Meetings connected to Friends schools are asked to share this article with teachers, parents, board members, and others in their school communities. Friends who share it can consider how their meeting might welcome families whose connection to the Religious Society of Friends comes through the school their child attends. Sharing the article can be one way to help those families learn that their connection to Friends can extend beyond the school community.
Communications & Outreach
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Outreach Tips of The Week: January through September 10
Since the beginning of 2026, The weekly newsletter Philadelphia Yearly Meeting sends each Thursday afternoon includes an “Outreach Tip of the Week.” The tip is a short note Friends can use right away or hold in discernment. The tip is also meant to be one practical idea for welcoming seekers into meeting life, pulled from tips, sample wording, and submissions from Friends through an online form. [Read more…] about Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Outreach Tips of The Week: January through September 10
Final Performances of A Quiet Roar at Arch Street Meeting House
This Labor Day Weekend, watch one of the final four performances of A Quiet Roar: The Unparalleled Lives of Bayard Rustin & Sarah Mapps Douglass, a Semiquincentennial theater program at Arch Street Meeting House (320 Arch Street). [Read more…] about Final Performances of A Quiet Roar at Arch Street Meeting House
Share with Your Quaker Community
Every Friend that shares their gifts, skills, and opportunities within our faith community keeps our community connected. [Read more…] about Share with Your Quaker Community
Friends World Committee for Consultation Celebrates 90 Years and Seeks Friends for Hospitality
This October, Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) will gather at Friends Center in Philadelphia for a celebration marking nearly 90 years of ministry across the Section. The gathering will take place on October 9 and will bring together Friends, FWCC staff, and Executive Committee members from across the Section. [Read more…] about Friends World Committee for Consultation Celebrates 90 Years and Seeks Friends for Hospitality
Authors of Patterns of Racial Wounding and Racial Justice in Quaker Communities
This year’s One Pamphlet, One Yearly Meeting selection is Pendle Hill Pamphlet 495, Patterns of Racial Wounding and Racial Justice in Quaker Communities, by Lauren Brownlee (she/her) and Zenaida Peterson (they/them). Together, the authors invite Friends to consider how racial harm can occur within Quaker communities and what accountability, repair, and more loving relationships can ask of us.
As Friends across Philadelphia Yearly Meeting continue to read and begin to discuss the pamphlet, learning more about Lauren and Zenaida offers helpful context for the experiences and perspectives they bring to this conversation.
Gather online on Thursday, October 29, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm for an evening discussion on this years One Pamphlet, One Yearly Meeting.
Friend can also access an audible version of the pamphlet at https://www.audible.com/pd/Patterns-of-Racial-Wounding-and-Racial-Justice-in-Quaker-Communities-Audiobook/B0H2ZT35HW
[Read more…] about Authors of Patterns of Racial Wounding and Racial Justice in Quaker Communities
Appeals Court Backs Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in Lawsuit Against Trump Administration | Press Release
In the following press release it shares on Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s lawsuit against the Trump administration to protect religious freedom and the right to worship without fear in spiritual communities.
Remembering Keith Irwin
Keith Neil Grombacher-Irwin passed away unexpectedly at his home in Antonito, Colorado, on June 15, 2026. He was 35 years old. Keith was born on November 2, 1990, in Voorhees, New Jersey, a small suburban community about 20 miles from Philadelphia. He is survived by his son, Jackson (Jack) Irwin; his partner, Katie McClurg; his mother, Audrey Gyswyt; his sister, Kathleen Jurek; his grandmother, Elizabeth Gyswyt; his uncles, Paul Gyswyt and John Grombacher-Irwin; and several cousins. He was preceded in death by his father, Donald Grombacher-Irwin, and his uncle, Terry Grombacher-Irwin. [Read more…] about Remembering Keith Irwin
Dee Rein | Share the Care Discussion | Quaker Aging Resources Video
In the following video, Dee Rein shares their experience caring for a loved one using resources and also on holding a memorial service at their meeting. Dee continues to advocate for community-led care, recommending the structured group approach found in the book Share the Care.
[Read more…] about Dee Rein | Share the Care Discussion | Quaker Aging Resources Video
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting: Young Friends Epistle
Young Friends Epistle
Sunday July 26th, 2026
This year Young Friends gathered nine times. At Peace Fair in September, we helped set up and run games. In October, we gathered at Arch Street Meeting House for the Climate Thread Gathering, where we joined conversations about how to make meeting more sustainable. [Read more…] about Philadelphia Yearly Meeting: Young Friends Epistle
