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About NYYM
New York Yearly Meeting is the gathering of Quaker meetings (congregations) in New York State, northern New Jersey, and southwestern Connecticut.
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- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE—FAITH
- PART TWO: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
- 1. ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS PROCEDURE
- 2. MEMBERSHIP
- 3. MINISTRY AND COUNSEL
- 4. VISITING AND VISITATION AMONG MEETINGS
- 5. MARRIAGE PROCEDURE
- 6. MEMORIAL MEETINGS AND FUNERALS
- 7. BURIAL GROUNDS
- 8. REVISION OF DISCIPLINE
- BY-LAWS OF NEW YORK YEARLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, INC.
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- Forms
7. Burial Grounds
Meetings maintaining their own burial grounds should establish rules and regulations governing interments, the marking of graves, and the keeping of records. The meeting should appoint a committee of two or more Friends to have oversight of the burial grounds and to see to the enforcement of the rules.
In establishing regulations as to gravestones, meetings should be careful to observe the principles of moderation and simplicity.