March 10 / April 30, 2019 Events Spring Continuing Sessions, Reading, PA Saturday March 23 Morning: The Young Adult Friends are leading the yearly meeting body in a worshipful resistance of family detention, outdoors at the Berks County Residential Center. Parking is near the Center. Optional indoor programming at Reading Meeting is planned for Friends who are weather sensitive. Lunch is brown bag. Afternoon: Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business at the Miller Center for the Arts at Reading Area Community College from 1-4 pm. Youth & Children's Program will be at Reading Monthly Meeting. Youth Programs at Spring Continuing Session Info: www.pym.org/event/youth-spring-continuing-sessions-gathering-2019 or Melinda Wenner Bradley, mwennerbradley@pym.org Young Adult Friends (including those with children) can register for no-cost bus transport from Philadelphia to BCRC, plus lunch for the day of the action. Register Now! www.pym.org/continuing-sessions Information: Meg Rose, mrose@pym.org or Olivia Brangan, obrangan@pym.org One Quilt, One Yearly Meeting-Bring your Quilt Square See the Quilt Video! www.pym.org/things-are-getting-quilty Help Our Community Stay Connected We have a new and more capable database, but we need your help in making sure your information is correct and up to date. All you need to do is to enter your correct address, email and phone information and you will help us build an awesome sense of community through your Quaker spirit and your participation in the Friends network. Update your information at pym.org/yourinfo Quaker Family Meetup! You are Invited April 6, 2019, Princeton Meeting Saturday, April 6 from 3-5:30 pm, Hosted at Princeton Friends Meeting Quaker Family Meetups are an opportunity for PYM Families of infants to teens to join together for an
afternoon of fellowship, play, worship sharing, and spiritual refreshment. Child care and program for young people will be provided; attend with or without the kids! (Grandparents and other family caregivers are welcome, too.) Questions? Want to let us know you're coming? Contact the Youth Engagement Coordinator, Melinda - MWennerBradley@pym.org. (RSVP not required, but helps with snack procurement!) Details: www.pym.org/event/quaker-family-meetup Camp Swatara 2019 for Middle School and Young Friends May 3-5 The Camp Swatara gathering bridges the community of Young Friends and Middle School Friends - Quaker and Quaker-friendly folks! Registration is open! www.pym.org/event/camp-swatara-2019 Info: Melinda Wenner Bradley, mwennerbradley@pym.org March 2019 Pizza and Meeting for Worship Wednesday, March 13, Medford Monthly Meeting, NJ Join us for a dinner of Pizza and a Meeting for Worship in the Quaker style. This is a free event open to the public. Details: www.pym.org/event/pizza-and-meeting-for-worship-3/?instance_id=2210 or info@medfordfriendsmeeting.org Open House, - Underground Railroad Site Noon-5pm, March 15, Appoquinimink Friends Meeting This historic Quaker Meetinghouse recreates a Freedom Seeker hiding place under the eaves of the loft above the 1785 worship space. Visitors will hear about the role played by local Quakers in hiding runaway slaves and show how they were hidden. Details: www.pym.org/event/appoquinimink-friends-meeting-open-house-underground-railroad-site or Kate O'Donnell, kateinmaryland@atlanticbb.net Spring Continuing Sessions March 23, 2019 One Quilt, One Yearly Meeting-Bring your Quilt Square Morning: The Young Adult Friends are leading the yearly meeting body in a worshipful resistance of family detention, outdoors at the Berks County Residential Center. Parking is near the Center. Optional indoor programming at Reading Meeting is planned for Friends who are weather sensitive. Lunch is brown bag. Afternoon: Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business at the Miller Center for the Arts at Reading Area Community College from 1-4 pm. Youth & Children's Program will be at Reading Monthly Meeting (Info: www.pym.org/event/youth-spring-continuing-sessions-gathering-2019)
Young Adult Friends (including those with children) can register for no-cost bus transport from Philadelphia to BCRC, plus lunch for the day of the action. Registration: www.pym.org/continuing-sessions Information: Meg Rose, mrose@pym.org or Olivia Brangan, obrangan@pym.org See the Quilt Video! www.pym.org/things-are-getting-quilty Bridge Contacts at Continuing Sessions March 23, Reading Area Community College Bridge Contacts help PYM Friends connect with the movement of Spirit across our extended community. If you are currently a Bridge Contact, or interested in finding out more, please join us at Continuing Sessions. We will be gathering for lunch at the Miller Center for the Arts on the Reading Area Community College campus at noon. Please bring a brown bag lunch, and we will have conversation and cookies. Details: www.pym.org/get-involved/bridge-contacts or Wendy Kane, wkane@pym.org Conversation: The Green New Deal & Public Banking March 24, Providence Monthly Meeting Featured Guest: Walt McRee President of Public Banking Associates and Chair Emeritus, the Public Banking Institute Free! The program begins at 1 pm, (12:30 pm for lunch). Details: www.pym.org/event/providence-monthly-meeting/?instance_id=2212 or Ed Dreby, eddreby@gmail.com Pizza and Meeting for Worship Wednesday, March 27, Medford Monthly Meeting, NJ Join us for a dinner of Pizza and a Meeting for Worship in the Quaker style. This is a free event open to the public. Details: www.pym.org/event/pizza-and-meeting-for-worship-4 or info@medfordfriendsmeeting.org Seeking Refuge: A Day of Exploration March 31, Gwynedd Friends Meeting Jenny Isaacs of Immigration Rights Action Group of Doylestown will speak about immigrant support, legislative advocacy, and documentation of ICE actions from 11-12. Brown bag lunch (bring your own), soup provided. 1pm showing of movie, Human Flow, a beautiful & humane overview of the global flight of refugees by acclaimed director, Ai Wei Wei. Details: http://gwyneddmeeting.org/refugeesupport.html or Carol Shearon, moyer.shearon@gmail.com Friends in Fellowship: Quaker Settlers, Innovators, & Industry 10 am Sunday, March 31, Birmingham Meeting With worship, followed by a talk by David Cole, Director of The Hagley Museum and visit to the 1704 William Brinton House.
Details: www.pym.org/event/friends-in-fellowship-quaker-settlers-innovators-andindustry/?instance_id=2167 or Grace Sharples Cooke, gscooke@pym.org "I'm Not Racist...Am I?" Film Screening 1 pm Sunday, March 31, The Newtown Theatre, Newtown, PA Bucks Quarterly Meeting's Outreach Committee presents a screening and discussion of the feature documentary, "I'm Not Racist...Am I?" The film follows a diverse group of teens through a yearlong exploration to get at the heart of racism. The film's producer André Robert Lee will lead a discussion following the film. Details: Sarah Crofts, sarah.crofts@gmail.com or www.pym.org/event/screening-of-feature-documentaryfilm-im-not-racist-am-i/?instance_id=2187 April 2019 The Human Element Friday, April 5, 6:30, Fallsington Meeting The Human Element, a film about human impacts on fire, water, air and earth and the consequences on us. We humans are a force of nature. At the same time human activities alter the basic elements of life - earth, air, water and fire - those elements change human life in turn. Free! The film is brought to us by the Fallsington Meeting Peace and Service Committee. Info: Tom Wells, tomwellsccl@gmail.com Quaker Family Meetup! You are Invited April 6, Princeton Meeting Saturday, April 6 from 3-5:30 pm, Hosted at Princeton Friends Meeting Quaker Family Meetups are an opportunity for PYM Families of infants to teens to join together for an afternoon of fellowship, play, worship sharing, and spiritual refreshment. Child care and program for young people will be provided; attend with or without the kids! (Grandparents and other family caregivers are welcome, too.) Questions? Want to let us know you're coming? Contact Melinda, the Youth Engagement Coordinato, MWennerBradley@pym.org. (RSVP not required, but helps with snack procurement!) Details: www.pym.org/event/quaker-family-meetup Quakerism In a Nutshell: Informational Workshop About Quakerism April 20, Wrightstown Friends Meeting Are you new to Quakers and Quakerism? Do you wish to be better informed and involved? Have you been a Quaker for a long time? Please join us for our annual workshop, Quakerism in a Nutshell on April 20 from 10 am until 2pm (lunch is included). Join us for this wonderful workshop led by Melanie Douty Snipes. Registration deadline is April 18th. The workshop is open to the public and lunch is provided. Info: www.quakersbucks.org or Holly Olson, hollybqc@verizon.net
Refugee and Migrant Justice: Conference Call 6:30-7:30 pm, April 16 Friends from all meetings and communities in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting are invited to join a conference call, which will have two goals: 1) Share updates on work that we have been doing in the various refugee resettlement efforts. 2) Hear from a representative from the Church World Service. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is a member of the Church World Service. They have various programs related to refugee and migrant justice in which meetingsc an be involved. RSVP for the call: www.pym.org/event/refugee-and-migrant-justice-conference-call or Zachary Dutton, zdutton@pym.org Young Adult Spring Retreat April 26-28, Haverford Friends Meeting We'll come together for rejuvenation, relaxation, and to deepen our connection to one another & the Spirit. Good food and fun are also assured! Details: www.pym.org/event/young-adult-spring-retreat/?instance_id=2196 or Meg Rose, mrose@pym.org 16th Annual Phila Interfaith Walk for Peace & Reconciliation Sunday, April 28 A walking dialogue among Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Wiccans and others on Sunday April 28th from 2:00 to 5:00pm. There is a pre-walk gathering at the Al Aqsa Islamic Center. There will be three stops during the walk at houses or worship in center city: Society Hill Synagogue, Arch Street meetinghouse and Central Philadelphia meetinghouse. Info: www.interfaithpeacewalk.org or InterfaithPeaceWalk@gmail.com Employment Summer Program Counselors Friends' Central School, Wynnewood, PA Friends' Central Summer Programs seeks experienced counselors, preferably over the age of 18.This position requires responsible leadership, participation in all camp activities, responsibility for the general safety and development, growth, and skill achievement of the participants in his/her group. Details: www.friendscouncil.org/relid/622502/jobpostingid/6473/isvars/default/job_openings.htm Info: Kat Clayton kclayton@friendscentral.org
News... Jonathan Taylor Swarthmore Scholarship Fund, 5/1/19 deadline Jonathan Taylor Swarthmore Scholarship Fund, 5/1/19 deadline The Jonathan Taylor Swarthmore Scholarship Fund is administered by the Stony Run Meeting of Baltimore to provide support to students on financial aid attending Swarthmore College. Students from Baltimore and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings may apply. Information or to apply by the 5/1/19 deadline contact: Cindy Maier, Cynthiamaier13@gmail.com or Nick Fessenden, nicholasfessenden@comcast.net Details: www.pym.org/jonathan-taylor-swarthmore-scholarship-fund The Tote Bag: PYM Religious Education and Family Resources Interested in receiving this new e-newsletter from the Youth Engagement Coordinator, with resources, opportunities for sharing ideas, and events related to Quaker religious education and supporting families in meeting communities? Email MWennerBradley@pym.org to be added to the recipient list! Consider volunteering to be a "Friendly Presence" at PYM Youth Program events! These adult Friends support the program Facilitator and Assistant at gatherings for youth, working alongside staff and the young people at the event. Their presence is vital to our youth programs! A current volunteer shares: "As a former Young Friend, it was important for me to give back to the community that helped me shape my identity. Having the opportunity to share joy, love, and kindness with young Quakers gives me hope for the future of the Quaker community and the greater global community." Interested in volunteering, or want more information? Please contact the Youth Engagement Coordinator at mwennerbradley@pym.org. The PYM Youth Programs calendar is posted on the website, and details upcoming programs: www.pym.org/children/events Parking Permit Program at Arch Street Meeting House Are you looking for a reliable, affordable place to park in Philadelphia? Consider participating in the parking permit program at Arch Street Meeting House. There will be 50 annual permits available in 2019 and are distributed on a first come first serve basis to Quakers and those who work at Quaker organizations. The annual permit application process will open in December and information will be shared by email. If you are interested in learning more, visit HistoricASMH.org/parking2019 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1515 Cherry Street Philadelphia, PA 19102