Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

09/06/2026

This October, Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) will gather at Friends Center in Philadelphia for a celebration marking nearly 90 years of ministry across the Section. The gathering will take place on October 9 and will bring together Friends, FWCC staff, and Executive Committee members from across the Section.

Friends in the Philadelphia metro who can host an Executive Committee member from the evening of October 8 through worship on October 11 are encouraged to volunteer. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting meetings are invited to share this opportunity with Friends who may be able to provide hospitality.

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This October, Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) will gather at Friends Center in Philadelphia for a celebration marking nearly 90 years of ministry across the Section. The gathering will take place on October 9 and will bring together Friends, FWCC staff, and Executive Committee member...

09/06/2026

Join Friends from all over our region on September 19 from a 10:00 am - 3:15 pm for a free online event designed to equip Friends with language, inspiration, connections, and tools to help invite your community into the life of your meeting.

Friends can register on the PYM website or at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/PYMEvents/event/findingfriends26/info/homepage

09/05/2026

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) is the association of Friends meetings and communities across the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Delaware, southern New Jersey, and eastern and central Pennsylvania. PYM connects and supports Friends in our region.

Those searching for Quaker worship opportunities can find them at https://www.pym.org/meetings/

09/04/2026

Earlier this summer Philadelphia Yearly Meeting staff shared the revised Child and Youth Safety Policy noting the guidance of leadership, reviews by others, and editing by lawyers. The policy is materially the same as before.

This story was posted on the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting website. Friends can access the full policy at https://www.pym.org/new-child-and-youth-safety-policy-for-philadelphia-yearly-meeting/

09/03/2026

On the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Website Friends can access the "About Quakerism" page in the "About Us" tab.

This section shares on faith, worship, history and more.

Access the page at https://www.pym.org/quakerism/

09/02/2026

An Epistle from Faith & Play.

Faith & Play has its roots in starting as a Philadelphia Yearly Meeting working group.

09/02/2026

Faith and Practice includes advice on procedures within the faith, membership, current practice for conducting meeting business and numerous quotations from Friends on belief, worship, concerns, leadings, and testimonies. Access it at the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Website.

09/01/2026

This year’s One Pamphlet, One Yearly Meeting selection is Pendle Hill Pamphlet 495, Patterns of Racial Wounding and Racial Justice in Quaker Communities, by Lauren Brownlee (she/her) and Zenaida Peterson (they/them).

Together, the authors invite Friends to consider how racial harm can occur within Quaker communities and what accountability, repair, and more loving relationships can ask of us.

The discussion is online on Thursday, October 29, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm and Friends can register at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/PYMEvents/event/onepamphletoneyearlymeeting2026/

08/25/2026

Gather online on Saturday, September 19, from 10:00 am to 3:15 pm for a day of workshops around outreach.

Friends will gather over Zoom for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s "Finding Friends: Outreach and Faithful Sharing."

Learn more and register at the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting website.