2007 Epistle BYM Junior Young Friends

To the Religious Society of Friends,

Here at the 336th Annual Session of Baltimore Yearly meeting, we met at Frostburg State University for the first time. On the first day, we played name games, Big Booty, and Dance your Style. Later that night we went for a walk around the campus and sat in silence in the dark. We all liked sitting in the dark and later talked about the stereotypes of light and dark.

On Wednesday we drew art and had a Bible study. Then we went to see a pendulum and saw the compass that it swings above.

When the Young Adult Friends organized a scavenger hunt, it was fun but it was also frustrating because we had to walk all over the campus and it was really hot. The clues were confusing, too.

We missed one of our favorite traditions because the Young Friends did not come to play games as they normally do every year. We had a good time playing with the younger children, though.

We talked about our Quaker roots early in the week, and on Thursday we chose a clerk using good Quaker process. The next day the Clerk led us in organizing our overnight. The overnight was very fun and we were very glad when one of our group came back safely from the emergency room.

For the All Age Celebration we made a Quaker word wall and we turned our obsession for paper airplanes into an activity to send away our thoughts.

We had two visitors this year who added a lot to our group. One came from Los Alamos, New Mexico and one from Kenya.

We felt like we got along better this year than ever. We liked learning about Quaker process. We also enjoyed playing name games and go-rounds (name and something about yourself). We developed friendships over the week and supported each other. There was always someone to talk to. There were some frustrating times, but we also had a very good time together.

Junior Young Friends of Baltimore Yearly Meeting