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SUMMARY:Friends Experiment: Children's Religious Education
DESCRIPTION:When Friends come together\, great things happen.\n\nPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting is launching a new program called the Friends Experiment. During virtual gatherings spread across June\, Friends will come together to discuss topics important to their meetings and share their challenges and successes\, with the goal of learning from each other and collectively building a thriving yearly meeting. \nAfter completing each “experiment\,” we hope to learn and share the best ways Friends are addressing these topics with the wider body and potentially organize more gatherings like these in the future! \nThese gatherings are free and open to all PYM Friends\, so please consider registering for any or all of the dates and topics below. \n\nChildren’s Religious Education – June 14\, 2026 @ 7 pm\n\nJoin Friends from across the yearly meeting and PYM’s Youth Engagement Coordinator\, Kristin Simmons\, for a conversation about children’s religious education and ways to create intergenerational and family-friendly meetings. We will share suggestions for curricula and programming\, and brainstorm ways to engage youth and families in new ways. In addition\, we will consider ways to collaborate at the quarter and yearly meeting levels.   \nAll are welcome – parents\, First Day School teachers\, and anyone who is interested in sharing ideas about children’s religious education! \n\nFinance & Property – June 15\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nPastoral Care – June 17\, 2026 @ 1:00 pm\nSpiritual Action – June 22\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nAdult Religious Education – June 18\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nEvent Planning and Event Promotion – June 25\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\n\nThere are so many roles we can play as members one of another\, so we hope that you will learn and grow alongside PYM Friends into a role that empowers you to lift up and support your faith community. \nPlease contact PYM at communications@pym.org with any questions. \n\n			\n				Register!
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/friends-experiment-childrens-religious-education/
LOCATION:Join on Zoom\, Zoom Link Available upon Registration
CATEGORIES:Ministry and Care,Philadelphia Yearly Meeting,Religious Education
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SUMMARY:Friends Experiment: Adult Religious Education
DESCRIPTION:When Friends come together\, great things happen.\n\nPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting is launching a new program called the Friends Experiment. During virtual gatherings spread across June\, Friends will come together to discuss topics important to their meetings and share their challenges and successes\, with the goal of learning from each other and collectively building a thriving yearly meeting. \nAfter completing each “experiment\,” we hope to learn and share the best ways Friends are addressing these topics with the wider body and potentially organize more gatherings like these in the future! \nThese gatherings are free and open to all PYM Friends\, so please consider registering for any or all of the dates and topics below. \n\nChildren’s Religious Education – June 14\, 2026 @ 7 pm\nFinance & Property – June 15\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nPastoral Care – June 17\, 2026 @ 1:00 pm\nSpiritual Action – June 22\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nAdult Religious Education – June 18\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\n\nJoin Friends from across the yearly meeting and PYM’s Sessions and Events Coordinator\, Tara Rubinstein\, for a conversation on Quaker religious education for adults! All Friends are welcome! Whether you are interested in deepening your own Quaker practice as an individual\, you are a member of a worship and care committee\, or you are a clerk of a meeting\, there is something in this conversation for you. \n\nEvent Planning and Event Promotion – June 25\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\n\nThere are so many roles we can play as members one of another\, so we hope that you will learn and grow alongside PYM Friends into a role that empowers you to lift up and support your faith community. \nPlease contact PYM at communications@pym.org with any questions. \n\n			\n				Register!
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/friends-experiment-adult-re/
LOCATION:Join on Zoom\, Zoom Link Available upon Registration
CATEGORIES:Ministry and Care,Philadelphia Yearly Meeting,Religious Education
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SUMMARY:Playing in the Light: Godly Play/Faith & Play Training for Friends
DESCRIPTION:This weekend workshop shares an approach to religious education grounded in deep respect for children\, using wonder\, play\, and stories from the Bible and Quaker faith\, practice\, and witness. More than a workshop on storytelling\, “Playing in the Light” is also an opportunity to gather in community and consider how we approach spiritual formation and support for children and families in our meetings. The experiential approach has tools that can be used with other resources\, and meetings are finding ways that the stories can anchor intergenerational worship. Those who have previously attended a training will find they go deeper in their practice. And for some Friends\, the weekend is a personal spiritual retreat more than preparation for service to a religious education program. Come spend a weekend full of stories\, centering children and welcoming all of us into a bigger story of faith in community! \n \nPresentations/discussions include: \n\nnurturing the spiritual lives of children\nexploring the “unspoken” lessons of spaces and pedagogy\nsupporting children and families in the meeting community\nworking with multiage groups and diverse needs\nadapting Godly Play for Friends and weaving stories into a children’s program
URL:https://www.pym.org/event/playing-in-the-light-godly-play-faith-play-training-for-friends-2/
LOCATION:Mount Holly Meetinghouse\, 81 High Street\, Mount Holly\, 08060
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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