SAYF NEWS
- Judging from the worship journals now posted on our EPISTLES
page,
our first ever SAYF retreat in Charlotte, NC seems to have
achieved a
consensus of appreciative approval from all who attended It
was a grand
weekend of "Finding Your Spirit in the Elements", and the Atlanta
planners
did a marvelous job of seeing that Air, Fire, Earth, and Water
were all well
represented. Huge thanks go to Jennifer Murdock for all her work
in arranging
use of the the beautiful Charlotte meeting house and opening her
home
association facilities to us for an amazing afternoon of lake and
pool side
activities. The Charlotte Friends and SAYFers really made this one
an
exceptional retreat.
The next retreat of the 2016 - 2017 SAYF season is will be
a
return to the wonderful small town community of Berea, KY:
October
07-09, 2016 @ Berea
Friends Meetinghouse
- Planning: Berea Young Friends
- Lead FAN: Jonathan Schinhofen
The current full season schedule
(sans SAYMA date) is on
the SCHEDULE page and available in
PDF format for download
below.
Invitations for the October retreat are out in the mail and,
as usual, are also posted here on our AwesomeSAYFers site:
Oct.
07-09 Berea Registration
Oct. 07-09 Berea Cover Page
Directions
to Berea Friends Meetinghouse
SAYF
Medical Release Form (with diet preferences)
About our Retreats:
Each retreat is planned by the Young Friends of the meeting that
is sponsoring or hosting the gathering. They choose a theme and
decide on worship, workshops, activities and food. They
experience Quaker process in this planning and produce a
schedule for the weekend.
Each retreat begins on Friday evening with a guideline review
after all teens have arrived, then a worship sharing circle
follows as the first activity on Saturday morning. The retreat
ends on Sunday around noon, after gathering in silence to write
and share our worship journals about the weekend.
The young Friends have their own Nurturing Committee comprised
of experienced attenders who uphold the guidelines during the
retreats and attend an additional two retreats each year to
conduct business and address any issues for the SAYF community.
They also nurture individuals during the retreats.
Additional details of our SAYF program are found on the
Guidelines page and in our annual fall parent letter:
SAYF
2016-2017 Schedule (all but SAYMA dates)
Parent
Information Letter for 2016-2017
Current
SAYF
Guidelines
(rev 2014.08)
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Last updated 2016.09.21