Youth

This page displays news, events, and resources from PYM's programs on Children, Middle School Friends, and Young Friends (High School.)

 

Check out descriptions of programs below in our Programs and Services section!

A list of PYM-published Religious Education Curricula for youth can be seen HERE.  Some of it is available for free download!

 

While we are migrating information to the new website, you can find more resources for meetings and First Day Schools from the Archived site HERE.

Featured News

Kimmel Center Teen Summer Arts Camp 2012 Philadelphia PA

Student artists, ages 14-18, spend ten intense days developing their artistic and creative skills with highly respected teaching artists from the performing arts community. All sessions will be held in the Kimmel Center Mon - Fri from 10am - 4pm. The two-week arts sessions culminate with solo and ensemble demonstrations — "Moments of Sharing" — on Friday afternoons. Teen Summer Arts Camp is broken into four concentrations:Choral/Vocal, Jazz, Chamber Music, and Pipe Organ. Application deadline: Friday, April 27, 2012.   The $25 per camp application fee is the only cost associated with the camp.    Learn more and register today!

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Feb 22, 2012 | 02:09 PM

Quaker United Nations Summer School 1st July – 13th July 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

For people with an active interest in international affairs
          * Would you like to study the UN at first hand?
          * Do you want to meet people from all over the world?
          * Are you aged 20 to 26?

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Jan 24, 2012 | 11:57 AM

Recent Blog Posts

Reflections from Kody and Greg, the 2011-2012 ELSPers!

Our awesome emerging leaders share their experience of the Oct. MSF gathering.

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Nov 28, 2011 | 02:14 PM

Carleton Crispin Reflects on a Middle School Friends Gathering

A Winter Weekend in a Palace of Snow

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Feb 23, 2011 | 10:16 AM
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Programs & Services

» Opportunities for Teens & Young Adults

Some suggestions that could be a starting point for life changing experiences.

» Junior Interim Meeting

Kids grades K-5 follow their leadings and take part in fun, community based, spirit lead work- supported by adults and Middle Schoolers.

» Family Overnight

PYM sleepover!  Come spend time with other families and spend the night.

» Children's Sessions

Kids gather during annual sessions for fun, fellowship, worship, and to do discernment!  With age-groups in the mornings and evenings, all-together-time in the afternoons, and the Family Neighborhood at night, there are lots of ways to be a part of our spiritual community!

» Youth Worker Training Day

An annual day to support and train those wonderful volunteers without which there are no children's programs.

» Junior Interim Meeting: Middle School Junior Friendly Presences

Middle Schoolers are awesome leaders!

» Middle School Friends Program: Weekend-long Gatherings

Where the Middle School Friends community comes together on a regular basis.

»  Emerging Leaders Scholarship Program

An inter-generational program providing leadership to the Middle School Friends, and enrichment opportunities to Young Adult Friends.

Committees and Working Groups

Children's Session Planning Group

Children's Spiritual Life Committee

Committee on Friends Education (CoFE)

Education Standing Committee
Children's Session Planning Group
Children's Spiritual Life Committee
Committee on Friends Education (CoFE)
Faith and Play Working Group
Middle School Friends Working Group
Nonviolence and Children
Quaker College Fair
Quaker Parenting Initiative
Quaker Pilgrimage to England
Young Adult Friends Working Group
Young Friends Program

Faith and Play Working Group

Middle School Friends Working Group

Nonviolence and Children

Quaker Parenting Initiative

Worship and Care Standing Committee
Adult Religious Education
Center for Deepening and Strengthening Our Meetings
Meeting on Worship and Ministry
Spiritual Formation
The School of the Spirit Ministry
Ministry for Racial Justice and Equality
Friends Counseling Service

Young Friends Program

Upcoming Events

Young Friends Winter Gathering

Newtown Meeting, Newtown, PA!

Feb 24 2012 - 6:00pm - Feb 26 2012 - 12:00pm

Quaker College Fair

Arch Street Meetinghouse - 4th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, PA 

Mar 3 2012 - 12:00pm - 3:00pm

Everyone is Invited to Junior Interim Meeting - March

SHARE Food Program- 2901 West Hunting Park Ave, Philadelphia PA 19129

Mar 10 2012 - 10:00am - 2:00pm

Middle School Friends Gathering @ Medford Leas Retirement Community

1 Medford Leas  Medford, NJ 08055-2296

Mar 16 2012 - 6:00pm - Mar 18 2012 - 12:00pm

Young Friends Urban Life Skills Gathering

Germantown Meeting, Philadelphia PA

Mar 30 2012 - 6:00pm - Apr 1 2012 - 11:30am

PYM Field Day!

Location TBD

Apr 28 2012 - 10:00am - 3:00pm

Young Friends & Middle School Friends Camp Swatara/Caln Quarterly Meeting gathering

Camp Swatara, Bethel, PA

May 4 2012 - 5:00pm - May 6 2012 - 1:30pm

Middle School Friends Gathering @ Camp Swatara

2905 Camp Swatara Rd
Bethel, PA  19507

May 4 2012 - 6:00pm - May 6 2012 - 12:00pm

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