Opportunities for Service, Especially for Young Adult Friends
Posted on May 17, 09 | 5:19 pm
PYM NEWS: Working group members have asked, “How do we get new members, especially young adults?” The segment of our PYM faith community between the ages of 18 and 35 is referred to as Young Adult Friends (YAFs).
Meetings Get Started on Quaker Quest
Posted on Mar 21, 09 | 3:16 pm
PYM NEWS: Quaker Quest, the new and exciting inreach/outreach program developed in England, has captured the attention of Monthly and Quarterly Meetings throughout PYM.
Quakers and Politics
Posted on Dec 04, 08 | 4:11 pm
We wish to affirm our belief that Quakerism is God’s “big tent,” politically. We welcome people with all sorts of political beliefs - Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, liberals, socialists, Libertarians, Independents - to the Religious Society of Friends.
PYM Can Help Meetings with Inreach, Outreach
Posted on Nov 09, 08 | 5:24 pm
PYM NEWS: The PYM Advancement and Communications Department offers customized help to Monthly Meetings who are thinking about or already in the midst of developing plans for Inreach and/or Outreach.
PYM Launches Quaker Quest Program
Posted on Nov 09, 08 | 5:11 pm
PYM NEWS: Quaker Quest, the inreach/outreach program born in the United Kingdom and now beginning to excite American Friends, had its official PYM debut on October 25 at the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia.
Writing and Art Workshops for Quaker Youth
Posted on Nov 09, 08 | 5:09 pm
PYM NEWS: Quaker Youth Book Project editorial board members have designed workshops on writing and art that encourage reflection, creative work, and written and visual ministry by young Friends ages 15-35. The workshops draw upon the writings of historic Friends, Bible verses, other writers, artists, and creative writing techniques.
Pendle Hill Welcomes Diverse Class of Resident Students
Posted on Nov 09, 08 | 5:07 pm
PYM NEWS: This fall's resident student body at Pendle Hill includes a social worker who has volunteered with Friends Peace Teams in Africa, an elementary school teacher interested in starting a Friends school, a Celtic Friend researching Quaker Quietism, a Korean Presbyterian pastor, and a Kenyan Quaker law clerk seeking transformative solutions to serious social problems.
Fair Hill Book Drive
Posted on Nov 09, 08 | 5:05 pm
PYM NEWS: Once again, Friends are invited to collect new and gently used books for children from Pre-K to 8th grade at Fair Hill elementary schools in North Philadelphia.
PYM NEWS: First in a series of interviews telling stories about how we came to Quakerism, what keeps us here, and how our lives are impacted.