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PYM has a new website and this website
has become very difficult to update. Please go to the new
YF homepage at http://www.pym.org/programs/young-friends-high-school
Eventually I expect that this page will
disappear, but the future is yet to be revealed to us. Please stay
tuned.
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| Please assume that
there is space in any Young Friends gathering unless an announcement
that the event is closed has been posted here on the web site.
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| Would you like to be
on the Young Friends E-mail network?
E-mail cookiec@pym.org and
say you want on. You will receive announcements of Coffeehouses,
Quarterly Meeting events, service opportunities, Young Friends Working
Group meeting agendas and other neat stuff! A reminder:
If you change your address to some newer cooler address we won't
know it and you won't hear from us unless you tell us! |
| There is also a Young
Adult E-mail listserv for those over
18.
Philadelphia Young Adult Friends (PYAF) is a group of young
adult Quakers (roughly 18-32) and Quaker sympathizers meet together
and talk about their experiences and needs as young adults.
PYAF seeks to share life experiences and attitudes, and
come together as an energetic, supportive community of seekers.
They have a foundation in Quaker principles, ethics, and practices.
The group meets every other Thursday and Sunday evenings
for a potluck meal, fellowship and Meeting for Worship. Different
people take turns hosting the gathering. PYAF gatherings are generally
in the Philadelphia, with occasional events in the suburbs.
Check out their Yahoo Group list serve at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pyaf/
Email pyaf-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
to join the listserv and learn where our next event is. Got Questions?
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"Before You Enlist!"
is a 15-minute film that provides "the real deal on joining
the military" as told by veterans from Iraq to Vietnam, their
family members and other young people who've dealt with recruiters.
Produced by Telequest of Princeton NJ with support from the American
Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Veterans For Peace, the Coalition
for Peace Action, the Puffin Foundation and others, it is ready
for viewing (and download) via
You can watch the video at BeforeYouEnlist.org...
or at YouTube
This will require a high speed connection. It will take forever
to load on a Dial up connection. |
| Are
you concerned about a
potential Military draft?
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Youth
and Selective Service registration
Whether or not you think you might
be conscientiously opposed to war, if you are in middle
or high school, consider talking to a member of your
Meeting, the Quakerism teacher at your Friends school,
or call the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting office at (800)
220-0796 (ext. 7240).
Whether clearness or counseling is needed, there are
web sites which contain updated information about registration
and the draft: Peace
& Concerns
PYM
Peace and Witness portal
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Young Friends remember
Haley Jennifer Yarmark
4/15/1990 - 5/11/2007
Photo by Holly Olson - Bucks
Quarter Coordinator
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Photo by Cookie Caldwell
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The Education Standing Committee of Philadelphia
Yearly Meeting, at its meeting on June 23, approved the re-naming
of the Sergei Thomas Memorial Fund to the "Sergei
Thomas and Haley
Yarmark Memorial Fund."
As of December 29, 2009, $3909 dollars have been donated
in Haley's memory.
Sergei Thomas - Haley Yarmark Memorial Fund. |
| Some Friends have asked about who Sergei Thomas was. Mary Brooks
from the Westtown School archives compiled this short biography of
Sergei Thomas.
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
