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To the Junior Yearly MeetingLet us take this time to share with you what we did this week. We gathered together all week in worship to carry out the business of New York Yearly Meeting. As our clerk, Linda Chidsey, said to us "It was an invitation in fellowship to come to the table. In doing so, we practice the presence of opening ourselves to encounter the Living God." And encounter we did. The Ad Hoc Committee on the Function of Yearly Meeting presented to us their final report and recommendations. It speaks about our future as a yearly meeting.We heard about every aspect of Yearly Meeting. This included the American Friends Service Committee as Mary Ellen McNish of the AFSC spoke about the programs here and overseas. Carl Williams of Friends World Committee for Consultation made us aware once again of the large Quaker family around the world that we are part of. We took action on the concerns from our Witness Coordinating Committee regarding New York State drug laws and the support of those in prison. Many of us attended spiritual study groups that met for three days and one day interest groups. All of these deepened our knowledge and our spiritual life. We were well aware of your presence and glad to be part of the Fun(d) Fair and Cafe Night and other intergenerational activities. So we leave you with our vision of the blessed community for you to take with you. A vision of a growing, vital yearly meeting. A yearly meeting that you will continue to be part of and help build for our future. Sessions Committee of New York Yearly Meeting |