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2008 Under 19s

Under 19s Programme at Yearly Meeting 2008: Spirituality, entertainment and adventure for all

As part of Yearly Meeting there was an interconnected programme for Under 19s. This followed the same themes in a variety of exciting and challenging ways as well as offering the chance to worship, be creative, play games and have fun. It was an opportunity to gather together, to make new friends and see old ones and to build our Quaker community.

 

Britain Yearly Meeting

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain refers to the church in Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, in its entirety, including all the 481 local meetings for worship as well as all their work.

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) is the name of the charity that is responsible for the centrally organised work.…(read more)

Junior Yearly Meeting 2009

Junior Yearly Meeting, the largest national Quaker event for 15-18 year olds

JYM 2009 was held from 24th July to 1st August at the University of York, as part of the Yearly Meeting Gathering, you can see the epistle here you can also look at the JYM minute on Committed Relationships.…(read more)

Yearly Meeting

This is the home for all the official documents of Yearly Meeting in session. When they are ready PDFs of Documents in advance, Epistles & testimonies, The Trustees Report & Accounts and the Tabular Statement will be posted here with a link to the bookshop where paper copies will be available. After Yearly Meeting you will also be able to download the minutes and epistle.…(read more)

Yearly Meeting 2008

Yearly Meeting 2008 was held at Friends House on 23-26th May.

This year an abridged agenda [PDF: 289kb - new window] was produced, with information about the topics to be considered in the deliberative sessions, but excluding much of the required business. It was hoped that Friends' preparation for Yearly Meeting would be helped by making this available at an early stage, whether or not Friends were able to attend the sessions in person.

Yearly Meeting 2008 was held at Friends House on 23-26th May.…(read more)

Yearly Meeting Gathering 2009

Yearly Meeting Gathering was held at York, 25 July to 1 August 2009. It has its own website at http://www.ymg.org.uk/.…(read more)

YM 2008

Yearly Meeting 2008 – kindling, not snuffing

Hundreds of Friends from across the country gathered at Friends House in London at the end of May, for Yearly Meeting. Anne van Staveren spoke to a few of them about their experiences, and found out what made Yearly Meeting special for them. Photos by Charlie Choc.…(read more)