2017 Year in Review

Submitted by LeilaA on Mon, 07/16/2018 - 4:06pm

2017 Year in Review 

by Steven Mohlke
NYYM General Secretary

 

Looking back on all that happened in New York Yearly Meeting in 2017, the three broad themes that emerge are how we communicate, nurture each other’s gifts and understand community and justice.

 

 

 How we communicate

 

Why Apply for Membership?

Submitted by LeilaA on Mon, 07/16/2018 - 3:48pm

Why Apply for Membership? 

by Steven Davison
Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting

 

Why would an attender apply for membership in a Quaker meeting? In a lot of meetings I know, the only thing it gets you, really, is the privilege of serving on some new committees, a more solid sense of Quaker identity, and maybe some more deeply internalized sense of responsibility.