Committees
Most activity of the Meeting takes place within committees. Meeting members work on the committees as part of their membership responsibility. Many committees welcome the participation of attenders ("[ATT]"). Some are open only to members because they deal with confidential matters.
Most committees meet monthly, September through June.
- Adult Religious Education Committee [ATT] -- offers opportunities to share and learn about our religious experiences, convictions and questions, in ways that enhance our worship and our Quaker commitments
- Attenders Committee [ATT] -- welcomes visitors and attenders, helps them enter into the life of the Meeting, and serves as a resource for those seeking to learn more about Quakerism
- Burial Ground Committee [ATT] -- manages the Friends Southwestern Burial Ground in Upper Darby
- Donations Committee [ATT] -- develops recommendations regarding the Meeting's contributions to outside organizations which are working on peace and justice issues, and other areas of concern to the meeting
- Education Committee -- allocates budgeted scholarship aid to Meeting member children and administers an adult education revolving loan fund mostly for furthering education beyond high school
- Finance Advisory Committee -- prepares and supervises the Meeting's annual budget, providing funds for the various aspects of the Meeting
- First Day School Committee [ATT] -- provides a religious education program for the young people of the Meeting and seeks ways of helping parents clarify their own religious values to impart to their children
- Gifts and Leadings Committee -- nurtures gifts of the Spirit, supports efforts to discern one's ministries
- Library Committee [ATT] -- purchases books of interest to Friends for the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Library, which is also located in the Friends Center, and facilitates circulation of books among Meeting members and attenders
- Meetinghouse Property Committee [ATT] -- oversees the use and care of the property and the rooms under the care of the meeting
- Membership Care Committee -- responsible for the pastoral care of Meeting members. It handles membership applications, transfers, and resignations, and arranges for marriages
- Necessitous Cases Committee -- provides assistance to needy Meeting members using income primarily from established trust funds
- Newsletter Production [ATT]
- Nominating Committee -- submits to Monthly Meeting the names of Friends to serve as committee members and officers
- Office Committee -- coordinates and supervises the operation of the Meeting office
- Peace and Social Concerns Committee [ATT] -- seeks ways for the Meeting to actively participate in peace and social justice concerns
- Website Editor [ATT]
- White/Richardson Trustees
- Worship and Ministry Committee -- responsible for the right ordering of Meeting for Worship and for the spiritual nurturing of Meeting members and attenders
Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting also appoints members to other Friends groups and organizations:
- Friends Center Corporation Board
- Friends Select School Trustees
- Philadelphia Interim Meeting Executive Committee
- Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting Nominating Committee
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Nominating Committee
- Quaker Information Center Oversight Committee
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