PYM News & Events Update

 

Lunchtime Pastoral Care Webinar: Older Mental Health Wellness, Thursday, March 13, 12:15 pm – 1 pm, Online. Learn about pastoral care support for older Friends facing emotional challenges. We will explore inclusive and affirming ways to recognize and respond to these issues among older Friends. Participants only need a computer and internet access. For more information,www.pym.org/calendar/events/lunchtime-pastoral-care-webinar-older-mental-health-wellness or pastoralpare@pym.org, 215-241-7268.

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Junior Interim Meeting, Everyone is Invited! Saturday, March 8, 2014,
10 am – 2:00 pm, Historic Fair Hill Burial Ground. Junior Interim Meeting invites all members of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of ANY AGE to help directly support the Children’s Priority by joining us for a very special Junior Interim Meeting. Everyone can follow the ministry of the Children’s Priority by offering their service to care for the environment of Fair Hill, a historic Quaker burial ground, garden, and urban green space. Bring your committee, bring your meeting, bring your friends. The Children’s Priority: “The Children of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting are called to make the world a better place by finding fun ways to care for specific environments so that creatures living there can be healthy.” We will gather at Fair Hill- 2900 Germantown Ave. For more information, www.pym.org/marchjim, or contact Benjamin Camp at 215-241-7228 or bcamp@pym.org.

We’ll spend this gathering taking in the outdoors and exploring simple living. We’ll talk about the complications of living simply and the simplicity of living in a complicated world. We are offering a 15-passenger van carpool from Philadelphia. Road trip! For more information, www.pym.org/calendar/events/middle-school-friends-simplicity-gathering. To register early: secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=fc9f3f

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Arch Street Brown Bag Lunch & Lecture Series, Chocolate and Quakers: Entrepreneurs with Social Conscience, 11:45 am, March 20, Arch Street Meeting House. Lynne Brick will present the history of Chocolate and Quakers: Entrepreneurs with Social Conscience: March 20th at 11:45 a.m. at Arch Street Meeting House. Be ready to state your favorite chocolate on a graph. For the grand finale we will have a “taste” of chocolate! The lecture and chocolate are free. Bring a brown bag lunch, drinks provided! Information:www.pym.org/calendar/events/chocolate-and-the-quakers, Volunteers@pym.org or 215-241-7238

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Spiritual Formation Interest Session – for Young Adults and other Friends. Saturday, March 22, 2014, 11:00 am -12:30 pm, Arch Street Meeting House.The Spiritual Formation Program is forming a new cohort, with a focus on young adult Friends! Do you seek deeper spiritual experience? Want to build intergenerational community? Join us on the 22nd for small group sharing, centering, and find out what the Spiritual Formation Program is all about! For more information, www.pym.org/calendar/events/spiritual-formation-interest-session or Elizabeth Piersol Schmidt, youngadultfriends@pym.org or 215-241-7075.

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2014 William Penn Lecture, Saturday, March 29, 7 – 9 p.m.
“Prophetic Service as Formation & Transformation”, Christina Repoley is the 2014 speaker. Christina is a member of Atlanta Friends Meeting and the Executive Director of Quaker Voluntary Service. The William Penn Lecture is an annual event for all Friends. It is under the care of Young Adult Friends and comes out
of a history that began with the first lecture in 1916. To learn more visit www.pym.org/calendar/events/2014-william-penn-lecture or contact Elizabeth Piersol Schmidt, YoungAdultFriends@pym.org or 215-241-7075.

Young Adult Friends Mentorship Project: “Friends Sharing Their Individual Gifts”. Saturday, March 29, 2014, 4-5:30 pm, Arch Street Meeting House.
Each of us have gifts and needs. Over time, as we come into an awareness of these gifts and needs, we often wish for and seek communion and connection with others about our experiences. The PYM YAF community feels called to work with F/friends in the wider Yearly Meeting to help create a loving and helpful inter-generational mentoring network. If you are looking for a way to connect with others and have ideas about how we may build an interactive network for mentoring, please join us for a fun 90 minute interactive workshop to explore the types of gifts that Friends may share with each other! Come early to the William Penn Lecture, share with our group and then have plenty of time for dinner before the lecture at 7:00 pm. For more information, contact subcommittee members: Jen Bowman,gotwhales@gmail.com or Ken Park, kpark459@gmail.com or visitwww.pym.org/calendar/events/mentorship-project-sharing-gifts.