SAYF NEWS
- Retreats at Durham Friends Meeting don't happen every year due
to travel
distance concerns, but the Durham & Chapel Hill Friends are
always wonderful
hosts. Though our Nashville SAYFers were out of range, Young
Friends from
Atlanta, Berea and several spots in North and South Carolina were
all able
to attend. Beautiful weather made for comfortable outside sleeping
on the
ample covered porches of Durham meeting house, and the facilities
were
perfect for a roaring game of bear. An afternoon in nature at the
Eno river
and a range of workshops honored the retreat theme of bringing
Peace into
our lives. Other peaceful joys from the April retreat have been
posted to
the EPISTLES page
worship journals.
The final event of the 2017 - 2018 SAYF season is SAYMA:
June
14-17, 2018 @ Warren
Wilson College, NC
- Lead FAN: Aaron Ruscetta
ATTENDING SAYF AT SAYMA requires you to arrange for your
sponsorship, transportation, and SAYMA registration in
advance.
PLEASE REVIEW the SAYMA
page of this website for detailed
sponsor and registration information (plus helpful
instructions)
and start the process promptly.
If any sponsorship and registration requirements are
incomplete,
you will not be allowed to attend the SAYF retreat.
SAYMA INFO &
REGISTRATION FORMS:
(To be mailed to SAYMA with payment by May 14th to avoid
late fees. No registrations can be accepted after May 30th.)
SAYMA
2018 Advance Program & SAYF Reg Info
SAYMA
2018 Registration Instructions
SAYMA
2018 Registration Form (pdf)
SAYMA
2018 Registration Form (xls)
SAYMA
2018 EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY 15!All SAYFers who register for SAYMA will be mailed an invite
packet with copies of the required SAYF Registration, Sponsor
and Medical Release forms. These forms will be needed when
the Young Friends and their sponsors check in at the SAYF
dorms at Warren Wilson. These forms are also posted here
for download and print:
SAYF at SAYMA RETREAT REG/SPONSOR/MED FORMS:
(*Required when arriving at SAYF dorm after SAYMA check in)
SAYF
at SAYMA 2018 *Registration & *Sponsor Forms
SAYF
*Medical Release Form (2 pages)
SAYF
at SAYMA 2018 Arrival Reminders (with checklist)
SAYF at
SAYMA 2018 Cover Sheet
Directions
to Warren Wilson College
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
2017-2018 Schedule
Parent
Information
Letter
for 2017-2018
Current
SAYF
Guidelines
(rev 2017.08)
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Last updated 2018.05.10