Quakers share a common faith, based on experience, that every human being can commune with God directly, without the need for any mediating persons or rituals, and that the worshiping community can commune directly with God, as well.

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Next Sessions

Fall Sessions 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024 - 7:00pm to Sunday, December 8, 2024 - 4:30pm

December 6-8, 2024, Online via Zoom

Find out what’s happening with other Quakers in our region, and hear reports of committees’ good works. There will be items that require discernment from the “body” of the yearly meeting — decisions to be made under direction from the “inner source.” If you care about Quakers, Quakerism, or the Quaker community in the NYYM region, you are warmly invited and encouraged to attend these business sessions. All events will be online, making these sessions accessible to anyone with a computer, tablet, smartphone, or regular phone.

 

New York Yearly Meeting Call for Peace

The Clerk and the General Secretary of New York Yearly Meeting, with seasoning and guidance from Friends around the yearly meeting, have written a statement calling for nonviolent resolution to the war between Israel and Palestine. Read the full statement at nyym.org/peace-statement-2024.

 

Love Thy Neighbor - NYYM's Minute in support of transgender and gender non-conforming people

Approved at Spring Sessions 2024

 

Minutes from NYYM Summer Sessions 2024

You can view the Minutes from Spring Sessions 2024 in two ways: online with links to supporting documents, or download a single PDF file with supporting documents attached.

 

NYYM Spring Sessions 2024

 

Read the Minutes and Reports from Fall Sessions 2023

You can view the Minutes from Fall Sessions 2023 in two ways: online with links to supporting documents, or download a single PDF file with supporting documents attached.

 

Becoming an Anti-Racist Faith Community

One of the actions faith communities can take in becoming actively anti-racist is to make a public statement of intention. For those connected to NYYM, the impact of such a statement would go beyond the words themselves, inviting each of us to consider deeply what this might mean for ourselves, our meetings, our communities, and our yearly meeting. In hopes that NYYM will be open to making such a statement of intention, a Draft NYYM Statement on Becoming an Anti-Racist Faith Community came to Summer Sessions 2021 for reflection and the initiation of an extended period of discernment. Please visit https://nyym.org/anti-racism-statement for the full text and further resources.

 

Employment Opportunity Powell House

Executive Director(s) for Powell House

As Powell House moves into their next phase, they seek an Executive Director(s) to help guide and realize our vision for the future with creative, expanded programming and extended outreach in New York Yearly Meeting and beyond. 

The ideal candidate has strong leadership experience, is spiritually grounded, and is enthusiastic about an opportunity to effect change. Ideally, the candidate will have a skill set that includes program planning and management, communications and marketing, financial administration, fundraising, people management, and facilities management.

See the full Job Posting and Job Description for more information.