Quaker Quest presents...

We Can Do It Day: Spiritual Hospitality

Join Us!
September 25th, 9 am-4 pm

Registration Deadline Extended to September 20th Registrations received after the 20th will be accommodated as best as possible but the availability of lunch and workshops assignments can't be guaranteed.

Register here!

We Can Do It Days are a PYM tradition back by popular demand. They offer support to monthly meetings through workshops, information, a children's program and fellowship.

Quaker Quest's focus for this We Can Do It Day is on Spiritual Hospitality.

Seekers who visit our Meetings are looking for a variety of things in their spiritual home including a warm welcome, deep worship, and religious education for kids and adults.

Is your meeting ready to receive visitors?

The Quaker Quest Working Group invites Friends from all monthly meetings and particularly those serving on committees supporting Children's and Adult Religious Education, Outreach, and Communications.

We Can Do It Day will feature:

• A panel from monthly meetings who have given a lot of energy to nurturing their capacity for Spiritual Hospitality and caring for visitors and seekers using the Quaker Quest Program


• Three rounds of interactive, skills-focused workshops facilitated by Friends who bring insight and experience to Spiritual Hospitality. Scroll down for workshop descriptions.


• Special program on Spiritual Hospitality for school-age Friends, plus childcare for Little Friends.


• A participatory sneak-peak into a Quaker Quest event.


• Lunch!

September 25th, 9 am - 4 pm
Arch Street Meeting House
320 Arch Street, Philadelphia 19106

Download the invitation and registration form, or register online.

A $20 fee to cover some costs will be charged ($5 for children).
Partial scholarships and a limited number of full workgrants are available.
For more information contact Christie Duncan-Tessmer, Associate Secretary for Program & Religious Life, at 215-241-7008 or christiedt@pym.org.

We Can Do It Day Workshops:

• Walking In The Newcomer's Shoes How does it feel to be new - after the first day, or even several months? Building on the experiences of more than a hundred meetings of all sizes from across the US and Canada, we'll learn and discuss how to weave newcomers into the meeting's fabric.
  Facilitated by Elaine Craudereff


• Welcoming Young Adult Friends Young Adult Friends are few and far between in most monthly meetings. How do we receive and support this population throughout the meeting?
  Facilitated by Sadie Forsythe & Young Adult Friends


• Nurturing Vocal Ministry in Your Meeting How can monthly meetings deepen our worship while helping newcomers perceive, listen to and express the Light within?
  Facilitated by Colin Bussiere-Nichols


• Not just for First Day School Teachers! Visiting families are often seeking religious education for their children. How does First Day School offer spiritual hospitality to new families and engage their participation?
  Facilitated by Greta Rech


• Finding Seekers: Local Outreach Strategies So many people are seeking what we've got. How do we help them find Quakers?


• Sharing our Faith Newcomers come with questions. What does it mean to be a Friend? What's a Quaker lifestyle like? What do you think about Jesus? How to to talk about Quakerism without fear of prostheletysing.
  Facilitated by Amy Kietzman


• Turn On the Lights! Simple ideas to attract seekers, welcome them when they arrive, and inspire them to return to your meeting. From signs, to guest books, to greeters, to believing you have something valuable to share, this workshop offers ways for your meeting to throw its doors wide open
  . Facilitated by Signe Wilkinson


• The Family-Friendly Meeting Explore how all members can integrate children and their parents into every aspect of meeting, from worship to committees to fellowship, thereby strenghthening the meeting for generations.
  Facilitated by Christie Duncan-Tessmer


• Taming Adult Religious Education Content for religious education is easy to come by; everyone has something to offer. But coordination is a whole different animal. Discuss what works to organize and maintain ARE events, and how to build and sustain attendance.
  Facilitated by Brad Sheeks


• Everyone Can Play: Making Friends Spiritual Hospitality for kids! How do we make friends? How do we welcome people to our meetings and into our lives? Kids in 1st through 5th grade will explore these questions from God's point of view. Childcare is provided for Little Friends.
  Facilitated by Benjamin Camp