Infants, Children & Youth

Parents are welcome to bring children to Meeting for Worship with them for as much of the Meeting as they wish and to come and go as the children's needs dictate. The Meeting cherishes and delights in children.

We welcome young people of all ages to our Young Friends Meeting (Sunday school) while their parents attend Meeting for Worship. In the summer, we may spend time outdoors and at the playground in the School yard or do arts, crafts and stories upstairs in the Meetinghouse.   During the school year, children learn about Quakerism through stories, crafts, projects, discussion, and opportunities to join in the life and rhythms of the Meeting. 

Please take your children to the restroom before dropping them off. Infants and very small children may be dropped off at 10:25. Older children may wish to join their parents in Meeting for Worship for the first 15 minutes. Feel free to join the childcare group if you or your child wishes. 

Our Young Friends Meeting committee determines the curriculum and activities and includes a monthly update in the Meeting's newsletter about what is happening. 

We continue to have periodic Intergenerational Events and Faith and Play events.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting has programs for families and younger children (K-5th), middle schoolers, high school-aged folks and adults who care for youth.