Weekly Announcements for September 4, 2026
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Back to School Season Means Back to BYM Youth Cons! |
The back-to-school season marks the return of BYM's popular Young Friends and Junior Young Friends conferences! Young Friends is BYM's program for high-school-aged young people (grades 9-12), gathering throughout the year at different BYM monthly meetings for weekend-long conferences. Junior Young Friends are one-night conferences for middle-schooler (grades 6-8). Come for one YF or JYF Con - or come to them all! Our YF Cons and JYF Cons are under the care of BYM's professional Youth Programs Manager, Geneieve Legowski, and are supported by Friendly Adult Mentors - "the FAM" - vetted Quaker volunteers. Serving as a "FAM" is a rewarding way to connect with younger Friends, support them in their spiritual journeys, and deepen your own spiritual life in intergenerational community. To apply to be a FAM, contact Genevieve at YouthPrograms@bym-rsf.org
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BYM Friends Supporting Friends |
Friends Supporting Friends is a working group of the Yearly Meeting which can assist Meetings and BYM Friends upon request. We can provide support, education, facilitation, mediation, coaching and deep listening for BYM Friends experiencing unresolved conflict, differences and tension interfering with the spiritual health of the community.To find out more or to request assistance, contact one of the two co-clerks: Ramona Buck; ramonabuck@gmail.com; 443 418 0392; Richard Thayer; richardevanthayer@gmail.com; 443 845 5717
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| Remembering Lynne Grutzeck |
Friends will be saddened to learn that Lynne Grutzeck died peacefully Saturday afternoon, August 29, at Foxdale Village after a brief illness. Lynne had been a vital part of State College Friends Meeting meeting since the mid-1960s, serving on Worship and Ministry for decades, sending flowers and cards from Meeting, and generally serving Meeting in any way she could. Condolences may be sent to Michael Grutzeck and family, 500 E. Marylyn Ave, F-97, State College, PA 16801. Friends will be notified when memorial plans are complete.
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Celebrating 325 Years of Nottingham Lots |
Join Friends from Nottingham Quarter on Sep 26-27 starting for a 325th Anniversary Celebration of "Nottingham Lots" at the historic Brick Meeting House in Rising Sun, MD! Nottingham Lots are the 37 land parcels laid out by William Penn in 1702 for the growing Quaker community in the region. Saturday's celebration will include food, exhibits, historic trade demonstrations, history lectures, local history displays, and community building. On Sunday, join for Meeting for Worship at 10:30am followed by a lecture and cemetery tour.
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Sep 30 Session to Begin Exploring BYM Structures |
On Sep 30 at 7:00pm, join the BYM General Secretary on Zoom to learn more about and give early feedback on a Study Group proposal that will come to the November Interim Meeting. In collaboration with the outgoing Presiding Clerk, the General Secretary proposes a 12- to 18-month process to consult with BYM monthly meetings and yearly meeting committees to study the structures of our Yearly Meeting. The study group would seek to identify the pain points in our efforts to support the thriving of monthly meetings and to engage in larger undertakings together - and make proposals for change. The goal is to hold consultations with BYM Friends and report back over the next year and bring some initial ideas for change to Annual Session 2027 for threshing.
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NYYM Quaker Witness Delegation Reports, Sep 16 |
Join Friends from a New York Yearly Meeting Delegation on Wed, Sep 16 at 7:30pm on Zoom as they share stories and reflections from their recent Witness trip to Palestine/Israel. The event is hosted by Quakers for Peace in Palestine/Israel.
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We the People Umbrella Walk Planned for Labor Day |
Organized by an attender at Herndon Friends Meeting, UmbrellaWalk4Change.org is a roadmap of non-violent action, applying a persistent pressure on Congress to do the right thing. Umbrella Walks are a gathering of people committed to peace and expressing their views by writing a variety of messages on umbrellas on a wide variety of topics. An Umbrella Walk is planned for Monday, September 7, at 12 p.m. to move Congress to action in support of voting and voting rights, and recognition of the role of labor and workers. Meet at Union Square on the 3rd Street NW/SW just west of the Capitol, Washington, DC. The 1.4-mile walk will end at the Supreme Court on First Street, NE. In addition to this Umbrella Walk, Umbrella Walk for Change has seven more walks planned: September 14 and 20, October 12,17 and 31, and November 11 and 27, as well as a call to daily action. For more information, go to UmbrellaWalk4Change.org.
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