BYM Ministry and Pastoral Care Committee works to deepen the spiritual life of the Yearly Meeting and the Local Meetings. The Committee requests and produces the annual Spiritual State of the Meeting Report.
In addition to its own work, the Ministry and Pastoral Care Committee has several working groups under its care: Spiritual Formation Program Working Group, the Women's Retreat Working Group, and the Working Group on Racism.
The Committee is also responsible for maintaining a list of all Recorded Ministers within the Yearly Meeting. At present, there in one Recorded Minister, Marshall Sutton of Gunpowder Friends Meeting. The Guidelines for Embracing the Ministry of Friends are maintained by the Committee.
2025-2026 Committee Roster
Email: MandPC@bym-rsf.org
2021 Discernment on Reopening Meeting Houses
Dear Friends,
Ministry and Pastoral Care Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting offered an online discussion about the reopening of the Meeting Houses on June 24. Mackenzie Morgan of Adelphi Friends Meeting was present to answer technical questions.
The online discussion proved to be a rich event, packed with many ideas. Below is a link to the discussion. As well, five documents are attached: a general overview as well as reports from Carlisle Quaker Meeting, Langley Hill Friends Meeting, Midlothian Friends Meeting, and Williamsburg Friends Meeting.
Gary Sandman
Greg Robb
Co-Clerks, Ministry and Pastoral Care Committee
Spiritual State of the Meetings Reports
Ministry and Pastoral Care Committee Annual Reports
Ministry and Pastoral Care Committee Interchange Reports
Visioning Project Report
In 2010 and 2011, Baltimore Yearly Meeting undertook a project to consider the vision of the Yearly Meeting community. As a part of that project, each committee was asked to respond to a set of queries that had been promulgated by the ad hoc Visiting Ministers Committee. The Ministry and Pastoral Care Committee's responses are available here.
