Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

of the Religious Society of Friends

Religious Education

The Light Within and the Rebirth of Conscience

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A Quaker Wisdom School with Cynthia Bourgeault, Paulette Meier, and Marcelle Martin
(Sunday dinner through Friday lunch.)

Cynthia Bourgeault, along with Marcelle Martin and Paulette Meier, invite you to join them at this Quaker Wisdom School at Pendle Hill, open to Quakers and Wisdom Seekers of all faiths. We will explore how the Light of God within not only illuminates divine reality but shows the ways that individuals and society are living contrary to God’s Way. The Light in our conscience reveals truth to us, then sends us forth to witness to that truth with integrity and inner force.

All guests visiting Pendle Hill are required to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or proof of negative results from a PCR test taken within 72 hours of arrival on campus (see our statement and FAQ about this policy).

For more information, to register, or to apply for financial aid, visit: https://pendlehill.org/events/the-light-within-and-the-rebirth-of-conscience/

Opening to the Heart of Worship with Christopher Sammond

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A weekend workshop with Christopher Sammond
(Friday at 4:30pm through Sunday at noon.)

This workshop will focus on practical skills that will enhance our ability to enter into deep, transformative worship. We will explore how we prepare for worship, how we center down, how to listen to each other with our whole being – body, mind, and spirit – and how to better open to each other and the Divine during worship. We will create a deep sense of community from which to access our individual and collective wellsprings of the Source. Our work together will be experiential and immediate and draw us into a deeper experience of our rich practice as Friends.

All guests visiting Pendle Hill are required to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or proof of negative results from a PCR test taken within 72 hours of arrival on campus (see our statement and FAQ about this policy).

For more information, to register, or to apply to financial aid, please visit: https://pendlehill.org/events/opening-to-the-heart-of-worship-2/

GIANT Children’s Meeting on 3rd Sundays

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Giant Children’s Meeting has moved to 3rd Sundays at 9:00 am for this Fall. 

Join Friends and Families from across the Yearly Meeting for a monthly religious education program. It’s “giant” because everyone is invited! It’s “children’s meeting” because we’re making a space to nurture the spiritual lives and Quaker identity of young people.

We hope this online community will support families and the Friends offering children’s programs in their meeting; the 9:00 start is intended to allow folks to attend worship in their own meeting later that morning.

Each 30-45 minute program is for preschool and elementary-age children and their families. Each time will feature a theme and seasoned facilitators leading us through grounding, exploring, wondering, and creating. Our program will connect with the Youth Programs theme for this year,  “Building the Quaker Community We Want to Be” 

  • September 19: Welcoming All! 
  • October 17: Creating Peace & Change Together
  • November 21: Extending the Table
  • December 19: Celebrating in the Light

Register below to receive the Zoom link to join! A welcome email with Zoom link will be sent on the Thursday before each Sunday program.

*If a meeting would like to share the Zoom information directly to families in your meeting, please contact the Youth Religious Life Coordinator, Melinda, directly: mwennerbradley@pym.org

Giant Children’s Meeting Registration

Giant Children's Meeting Registration

Note: If you are a meeting religious education contact or committee member and you will share the program and Zoom information with families in your meeting, please answer the questions for yourself (not for children). Thank you! We will not record this Zoom event or take screen shots of participants during the program. We will ask that participants not take “screen shots” on their own devices. We are not asking for photo permission for these reasons, for this event. More information about PYM Child Safety in Online Spaces can be found here: https://www.pym.org/religious-education/guidance-and-practices-for-online-youth-gatherings/
  • Please list all children who will participate and their current grade in school (name, grade):

GIANT Children’s Meeting on 3rd Sundays

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Giant Children’s Meeting has moved to 3rd Sundays at 9:00 am for this Fall. 

Join Friends and Families from across the Yearly Meeting for a monthly religious education program. It’s “giant” because everyone is invited! It’s “children’s meeting” because we’re making a space to nurture the spiritual lives and Quaker identity of young people.

We hope this online community will support families and the Friends offering children’s programs in their meeting; the 9:00 start is intended to allow folks to attend worship in their own meeting later that morning.

Each 30-45 minute program is for preschool and elementary-age children and their families. Each time will feature a theme and seasoned facilitators leading us through grounding, exploring, wondering, and creating. Our program will connect with the Youth Programs theme for this year,  “Building the Quaker Community We Want to Be” 

  • September 19: Welcoming All! 
  • October 17: Creating Peace & Change Together
  • November 21: Extending the Table
  • December 19: Celebrating in the Light

Register below to receive the Zoom link to join! A welcome email with Zoom link will be sent on the Thursday before each Sunday program.

*If a meeting would like to share the Zoom information directly to families in your meeting, please contact the Youth Religious Life Coordinator, Melinda, directly: mwennerbradley@pym.org

Giant Children’s Meeting Registration

Giant Children's Meeting Registration

Note: If you are a meeting religious education contact or committee member and you will share the program and Zoom information with families in your meeting, please answer the questions for yourself (not for children). Thank you! We will not record this Zoom event or take screen shots of participants during the program. We will ask that participants not take “screen shots” on their own devices. We are not asking for photo permission for these reasons, for this event. More information about PYM Child Safety in Online Spaces can be found here: https://www.pym.org/religious-education/guidance-and-practices-for-online-youth-gatherings/
  • Please list all children who will participate and their current grade in school (name, grade):

A Quaker Way of Living with Dying eRetreat

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The A Quaker Way of Living with Dying eRetreat from Friends General Conference invites you to explore and practice the spirituality of death. Growing old, even when that means facing physical or other changes, can help us focus on what is essential.  This eRetreat was previous offered with the title Aging, Death, and Dying.

A Quaker Way of Living with Dying will be facilitated by Kate Jaramillo.

GIANT Children’s Meeting on 3rd Sundays

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Giant Children’s Meeting has moved to 3rd Sundays at 9:00 am for this Fall. 

Join Friends and Families from across the Yearly Meeting for a monthly religious education program. It’s “giant” because everyone is invited! It’s “children’s meeting” because we’re making a space to nurture the spiritual lives and Quaker identity of young people.

We hope this online community will support families and the Friends offering children’s programs in their meeting; the 9:00 start is intended to allow folks to attend worship in their own meeting later that morning.

Each 30-45 minute program is for preschool and elementary-age children and their families. Each time will feature a theme and seasoned facilitators leading us through grounding, exploring, wondering, and creating. Our program will connect with the Youth Programs theme for this year,  “Building the Quaker Community We Want to Be” 

  • September 19: Welcoming All! 
  • October 17: Creating Peace & Change Together
  • November 21: Extending the Table
  • December 19: Celebrating in the Light

Register below to receive the Zoom link to join! A welcome email with Zoom link will be sent on the Thursday before each Sunday program.

*If a meeting would like to share the Zoom information directly to families in your meeting, please contact the Youth Religious Life Coordinator, Melinda, directly: mwennerbradley@pym.org

Giant Children’s Meeting Registration

Giant Children's Meeting Registration

Note: If you are a meeting religious education contact or committee member and you will share the program and Zoom information with families in your meeting, please answer the questions for yourself (not for children). Thank you! We will not record this Zoom event or take screen shots of participants during the program. We will ask that participants not take “screen shots” on their own devices. We are not asking for photo permission for these reasons, for this event. More information about PYM Child Safety in Online Spaces can be found here: https://www.pym.org/religious-education/guidance-and-practices-for-online-youth-gatherings/
  • Please list all children who will participate and their current grade in school (name, grade):

Pendle Hill’s Reading Group Hosted by Janaki Spickard Keeler

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Pendle Hill’s Reading Group focuses on a mix of Pendle Hill pamphlets and other Quaker materials, gathering monthly to consider queries about the reading in a spirit of worship sharing.

In October, we will consider Marking the Quaker Path: Seven Key Words Plus One (PHP #439) by Robert Griswold.

Free and open to the public! Register below to reserve your spot.

 

Weaving a Wider Welcome eRetreat

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Do our meetings truly reflect all the faces of God among our members and attenders? FGC has heard from many of you that the answer to that question is often no. We have heard that many meetings wonder why their newcomers stop coming after a few visits– especially LGBTQ folks, families with young children and People of Color.  In this eRetreat, we will explore how newcomers experience welcome, mistakes meetings make with newcomers, and what approaches to welcoming have worked in FGC meetings.

In this workshop you will learn:

  • Why people don’t come back and why people choose to engage.
  • Ways meetings can shift their culture to become more newcomer-friendly
  • Effective ways to better reach newcomers, with a special focus on seekers of Color, LGBTQ folks, and families with young children. Spoiler alert: what is enriching for newcomers also benefits longtimers!

Lectio Divina: A Friendly Exploration of Quaker Writings

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A series of online workshops with Barbara “Shulamith” Clearbridge

Thursdays, September 2nd – October 7th. 7:30pm-9pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom.

Participants will use this creative process to explore spiritual writings with the intention to increase insight, resonance, and absorption. This exploration of lectio divina will include listening, responding, discussing, contemplating, and worship sharing. The individual contemplation times can be used for journaling, drawing, or another creative practice.

Participants will leave this workshop with the tools to practice lectio divina in their individual and communal contexts.

For more information, to register, or to apply for financial assistance, visit:

https://pendlehill.org/events/lectio-divina-a-friendly-exploration-of-quaker-writings/

Lectio Divina: A Friendly Exploration of Quaker Writings

Written on:

A series of online workshops with Barbara “Shulamith” Clearbridge

Thursdays, September 2nd – October 7th. 7:30pm-9pm Eastern Time (US & Canada) via Zoom.

Participants will use this creative process to explore spiritual writings with the intention to increase insight, resonance, and absorption. This exploration of lectio divina will include listening, responding, discussing, contemplating, and worship sharing. The individual contemplation times can be used for journaling, drawing, or another creative practice.

Participants will leave this workshop with the tools to practice lectio divina in their individual and communal contexts.

For more information, to register, or to apply for financial assistance, visit:

https://pendlehill.org/events/lectio-divina-a-friendly-exploration-of-quaker-writings/