Please note: The PYM Calendar is for all events in the PYM region under the care of any Quaker meeting, organization, school, committee, collaborative, or another group. Events hosted by individuals are not permitted.
At the Well.
@ Stony Point Center
Dec 7 – Dec 9 all-day
12:00 am
Quakers in public ministry whose gender identity is targeted by any form of gender-based discrimination – women (cisgender and trans), trans men, genderqueer, non-binary, and all gender expansive identities – are invited to gather the weekend of 7-9 December, 2018 to support, encourage, and equip each other to be strong ...
Beyond Diversity 101
@ Pendle Hill
Dec 9 @ 4:30 pm – Dec 13 @ 1:00 pm
4:30 pm
A four-day intensive led by Niyonu Spann and Ingrid Lakey. Beyond Diversity 101 intends the healing transformation of personal relationships, community living, and organizations based in power-over dynamics and systematic discrimination. Participants are offered ways to move beyond assigning blame and increasing guilt so they can take responsibility, shift mindsets, ...
Mid-Week Meeting for Worship
@ Arch Street Meetinghouse - Monthly Meeting Room
Dec 12 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Dec 14 @ 4:30 pm – Dec 16 @ 1:00 pm
4:30 pm
Join the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the Quaker Palestine Israel Network (QPIN), and Pendle Hill for a weekend of exploring what it will take to realize a just and lasting peace in Palestine and Israel. AFSC and Quakers have been engaging in Palestine for over a century and working ...
Open Art Studio Session
@ Firbank Art Studio at Pendle Hill
Dec 15 @ 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
1:30 pm
Create in quiet community in our beautiful, light-filled art studio! These are drop-in, self-directed art experiences. A monitor will be present to help you find supplies and get started. Join us!
Will Griffin: The Peace Report
@ Germantown Monthly Meeting
Dec 16 @ 9:00 am – 9:00 am
9:00 am
Will Griffin is director of the The Peace Report, an online publication, he is an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran who became an antiwar activist. The Peace Report came about when he noticed the lack of coverage on issues related to militarism. In it, he uses videos, blogging, and photos ...
Burlington Quarterly Meeting
@ Burlington Meeting House and Center for Conference
Dec 16 @ 10:00 am
Beyond Complicity: Awakening Anti-Racist Intentions
@ Mickleton Friends Meeting
Dec 16 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
11:30 am
Seekers are invited to visit Mickleton Friends; First Day (Sunday) meeting for worship at 10am, followed by fellowship. Then, ~11:30am, our Beyond Complicity: Awakening Anti-Racist Intentions will feature Bryan Stevenson’s TED Talk, We Need to Talk About An Injustice, paired with Martin Luther King, Jr’s Six Steps of Nonviolent Social ...
YAF Winter Potluck
@ Eleanor's House
Dec 16 @ 5:00 pm
5:00 pm
Young Adult Friends community is having our annual Winter Potluck & Fellowship! Bring a dish, snack, dessert or beverage to share! All Young Adult Quakers and Quaker-interested folks are welcome to join us!
Mid-Week Meeting for Worship
@ Arch Street Meetinghouse - Monthly Meeting Room
Dec 19 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Candlelight Worship
@ Yardley Friends Meeting
Dec 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Red Cross Blood Drive
@ Yardley Friends Meeting
Dec 26 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Mid-Week Meeting for Worship
@ Arch Street Meetinghouse - Monthly Meeting Room
Dec 26 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Young Friends Christmas Gathering 2018
@ Haddonfield Meeting
Dec 27 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 30 @ 12:30 pm
7:00 pm
Come join Young Friends for an extended time of fun and community! Our theme this time is Palestine. We’ll engage in workshops and worship experiments, have time for committees and community business, and enjoy some downtime! This gathering is also special because it will be our farewell to Kody Hersh, Young Friends co-Facilitator, who ...
New Year’s Retreat: Looking Within – Painting as a Spiritual Practice
@ Firbank Art Studio at Pendle Hill
Dec 28 2018 @ 4:30 pm – Jan 1 2019 @ 2:00 pm
4:30 pm
A four-day New Year’s retreat in the Art Studio with Damini Celebre. Give yourself the gift of time, introspection, and delight, as you connect to your heart and soul. Painting as a Spiritual Practice uses the intuitive, creative process to connect you back to yourself, your heart and Source energy ...
New Year’s Retreat: Music of Inspiration for an Age of Anxiety
@ The Barn at Pendle Hill
Dec 28 2018 @ 4:30 pm – Jan 1 2019 @ 2:00 pm
4:30 pm
Join Maestro Karl Middlelman as he leads another lively excursion across the musical spectrum examining the many ways that composers have used music to confront and overcome vexing personal and social concerns. Bach stands up to hostile public opinion. Brahms grapples with the grief of family loss. Fred Astaire sings ...
New Year’s Retreat: Open Heart, Peaceful Mind
@ Brinton House at Pendle Hill
Dec 28 2018 @ 4:30 pm – Jan 1 2019 @ 2:00 pm
4:30 pm
Led by Valerie Brown, relax into a time of serene rest and renewal. Open to the new year’s unfolding with a retreat that honors your heart, mind, and soul. Practice mindful meditation in the rhythms of daily life with sitting, walking, and eating meditation, as well as mindful dialogue.
New Year’s Eve Celebration
@ Pendle Hill
Dec 31 2018 @ 6:00 pm – Jan 1 2019 @ 12:00 am
6:00 pm
Enjoy an alcohol-free New Year’s Eve at Pendle Hill. Homemade hors d’ouevres reception, home-cooked organic dinner, a musical celebration with Principally Harps (Mindy Cutcher and Janet Witman) and Dancefusion, ice cream social, and midnight candlelit Meeting for Worship. Registration deadline, December 18.
Mid-Week Meeting for Worship
@ Arch Street Meetinghouse - Monthly Meeting Room
Jan 2 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
YAF Winter Retreat
@ Swarthmore Friends Meeting
Jan 4 – Jan 6 all-day
12:00 am
All Young Adult Quakers and Seekers ages 18-35-ish are invited to our Winter Retreat. Expect worship sharing, workshops, games, and fellowship. YAFs are at different places on our journeys, and we come together for rejuvenation, relaxation, and to deepen our connection to one another & the Spirit. George Lakey and ...
Winter Family Overnight 2019
@ Camp Onas
Jan 5 @ 2:00 pm – Jan 6 @ 11:00 am
2:00 pm
Join other PYM families for fellowship, games, free play, yoga, crafts, stories and more! (yep, that includes s’mores) Registration is open! Program We’ll gather Saturday Afternoon, with plenty of time for families to settle in to their rooms, explore the beautiful camp and do some welcome activities. We prepare and eat ...
Mid-Week Meeting for Worship
@ Arch Street Meetinghouse - Monthly Meeting Room
Jan 9 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Poetry Coffeehouse
@ Firbank Art Studio at Pendle Hill
Jan 13 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
2:00 pm
With the theme of Liberation for the year, the Poetry Coffeehouse invites all who write or enjoy listening to poetry to assemble in the Art Studio for an open mic of poetry sharing, fellowship, and refreshments.
Mid-Week Meeting for Worship
@ Arch Street Meetinghouse - Monthly Meeting Room
Jan 16 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Basic Workshop
@ Pendle Hill
Jan 18 @ 4:30 pm – Jan 20 @ 4:30 pm
4:30 pm
The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) enables participants to deal with potentially violent situations in new and creative ways. Facilitated by .O, Laurent Hahn, and John Meyer, all certified facilitators, the workshop is fully experiential, drawing on the shared experience of participants, using interactive exercises, discussions, games, and role-plays to ...
Open Art Studio Session
@ Firbank Art Studio at Pendle Hill
Jan 19 @ 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Mid-Week Meeting for Worship
@ Arch Street Meetinghouse - Monthly Meeting Room
Jan 23 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Middle School Friends Winter Gathering
@ Medford Friends Meeting
Jan 25 @ 7:00 pm – Jan 27 @ 12:00 pm
7:00 pm
Registration will open after Thanksgiving with more program information. We’re excited to gather at Medford Meeting and thank them for hosting MSF! Do you receive emails about MSF programs? If you’re not sure, or need to sign up for this communication, please email the Youth Engagement Coordinator at mwennerbradley@pym.org! What ...
Mid-Week Meeting for Worship
@ Arch Street Meetinghouse - Monthly Meeting Room
Jan 30 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Mid-Week Meeting for Worship
@ Arch Street Meetinghouse - Monthly Meeting Room
Feb 6 @ 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm
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