Summer Sessions 2015

320 Years, One Faith.
60 Years, One Meeting.
Today, One Vision.

Summer Sessions 2015 — July 19–25
Silver Bay, New York

Welcome to New York Yearly Meeting Summer Sessions 2015—Our Summary page.

Minutes of the Summer Sessions

• Minutes of Summer Sessions 2015

Actions taken by the gathered body of the Yearly Meeting

• Letter to Pope Francis asking him to rescind the papal bulls behind the Doctrine of Christian Discovery.

Documents from the Sessions

• New York Yearly Meeting Epistle
• Junior Yearly Meeting Epistles.
• State of the Society Report 2014—published 2015
• Message of the plenary speaker, Don Badgley.
• Message of Herb Lape in programmed community worship, Saturday, July 25.
• Final message to the Yearly Meeting from clerk Jeffrey L. Hitchcock
• Bible Study handouts—Mary Kay Glazer
  • #1 – Tuesday, July 21
  • #2 – Wednesday, July 22
  • #3 – Thursday, July 23
  • #4 – Friday, July 24
• Consent Agenda (including the Handbook page for the Trustees
• Changes to Faith & Practice
  • Care of Gifts & Recording Gifts in Ministry section — 2nd reading
  • Revision of Discipline section — 1st reading
• Revisions of Handbook pages
  • NYYM Trustees
• Proposed NYYM By-laws
  • NYYM By-laws
  • NYYM By-laws—annotated
• Proposal to lay down the Yearly Meeting on Ministry & Counsel—not approved

Reports to Sessions

• General Secretary
• NYYM Trustees
• Attendance and funds raised at Summer Sessions (from Sessions Committee)

Links to Summer Sessions web pages:

• Note the table of contents to the left, available from all Summer Sessions pages.
• Original Summer Sessions 2015 portal page
• Agendas for meetings for business in worship
• Invitations to Summer Sessions from the clerk and Sessions Committee
• Advance Documents
  
  • Advance Reports
• Registration & Program Information, including Steps to Summer Sessions
• Accommodations
• At Silver Bay
• Travel to Silver Bay

Daily Minutes

• Sunday
• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday