NYYM Committees

Welcome to NYYM's committee portal.

A page introducing New York Yearly Meeting's organization by committees and providing a list of the committees and resources for committee clerks and members.

Quicklinks to Contents

• NYYM Sections
  • General Services
  • Ministry
  • Witness
  • Committees Outside the Coordinating Committee Structure
• NYYM's Committees by Section
• Alphabetical Listing of Committees
• Resources for Committee Members and Clerks

NYYM Sections

Sections — New York Yearly Meeting's committees are organized into three sections. Each section has a coordinating committee that coordinates the work of the committees in its section. The sections are:

• General Services—coordinates the administrative functions and activities of the yearly meeting organization.
• Ministry—coordinates the work of the committees concerned with various aspects of the yearly meeting's spiritual life.
• Witness—coordinates the work of the committees concerned with the yearly meeting's social witness in the world.

Meetings for Discernment. Meetings for Discernment and the Meetings for Discernment Steering Committee are not under the care of any section, but stand alone as bodies under the care of the yearly meeting as a whole.

NYYM Committees by Section

Committee links go to web pages for the committee.

General Services

• General Services Coordinating Committee
• Committee on Aging Concerns
  • ARCH
• Audit Committee
• Communications Committees
• Development Committee
• Financial Services Committee
• Nominating Committee
• Personnel Committee
• Records Committee
• Sessions Committee
  • Junior Yearly Meeting
• Supervisory Committee for the General Secretary
• Trustees of the Lindley Murray Fund
• NYYM Board of Trustees
• Leadings and Priorities Working Group

Ministry Section

• Ministry Coordinating Committee
• Alternative Pathways to Membership Working Group
• Committee on Conflict Transformation
• Committee to Revise Faith & Practice
• Epistle Committee
• Ministry and Pastoral Care
• Outreach Working Group
• Powell House Committee
• Spiritual Nurture Working Group
• State of the Society
• Task Group on Racism
• Youth Committee
• Worship at Yearly Meeting Sessions

Witness

• Witness Coordinating Committee
• Alternatives to Violence Project, Inc. (AVP)
• American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
• Barrington Dunbar Fund for Black Development
• Committee for Black Concerns
• Bolivian Quaker Education Fund (BQEF)
• Conscientious Objection to Paying for War
• Earthcare Working Group
• European American Quakers Working to End Racism Working Group
• Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
• Friends Peace Teams
• Indigenous Affairs Committee
• National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
• National Religious Campaign Against Torture
• New Jersey Council of Churches
• New York State Council of Churches
• Peace Concerns Working Group
• Prisons Committee
• Quaker Earthcare Witness
• William Penn House
• Committee on World Ministries

Committees Outside the Coordinating Committee Structure

Committees with a mission that spans more than one coordinating committee

• Liaison Committee (consists of NYYM clerk, assistant clerk, coordinating committee clerks, and general secretary)
  • Representatives to affliate groups:
    • Friends General Conference (FGC)
    • Friend United Meeting (FUM)
    • Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC)
  • Oakwood Friends School Board
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Resources for Committee Members and Clerks

Guidelines for Committee Service—Relevant sections from the yearly meeting Handbook on committe membership and committee clerking.

Guide for Committee Clerks—A resource packet designed to make clerking a NYYM committee easier.

Coordinating Committee Timeline—A guide to the year's tasks for coorcinating committee clerks.