Our Meeting

Like many Quaker meetings, we do not have paid clergy and are a volunteer-run organization. Friends are responsible for a wide range of roles within the meeting, ranging from serving coffee after worship to managing meetinghouse space rental to checking books in and out of our library on the first floor. 

We meet once a month after worship for Meeting for Worship With Attention to Business to hear committee reports and conduct the business of our faith community. We invite you to join us; these sessions are a good way to learn more about Pittsburgh Friends Meeting and how Friends use their gifts to serve our meeting. 

The person who presides over these business sessions is a clerk. At Pittsburgh Friends Meeting, this is a shared responsibility, with two or three Friends serving as co-clerks.

Committees

Our committees include Clearness & Care, Communications, Fall Gathering, Finance, First Day School, Hospitality, House, Library, Ministry, Outreach, Peace and Social Concerns, Personnel and Building Use, and Quaker Community Fund. You can click on the links above for each of these to reach the conveners through email.

There are also several groups whose goals involve Deepening in Spirit; Here is a description of these opportunities

Forms

Here are links to forms needed for various committee activities:

• A complete list of all committees and their members

• Child Care Receipt

• Child Care Clearance Instructions

• Greeting Instructions

• Hospitality Instructions

• Quaker Community Fund - proposals for activities

• Quaker Community Fund - scholarship for events

• Reimbursal Form

Contributions to Friends Meeting

The financial support of Meeting is a shared responsibility. Here are some options for contributing:

• Online/PayPal: Click the Donate button at the bottom of our home page.

• Cash or Checks: Our wooden donation box is inside the new entry door.

• Checks: Pittsburgh Friends Meeting, 4836 Ellsworth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

  For the next three options you can get details from our treasurer at pghfmtreasurer@gmail.com

• Electronic payments: Your bank can schedule regular electronic payments,

• Stocks: Contact Treasurer in advance for procedure.

• RMD Age: You may contribute directly from your IRA to a qualified charity, including PFM, without paying taxes on the withdrawal.