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For the Sessions Visioning process unfolding among Friends across our region, each group holding a Listening Session is invited to send one or two Friends to Visioning and Distillation Day held on April 12th at Wellesley (MA) Meeting. This is where the reflections from all groups will be distilled and carried forward into discernment. From there, a report will be developed, shared back, and collectively refined throughout the spring and early summer and then brought to Friends at Sessions this August 2025.
For many groups, it may make sense for the facilitator and notetaker to be the ones to consider attending Visioning Day. As your group selects a representative, please consider this wisdom:
Sometimes we send representatives from smaller groups to larger ones. When we do that, representatives to the larger groups should be chosen by their ability to discern, not by their steadfast loyalty to local meeting positions. They need to practice discernment together and not be bound by the views of the group they’re representing (Emily Provance, summarizing wisdom drawn from assorted Yearly Meetings, on her blog Turning, Turning: Holy Experiments Among Friends).
Friends who have been selected by their meeting or group to attend the Visioning & Distillation Day may register here. Early registration is encouraged, as it will help us to better welcome you. Reimbursement for off-site child care or family care is available. Details here.
For many groups, it may make sense for the facilitator and notetaker to be the ones to consider attending Visioning Day. As your group selects a representative, please consider this wisdom:
Sometimes we send representatives from smaller groups to larger ones. When we do that, representatives to the larger groups should be chosen by their ability to discern, not by their steadfast loyalty to local meeting positions. They need to practice discernment together and not be bound by the views of the group they’re representing (Emily Provance, summarizing wisdom drawn from assorted Yearly Meetings, on her blog Turning, Turning: Holy Experiments Among Friends).
Friends who have been selected by their meeting or group to attend the Visioning & Distillation Day may register here. Early registration is encouraged, as it will help us to better welcome you. Reimbursement for off-site child care or family care is available. Details here.
