
Discussion on making climate change a yearly meeting witness
March 23, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
- 7:00 – 7:30pm Worship
- 7:30 – 8:30pm Q&A with Eco-Justice Collaborative. A discussion about making climate change a yearly meeting witness.
Please use the Spring Continuing Sessions registration to sign up for this opportunity to connect with Friends about the urgency of climate change.
Documents and QuakerSpeak videos on climate change
- Bios for the members of the Eco-Justice Collaborative
- Tuesday March 23, 2021 Q&A with Eco-Justice Collaborative about the possibility of a Yearly-Meeting Witness on Climate Change
- Eco-Justice presentation on the historic background and current work and projects
- Eco-Justice webinar April 19, 2021 on A Clean Energy Future: How We Get There at the Local Level
- Climate Change Resources, a one-page PDF compiled by the Eco-Justice Collaborative
- QuakerSpeak Video on Quaker Earthcare
- QuakerSpeak Video on Why Climate Change Is an Issue of Faith
- QuakerSpeak Video on How Quakers Approach Sustainability Work
- QuakerSpeak Video on What Quakerism Teaches About Connecting to Nature
Fellowship
March 26, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Come and sing! We’ll be led in song by Molly Hicks of Old Haverford Meeting. Molly is a music therapist and songwriter who loves to share songs that help people connect to themselves, each other, and Spirit. In addition to tunes that are familiar to Friends of all ages, we will learn a few new songs and collaborate on lyrics using the chat box. Join us for an uplifting and creative musical fellowship!
Please use the Spring Continuing Sessions registration to sign up for this fun time to connect virtually with Friends.
Spring Continuing Sessions
March 27, 9:00am – 4:00pm
Spring Continuing Sessions Agenda:
- 9:00 – 10:00: All Ages Worship and Land Acknowledgement
- 10:00-10:15: Break
- 10:15: Welcome and introductions
- 10:25-10:30: Brief tech review
- 10:30-11:30: Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
- Membership concern:
- Consideration of report from the Membership Sprint
- A way forward for this concern
- 11:30-11:45: Break and make lunch
- 11:45 – 12:30: Community Lunch around small virtual tables or take a screen break
- 12:30-1:30: Youth programs
- 1:30-3:45: Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business:
- The Climate Change concern:
- Points of information
- Presentation of the foundation of the Eco-Justice concern
- Large group consideration of query
- Way forward with this concern
- Minutes then a break
- The Anti-Racism concern:
- Report on relevant Thread Gatherings (Anti-Blackness, Truth and Transformation)
- Report from the new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Sprint
- Report form the AntiRacism Collaborative on their work in the yearly meeting
- Small and large group consideration of query
- Way forward for this concern
- Minutes
- General Secretary’s report
- Minutes
- Announcements
- 3:45 – 4:00: Closing worship
Registration
- Please use the Spring Continuing Sessions registration to sign up for this day in community with Friends.
- Families will use this form to register for youth programs.
Questions?
- Olivia Brangan, Community Engagement Coordinator, obrangan@pym.org;
- T.J. Jourian, Events and Resources Coordinator, tjjourian@pym.org.