Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

of the Religious Society of Friends

Youth Programs

Little Shop of Horrors at Arch Street Meeting House

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Arch Street Meeting House will be hosting a private screening of Little Shop of Horrors outdoors on our historic grounds on Friday, October 15th, from 7:00pm – 9:00pm!

Bring a picnic blanket and the whole family for a fun movie night in Old City!

 

Little Shop of Horrors: Seymour, an orphan and a nerd who works in a run-down flower shop on Skid Row, spends his time doing menial tasks and dreaming of his co-worker, Audrey. Then, one day, just after an eclipse of the sun, Seymour discovers a strange plant. The exotic plant draws customers, saves the flower shop from bankruptcy and makes Seymour a hero in Audrey’s eyes. But the plant has a rather unique appetite…and it’s getting interested in Audrey too.”

All attendees are required to practice social distancing, and wear a mask when in close proximity to others or entering the building at Arch Street Meeting House.

Grow Local, Eat Global with Master Gardener Nadia Hassani

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In this outdoor virtual presentation, Master Gardener Nadia Hassani will go over how to cook with fruits and vegetables that you can grow in your backyard!

Preparing dishes from around the world does not mean the ingredients have to come from far away. In her talk, Nadia Hassani will explore how the Pennsylvania climate makes it possible to grow a wide range of vegetables, from sun-loving hot-climate produce to perennial crops that require cold subzero winters, for a wide range of cuisines: Mediterranean and Middle Eastern, Central and East European, Latin American, and Asian. Some of the produce, such as tomatoes, basil, Italian oregano, cilantro, and Thai Mint are growing right on the premises in the Friends’ Garden at Arch Street Meeting House!

Growing vegetables does not require a large back yard, some can even be grown in containers. Nadia will also go over some vegetable gardening basics and identify which vegetables are especially suitable for beginning gardeners or families who would like to introduce their children to the wondrous experience of growing their own food.

Nadia Hassani has gardened on a rural hilltop north of the Lehigh Valley since 2004 and became a Master Gardener in 2006. She works as a writer, editor, and translator and her favorite topics are food and gardening. She wrote a cookbook about the regional cuisines of her native Germany entitled Spoonfuls of Germany and contributes gardening articles to The Spruce and Food52.

Even after more than 20 years in the United States, Nadia still marvels about the fact that the Pennsylvania climate with its subzero winters and hot summers makes it possible to grow such a wide range of fruits and vegetables. She loves to explore world cuisines and as a committed locavore finds that there is often no need to reach for ingredients shipped from far away—you can very well cook global and grow local.

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https://spoonfulsofgermany.com

https://greencardgardener.com

 

This project was made possible with support from the Museum Council of Greater Philadelphia.

Supported by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, this project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [CAGML-248024-OMLS-20].

Young Friends Late Summer Gathering

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Hooray! We’re having a Late Summer Gathering!

Young Friends will gather at West Chester Friends Meeting for a shorter-than-usual but nonetheless wonderful opportunity to reflect together on the summer and look ahead to the coming school year. Friends who graduated in June from high school are welcome and encouraged to attend, as long as they have not moved on and attended Young Adult Friends events this summer. Rising 9th Graders, and anyone new to Young Friends, will be welcomed with joy!

COVID SAFETY:

  • Everyone needs a NEW Health/Permission form! Even if you turned in one for the graduation event, it has been updated for 2021-22, and includes a question asking about COVID-19 vaccination. This is not required information, but will help us in the event that we needed to do contact tracing.
  • There will be Covid-safety protocols about wearing masks when accessing indoor spaces, like the bathrooms.
  • Only staff will touch and distribute food; they will wear masks and gloves.
  • We will follow the “two out of three rule” — Friends need to be masked or distanced when outdoors, and masked+distanced when indoors.

FOOD:

  • Please arrive having eaten lunch or bring a bag lunch with you on Saturday.
  • There will be snacks provided, pizza dinner on Saturday and bagels for breakfast on Sunday morning.
  • A member of West Chester Meeting who lives nearby has invited us to walk over to their backyard for a fire circle in the evening — which means, of course, s’mores!

OVERNIGHT:

  • We have a full afternoon and evening planned, so if you don’t want to or cannot sleep over, please don’t feel like you have to! Friends can stay through the evening fire circle and then head home, as needed.
  • Our sleeping arrangements will include the option to sleep outside on the meetinghouse grounds in a tent or inside, safely spread out around the (big) meetinghouse. See registration form below for more information.

COST: This is a free event for Young Friends. If families or others are interested in supporting PYM Youth Programs, you are welcome to make a donation here!

QUESTIONS? Contact the Youth Religious Life Coordinator: Melinda Wenner Bradley

Lightning Kids

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Let’s brighten up the new year with some new ways of playing! We’ll do some thinking outside our zoom-boxes to create new space. Go on adventures into that space as our super-selves! Mix things up to make them brand new. Simple life-hacks for even the youngest Friends. See how silliness goes a long way to warm the heart!

Lightning Kids

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Let’s brighten up the new year with some new ways of playing! We’ll do some thinking outside our zoom-boxes to create new space. Go on adventures into that space as our super-selves! Mix things up to make them brand new. Simple life-hacks for even the youngest Friends. See how silliness goes a long way to warm the heart!

Lightning Kids

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Let’s brighten up the new year with some new ways of playing! We’ll do some thinking outside our zoom-boxes to create new space. Go on adventures into that space as our super-selves! Mix things up to make them brand new. Simple life-hacks for even the youngest Friends. See how silliness goes a long way to warm the heart!

Young Friends Christmas Gathering

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Christmas Gathering will be online this year, on the weekend after Christmas! We will have Meeting for Worship with attention to business, committee time, worship sharing, and plenty of affinity time. We’ll also have two late nights! Workshops will focus on creativity and care – stay tuned for details about our workshop leaders. We’re looking forward to being together safely!

Do you want to opt-in to the Secret Santa gift exchange? Participating Young Friends will receive the name and address of their Secret Santa during virtual programming. Then, you’ll have until January 30th to send them a surprise package. Feel free to get creative – make your Secret Santa a gift, or re-gift something you got for Christmas that you don’t love! Please don’t spend more than $15 on the gift.  If you’d like to participate, please enter your mailing address on the registration link below.

Register here!

Young Friends Christmas Gathering

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Christmas Gathering will be online this year, on the weekend after Christmas! We will have Meeting for Worship with attention to business, committee time, worship sharing, and plenty of affinity time. We’ll also have two late nights! Workshops will focus on creativity and care – stay tuned for details about our workshop leaders. We’re looking forward to being together safely!

Do you want to opt-in to the Secret Santa gift exchange? Participating Young Friends will receive the name and address of their Secret Santa during virtual programming. Then, you’ll have until January 30th to send them a surprise package. Feel free to get creative – make your Secret Santa a gift, or re-gift something you got for Christmas that you don’t love! Please don’t spend more than $15 on the gift.  If you’d like to participate, please enter your mailing address on the registration link below.

Register here!

Young Friends Christmas Gathering

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Christmas Gathering will be online this year, on the weekend after Christmas! We will have Meeting for Worship with attention to business, committee time, worship sharing, and plenty of affinity time. We’ll also have two late nights! Workshops will focus on creativity and care – stay tuned for details about our workshop leaders. We’re looking forward to being together safely!

Do you want to opt-in to the Secret Santa gift exchange? Participating Young Friends will receive the name and address of their Secret Santa during virtual programming. Then, you’ll have until January 30th to send them a surprise package. Feel free to get creative – make your Secret Santa a gift, or re-gift something you got for Christmas that you don’t love! Please don’t spend more than $15 on the gift.  If you’d like to participate, please enter your mailing address on the registration link below.

Register here!