Volunteering
Contribution is a deep human need that we all must fulfill. Seeing our impact and understanding that we’ve given something of value tells us that we matter. Many wonderful people contribute to our Yearly Meeting community by volunteering with particular programs or departments of interest to them. Sharing our gifts in this way is all the more vital in a spiritual community like Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, because large-scale participation gives breadth and diversity to the Society, allowing it to be representative of the whole. The Society flourishes, and individuals get to know themselves as people making a difference in their community with their own unique contribution.
Not only does volunteering strengthen the health and vibrancy of the whole Yearly Meeting- it’s fun too! There is an abundance of opportunities matching the passions of those ready to make a difference in our Yearly Meeting community! Many people serve by participating in our committee structure, or by serving a role in the Interim or Yearly Meeting business process. Others help out or lead a workshop at one of the Yearly Meeting’s many enriching events. Several enthusiastic folks volunteer or intern for our Youth Programs, and even the young people themselves volunteer their time serving roles in their PYM youth communities. Others with specific skills volunteer their time in the PYM Library, the PYM Communications Department, or the Arch Street Meetinghouse Interpretation Program. You can even serve as the Yearly Meeting contact person in your Monthly Meeting for projects as diverse as the Annual Fund, FCNL, the PYM library, or One Book One Yearly Meeting.
If any of these opportunities speak to you, or if you have other ideas about how you can contribute to our Yearly Meeting community, please contact the coordinator for your program of interest or PYM’s Volunteer Coordinator, Hannah Mayer, at (215) 241-7240. Together we’ll find the right place for your passions and gifts to contribute to the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting community.