2025 Business Sessions
This is where we will share materials related to the 2025 Annual Sessions being held at Ashland University June 12-15, 2025. For historical reference, here are the Minutes from the 2024 Business Sessions. Zoom access to the 2025 Business Sessions are available via request using this Form.
Scroll down for the Documents in Advance section.
Meeting for Worship With Attention to Business
Agendas, Yearly Meeting 2025
Subject to Revision and Divine Intervention
DRAFT
Thursday Evening – 6/12/2025 7:30pm – 8:45pm
- Welcome
- Announcements – Site Committee, Program Committee, Youth and Children Acknowledgement
- Roll call, first time attenders, Visitors, absentees
- Naming Committee
- Harassment Discernment Committee membership
- Establishing an Epistle Committee (volunteers & decision)
- Memorial Minutes – Ann Arbor
Friday AM – 6/13/2025 10:30am – 12:00pm
- Worship & Epistle
- Advancement & Outreach (Puzzle Activity)
- Publications & Archives
- Ministry & Nurture
- Peace & Justice
- Nominating Committee – preliminary report
- Committee Sharing Session (chance to talk with Committee members)
Friday PM – 6/13/2025 1:15pm – 3:15pm
- Worship & Epistle
- Treasurer’s Report
- Finance Committee- 2025-26 with Draft budget (first reading)
- Database manager change in records policy (decision)
- Digital Communications Facilitator report
- Memorial minutes – Kalamazoo
- Detroit Friends Meetinghouse Video
- Monthly Meeting Sharing begins
Saturday 6/14/2025 1:15pm – 3:15pm
- 1:15-2:00 Extended Worship in Support of Peace Vigil and Anti-Militarism Demonstrations
- Epistle
- Worshipful sharing on the spirit of annual meeting
- Sharing by Representatives to organizations, sharing about other organizations
- Memorial Minutes (brief)
Sunday 6/15/2024 8:45am – 10:30am
- Worship & Epistle
- LEYM Epistle reading
- Youth & Children Program
- Finance Committee – Budget (decision)
- Naming Committee (decision)
- Nominating Committee (decision)
- Brief sharing from Monthly Meetings (continued)
- Announcements
Documents in Advance
- Advancement and Outreach Report 2024-25 (PDF)
- AFSC Representative Report (PDF)
- Detroit Friends Meeting Update on Relocation Journey (YouTube video)
- Digital Communications Facilitator 2024-25 Report (PDF)
- Friends Committee on National Legislation Update from Rep (PDF)
- Friends General Conference Representatives Report (PDF)
- Financial Documents
- Friends Peace Teams Report (PDF)
- FWCC World Plenary 2024 Report (PDF)
- Memorial Minutes
- Ministry and Nurture Committee items
- Nominating Committee Approved Slate (PDF)
- Olney Friends School Report Academic Year 2024-25 (PDF)
- Peace and Justice Committee Report (PDF)
- Publications & Archives Report to Annual Meeting 2025 (PDF)
- Quaker Ashland Vigil for Peace flyer (PDF)
- Spiritual Formation Program Report June 2025 (PDF)
- Youth Retreat 2025 Flyer (PDF)