A Threadletter of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
October  2014


This edition of the PYM Pastoral Care Threadletter focuses on ways to assistFriends experiencing temporary financial distress related to job loss or other life circumstances. Creating a group within a meeting's Care and Counsel committee to address issues of concern is one way a meeting can attentively respond. An awareness of PYM resources available to directly assist Friends should always be kept in mind.

Peace is with you,
George Schaefer
Care and Aging Coordinator

Message from the Field
The Pastoral Care Assistance Committee

In the past, Pastoral Care Assistance  committees were concerned with helping "necessitous" individuals experiencing temporary financial distress, job loss or other unexpected situations and conditions which affected their temporal needs. Today, a pastoral care sub-group within a care committee may address issues of prolonged bereavement, chronic grief and the behavioral problems associated with trauma and illness as well as monetary loss and career set-backs. Learn more about the Committee.
Resource
The Greenleaf Fund

The Greenleaf Granting Group provides direct financial aid to elderly Quakers and those in sympathy with Quakers for housing needs and ongoing costs including medical expenses. Individuals 62 years of age or older are invited to apply. The Greenleaf Fund provides grants and loans to older Friends and those in sympathy with Friends, who are of modest means and in need of assistance to meet their housing needs and other costs of living.
Pastoral Care Newsletter Archive
Keeping the North Star in View with Finances Turn South

Even in the most optimistic of times, financial difficulties may trouble the lives of some of our members.  Divorce, illness, and unexpected unemployment are among the most obvious causes of financial distress, but less visible problems can mean that a modest change in a person's or family's incomes can feel disastrous. Read more.....
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Journey Toward Wholeness: A Courage & Renewal� Retreat Series
Oct 31, 2014 - Jul 19, 2015 (four weekends), Pendel Hill

Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2014, Pendel Hill

Open for Transformation: Being Quaker, Nov 2-6, 2014, Pendel Hill

Compassionate Communication, Nov 14-16, 2014, Pendel Hill

Race, Power, Privilege and Leadership Symposium
Symposium on Friday, October 24 (6 pm to 8:30 pm) and on Saturday, October 25 (8 AM to 4:30 PM) at Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102. The registration costs $100.00 (or $50.00 for students with a valid ID). Click here to register online. [URL below] The symposium is a precursor to the White Privilege Conference set to occur in 2016 also in Philadelphia. Come to work with  Sociologists, Criminologists, and other leaders in challenging concepts of privilege and oppression who offer solutions and team building. Register online.

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander. Click here for more information or go to pym.org/one-book-one-yearly-meeting/
 

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Greenleaf Fund
 
Applications Due: November 15, 2014

 

 

Applications for assistance to the Greenleaf Fund for consideration in its next cycle of grant making are due by November 15, 2015.  View the application guidelines.        

 
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