Who & What is PQM?
We Friends, also called Quakers, organize ourselves in local congregations. These are usually called a friends meeting, Quaker meeting, or monthly meeting (because they meet for business once a month; they gather for worship weekly or more often).
We have a larger, regional organization called Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, thus called because it historically met to conduct business once a year. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting is divided into thirteen Quarterly Meetings which typically meet to conduct business four times a year.
Local congregations are part of the Yearly Meeting and are also part of the Quarterly Meeting where Friends meet to share and support each other in a smaller geographic area than the Yearly Meeting.
Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting includes these Quaker meetings within the City of Philadelphia:
- Central Philadelphia
- Chestnut Hill
- Frankford
- Germantown
- Green Street
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia -- also called Arch Street Monthly Meeting
- Unity
- West Philadelphia (a preparative meeting under the care of Green Street)
PQM Servant Leadership Team
Presiding clerk | Kathleen Karhnak-Glasby |
Mentoring Clerk | Phil Anthony |
Rising Clerk | Open |
Treasurer | Open |
Recording Clerk Team | Open |
Nominating Committee | PQM officers plus PQM Representatives |
If you want to contribute your gifts in service to the Quarterly Meeting as a representative, an officer, or to help with an event or focus area, send an email to us or give a call!
Contact Us!
Mailing Address: Friends Center at 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Telephone: (215) 990-3196
Hours: M-W 9-2
Email: pqmcoordinator@gmail.com
Coordinator: L. Lanza