WILMINGTON YEARLY MEETING
July 25-28, 2024
Maryville Friends Meeting, Maryville, Tennessee

** FYI** ZOOM has been a great gift that allows us to gather though we are far apart and allows those unable to attend in-person to share in worship.

One gift not offered by zoom, however, is the experience of beautiful music. Singing and musical accompaniment do not synchronize across varying bandwidths of cyberspace, at least not given our current level of technology. Acknowledging this, WYM suggests that zoom participants turn down the volume on their individual computers when those at the meeting in-person are singing or music is played. If you prefer, of course, just listen to the bits and pieces of song that waft sporadically over the internet.

SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, JULY 25 2024 PRE-YEARLY MEETING RETREAT/OPENING FELLOWSHIP
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. GF birthday party (food, Cooper puppet)
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. “William Penn on George Fox” In-Person Speaker: Paul Buckley

FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2024 MORNING SESSIONS
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Donuts, fruit, coffee, juice etc. provided by Knoxville Friends
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Bible Study & Worship Sharing (on Friday & Saturday)
10:00 – 12:00 WYM Meeting for Business
12:00 Noon LUNCH (Maryville Friends, by donation)

FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2024 AFTERNOON SESSIONS
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Wilmington College President, Corey Cockerill, via Zoom
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. “Ministry of Meetinghouse”
Presentation by Gary Farlow via Zoom
4:00-5:00 p.m. Group Sing

FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2024 EVENING SESSIONS
6:00 p.m. USFW Banquet (catered by Daphne Quesenberry)
7:00 p.m. “The Cuban Immigrant Program in Richmond, Indiana”
In-Person Speaker: Karla Jay

SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2024 MORNING SESSIONS
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Donuts, fruit, coffee, juice etc. provided by Maryville Friends
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Bible Study & Worship Sharing (on Friday & Saturday)
10:00 – 12:00 WYM Ministry & Counsel
12:00 Noon LUNCH (Maryville Friends, by donation)

SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2024 AFTERNOON SESSIONS
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. 2024 Peace Lecture: “umoja na amani ~ unity and peace”
In-Person Speaker: Dallas “Chip” Woods
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Meeting for Business ~ Special Session
3:00 – 4:00 Reception and Celebration of Newly Recorded Ministers
4:00 – 5:00 WYM Memorials

SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2024 EVENING SESSIONS
6:30 p.m. DINNER organized by Maryville Friends
7:30 p.m. “On Healing and George Fox’s Book of Miracles”
In-Person Speaker: Miriam Speaight

SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2024 MORNING SESSIONS
10:00 -11:00 a.m. WYM Meeting for Business
Report from Ministry & Counsel
Reading the Epistle
Closing Minute
11:00-12:00 noon Meeting for Worship
Speaker: Lucy Enge
Worship & Music Leader: Jonathan Goff
Leftovers for Lunch, courtesy of Maryville Friends

Please note: Final Schedule time changes for Ministry & Counsel and Meeting for Business sessions eliminated the need for a Special Session on Saturday.