Save the Dates: Annual Sessions, July 24 – 27
Wilmington Yearly Meeting of Friends will convene on Thursday, July 24 through Sunday, July 28. Below is a tentative schedule — details are still being worked out and will be posted here (along with any changes/corrections) as they become available. On-line registration will be available beginning early May.
Thursday’s pre-Yearly Meeting retreat will be an outing to the Great Council State Park & Museum in Xenia, OH. The park and museum are free, but you may want to take advantage of the gift shop. We plan to meet at the Park beginning around 4 p.m., and hope everyone can come and bring a picnic-style meal. The possibility of carpooling from a Wilmington College parking lot is being explored.
Friday’s sessions will begin with on-site registration and sign-in at 9:00 a.m., followed by Worship at 9:30 a.m. with the youth bringing a devotional message. Meeting with attention to Business will begin at 10 a.m., followed by Wilmington College’s President Corey Cockerill’s address at 11 a.m. Wilmington Yearly Meeting attendees are warmly invited to enjoy lunch as guests of the College at the Pyle Center dining hall immediately after Corey’s address. Our Yearly Meeting sessions are running concurrently with Wilmington College’s Trustees Meeting! Afternoon workshops will be provided by FUM’s Carla Jay at 1:30 p.m., and a speaker from FCNL at 2:45 p.m. The USFW is planning an “indoor picnic” to begin at 6:00 p.m. at the Wilmington Friends Meetinghouse’s Fellowship Hall. The cost is $15 per person for anyone above the age of 12, and for those 12 or under who are registered for YM Youth activities, the cost is $7. Vegan/vegetarian options will be available. Friday’s scheduled events will conclude at the Meetinghouse with a presentation by the Hollingsworths about their recent trip to Africa.
Saturday morning’s schedule will begin the same as Friday, with Ministry & Counsel replacing the morning business session. The memorial service will immediately follow Ministry & Counsel, and will take us to the lunch break (on-site lunch for a donation again provided by YAYA, specifically for Quaker Knoll repairs & improvements). The second business session will be held after lunch, likely beginning around 1:30 p.m., and will be followed by a dinner break (on your own). The Peace Lecture, brought by Ursula McTaggart, Professor of English at Wilmington College, will begin at 7 p.m. and will conclude our Saturday sessions.
Friday and Saturday sessions will be held on the Wilmington College campus, in the Boyd Cultural Arts Center/T. Canby Jones Meetinghouse.
Sunday’s morning session will begin at 10 a.m. at the Wilmington Friends Meetinghouse. Following the closing Meeting for Business, we will conclude our Annual Sessions with a time of worship. The Program Planning committee is working to confirm a guest speaker, and will make that announcement as soon as possible.
Cost: Registration, for both Zoom and in-person attendance, is set at $25/person. Cost for the USFW banquet $15 for anyone over the age of 12, $7 for children 12 and under who are registered for WYM Youth activities. Lunch on Saturday is by-donation to support the Youth & Young Adult Committee and to procure recreational items at Quaker Knoll.