North Pacific Yearly Meeting

This page provides items that formerly appeared on the NPYM home page.

(November 2012)

Draft Coordinating Committee Minutes for July 2012 [DOC]

NPYM Budget for 2013 approved by Annual Session [PDF]

Evaluation Plan for NPYM Changes in Structure [PDF]

Committee Reports for Annual Session
See Reports from Committees and Representatives to be considered at Annual Session

Reminder for Committee Clerks: Teleconference Calendar is now online.
Start your Teleconference Reservation with the online Teleconference Calendar.

(March 2012)

NPYM Representatives and Funding for Affiliated Organizations
Monthly Meetings and Worship Groups are asked to thresh the issues put forth in this document [PDF] and to season your feedback into a corporate response. Input from individuals is also welcome. Please submit responses by February 28, 2012 to jonathanwbrown@yahoo.com.

November 2011 Coordinating Committee Minutes
minutes here.

(February 2012)

Annual Session Survey
We are working hard to make the 2012s Annual Session (July 18 - 22, 2012 in Tacoma, Washington) an accessible and meaningful experience for all Friends. We need your help!

NPYM Coordinating Committee has developed a short on-line survey about recent annual sessions. We would like your feedback, even if you have never attended annual session. There are questions for Friends who have attended AND for those who have not. Your results can be anonymous or you can share your contact information if you choose. The on-line survey does not store information about your computer. The survey should take between 5 and 15 minutes to complete.

Ready to help? The survey will be available from Wednesday, January 11 through Wednesday, February

(April 2011)

Save the Date for Central Friends Camp
Camp for NPYM middle school children and teens (entering 6th grade in fall 2011 through leaving 8th grade) has been scheduled for July 17 - July 20. Information about location, cost, and registration is now available. If you are a Central Friend who wants a great camping experience with new and old friends from NPYM, plan on attending. More ...

NPYM's First Children's Summit: Nurturing Quaker Youth at Annual Session and Beyond.
This event was held April 3, 2011 at Eastside Monthly Meeting's newly remodeled meetinghouse in Bellevue, Washington from 10:00 - 4:30.

(February 2011)

Call for a Visitor to North West Yearly Meeting’s Annual Session
Friends have always thrived on inter-visitation among different monthly and yearly meetings. If you have a leading for this type of work, please consider applying to be North Pacific Yearly Meeting’s sponsored visitor to Northwest Yearly Meeting’s annual session at George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, July 24-28, 2011. Letters of application should include your name, your contact information (email and snail mail addresses and phone/cell phone numbers), your age, the name of your monthly meeting, and your responses to the following queries: (a) How does Spirit move you to visit pastoral Friends? (b) What can you say regarding the differences and similarities among Friends in NPYM and NWYM?

The NWYM visitor is expected to report his/her experiences at NWYM to NPYM. He or she may also be asked to speak at monthly and/or quarterly meetings. All expenses on-site at NWYM’s annual session will be covered, but the visitor is asked to pay his or her own travel expenses to and from the site. Please send applications to Jami Hart, NPYM Ministry and Oversight Committee member and clerk of the selection committee, by February 28, 2011.

Selection Committee
% Jami Hart
7316 SE Thiessen Road
Milwaukie, Oregon 97267

Or better still by email: Jamihart-at-comcast.net

(January, 2011)

Alice Robb, whose steadfast, capable service has benefitted North Pacific Yearly Meeting for five years, will be leaving the position of NPYM Secretary at the end of July, 2011. The NPYM Personnel Committee hopes to hire a replacement in the late spring to train with Alice over the Annual Session busy season. More...

(November, 2010)

At Annual Session, July, 2010, Friends put their beliefs into practice with massive participation in a half day of volunteer service at a variety of worksites and with willing particpation in the Right Sharing lunch. Although no concerns were minuted this year, Peace and Social Concerns Committee brought 3 concerns to our attention: Climate Change, Abolition of Torture, and Immigration Reform. These were sent to your Meeting as attachments to the AS minutes.

(May 2010)
Update! Two more new interest groups added to Annual Session. View all twenty-one interest groups here (PDF) or visit the Annual Session page.

Clerking workshop for Junior Friends and Young Friends at Annual Session! Learn how to register here [PDF].

(March 2010)
Active planning is underway for our Annual Session this July in Missoula. Check the Annual Session page to learn the latest news about Annual Session and submit a proposal for an Interest Group!

(July 2009)
The NPYM Annual Session approved a Minute on the Abolition of Torture. Click to download the minute as a [RTF] or [PDF].

Annual Session in July 2010 will meet again on the campus of the University of Montana. Join us July 14-18, 2010, in Missoula, Montana. Watch this space in Spring 2010 for registration forms and information.

(June 2009)
A minute on the abolition of torture has been proposed for consideration at Annual Session 2009. The minute has been sent to monthly meetings for seasoning.

(July 2008)
Quaker Youth Book Project is collecting submissions from young Quakers aging 15-35, from non-fiction prose, to visual art, to poetry. Submission information is available here and QYBP's Minute of Support can be found here.

Two minutes seasoned and approved from Annual Session 2008 in Corvallis have been made available in the archives section of the website. Find them here.