Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting

Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting A Quaker community in NW Philadelphia whose meetinghouse includes a James Turrell Skyspace.

We welcome everyone to join us every Sunday at 10:30 am for meeting for worship. We offer free childcare for youngsters and we have Sunday school for older kids. Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting (CHFM) is a Quaker community in northwest Philadelphia, which has embarked upon an extraordinary outreach project: a new meetinghouse for Friends, the local community, the Philadelphia region, and beyond. Inc

orporating a contemporary art installation -- a Skyspace by James Turrell, this “green” building is home to the growing Friends meeting, facilitating enhanced social justice activities and attracting those who value quiet contemplation, the environment, the arts and a vibrant community. This 21st Century meetinghouse continues a 350-year-old Philadelphia tradition begun by William Penn by offering a safe and welcoming place for people of all faiths to gather for quiet reflection, worship and fellowship. In addition, it is an educational resource for green living, demonstrating up-to-date ways of conserving energy and living in harmony with the natural world. The new meetinghouse is located at 20 East Mermaid Lane in Chestnut Hill. Gifts from meeting members, friends, neighbors, and funders helped make this building a reality. Of course, all are welcome to join us for silent worship during Quaker meetings on Sunday mornings at 10.30 a.m., or to visit when we host among other things: Mount Airy Learning Tree continued education classes; election day polling; or, mindfulness meditation seminars.

06/12/2026

Miriam (.fisher.schaefer) did such a nice job organizing our babies day last week! Here’s one sweet moment just before we all settled into a lovely silence full of baby sounds.

06/08/2026

We had such a lovely Quaker meeting!

“Our love for our children is so good, so deep, so central to our hopes for a better world. The more of it that can be m...
06/07/2026

“Our love for our children is so good, so deep, so central to our hopes for a better world. The more of it that can be made visible, the better off all of us will be.” Pamela Haines, 2021 Quaker Educator

Twelve (!) new babies have joined our communuity in the past 18 months, including 6 grandchildren. On Sunday June 7, babies and their families were invited to join Meeting for Worship for as long as they were able, so that we could all welcome them into our Meeting family.

The Children’s RE Committee also hosted its annual Hot Dog Picnic! We celebrated the end of the school year with recognition of all of the children and all of the amazing volunteers who make the program possible. The Children’s Committee also hosted a lemonade stand to raise money for !

From Stony Run Friends Meeting (): Conscientious objection is not passive. It is an active and deliberate engagement wit...
06/01/2026

From Stony Run Friends Meeting (): Conscientious objection is not passive. It is an active and deliberate engagement with one of the most serious questions a person can face: Would I participate in organized killing if my government told me to? If the answer is no, build the evidence for that answer now.

Visit here for a highly actionable, one-page leaflet to help youth - and those who support them - document their beliefs as conscientious objectors to war: https://stonyrunfriends.org/co/ You can also view the companion presentation and learn about a training they held on May 17, 2026 and the topics covered.

“We utterly deny all outward wars and strife and fightings with outward weapons, for any end, or under any pretence whatsoever; and this is our testimony to the whole world. - Declaration of Friends to Charles II, 1660

Our chestnut Hill Friends Meeting Property and Skyspace Committee volunteers recently spent their Saturday morning up on...
05/31/2026

Our chestnut Hill Friends Meeting Property and Skyspace Committee volunteers recently spent their Saturday morning up on a hot meeting house roof to replace its rubber seal. The 110 lb seal inflates to close the gap around the ceiling opening and the retractable Skyspace roof. Because it sprang a leak, the meeting room was very drafty last winter! Huge thanks to the volunteers for making this happen. What a feat!

Our stewardship committee had a “stuffing party” last night—this is how we put our funding appeal letter together. We al...
05/28/2026

Our stewardship committee had a “stuffing party” last night—this is how we put our funding appeal letter together. We also always have pizza :). We’re sending these letters out to close our $34,000 gap ahead of the end of our fiscal year on June 30th. Huge thanks to everyone who has contributed or plans to! And thanks for giving us a good reason to get together.

05/18/2026

Thank you to our hospitality committee for this incredible spread. We are so grateful to the many ways people contribute to our meeting!

This is our Quaker meeting’s Hedie Kelly serving as sign language interpreter for the ’ PHLabilities awards today! The e...
05/15/2026

This is our Quaker meeting’s Hedie Kelly serving as sign language interpreter for the ’ PHLabilities awards today! The event celebrates students with varying abilities, their resilience, and their potential.

It was a beautiful Mother’s Day at Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting this morning! ❤️
05/10/2026

It was a beautiful Mother’s Day at Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting this morning! ❤️

05/07/2026

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Address

20 E Mermaid Lane
Philadelphia, PA
19118

Opening Hours

10:30am - 11:30am

Telephone

+12152473553

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