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Collee Williams, our new Teen & Outreach Ministries Coordinator

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Collee Williams
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Meet Collee (they/them). Collee lives in Western Mass and loves playing music, basketball, and going for long walks down the bike path.

Dear Friends,

I’m so honored to have been asked to serve as the Teen & Outreach Ministries Coordinator for New England Yearly Meeting. 

Quakers have been an essential part of my spiritual journey since I began worshiping at Mt. Toby Monthly Meeting and participating in Young Adult Friends retreats as a student at Hampshire College from 2014-2018. I remember feeling held in the Light by my Quaker community during my first clearness committee as a graduating senior. Several Friends from Mt. Toby sat with me in discernment around a budding interest in pursuing youth work. The clearness I received led to me spending my first summer after college as a camp counselor for Farm & Wilderness, an overnight camp in Vermont with Quaker roots. 

In the years since I have worked as a music instructor for a self-directed learning community for teens and served as a youth group and young adult ministries leader for two Unitarian Universalist congregations. Though I have cherished the many opportunities that I have had to engage in youth ministry, I have always yearned for the opportunity to use my skills in service of the faith tradition which feels most resonant for me, Quakerism. Needless to say I was thrilled when Way opened for me to make this a reality in my life. 

I look forward to serving Quakers in New England and to nurturing the growth and faith development of the teens, emerging adults, and young adults who call this community home.  I look forward to connecting with you at an upcoming retreat or before then, if you’d like. You can reach me at [email protected]