March/April 2001 (Vol. XXXIX, No. 2)
a publication of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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PYM News, 1515 Cherry Street, Philadelphia PA 19102-1479

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FRONT PAGE   COMMENTARY   YEARLY MEETING   PROGRAMS   COMPUTERS   STEWARDSHIP   SERVICE   EVENTS

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FRONT PAGE

Yearly Meeting Sessions in 2001
Saturday, March 24 Arch Street Meeting House July 17-22 residential DeSales University (formerly known as Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales) Center Valley, Pennsylvania

• Come to Yearly Meeting session on March 24
• Anne Thomas to speak this summer
• PYM starts e-mail listserv for concerns
• Friends honored for renewable energy
• Friends consider support for Camden
• Young adult group sets Meeting visits

COMMENTARY

• GENERAL REFLECTIONS:
  The blessings of gratitude
  Thomas H. Jeavons
• LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
  • Meeting advertises to African-Americans
  • Let's change the world!
  • Social commentaries invited from Friends
  • Send letters to PYM News

YEARLY MEETING

• Agenda for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
• Your assistance is required to make Annual Sessions run smoothly
• PYM budget packet sent to inform Meeting

PROGRAMS

• The life cycle of a Philadelphia Yearly Meeting project
• Purchase of Camp Dark Waters assures continuation of Quaker tradition
• The future of the past: An invitation to Meeting and Committee Clerks
• Deep listening is current subject of Pastoral Care Newsletter
• Interest-free college loan program for Quaker students
• Young adult Friends eligible for grants to follow leadings
• Workcamp in Nicaragua builds community

COMPUTERS

• Computer is a valuable tool for any meeting
• Quicken® computer workshop for Meeting treasurers is April 7
• Eliminating Yearbook considered in favor of Web posting of reports
• New e-mail group service for treasurers

STEWARDSHIP

• 101 ways your Meeting benefits from the PYM Annual Fund
• Created with love by Friendly Crafters
• Bequests to PYM
• Wills and Estate Planning Seminar in Philadelphia
• Friends Insurance Group program covers $75 million in Quaker property

SERVICE

• Hiltrud Dodge leaves PYM staff
• Kori Heavner resigns as administrative assistant
• Friends Employment Opportunities
• Just Among Friends

EVENTS

• Looking Ahead
  • Pendle Hill conference on developing Quaker curricula
  • Testimonies conference at Pendle Hill
  • Gwynedd program addresses spirituality
  • FWCC June gathering theme involves the arts
  • Medical outreach conference planned
  • Quaker lawyers meet April 24
  • Dance performance looks at families separated by prison
  • Gwynedd offers musical entertainment
  • Quaker College Fair scheduled October 6

		PYM News (USPS 430-160) is published five times yearly in January, March, May, September and November by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, 1515 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1479, and is distributed free to members. Periodicals postage paid at Philadelphia, PA. Send address changes to PYM NEWS at address at left or e-mail database@pym.org. ISSN 1055-839X
a publication of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1515 Cherry Street Philadelphia PA 19102-1479 215-241-7000 fax: 215-567-2096 www.pym.org	clerk Arlene Kelly 215-849-0598 general secretary Thomas H. Jeavons 215-241-7210 editor, PYM News Allen R. Reeder 215-241-7215 e-mail: allenr@pym.org

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