Annual Session of Baltimore Yearly Meeting
Business Session Agendas for the
334th Meeting of Baltimore Yearly Meeting
of the Religious Society of Friends
The agenda for the 2005 sessions has not yet been set; business items flow
from our Interim Sessions in April and June, as well as from standing
committees of the yearly meeting. A draft agenda for 2005 will become
available in July 2005. In the meantime, for your reference, an agenda based upon our 2004
sessions is shown below.
Tuesday, August 2, 2005, 3:00p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- OPENNING WORSHIP
- GREETING AND INTRODUCTIONS
- BUSINESS:
- Search Committee Report
- Epistle Committee Naming by Clerk
- General Secretary's Report
- Introduction of BYM Staff
- Introduction of Program Committee
- Trustees Report
- Other Business
- ANNOUNCEMENTS
- CLOSING WORSHIP
- RISE OF MEETING
Wednesday, August 3, 2005, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
- OPENING WORSHIP
- GREETING AND INTRODUCTIONS
- BUSINESS:
- Camping Program Report
- Camp Property Management Committee Report
- Ministry and Pastoral Care Budget Proposal for FUM Apportionment
- Stewardship and Finance 1st reading of the 2005 budget
- Friends General Conference Report
- FWCC Representatives Report
- Other Business
- ANNOUNCEMENTS
- CLOSING WORSHIP
- RISE OF MEETING
"Let us make humankind in our image, according to our
likeness." Genesis 1:26
Today's Query: What helps me to be attentive to that of God in
others, and to both celebrate our shared humanity and honor and
welcome our differences? In what ways do I accept and appreciate
differences among F/friends and associates?
Thursday, August 4, 2005, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
- OPENING WORSHIP
- GREETING AND INTRODUCTIONS
- BUSINESS:
- Nominating Committee, 1st reading
- Criminal and Restorative Justice Report
- Working Group on Racism Report
- FUM Board Representatives Report
- Ad hoc Committee on Gender and Sexual Diversity Concerns
- Manual of Procedure Report
- Other Business
- ANNOUNCEMENTS
- CLOSING WORSHIP
- RISE OF MEETING
"I was a stranger and you welcomed me." Matthew 25:35
Today's Query: How have I overcome prejudice in all its forms
- personal and institutional, overt and unwitting? How do I make
my concerns for racial justice, fairness and diversity apparent
in my home, meeting, and workplace?
Friday, August 5, 2005, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
- OPENING WORSHIP
- GREETING AND INTRODUCTIONS
- BUSINESS:
- Youth Programs Report
- Youth Secretary's Report
- Ministry and Pastoral Care Report (Spiritual State of
the Yearly Meeting)
- Educational Funding Resources Committee
- Religious Education Committee Report
- ANNOUNCEMENTS
- CLOSING WORSHIP
- RISE OF MEETING
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Leviticus
19:18
Today's Query: When I have experienced or witnessed behavior
that has marginalized or devalued someone, how have I responded?
How have I become more aware of the hurtfulness, past and present,
of stereotypes and unequal privilege? How do (can) I help heal
the hurt?
Saturday, August 6, 2005, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
- OPENING WORSHIP
- GREETING AND INTRODUCTIONS
- BUSINESS:
- Roll Call and Welcome of Meetings
- Peace and Social Concerns Report
- Ramallah Meetinghouse Report
- World Gathering of Young Friends
- Faith and Practice Revision Report
- Search Committee Report
- Nominating Committee Report, 2nd reading
- Stewardship and Finance, 2nd reading of the 2006 budget
- Epistle Committee, 1st reading
- Other Business
- ANNOUNCEMENTS
- CLOSING WORSHIP
- RISE OF MEETING
"The measure you give will be the measure you get."
Mark 4:24
Today's Query: How do (can) I keep a regular involvement with
or attention to issues of diversity? How do (can) I broaden the
concern for diversity in my Meeting, my community and beyond?
Sunday, AUGUST 7, 2005, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
- OPENING WORSHIP
- GREETING AND INTRODUCTIONS
- BUSINESS:
- Epistle Readings
- YM Epistle Committee, 2nd reading
- Young Friends' Epistle
- Jr. Young Friends' Epistle
- Program Committee Report
- Bookstore Report
- Registrar's Report
- Other Business
- ANNOUNCEMENTS
- CLOSING WORSHIP
- RISE OF MEETING
