Combined Report on Five Standing Committees

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Education General Services Peace & Concerns Support & Outreach Worship & Care Standing Committees (in alphabetical order) Garden at 4 th and Arch Street Meeting House

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Queries from the Standing Committees: George Fox ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Education Standing Committee The Education Standing Committee provides guidance, and support to the PYM services and projects, which directly concern the religious and academic education of young people and adults and those who serve them. Friends Schools and Friends Religious Education

Education Standing Committee Groups & Projects Religious Education ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Education Standing Committee Groups & Projects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Scholastic Education

Education Standing Committee Groups & Projects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Youth and Young Adults

Education Standing Committee Groups & Projects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Adult Programs

Education Standing Committee Groups & Projects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Affiliated Organizations

General Services Standing Committee ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

General Services Standing Committee is still: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Weaning ourselves off of old designations on unrestricted bequests. De-designation is beginning now with 50% of Chace funds this year and will continue over five years with other funds. Chace & Bequests WGs have merged into Legacy WG which is managing a mix of unrestricted but still designated funds and restricted funds.

Cleaning of Arch St., Burlington & FOWG: a) Arch St. is being handed over to a new standing committee with less squeaks & squirrels inside, improved handicap access, & renovated parking lot. b) There is a big improvement in the appearance and utilization of Burlington Conference Center thanks to Carol Strawson & BMH Working Group. c) Financial Oversight Working Group has been remade with 3 departures & 5 new appointments. Further dialogue needed on, What is an “audit committee”?

Greening of Friends Center is near completion with Open House on Sept. 12.

A central conviction of the Peace and Concerns Standing Committee is that Peace, Justice, and an Earth Restored are integral to one another and that they operate across three areas, global, local, and within our own faith community. Each year we continue to review and discern Peace & Concerns Vision of Work for Peace Justice & an Earth Restored our priorities. Our discernment continues to lead us to the awareness of God’s presence in all creation and to pay attention to the way we live our lives and to the social and economic structures that create injustice, war, and degradation to the earth and its climate. Peace

Peace & Concerns A Vision of New Work ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Right Relationship with the Earth

[object Object],[object Object],Peace & Concerns Vision of Work ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Justice

Peace & Concerns Services and Projects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Peace & Concerns ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Affiliations and Partners Granting Groups ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Support & Outreach Standing Committee ,[object Object],Facsimile of The Original Charter of Charles II to William Penn, for Pennsylvania, 1681.

From the Support & Outreach Epistle ,[object Object],image and power of the Almighty, they may receive the word of wisdom that opens all things, and come to know the hidden unity in the Eternal Being.” As we go forward, we hold firmly in mind our sense of Divine purpose in our work to help strengthen Friends way within Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and to further Quaker Witness in the world. Journal 1648. "George Fox on the Mount of Vision", mural, Governor's Reception Room, State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. - Violet Oakley

Support & Outreach Services and Projects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The new quarters for the PYM Library

Support & Outreach Services and Projects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Support and Outreach Working Groups and Initiatives ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Support and Outreach Granting Groups ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Friends Center

Worship & Care Standing Committee ,[object Object]

Worship & Care Working & Granting Groups ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Worship & Care From the Worship and Care 2009 Epistle ,[object Object]

Financial Oversight by PYM Standing Committees ,[object Object],[object Object],26 Fiscal Year 2009 Budget

And finally, here is the much discussed elephant in the room.

Combined Report on Five Standing Committees

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