LEYM’s 2020 Annual Sessions will be HELD ONLINE July 30-August 2. REGISTRATION is now open here – https://leym.conflictstudies.org Please register ASAP, deadline is July 24th. Note: People wishing to order T-shirts need to register by July 9. Click on logo to go to registration site…
Every year in early August Green Pastures Quarterly Meeting remembers the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and celebrates peace in the historic Quaker Park in Battle Creek, Michigan. With the park now open, GPQM is able to continue this tradition with in-person worship planned for 11 a.m., Sunday, August 9, outdoors at Quaker Park. Worship…
LEYM Friends Meetings have been holding their monthly Meetings for Worship with Attention to Business and a number of them have been sharing special Minutes that have been written in response to rising concerns about racism and violence by police. We will be posting these statements on the Resources for Peace and Justice page of the LEYM website. If…
The Pendle Hill Board of Directors have announced that Francisco Burgos will become Executive Director of Pendle Hill, effective September 1. Traci Hjelt Sullivan will continue as Interim Executive Director until that date. Burgos is currently Director of Education at Pendle Hill, a position he took up in 2017. “Francisco has done a splendid job of giving new energy and…
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, many Monthly Meetings within Lake Erie Yearly Meeting are moving their worship online. Here’s some of the meetings we’ve heard from who will be holding online worship on Sundays: Ann Arbor Friends Meeting – 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Red Cedar Friends Meeting – 10:30 a.m. Sunday & 7:00 pm Wednesday…
Worship online with LEYM Update: Now that many local meetings have established their own online Meetings for Worship, LEYM will no longer be hosting our Sunday online worship. You can find other online worship opportunities here. For the health and protection of our LEYM Meeting community and to support the public health of the wider community in the face…
Lake Erie Yearly Meeting’s executive committee has discerned that we will hold our Representative Meeting that had been scheduled 4/3 & 4/4 in Pittsburgh via Zoom, the online meeting platform, to reduce #COVID19 exposure. We will now meet on Zoom Saturday morning (April 4) with the Executive Committee convening at 9:00 AM, followed by the full body at 10:00 AM.
UPDATE: Lake Erie Yearly Meeting’s executive committee has discerned that we will hold our Rep. Meeting that had been scheduled 4/3 & 4/4 in #Pittsburgh via @zoom_us to reduce #COVID19 exposure. More details to follow in coming days. The 2020 LEYM Representative Meeting will be held on Saturday, April 4 at Pittsburgh Friends Meeting, 4836 Ellsworth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA…
The Winter 2020 LEYM Bulletin can be downloaded here. This issue includes: A Clerk’s Message asking how Executive Committee can help our monthly meetings and worship groups Information on Representative Meeting (at Pittsburgh Meeting on April 4) A preview of the Annual Meeting theme and plenary speaker News from the Executive Committee Descriptions of LEYM scholarships and…
LEYM now has a Harassment Discernment Committee. If a Friend ever feels she/he/they has been poorly or unfairly treated because of gender, race, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, or any other factor, he/she/they can reach out to this committee. Friends who witness harassment are also encouraged to reach out. Of course, if it is safe to do so, Friends are…