Youth Quaker Education Program

Listing of Current Youth Programs

Gwynedd Friends Meeting is blessed to have an active and vibrant Youth Quaker
Education (YQE) program for our children and youth. Our religious education program
is fun, enriching and dedicated to meeting the many spiritual needs of our youth and
families. Our curriculum contains a rich blend of activities and explorations about
spiritual thoughts and ideas, Quaker testimonies, and Quaker history and include topics
that are relevant for the times in which we live. The children participate in joyful
singing, Junior Meeting for Worship, monthly service projects and classes with their
peers. Our children and youth and their families also participate in intergenerational
activities that provide an opportunity for all ages to have fun and grow spiritually
together.

Children and youth from pre-K through high school are welcome to join us for YQE on
Sundays, 9:30 - 10:45AM. The YQE program year begins on the Sunday following Labor
Day in September and closes on the Sunday following Memorial Day in May/June.
PeaceBLMVigil Our curriculum contains a rich blend of activities and explorations about spiritual thoughts and ideas, Quaker testimonies, and Quaker history.

The children participate in joyful singing, Junior Meeting for Worship, intergenerational activities and monthly service projects.

Click here to open the Gwynedd Song Sheets PDF file in a new tab.

Our religious education program is dedicated to meeting the spiritual needs of every young Friend and their families.

For more information about our program for children & youth and their families, please contact JB Baker-McAllister, Youth Programs Coordinator.

Childcare is available for children aged 4 and younger each Sunday morning from 9:30-10:45 am. For parents wishing to attend Adult Quaker Education programs, childcare can be arranged for their children from 10:45-12 pm. Currently, childcare is not available in the summer months.

Forms:
Parent Release Form for Media Recording (Downloads a Word document)
YQE Contact Information & Parent Questionnaire (Downloads a Word document)

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Planning your Visit

New to Meeting for Worship?

If you've never attended a Meeting for Worship, we hope you will come worship with us -- give it a try.

Most Quaker meetings, at least in this part of the country, are so-called "unprogrammed" meetings. This means that our meetings for worship are not led by a minister, but are largely conducted in silence. Typically, a Clerk or other Member of the Meeting will close worship with a simple "Good morning friends" but otherwise the meeting may be completely silent.

ripples

Members and attenders are always invited to speak out of the silence with a message about their spiritual journey, although messages are not responded to directly .

A message has been described as a pebble tossed into a pond. The resulting ripples are received by others in the meeting and may contribute to their own spiritual journeys.

Continuing Revelation

In the Religious Society of Friends, continuing revelation comes from the Inner light or the light within. This light has traditionally been identified as the spirit of Christ or Christ within, although not all Friends associate the inner light with Christ. It is understood as the presence of God which provides illumination and guidance to the individual and through individuals to the group.

Because Friends believe that revelation is ongoing, we have no set creed or dogmas and we believe that new truth is revealed to us as we continue our spiritual journeys individually and with one another.

As early Friends listened to the inner light and endeavored to live accordingly, a common set of beliefs gradually emerged, which became known as Quaker testimonies. Although rooted in the immediate experience of the community of Friends, these testimonies are based on what Friends believe are verified in the Bible, especially the Gospels regarding the life and teachings of Jesus, and in our ongoing discernment of God’s desire for us to fulfill loving relationships with each other and the world.

PYM (Philadelphia Yearly Meeting) Quakers consider the inner light to be above and beyond the Bible and other formalistic, written dogmas. We trust that the continuing revelation of the inner light speaks to us in our everyday lives.

Hubb Manager, 10/15/2019