School Consultants
    Henry J. Cadbury Library
    • Catalog
    • Visit the Library
    Arch Street Meeting House
    • Plan Your Visit
    • Volunteer Resources
    Pastoral Care
    • Pastoral Care Newsletter
    • Quaker Aging Resources
    Grants
    • Forms & Guidelines
    • Grants Directory
    Publications
    • Faith & Practice
    • Pamphlets
    • PYM Today
    Monthly Meeting Administration
    • Fundraising
    • Treasurers Guide
    Friends and Education
    • Friends Schools
    • Public Education Concerns
    • Quaker Colleges
    • Quaker College Fair
    • Tuition Assistance
  • Organization

    What is PYM?

    Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is both a Faith Community and an Organization.

    PYM is one of the oldest and most influential yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States.

    Meetings, members, seekers and staff work together to nurture Quaker faith and practice in today’s world.

    Community
    • Monthly Meetings
    • Quarterly Meetings
    • Yearly Meeting
    Annual Sessions
    • Join us for 2013
    • Previous Years
    Governance
    • Yearly Meeting in Session
    • Interim Meeting
    • Standing Committees
    Groups
    • Granting Groups
    • Working Groups
    Employment
    • Opportunities
    Volunteering
    • Opportunities
    • Serve on a Committee

    Get Involved
    • Learn more about the many ways to be active in the life of PYM.
  • Staying Connected

    Keeping Up-to-Date

    PYM Quakers share experience, leadings and witness with one another and the world.

    We have a long tradition of expressing our shared divinity by working to be in community with one another.

    Find us on Facebook and other social media.

    Recent News
    • News
    • Video
    • Submit News
    Online Newsletters
    • PYM Today Online
    • First Day School
    • Pastoral Care
    • Peace & Social Concerns
    • Worship & Ministry
    • Youth Programs
    Events
    • PYM Calendar
    • Submit an Event

    Subscribe Online
    • Sign up and manage your subscription to PYM e-newsletters.
  • Supporting PYM

    The Ministry of Giving

    "We contribute to the Annual Fund because we value the way PYM connects us to a wider Quaker fellowship and supports our beliefs and actions."
    Cathy Gumlock, Lehigh Valley Meeting

    Learn what your gifts to PYM support.
    Individual Gifts
    • Annual Fund
    • Plan Your Deferred Gift
    • The Ministry of Giving

    Make a Gift
    Monthly Meeting Covenants
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    Gifts of Time
    • Become a Volunteer
    • Volunteer Stories
  • Contacts
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Working Groups

Working Groups carry out the ministries and work of our yearly meeting. They are comprised of members from monthly meetings across the PYM region. Each working group is under the care of one of the eight standing committees of our Yearly Meeting.


  • Arch Street Exhibit Working Group
  • Arch Street Outreach and Interpretation Working Group
  • Children’s Session Planning Group
  • Children’s Spiritual Life Committee
  • Committee on Friends Education (CoFE)
  • Development Working Group
  • Eco-Justice Working Group
  • End Modern Slavery Working Group
  • Faith and Play Working Group
  • Faith and Practice Revision Group
  • Financial Oversight Working Group
  • Friendly Households Working Group
  • Friends Counseling Service
  • Friends World Committee (FWCC) Working Group
  • Growth Dilemma Project
  • India Friends Working Group
  • Library Services Working Group
  • Meeting Enrichment Services
  • Meeting on Worship and Ministry
  • Ministry for Racial Justice and Equality
  • Nonviolence and Children
  • Personnel Services Working Group
  • Post Secondary Education Concerns Working Group
  • Public Education Concerns Working Group
  • Publications Services Group
  • PYM Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) Network
  • Quaker Parenting Initiative
  • Quaker Pilgrimage to England
  • Quaker Quest Working Group
  • Records Services Group
  • Sessions Planning Group
  • Spiritual Formation
  • The School of the Spirit Ministry
  • Young Adult Friends Working Group
  • Young Friends Program


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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is a Quaker faith community, an association of 103 Quaker meetings, and an organization - all working together to nurture Quaker faith and practice in today’s world.

Quakerism is a faith of personal experience and direct communion with God, a faith of continuing revelation; and a faith of living our values in the secular world. All who seek to deepen their spiritual lives are welcome!

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