Online registration opens Monday, April 6th for our Lake Erie Yearly Meeting annual gathering scheduled for June 18-21, 2026 in Ashland, OH. Friends are encouraged to view our 2026 Annual Meeting Welcome Video (4 minutes long) to get a feel for all the good things in store of us at the 2026 event. Our theme this…
The latest issue of the LEYM Bulletin is now available. It contains lots of information about our June 18-21 2026 Annual Meeting in Ashland, OH. Print copies have been mailed, and the online version is available here. Thanks are due again to the LEYM Bulletin editor Christopher Farrand for his valiant work.As usual, the issue is…
Friends are invited to explore Spiritual Companioning with LEYM Advancement & Outreach on Thursday March 19, 2026 from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm. SPIRITUAL COMPANIONINGWhat is it? A practice common for early Quakers, who traveled in the ministry with Spiritual Companions. We who are currently practicing it find it a powerful way to make time in our full lives to put Spirit…
Friends from across the Americas are warmly invited to gather online via Zoom for the 2026 Friends World Committee on Consultation Section of the Americas Meeting. This is a time to connect in community, share conversation, and carry forward the business of FWCC as we listen deeply to one another and strengthen the bonds of fellowship across our diverse traditions and cultures.
NEW: Video Recording Now Available below and on our LEYM YouTube Channel Spiritual Deepening and Vital Community: A Two-Way Street On Thursday evening, February 26, from 7:30 pm to 9:00, three Friends from Athens, Broadmead, and Red Cedar Monthly Meetings will share their experiences of deepening spirituality and building a vital community within their meetings. They will explore questions…
The Publications Committee is pleased to announce the release of the Winter 2026 LEYM Bulletin. Print copies are in the mail, with the digital versions of the current and back issues available online here. There’s lots to read in the new issue, including: Warm words from our Clerk Jack Smith during this cold winter the Call for Workshops…
On Tuesday, January 6 at 7pm Friends gathered online to explore the related Quaker concepts of discovering our Gifts and following our Leadings. We used a discussion format that can be repeated in other settings, such as at your Friends Meeting in an adult education session. Hosted by the LEYM Advancement and Outreach Committee, this session was led by Bill…
The 2026 Friends General Conference Gathering “A Window and a Door: A Prayer” will be held July 7-12, 2026, at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT. The event will be held in-person for Friends of all ages! Expect worship, exciting workshops, vibrant youth programs, engaging speakers and more! New this year, FGC is offering an early registration payment…
For the second year in a row, we are making a digital version of the LEYM Annual Records available online. This version, in contrast the the print one mailed out to Monthly Meetings, has the directory section removed and some other names and contact information redacted for privacy reasons. The edition includes all sorts of interesting and valuable information…
At the Fall Meeting of Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting on Saturday, September 20, 2025, Friends in attendance came to unity that it is time to begin the process of laying GPQM down. Declining attendance and a lack of people willing to accept service in clerking or on committees were two of the main factors in this decision. The process is…
