Lake Erie Yearly Meeting

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 more here. Persons interested in applying should email the Resident Host at qhrc.contact@gmail.com.

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 for com­munion with God and the refreshment of the soul.

Come and simply be with God. Attend to the divine stirrings of the soul, opening to grace. All are welcome; it is not necessary that you be a Quaker to participate.

Offered through The School of the Spirit, this retreat will be led by April Allison and Sharon Frame of the Red Cedar Friends Meeting in Lansing, Michigan. Jim Herr and Cindy Herr will participate in leadership as part of the mentorship program.

REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN: For more information, or to register.

The Annual Meeting Registration Form, instructions for the form, and the Parent or Guardian Consent and Permission Form are available here as separate files. The registration deadline for children and for the early bird discount is July 8.

Please note the various discounts / scholarships available:

• LEYM subsidizes the cost for children and youth (ages 18 and under). Registration and Lodging are free, and meals are discounted by 2/3.
• Young Adult Friends (ages 19–35) have their registration fee waived (though lodging and meal costs still apply).
• First-time attenders receive a 1/3 discount on all costs.
• Clerks who are not taking the first-time attender discount receive a 25% discount on all costs.
• All adults who work fulltime with the youth do not incur charges.

Please note that vegetarian meals are the default option at this year’s annual sessions. More information about this decision is available here; please note any requests for a meat alternate on your registration.

Online Registration is Available: Registration for Annual Meeting can be completed either online at leym.quaker.org/reg/registration.htm  or by mailing the paper forms and a check to:

Sally Weaver Sommer
118 S. Spring St.
Bluffton, OH 45817

2019 Annual Meeting, registration form

2019 Annual Meeting, Schedule

2019 Annual Meeting, Parent Consent Form

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 changes in wording or arrangement; new text is shown in red font. This document can be viewed here.

Friends may wish to consider the proposed changes before Annual Sessions. To provide context, these changes are also shown – again in red font – within the full text of Policies and Procedures here. Please note that in the full text file, the table of contents, header guides, page breaks, and index have not yet been updated, as these will inevitably change, depending on what new text is adopted. Communications about these suggestions are welcome; contact Jeff at cooperdaub@hotmail.com.

Pendle Hill, 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, PA 19086, USA (map)

Kairos: Silence, Contemplation, and Scripture

A spiritual retreat based on the monastic practice of worshiping, working, and studying while experiencing the dynamic of solitude and community living.

July 11-14, 2019
Thursday evening through Sunday noon

Register by May 1 for early-bird discount.

Facilitated by Francisco Burgos

For more information, visit Kairos

Pendle Hill, 338 Plush Mill Rd, Wallingford, PA 19086, USA (map)

At the LEYM Annual Sessions in 2018, $1,000 was designated in the budget to assist Friends to attend conferences that reflect Quaker values. Conferences reflecting Quaker values can be conferences developed by or sponsored by Quaker groups or conferences whose purposes are closely aligned with Quaker testimonies, such as peace, equality, integrity, and simplicity. These funds are not meant to support travel to regularly occurring Quaker meetings such as the FGC Gathering or Yearly Meeting sessions, since other scholarships are available for those events. They should be used for one-time or rarely occurring events, workshops, or conferences.

To request funding submit this form to the Clerk of Lake Erie Yearly Meeting at least six weeks before an answer is needed. The form should be accompanied by a statement of support from the Clerk of the Friend’s monthly meeting, the Convener of their Worship Group, or the designee of either. Funding decisions will be made together by the following officers of Lake Erie Yearly Meeting or their designees: the Presiding Clerk, the Treasurer, and the Clerk of the Ministry & Nurture Committee.