Swannanoa Friends Meeting, Black Mountain, NC

Lead FAN: Chris de Beer

Atlanta Friends Meeting, Atlanta, GA

Lead FAN: Asa Kramer-Dickie/

Berea Friends Meeting, Berea, KY

Lead FAN: Beth Myers

Durham Friends Meeting, Durham, NC

Lead FAN: Jennifer Killen

Dear Friends,

Please use this registration link to register for the upcoming SAYF retreat November 15-17.

Durham has kindly offered to host the November retreat! The Lead FAN for the retreat is Jennifer Killen (Jenkillen2@gmail.com).

Please plan to bring the things you usually bring to a SAYF retreat.

Online Registration Process:

• Fill out the registration form (linked above) and press submit
• Please note SAYF’s PayPal link at the top of the registration form to pay your retreat fees – please write your young friends’ name(s) in the comments section of the PayPal payment.
• Get in touch with the FAN from your home meeting with any questions about transportation and logistics.  

Med Forms

All SAYFers: Please use the NEW medical form linked at the top of this page in the Retreat Forms and Information column. These need to be printed, filled out and signed by parents, and accompany SAYFers in hard copy to the retreat (even if you filled one out in June or August). If you filled it out in September or October you’re all set for the retreat year. 🙂 

Photo Release

Please fill out SAYF’s 2024-2025 photo release form.

September SAYF Checklist

• Registration Form
• Payment
• Medical Form (unless you filled one out in Sept/Oct)
• Photo Release (if not yet filled out)

Atlanta Friends Meeting, Atlanta, GA

Lead FAN: Asa Kramer-Dickie awkd@protonmail.com

We began Saturday morning with a breakfast made by Adelani’s mom in celebration of her 15th birthday (quincenera). We learned some about what a quincenera means as a coming-of-age ceremony in Latinx culture. Following that we made bottle cap pins, using paint, collage material, and markers, then sealing it with clear nail polish and attaching a pin to the back. After lunch, our plans to hike up Stone Mountain were adjusted due to weather, so we went to the Doll’s Head Trail, at Constitution Lakes. The trail is through the Weelaunee forest, and trash that was strewn in the area was collected and made into art for park visitors. We talked briefly about the history of the land and the Muscogee people who lived there, and about Tortuguita who was killed very near to those woods, two years ago on the same day. We held the tension between the violence that has happened on that land and the beauty of the land. In the evening, we did an impromptu talent show, and finished the evening out with birthday cake and bear. 

West Knoxville Friends Meeting, West Knoxville, TN

Lead FAN: Chris de Beer

Nurturers from Atlanta, Celo, Asheville, Berea, Durham and Chapel Hill gathered for a nurturers retreat to plan SAYF retreats. We completed productive business meetings on Saturday, and enjoyed time spent talking, watching movies, playing music, and creating amazing hairstyles during our down time. 

Arthur Morgan School, Celo, NC

Lead FAN: Julia Hudson
juliahudsonriver@gmail.com

This retreat was about being witness of and experiencing how it feels to be in a space such as Celo where we activity participate in a cultivated community. We experienced Tai Chi which grounded us and lead us to tap into the energy around us. We further Immersed ourselves into community land, enjoyed the community of each other and then helped Bruce, the new Camp Celo farmer, with his work. Experienced an exciting new game. These teens experience putting their hands in the pond and dirt together, felt out how to navigate these teenage social development dynamics. Nearly the entire day was outside with the exception of sleeping, cooking and eating. 

Nashville Friends Meeting
530 26th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37209

Lead FAN: Wesley Morris
wesley.g.morris@gmail.com

Berea College, Berea, KY,

Lead FANs: Jennifer Killen and Devin Lenz