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About Middle School Friends

The Middle School Friends (MSF) program serves Philadelphia Yearly Meeting by hosting weekend-long gatherings throughout the year focused around themes that are relevant to middle schoolers and the Religious Society of Friends as a whole.

The Middle School Friends program has two main goals. The first is to teach Middle Schoolers about Quakerism and Quaker values through workshops, activities, and positive modeling by volunteer Friendly Presences (FPs). The second is to live Quaker values through providing safe spaces for Middle Schoolers to gather, explore spirituality, grow the community and wrestle with their own concept of self through the often challenging period of life known as Middle School.

It is hoped that by participating in the MSF program, middle school Friends will come away with a better sense of what it means to be 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.

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Melinda Wenner Bradley
Youth Religious Life Coordinator
mwennerbradley@pym.org
215-241-7171

Elizabeth Croce
Middle School Friends Program Facilitator
MiddleSchoolFriends@pym.org
215-241-7171

Kristin Simmons
Middle School Friends Program Facilitator
MiddleSchoolFriends@pym.org
215-241-7171

Alix Vallery
Middle School Friends Assistant 
MiddleSchoolFriends@pym.org
215-241-7171

RSS Recent News

  • Tuition Aid for Friends Children in PYM Friends Schools December 29, 2020
  • Middle School Friends Made Pie! October 5, 2020
  • Youth Call for Action in Support of Immigrants May 11, 2020
  • Youth Programs Host Virtual Camp Swatara Gathering May 7, 2020
  • Gathering Together: Support for Families & First Day Programs March 18, 2020

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