Weekly Announcements for August 15, 2025

Documents from BYM's 353rd Annual Session are now available: 

• Minutes of Annual Session
• The Epistles of BYM
• Minutes of Interim Meeting Fall 2024 - Spring 2025

The Yearbook will be printed after the November 2025 Interim Meeting in order to include the 2026 budget and approved Yearly Meeting Epistle.

Got Annual Session photos? You can still drop them in our Annual Session photo folder. A collection of Annual Session photos will be published in the Fall Interchange. 

Calendar of Key BYM Dates for
2025-2026 Program Year

The draft calendar of key dates for the BYM 2025-2026 program year is now available. Save the dates for YF Cons, Interim Meetings, retreats, and all the highlights of the year ahead!

Community News for Fall Interchange due Sept 2

BYM is seeking community news from Monthly Meetings and from Yearly Meeting Committees for the upcoming Fall Interchanges. Submissions are due Tuesday, September 2nd. Updates, articles, and photographs can be sent to admin@bym-rsf.org. 

Fall Camp Workdays

Fall camp workdays are on the horizon! We will have a great time together and get some work done while we are at it.

• October 4 - Shiloh
• October 18 - Opequon
• October 25 – Catoctin

Workdays start around 9:30am (or whenever you can arrive), and Friends work together until around 4 pm. Lunchtime beverages and sandwich making will be provided. Bring a brown bag or dish to share if you'd like! Please dress for the weather and wear heavy-soled shoes, jeans and protective eye wear. Friends under the age of 18 need to be accompanied by an adult. 

Register for Family Camp!

Family Camp is an opportunity to introduce camp life to those not yet camp age and for all families who want to join with Friends for a peaceful and joyful weekend immersed in nature, community, and Quaker values. This year, our Family Camp will be held at Opequon Quaker Camp at Rolling Ridge Conversancy! Designed for families of all shapes and sizes, this retreat offers a mix of fun outdoor activities, shared meals, and meaningful connection. Enjoy hiking, art-making, fire circle and songs, work projects and family fun activities; all in a spirit of simplicity, equality, and togetherness. Whether you're reconnecting with camp or discovering it for the first time, this is a chance to slow down, be present, and grow closer with loved ones and new friends.

Friends Peace Teams: Action Rooted in Love

Concerned about the way human beings are treating nature, including each other, and the people who are facing so much violence in the world? Spirit lives in the direct relationships among us. Through Friends Peace Teams monthly meetings you can make connections, hear regular updates, and discover simple, practical actions. Friends bring our own ministries or concerns for justice and peace, make connections, and share discernment. Find resources for Writing Statements of Conscience, Right Relationship with Native Peoples, expanding your children’s Justice and Peace Libraries, and much more. Friends share your concern for people everywhere living in violence and war. 

The Revolutionary Roots of Quakerism Course Starts Sep 9

Quakerism was born in a time of sharp religious and political conflict, persecution of the marginalized, charismatic leaders, and grassroots religious movement. Join Peter Blood for a new course from Pendle Hill, walking with these First Friends and sharing with each other what we know about them and listening to their voices across the centures. Participants will reflect together on what these Early Quakers can teach us about ways we can live together into these same critical issues as a faith community today. 

BYM Office Closed for Sabbath Week: Aug 18-22

The BYM Office will be closed and all staff on vacation for our annual Sabbath Week, August 18-22. After a busy summer season of many long days and weekends to run BYM Camps and Annual Session, our staff take a collective week of rest. During the Sabbath Week, staff will not be reading /responding to emails or phone calls, and there will be no Weekly Announcements on Fri, Aug 22nd. Staff will return to their desks on Mon, Aug 25th. 

• • 2026 Women's Retreat Registration Open
  • A Tender Time now in Kindle!

To submit your items for the BYM Weekly Announcements,
please email Admin@bym-rsf.org. 

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