Serve as Pendle Hill Friends in Residence
A brilliant opportunity for two Friends to live in community at Pendle Hill, Pennsylvania to serve as the Friends in Residence from September-December 2025.
The role of the Friends in Residence are deliberately left open. It is to support the life, work and worship of the centre, to offer whatever gifts and experience the Friends may have to give, to be open to whatever comes.
Friend Jennifer Kavanagh served as the Friend in Residence in 2024:
“Gratitude to have had the remarkable opportunity of spending three months at Pendle Hill, a "place to be and become", to spend three months in community and solitude. To be in the company of the vast old trees, and of inspiring people who work there and pass through. For the spontaneous and profound conversations. For the wonderful organic food, much grown on-site, for the precious daily worship, and the challenge of being open to whatever turned up in my day. If this were a microcosm of the world, what a wonderful world it would be!" Read Jennifer's report in full (Word).
Friends must be able to travel to the United States and live in community. See the full description of service (PDF). This is a nominated position, so if you are interested, your details will be shared with Central Nominations Committee.
Are you curious about this service? We'd love to hear from you.
Complete an Expression of Interest Form to let us know you have an interest in serving as a Friend in Residence.