Broadmead Monthly Meeting is hosting a Fall Retreat that all of LEYM is invited to participate in. Date: Oct. 11th – 13th 2019 Retreat Theme: Steps towards Anti-Racism and Justice Presenters: Carolyn Lejuste & Jamie Archer Location: St. Francis Spirituality Center, Tiffin, Ohio A brochure with additional registration information is available here. Checkin starts at 6:30 pm Fri. (supper is NOT provided)…

Lake Erie Yearly Meeting wants to make its Annual Gathering and other committee meetings, visits, and programs free of harassment. This policy addresses a number of forms of harassment, described within the policy. Our consciousness of the need to prevent and respond to these types of harassment has been heightened by our realization that such behavior does occur at…

Friends are invited to apply to join Ann Arbor Meeting’s Quaker House Residential Community (QHRC), which has a vacancy opening sometime in August. Quaker House adjoins the Ann Arbor Friends Meetinghouse on a lot near the edge of the University of Michigan main campus. The QHRC typically has 5–6 members of various ages, some of whom are Friends. Learn…

You Who Are Weary, Come Home: A Contemplative Retreat in the Manner of Friends November 7-10, 2019, at the Weber Retreat and Conference Center in Adrian, Michigan. More than ever, in these days of fast-paced living, multi-tasking, and continual connectiv­ity, we need times apart – times of “retirement” as early Friends used to say. We need time…

At the fall Executive Committee meeting, Mathilda Navias and Jeff Cooper agreed to consider needed updates to our Policies and Procedures manual. They have compiled a six-page document that groups suggested changes in four categories: A) those requiring discernment by the Meeting; B) those recognizing changes in current practice; C) policies and procedures already approved but not yet included; and D) minor…