‘Change is already upon us. The old structures do not fit modern lives.’ Photo: by Fabio Bracht on Unsplash

‘Wouldn’t it be good for that privilege to be extended?’

GRYYM reading: The proposed changes to Yearly Meeting and Meeting for Sufferings

‘Wouldn’t it be good for that privilege to be extended?’

by Carolyn Sansom & Ann Kerr 26th April 2024

You may have already enthusiastically registered to attend Yearly Meeting (26-30 July, online and at Friends House), or you may be thinking of doing so, while wondering what is on the programme. One of the items will be a proposal to make a specific change to the way in which Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) is organised – namely, to bring Yearly Meeting (YM) and Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) together in a single, continuing Yearly Meeting.