BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Philadelphia Yearly Meeting - ECPv6.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Philadelphia Yearly Meeting X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.pym.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T183000 DTSTAMP:20260527T155422Z CREATED:20260527T153735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T155422Z UID:111728-1782408600-1782412200@www.pym.org SUMMARY:Friends Experiment: Event Planning & Event Promotion DESCRIPTION:When Friends come together\, great things happen.\n\nPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting is launching a new program called the Friends Experiment. During virtual gatherings spread across June\, Friends will come together to discuss topics important to their meetings and share their challenges and successes\, with the goal of learning from each other and collectively building a thriving yearly meeting. \nAfter completing each “experiment\,” we hope to learn and share the best ways Friends are addressing these topics with the wider body and potentially organize more gatherings like these in the future! \nThese gatherings are free and open to all PYM Friends\, so please consider registering for any or all of the dates and topics below. \n\nChildren’s Religious Education – June 14\, 2026 @ 7 pm\nFinance & Property – June 15\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nPastoral Care – June 17\, 2026 @ 1:00 pm\nSpiritual Action – June 22\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nAdult Religious Education – June 18\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nEvent Planning and Event Promotion – June 25\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\n\nJoin Friends from across the yearly meeting and PYM’s Content Manager\, Isaac Garrison\, for a conversation on planning and carrying out a successful event with your meeting. This conversation is for Friends who want to share resources\, best practices\, and opportunities. Friends can share marketing strategies and ways they connected with their local community during the event planning process. \nFriends can also share how they hosted tables at community fairs\, planned menus for open houses\, gathered speakers for forums\, let people know about a food giveaway event\, and ensured accessibility to create a successful event. \n\nThere are so many roles we can play as members one of another\, so we hope that you will learn and grow alongside PYM Friends into a role that empowers you to lift up and support your faith community. \nPlease contact PYM at communications@pym.org with any questions. \n\n \n Register! URL:https://www.pym.org/event/friends-experiment-planning-and-promotion/ LOCATION:Join on Zoom\, Zoom Link Available upon Registration CATEGORIES:Communications & Outreach,Governance and Stewardship,Philadelphia Yearly Meeting,Religious Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/friendsexperimentbanner_1_jpg-1778609410_large.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260622T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260622T183000 DTSTAMP:20260527T155531Z CREATED:20260527T152240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T155531Z UID:111720-1782149400-1782153000@www.pym.org SUMMARY:Friends Experiment: Spiritual Action DESCRIPTION:When Friends come together\, great things happen.\n\nPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting is launching a new program called the Friends Experiment. During virtual gatherings spread across June\, Friends will come together to discuss topics important to their meetings and share their challenges and successes\, with the goal of learning from each other and collectively building a thriving yearly meeting. \nAfter completing each “experiment\,” we hope to learn and share the best ways Friends are addressing these topics with the wider body and potentially organize more gatherings like these in the future! \nThese gatherings are free and open to all PYM Friends\, so please consider registering for any or all of the dates and topics below. \n\nChildren’s Religious Education – June 14\, 2026 @ 7 pm\nFinance & Property – June 15\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nPastoral Care – June 17\, 2026 @ 1:00 pm\nSpiritual Action – June 22\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\n\nJoin Friends from across the yearly meeting and PYM’s Community Engagement Coordinator\, Claire Kinnel\, for a conversation on the relationship between spiritual grounding and faithful action. Together\, we’ll sit with how our lives are shaped toward witness\, service\, and community engagement\, whether through organized justice work\, local outreach\, peacemaking\, or the steady\, everyday practices of courage and care. \nLet’s explore how we are called outward from the benches. Individual Friends\, committees\, collaboratives\, meetings; all are welcome! \n\nAdult Religious Education – June 18\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nEvent Planning and Event Promotion – June 25\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\n\nThere are so many roles we can play as members one of another\, so we hope that you will learn and grow alongside PYM Friends into a role that empowers you to lift up and support your faith community. \nPlease contact PYM at communications@pym.org with any questions. \n\n \n Register! URL:https://www.pym.org/event/friends-experiment-spiritual-action/ LOCATION:Join on Zoom\, Zoom Link Available upon Registration CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Yearly Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/friendsexperimentbanner_1_jpg-1778609410_large.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T183000 DTSTAMP:20260527T155614Z CREATED:20260527T153509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T155614Z UID:111727-1781803800-1781807400@www.pym.org SUMMARY:Friends Experiment: Adult Religious Education DESCRIPTION:When Friends come together\, great things happen.\n\nPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting is launching a new program called the Friends Experiment. During virtual gatherings spread across June\, Friends will come together to discuss topics important to their meetings and share their challenges and successes\, with the goal of learning from each other and collectively building a thriving yearly meeting. \nAfter completing each “experiment\,” we hope to learn and share the best ways Friends are addressing these topics with the wider body and potentially organize more gatherings like these in the future! \nThese gatherings are free and open to all PYM Friends\, so please consider registering for any or all of the dates and topics below. \n\nChildren’s Religious Education – June 14\, 2026 @ 7 pm\nFinance & Property – June 15\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nPastoral Care – June 17\, 2026 @ 1:00 pm\nSpiritual Action – June 22\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nAdult Religious Education – June 18\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\n\nJoin Friends from across the yearly meeting and PYM’s Sessions and Events Coordinator\, Tara Rubinstein\, for a conversation on Quaker religious education for adults! All Friends are welcome! Whether you are interested in deepening your own Quaker practice as an individual\, you are a member of a worship and care committee\, or you are a clerk of a meeting\, there is something in this conversation for you. \n\nEvent Planning and Event Promotion – June 25\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\n\nThere are so many roles we can play as members one of another\, so we hope that you will learn and grow alongside PYM Friends into a role that empowers you to lift up and support your faith community. \nPlease contact PYM at communications@pym.org with any questions. \n\n \n Register! URL:https://www.pym.org/event/friends-experiment-adult-re/ LOCATION:Join on Zoom\, Zoom Link Available upon Registration CATEGORIES:Ministry and Care,Philadelphia Yearly Meeting,Religious Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/friendsexperimentbanner_1_jpg-1778609410_large.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260617T140000 DTSTAMP:20260527T155311Z CREATED:20260527T153236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T155311Z UID:111726-1781701200-1781704800@www.pym.org SUMMARY:Friends Experiment: Pastoral Care DESCRIPTION:When Friends come together\, great things happen.\n\nPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting is launching a new program called the Friends Experiment. During virtual gatherings spread across June\, Friends will come together to discuss topics important to their meetings and share their challenges and successes\, with the goal of learning from each other and collectively building a thriving yearly meeting. \nAfter completing each “experiment\,” we hope to learn and share the best ways Friends are addressing these topics with the wider body and potentially organize more gatherings like these in the future! \nThese gatherings are free and open to all PYM Friends\, so please consider registering for any or all of the dates and topics below. \n\nChildren’s Religious Education – June 14\, 2026 @ 7 pm\nFinance & Property – June 15\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nPastoral Care – June 17\, 2026 @ 1:00 pm\n\nJoin Friends from across the yearly meeting and PYM’s Director of Programs and Religious Life\, Simone Small Gellizeau\, for an informal Zoom gathering for Friends interested in pastoral care\, spiritual accompaniment\, and nurturing communities of care within our meetings. This conversation will offer space to connect\, reflect\, and explore how pastoral care is being practiced\, where needs are emerging\, and how Friends might support one another more deeply in these times. Whether you are already engaged in care work or simply feel led to learn more\, you are warmly welcome. \n\nSpiritual Action – June 22\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nAdult Religious Education – June 18\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nEvent Planning and Event Promotion – June 25\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\n\nThere are so many roles we can play as members one of another\, so we hope that you will learn and grow alongside PYM Friends into a role that empowers you to lift up and support your faith community. \nPlease contact PYM at communications@pym.org with any questions. \n\n \n Register! URL:https://www.pym.org/event/friends-experiment-pastoral-care/ LOCATION:Join on Zoom\, Zoom Link Available upon Registration CATEGORIES:Ministry and Care,Philadelphia Yearly Meeting,Religious Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/friendsexperimentbanner_1_jpg-1778609410_large.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T183000 DTSTAMP:20260527T155223Z CREATED:20260527T153040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T155223Z UID:111725-1781544600-1781548200@www.pym.org SUMMARY:Friends Experiment: Finance & Property DESCRIPTION:When Friends come together\, great things happen.\n\nPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting is launching a new program called the Friends Experiment. During virtual gatherings spread across June\, Friends will come together to discuss topics important to their meetings and share their challenges and successes\, with the goal of learning from each other and collectively building a thriving yearly meeting. \nAfter completing each “experiment\,” we hope to learn and share the best ways Friends are addressing these topics with the wider body and potentially organize more gatherings like these in the future! \nThese gatherings are free and open to all PYM Friends\, so please consider registering for any or all of the dates and topics below. \n\nChildren’s Religious Education – June 14\, 2026 @ 7 pm\nFinance & Property – June 15\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\n\nJoin Friends from across the yearly meeting and PYM’s Chief Financial Officer\, David Park\, for a discussion around meeting finances and property. Together\, we will share how our meetings steward our finances and manage the many intricacies and challenges related to our properties.  \n\nPastoral Care – June 17\, 2026 @ 1:00 pm\nSpiritual Action – June 22\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nAdult Religious Education – June 18\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nEvent Planning and Event Promotion – June 25\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\n\nThere are so many roles we can play as members one of another\, so we hope that you will learn and grow alongside PYM Friends into a role that empowers you to lift up and support your faith community. \nPlease contact PYM at communications@pym.org with any questions. \n\n \n Register! URL:https://www.pym.org/event/friends-experiment-finance-property/ LOCATION:Join on Zoom\, Zoom Link Available upon Registration CATEGORIES:Philadelphia Yearly Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/friendsexperimentbanner_1_jpg-1778609410_large.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T200000 DTSTAMP:20260527T155142Z CREATED:20260527T153054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T155142Z UID:111723-1781463600-1781467200@www.pym.org SUMMARY:Friends Experiment: Children's Religious Education DESCRIPTION:When Friends come together\, great things happen.\n\nPhiladelphia Yearly Meeting is launching a new program called the Friends Experiment. During virtual gatherings spread across June\, Friends will come together to discuss topics important to their meetings and share their challenges and successes\, with the goal of learning from each other and collectively building a thriving yearly meeting. \nAfter completing each “experiment\,” we hope to learn and share the best ways Friends are addressing these topics with the wider body and potentially organize more gatherings like these in the future! \nThese gatherings are free and open to all PYM Friends\, so please consider registering for any or all of the dates and topics below. \n\nChildren’s Religious Education – June 14\, 2026 @ 7 pm\n\nJoin Friends from across the yearly meeting and PYM’s Youth Engagement Coordinator\, Kristin Simmons\, for a conversation about children’s religious education and ways to create intergenerational and family-friendly meetings. We will share suggestions for curricula and programming\, and brainstorm ways to engage youth and families in new ways. In addition\, we will consider ways to collaborate at the quarter and yearly meeting levels.   \nAll are welcome – parents\, First Day School teachers\, and anyone who is interested in sharing ideas about children’s religious education! \n\nFinance & Property – June 15\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nPastoral Care – June 17\, 2026 @ 1:00 pm\nSpiritual Action – June 22\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nAdult Religious Education – June 18\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\nEvent Planning and Event Promotion – June 25\, 2026 @ 5:30 pm\n\nThere are so many roles we can play as members one of another\, so we hope that you will learn and grow alongside PYM Friends into a role that empowers you to lift up and support your faith community. \nPlease contact PYM at communications@pym.org with any questions. \n\n \n Register! URL:https://www.pym.org/event/friends-experiment-childrens-religious-education/ LOCATION:Join on Zoom\, Zoom Link Available upon Registration CATEGORIES:Ministry and Care,Philadelphia Yearly Meeting,Religious Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/friendsexperimentbanner_1_jpg-1778609410_large.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251214T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251214T200000 DTSTAMP:20251113T221345Z CREATED:20251113T221253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T221345Z UID:94121-1765740600-1765742400@www.pym.org SUMMARY:Advent with Friends DESCRIPTION:Join with other Friends to slow down the approach to the Christmas holiday\, exploring the Advent themes of Hope\, Peace\, Joy\, and Love.\n\nWe’ll use story\, music\, and both individual and group reflection to ground ourselves in expectant waiting as a community. Optional spiritual practices for the weeks between sessions will also be offered.\n\nThree Sundays\, 7:30-8:00pm — November 30\, December 7\, December 14\nCome to one or all in the free\, online series!\n\nZoom registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/register/EWPZylTiRq6EBHypGEEWOA URL:https://www.pym.org/event/advent-with-friends/2025-12-14/ LOCATION:Join on Zoom\, Zoom Link Available upon Registration CATEGORIES:Spirituality,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Advent-with-Friends.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251207T200000 DTSTAMP:20251113T221344Z CREATED:20251113T221253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T221344Z UID:94120-1765135800-1765137600@www.pym.org SUMMARY:Advent with Friends DESCRIPTION:Join with other Friends to slow down the approach to the Christmas holiday\, exploring the Advent themes of Hope\, Peace\, Joy\, and Love.\n\nWe’ll use story\, music\, and both individual and group reflection to ground ourselves in expectant waiting as a community. Optional spiritual practices for the weeks between sessions will also be offered.\n\nThree Sundays\, 7:30-8:00pm — November 30\, December 7\, December 14\nCome to one or all in the free\, online series!\n\nZoom registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/register/EWPZylTiRq6EBHypGEEWOA URL:https://www.pym.org/event/advent-with-friends/2025-12-07/ LOCATION:Join on Zoom\, Zoom Link Available upon Registration CATEGORIES:Spirituality,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Advent-with-Friends.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251130T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251130T200000 DTSTAMP:20251113T221343Z CREATED:20251113T221253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T221343Z UID:94112-1764531000-1764532800@www.pym.org SUMMARY:Advent with Friends DESCRIPTION:Join with other Friends to slow down the approach to the Christmas holiday\, exploring the Advent themes of Hope\, Peace\, Joy\, and Love.\n\nWe’ll use story\, music\, and both individual and group reflection to ground ourselves in expectant waiting as a community. Optional spiritual practices for the weeks between sessions will also be offered.\n\nThree Sundays\, 7:30-8:00pm — November 30\, December 7\, December 14\nCome to one or all in the free\, online series!\n\nZoom registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/register/EWPZylTiRq6EBHypGEEWOA URL:https://www.pym.org/event/advent-with-friends/2025-11-30/ LOCATION:Join on Zoom\, Zoom Link Available upon Registration CATEGORIES:Spirituality,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Advent-with-Friends.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250819T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250819T203000 DTSTAMP:20250807T150521Z CREATED:20250626T175828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250807T150521Z UID:68796-1755630000-1755635400@www.pym.org SUMMARY:Cultivating Safe Spaces Series | Part 3 | Spirit-Led Action – Collective Discernment for the Way Forward DESCRIPTION:Spirit-Led Action – Collective Discernment for the Way Forward\nTuesday\, August 19| 7:00 PM ET on Zoom\nWe’ll return to worship\, reflect on what we’ve heard\, and discern how Spirit is leading us to move forward. What does faithful action look like in this moment? How do we hold each other in care and commitment? \n  \nRegister for Event \n\nCultivating Safe Spaces Series\nA Three-Part Online Series on Belonging\, Rights\, and Spirit-Led Action\n\nHow do we create spiritual communities where everyone feels safe\, seen\, and supported?\nJoin Philadelphia Yearly Meeting for Cultivating Safe Space\, a three-part virtual series designed to support worship\, witness\, and community care. In this moment of ongoing harm and courageous healing\, we’re coming together as Friends to listen deeply\, learn practical tools for justice\, and discern what Spirit is calling us to do — individually and collectively. \nThis series is open to all Friends and attenders\, and is especially intended for those seeking ways to respond to concerns about safety\, accountability\, and inclusion within our yearly meeting. \nSave The Dates:\nPart 1:\nHolding Space – A Listening Session\nJuly 7\, 2025 | 7:00 pm \nPart 2:\nKnowing Our Rights – A Workshop with New Sanctuary Movement\nJuly 9\, 2025 | 7:00 pm \nPart 3:\nSpirit-Led Action – Collective Discernment for the Way Forward\nAugust 19\, 2025 | 7:00 URL:https://www.pym.org/event/cultivating-safe-spaces-series-part-3-spirit-led-action-collective-discernment-for-the-way-forward/ LOCATION:Join on Zoom\, Zoom Link Available upon Registration CATEGORIES:Communications & Outreach,Ministry and Care,Peace & Social Justice,Spirituality ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.pym.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Copy-of-Cultivating-Safe-Spaces-Series.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR