NYYM Memorial Minutes
Submitted by StevenDavison on Wed, 01/25/2017 - 2:10pmWhat is a memorial minute?
Definition. Local meetings often write a memorial for deceased Friends that celebrates the Friends life and activities and contributions among Friends. Upon approval by the meeting, these memorials may be entered into the meeting's minutes. If the deceased member was active or well known in the yearly meeting or in the wider circle of Friends, the local meeting may forward the memorial to yearly meeting where they may be read during a yearly meeting session.
Travel Minute: Sunfire
Submitted by StevenDavison on Wed, 01/25/2017 - 12:27pmNew York Yearly Meeting
of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
15 Rutherford Place
New York, NY
To the Leadership of the Parliament of the World's Religions - We commend to you Friend Robert (“Sunfire”) Kazmayer, who is a member of the Easton Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (a meeting within New York Yearly Meeting) and a member of New York Yearly Meeting's Earthcare Working Group.