Swarthmore Friends Meeting

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

 

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Quaker Youth Pilgrimage 2010, Northwestern United States: Is it for You?

When: July 16 to August 13, 2010

Extended Deadline:  November 30, 2009.  To download flyer and more information go to the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) website: http://www.fwccamericas.org/events/images/QYP_09_flyer.pdf

 

First Day School

Religious education for young people is called "First Day School." The young people are divided into several groups.  There is childcare for the pre-school children, two levels for Elementary school-age children, a Middle School-age group, a once-a-month High School-age group, and a Young Adult Friends group including a student breakfast each Sunday when the college is in session.

General First Day School Events

  • April, Easter Sunday - there will be singing during Meeting for Worship. We will have plants to give away, in our tradition of celebrating growing, re-emergence, and resurrection.

  • May - Bird Walk, one of our meeting's oldest traditions, has a change this year!

    7:45 - 9:00 a.m. Bird Walk on Campus

    9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Potluck breakfast (instead of a potluck lunch) for everyone, even if you don't go strolling in the woods.

    10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Meeting for Worship

  • May - The last First Day School classes will be in the middle of May.  During Meeting for Worship, teachers will present Bibles to the 4th graders, and Faith and Practice to the 8th graders and the college senior attenders.  The Meeting is followed by special refreshments in Rushmore Room to thank the First Day School teachers.

Every Sunday from Memorial Day through Labor Day, there is a family-style, multi-age childcare, provided by the Meeting's teens.