Saturday's Schedule, August 6, 2011

New England Yearly Meeting (NEYM) Annual Sessions 2011 is now meeting on the campus of Bryant University (Saturday, August 6 to Thursday, August 11, 2011). For directions to the campus click here.

The NEYM Office at Bryant University is at 401-319-8860 (voice), 877-257-2834 (fax) or neym@neym.org. Saturday (August 6) check-in is at the Hall 16 Lobby, 10am to 5pm and 9pm to 10pm (click the link to see a map of the campus).

Online Registration is open. Click here or the menu item above.

 Friday/Saturday edition of the YM News, including descriptions of worship opportunities, the Saturday schedule, Jr. YM wheel rules, announcements, contact  information, access resources, and more. . .

9:30 Permanent Board (Room 347, Unistructure)

9:30 Ministry & Counsel (Bryant Center "Nick's Place", Bryant Center)

10:00 Registration begins (Hall 16 Lobby)

11:30 – 1:00 Lunch [Note: Saturday arrivals purchase lunch at the door] (Salmanson Dining Hall, Unistructure)

1:00 – 2:45 Committee meetings  Ministry & Counsel (Bryant Ctr, Nick’s Place), Nominating (M36, Unistructure), Peace & Social Concerns (353, Unistructure), Finance (M40, Unistructure), Correspondence (M37, Unistructure)

1–4:30 – Set Up Displays (Salmanson Dining)

2:00 Meeting for Worship (Rotunda, Unistructure)

3:00 – 4:15 Parent/Sponsor & Youth Orientations for all youth programs and childcare

Child Care,3–4:15pm (245, Unistructure)
Jr. Yearly Meeting, 3–3:30pm (MRC4, Unistructure)
Jr. High, 3:45pm (M44, Unistructure)
Young Friends, 3pm (Bryant Ctr 2A/B)

3:15p – Meeting w/ Attention to Speaking at Sessions (Bryant Ctr, Nick’s Place)

4pm  – Anchor Group Facilitators Orientation — all facilitators should attend (382, Unistructure)

4pm  – Special dietary needs meeting (Dining Hall)

4pm  – Golf Carts (Shuttles) Drivers Meeting (Hall 16 Lobby)

4:30 – 5:00 Orientation for first-time attenders (Bello Center)

4:30 – Family Neighborhood Meeting (Townhouses H-M)

5:00 – 6:30 Dinner (Salmanson Dining Hall, Unistructure)

5:00 Registration closes

6 – Daily Twelve-step meeting (354)

6:45 Opening Welcome (all ages) (Bello Center)

• Opening worship & music
• Opening celebration, clerk’s prayer and welcome, introductions of all who are present
• Clerk’s message
• Preview of the days ahead: Introduction to business sessions, Unity Agenda, agenda changes known now, Meetings to Hear God’s Call, Anchor Groups
• Invitation to form working group(s) on the Friends United Meeting (FUM) issue, structure, others by contacting Richard Frechette, Onsite Sessions Coordinator
• Jean McCandless, Sessions Committee Clerk,  introduces program and Anchor Groups
• Appoint adult visitors to our youth yearly meetings
• Development Committee
• Youth leave (approximately 7:30pm) Betty Ann Lee (Junior Yearly Meeting Coordinator), Gretchen Baker-Smith (Junior High Yearly Meeting Coordinator) and Nia Thomas (Young Friends and Young Adult Friends Coordinator) introduce their staff as the youth leave
• Hear and approve minutes
• Homework for tomorrow and closing worship

8:00 Anchor (small) Groups

9:00 – 10:00 Registration continues (Hall 16 Lobby)

* The Yearly Meeting News is available Saturday-Wednesday mornings at breakfast and on the web at sessions.neym.org/ym-news, with information about events at Sessions. Deadlines for submissions: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at 1:30pm. Drop off materials at the Info Desk, located in the Rotunda in the Unistructure. Announcements, notices, and flyers not specifically related to Sessions will not be included in the YM News. Please check with the Info Desk for where to post these items.