Fall Sessions

December 3-5, 2021

Registration is OPEN!

Welcome to Fall Sessions, Friends — Everything is fully online so you can easily come to all that interests you. I always hope folks will come to share in discernment on our business (this Fall that will include considering the budget, receiving reports on committee work, and hearing from staff) but please, take a look at the whole schedule below and join in on some of the work and some of the play. Register so we know to expect you. Come be with Friends.

—Elaine Learnard, NYYM clerk

Sessions and Committee Meetings

NYYM’s Fall Sessions will be held virtually on the weekend of Friday-Sunday, December 3-5, 2021. We will have time for worship, discernment, business, and gathering together socially. On Friday night there will be a Meeting for Gathering to Deeply Listen. Please note that there are no spots reserved in the schedule for committee meetings. Committees should consider meeting via Zoom well before Fall Sessions, so that any business they approve to be brought before the yearly meeting can be brought first to the appropriate coordinating committee for seasoning and approval, also before Fall Sessions. To request use of a NYYM Zoom account for your committee, please email your request to communications@nyym.org and include the meeting title, date, starting time, and duration of the meeting.

We need as many Friends as possible to participate and help the yearly meeting discern its way forward. Registration is OPEN.

You must register in order to receive the Zoom links for the meetings. A registration fee will be suggested but not required. Everyone who is interested in the yearly meeting, Quakerism, or the Quaker meetings in our area is welcome and encouraged to attend. Meet with other NYYM Friends online!

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Getting to Know Us - A Time for Community

Friends are invited to share their hobbies, what they are reading, what podcasts they are listening to, what music they are dancing to, and anything else on their hearts and minds at Fall Sessions social meals. 

...Didn't This Used to Be in November?

Yes. Fall Sessions was held in the beginning of November for many years. Before that, it had been held at the beginning of December, but was moved earlier to avoid the risk of being snowed out. Sessions Committee has decided that Fall Sessions will be held virtually for this year and for at least the next two years. Because we will meet online the weather is no longer a concern, and the switch back to early December was possible. This decision is to be reviewed by the Sessions Committee and the yearly meeting in Summer 2024.

Fall Sessions Schedule
December 3-5, 2021

Friday, December 3

7:00-9:00 p.m.    Meeting for Gathering to Deeply Listen: A time of gathering together, listening to one another, and making connections as we live our faith and continue to build our resilience together. Using queries about how we see and hold one another, we will have time for small group discussions, large group activities, and worshiping together.

Saturday, December 4

8:30-9:30 a.m.     Meeting for Worship

9:45-11:45 a.m.   Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business

12:00-1:00 p.m.   Social Meals

1:30-2:30 p.m.     Meeting for Worship

2:30-4:30 p.m.     Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business

5:00-6:30 p.m.     Social Meal

5:00-6:30 p.m.     Meals with Meaning: AVP & Prisons - All are invited

Sunday, December 5

(Morning off so that folks can join the worship of their choice. If your meeting is not hosting a virtual meeting, please visit nyym.org/NYYM-online-worship-opportunities)

12:30-1:30 p.m.   Social Meal: Getting to Know Us; A Time for Community. Friends are invited to share their hobbies, what they are reading, what podcasts they are listening to, what music they are dancing to, and their lunch at this Fall Sessions social meal.

1:30-2:30 p.m.     Meeting for Worship

2:30-4:30 p.m.     Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business, if needed

Closing at discretion of clerk as she determines that all business has been addressed.

Advance Documents

The Agenda (below) has links to supporting documents that will help Friends prepare for our time together in Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business. The Agenda is not yet finalized, and may change as way opens. Please check back regularly to ensure that you are using this up-to-date Agenda.