- Witnessing in the World: Ministry of Outreach
- How does our meeting communicate Friends’ presence and principles to the wider community?
- How does our meeting join with other faith communities in worship, in spiritual dialogue and in social action?
- What are we doing to invite persons to attend our meetings for worship, to welcome them when they come, to listen sensitively to their needs and hesitations and to encourage their continued attendance?
- How do I share my spiritual life and experience with others?
- Does my life as a Friend attract others to our religious society?
- What opportunities have I taken to worship with people from other religious and cultural backgrounds and work with them on common concerns?
- Witnessing in the World: Education
- What does our meeting do to support and improve public education?
- What help do we provide for the children and adults in our meeting to pursue their educational goals?
- What is our meeting’s role in support for Friends’ education? If our meeting is connected to a Friends school or schools, does this relationship nurture spiritual life and the manifestation of Friends principles?
- Do we enable children in our meeting to attend a Friends school? Does our meeting work with the family to consider all available means of support?
- How do I show my concern for the improvement of public education in my community?
- Do I demonstrate my encouragement and support for Friends education through awareness and service?
- Witnessing in the World: Witness and Civic Responsibility
- What is our meeting doing:
- To become aware of systemic legal, economic and political injustices in our local community?
- To build relationships with other faith communities around common concerns?
- To reduce polarization within the larger community?
- To work together with others to address injustice?
- How does our meeting assist in restoring public recognition that government fulfills legitimate functions?
- Am I mindful of how my lifestyle, work-life and investments affect others?
- Am I open to seeking clearness on matters of conscience? Am I open to assisting others in doing so?
- Do I fulfill my civic responsibilities when they do not conflict with divine leading?
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- Introducing PYM Quakers
Introducing PYM Quakers
PYM Quakers seek to experience God within ourselves and in our relationships with others.
We believe that the Divine spirit continues to reveal new truths to us.
We are a community of meetings, members and seekers who support each other in faith, practice and witness.
- What We Do
Active Work in PYM
PYM Quakers are committed to living lives that outwardly attest to our inward spiritual experience.
We express our faith in action and work for a better world through pioneering, inspiring programs and services.
Everything we do is founded in our testimonies of peace, integrity, equality, simplicity and community.
Work and Witness Directory
A comprehensive listing of all the collaboratives and sprints who are doing the work of our yearly meeting community.
- Resources
PYM Resources
PYM Quakers seek to create and steward resources to help individuals, communities and the world.
We provide spiritual and tangible assistance to those in need.
All our resources stem from our desire to bring light to the world and implement our testimony to the power of the Divine spirit.
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PYM is undergoing a structural change.
Read about how this affects the PYM website. - Community
What is PYM?
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is both a Faith Community and an Organization.
PYM is one of the oldest yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States.
Meetings, members, seekers and staff work together to nurture Quaker faith and practice in today’s world.
Governance
Yearly Meeting in Session
- Connect
Keeping Up-to-Date
PYM Quakers share experience, leadings and witness with one another and the world.
We have a long tradition of expressing our shared divinity by working to be in community with one another.
We invite you to bookmark this page and come back often to stay up to date with conversations and activities in our faith community.
- Supporting PYM
The Ministry of Giving
"We contribute to the Annual Fund because we value the way PYM connects us to a wider Quaker fellowship and supports our beliefs and actions."
Cathy Gumlock, Lehigh Valley Meeting - Contacts