Come to Summer Sessions 2024 for
fun and spiritual renewal with Friends
July 26-31, HYBRID at Oakwood Friends School and Online
Visit the Summer Sessions 2024 page to learn more about New York Yearly Meeting’s annual gathering of Friends. Summer Sessions combines fellowship, spiritual enrichment, Quaker practice, community building, and worship, and this year begins with a weekend focused on in-person intergenerational community-building activities. Please register soon, especially if you’d like to stay on campus on Oakwood.
Summer Meeting for Discernment
Meetings for Discernment are periods of extended, waiting worship and deep listening to discern leadings and strengthen connections in our yearly meeting. The Summer 2024 Meeting for Discernment will be held in three sessions in-person at Oakwood Friends School and simultaneously online via Zoom on Monday, July 29, as part of Summer Sessions. There will be a Zoom meeting on the evening of Tuesday, July 23, beginning at 7:00 p.m. for anyone new to the Meeting for Discernment or interested in holding space as an elder. Below are more details for each session.
Query for Monday morning and early afternoon sessions:
How do we tend to the health and growth of our spiritual communities? What practices have been helpful?
Schedule:
Tuesday, July 23, 7:00-8:30 p.m. via Zoom: The first half-hour will be an opportunity for Friends new to the meeting for discernment to learn about the meetings for discernment. Beginning at 7:30, the focus will change to those Friends interested in holding the body throughout the meetings for discernment sessions. Friends will share their experiences of eldership and prepare for Sunday’s sessions. All are invited to attend as much or as little of the evening as is right for them.
Monday, July 29, at Oakwood and online:
- 10:15 a.m. – 12 noon: The first session for extended worship on the query above.
- 1:30 – 3:30 pm: The second session.
- 4:00 – 5:15 pm: A reflection session open to all to consider what we’ve heard and what we’ve experienced in our sessions earlier in the day.
Registration: Friends can register online as part of the in-person and online Summer Sessions registration. Registration is pay-as-led. If Friends register for only the Meeting for Discernment online, know that you can pay from nothing to something.