When Philadelphia Yearly Meeting gathers at DeSales University this July for our residential gathering we can be a community in a way that is simply not possible when we meet in Philadelphia. At DeSales University, young and old mix at meals and in intergenerational sessions and workshops. In addition to worshipping and doing business together, we can all play together, enjoy one another's presence and get to know one another in a fuller and deeper way.

Zan lombardo will lead a workshop for Young Friends : The Pizza Rule: Walking the Talk. We agree to the guidelines at every gathering…and then what happens? Someone breaks the Pizza Rule. We, the Young Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, in order to form a more perfect YF community union, will diagram, sketch, concoct, strut, laugh and feast our way all around the Pizza Rule and come out on the other side stronger for it.

Young Friends Schedule

Young Friends will gather in much the same fashion that we do for one of our gatherings. We will be staying in a designated portion of one of the dormitories, with the support of Friendly Adult Presences; Cookie Caldwell, Young Friends Program Coordinator, Hannah Mayer, the new Young Friends Program Assistant and Zan Lombardo and Tim Mammel will also serve as Friendly Adult Presences. We will join the community for many activities but much of the time we will have our own programs. Those signing up for the Young Friends dorm are expected to take part in the scheduled Young Friends program. Young people may also choose to stay with their families and participate in the Young Friends program.

If you have questions about the Young Friends program e-mail  cookiec@pym.org

Cookie Caldwell
YF Program Coordinator

Hannah Mayer
New YF Program Assistant

Zan Lombardo
YF Adult Clerk, Artista

Tim Mammel
Artista, Barista

Young Friends will choose a Workshop from 3:00-4:30 pm, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

Register for workshops when you register for the gathering on the e-ply site.

You may pick any afternoon workshop that you want when you register online. The Adult, YAF, Multigenerational designation is a guide to you. Multigenerational workshops will have lots of young children in them but the workshop theme may interest you. I signed up for 10. Drumming up to the Light: Drumming as a Spiritual and even Ecstatic Practice with Ben Singer (Multigenerational-Arts/Spiritual. I think that drumming with Ben will be fun.

Click here to download a new 2011 Young Friends Medical Permission form

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Young Friends will be housed in Donahue Residence Hall.

Dooling Hall - Classrooms, movie theater

University Center - Dinning room & YM sessions

McShea Student Union & game room

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Donahue Residence Hall

Young Friends T-shirts will be on sale at Residential Yearly Meeting $6.00

The Pizza Rule:
Walking the Talk.
- Zan Lombardo
Donahue Residence Hall,
3rd floor lounge

9:30 Young Friends
Program

TBA
Donahue Residence Hall,
3rd floor lounge

Multigenerational
Epistles

University Center

Multi-generational
Program. (7-8)

Speaker:
Shane Claiborne
"Economics of Rebirth"
(8-9) University Center