The PYM Middle School Friends program provides middle schoolers the opportunity to connect with one another across the yearly meeting. Together we will create community, lift up and encourage leadership, explore what it means to be Quaker, and have ridiculous amounts of fun.
The goal of the Middle School Friends program is supporting the spiritual growth of Friends, and friends of Friends, who are in that peculiar and wonderful stage of life commonly known as middle school. It is hoped that by participating in the MSF program, Friends will come away with a better sense of what it means to be a Quaker, establish and maintain meaningful relationships with other Quakers their age, develop a sense of possibility for what being Quaker could mean for them in their lives today, and in the future.
Gatherings
The PYM Middle School Friends program holds yearly-meeting wide weekend-long gatherings for Friends and friends of Friends in Grades 6-8. A typical gathering consists of about 35 middle schoolers and 10 adults (staff and volunteers). Our program is a mix of play, discussion, spiritual education, arts/music, and community-building activities. Learn more about our gatherings here!
ALL participants in the MSF program will need to have a Medical/Permission form on file, which is good from July to June each year.
Volunteer with MSF
The Middle School Friends community is incredibly grateful to the many volunteers who donate their time and energy to the MSF program. We are always looking for people who are energetic, playful, spiritually grounded, interested in hanging out with middle schoolers, and able to sleep on a meeting-house floor for a weekend. If this sounds like a good time for you, to check out our volunteer’s page and be in touch with the Youth Religious Life Coordinator!