Tuesday's Schedule, August 9, 2011

New England Yearly Meeting (NEYM) Annual Sessions 2011 is now meeting on the campus of Bryant University (Saturday, August 6 to Thursday, August 11, 2011). For directions to the campus click here.

Online Registration is open. Click here.

Tuesday edition of the YM News, including the daily Schedule, Interest Group descriptions, and more...

6:30 Early Morning Worship healing (250), unprogrammed, sponsored by Earthcare Ministries Committee (Outside Bryant Center)

7:00 - 8:15 Breakfast (Salmanson Dining Hall, Unistructure)

8:30 Bible Half Hour with Maggie Edmonson (Janikies Auditorium, Unistructure)

9:15 Meeting for Worship for the Conduct of Business  (Janikies Auditorium, Unistructure)

• Opening worship & music
• Memorial minutes for Bruce Martin (Hart) and for Charles Perry (West)
• Budget
• Christian Education Committee name change request (See page 13)
• NEYM governance structure (Edward Baker)
• Development Committee
• Homework for tomorrow and closing worship

11:30 - 1:00 Lunch (Salmanson Dining Hall)

11am–9:30pm — Bookstore Open (232–244, 250)

Noon — Meet The Authors! Black Fire: African American Quakers on Spirituality and Human Rights, Harold D. Weaver, Jr. and Stephen W. Angell (Rotunda)

Lunch:

Simple Meal ~ Proceeds go to Right Sharing of World Resources. Friends with special dietary needs please ask dining service staff for accomodations.

Annual Meeting of Parents of Special Needs Children, Youth & Adults ~ Childcare provided. (near private dining)

Doug McCown of Pendle Hill (dining hall)

Woolman Hill Program Conversation “Woolman Hill on the road?” Meet with staff and board. (dining hall displays)

12:15pm — Artists’ Meet Up ~ an informal meeting of artists to get to know each other better and perhaps strategize about how to promote art in NEYM. (under the tent)
 

1:00 - 1:30 Free Time

3:15 Committee Fair First of two days (Rotunda)

3:15pm — Gentle Yoga ~ Kundalini Yoga with laughter. Bring mat. (M36)

4:15 Afternoon Events: for rest, recreation, intergenerational activities, special small groups (worship sharing, interest groups), committee activities, etc. (See Yearly Meeting News* for topics and locations)

Committee Clerks Orientation ~ New clerks, old clerks, and interested Friends are invited to this clerks’ orientation by the YM office, Tue & Wed. We will answer questions and go over the committee calendar, deadlines, processes, and office services. (Unistructure, Janikies)

End of the Line (DVD) Documentary on disappearance of world’s fish. (Unistructure, 347)

Nuclear Power after Fukushima ~ Voices from Chernobyl (audio drama) (Unistructure, M31)

Puente de Amor ~ with Cuban Friends Dikson Santiesteban & Adela Gonzalez-Longoria and three NEYM Friends who traveled to Cuba Tory Rhodin, Noah Baker-Merrill, & Benigno Sanchez-Eppler. (Unistructure, 344)

Ministry & Counsel (Nick’s Place, Bryant Center)

Committee Meetings (see room listing at Info Desk)

Permanent Board Workshop on Yearly Meeting Structure: Governance & Decision Making. (Unistructure, M38)

Living Our Theme ~ the Transition Movement, a creative local organizing model. Steve Chase & Friends. (Unistructure, 382)

Staying Strong, Avoiding Burnout ~ Each person will receive healing energy work from John Calvi, ideas for making compassion pragmatic, suggestions for restoring energy, and ways for staying at our best during difficult work. (Unistructure, M4)

Friends Philanthropic Network ~ revitalizing Friends culture of giving. (Unistructure, M34)
 

4:15 Open meeting to hear concerns sponsored by Ministry & Counsel (See Yearly Meeting News* for location)

5:00 - 6:30 Dinner (Salmanson Dining Room)

7:00 The Fire & the Hammer (all ages, no JYM nor JHYM program): NEYM singers perform choral work based on the life of George Fox, with John Sheldon of Britain Yearly Meeting conduction (Interfaith Center)

9:00 Interest groups (See Yearly Meeting News* for topics and locations)

Young Adult Friends (YAFs) Open House ~ Working on a cool service project and wanna spread the word? Looking to invite young people to your local meeting community? Come network at the YAF Open House. (Hall 16 Lounge)

Reclaiming Democracy ~ movement to amend the constitution to abolish corporate “person” rights. (344)

Eyewitness Gaza ~ (film) by Tom Jackson & Skip Schiel. New documentary on conditions & struggles. (353)

The Border is Our Backyard ~ Network with Quakers Concerned with Immigration Justice. (342)

Transitioning Gracefully ~ to a post-petroleum culture. Ruah Swennerfelt shares her calling and experiences visiting Transition Communities in the U.S. and abroad. (354)

“How on Earth Do We Live Now?” (pamphlet) ~ Discussion with Quaker Institute for the Future. (343)

Registration Check-in on Tuesday will be from 9:30–10:30am and 4:15–5:15pm (Hall 16, room 308C)

* The Yearly Meeting News is available Saturday-Wednesday mornings at breakfast and on the web at sessions.neym.org/ym-news, with information about events at Sessions. Deadlines for submissions: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at 1:30pm. Drop off materials at the Info Desk, located in the Rotunda in the Unistructure. Announcements, notices, and flyers not specifically related to Sessions will not be included in the YM News. Please check with the Info Desk for where to post these items.