A Word About Late Registrations

Registrations to participate online will be accepted through the week of Sessions. However, registering after July 23 may limit your participation. If you are interested in participating in Home Groups, please register by July 23rd. After that date, we will do our best to accommodate requests to be in Home Groups but facilitator availability may be limited.

Before We Begin

You will be asked a series of questions to help us register each Friend for Sessions. The questions will repeat for each person and will change based on your selections. After you complete the form for the first Friend, you can add additional people or complete the registration.

If you register multiple people, everyone who has an email listed will get a confirmation of their own registration details. This is the email we will use to send them information about their program including their home group. The billing contact will receive a summary of everyone's registration information as well as any payment details.

Required fields will be marked with an asterisk "*". If you run into any difficulty please contact the Events Coordinator at [email protected].

A special note to parents:

Youth programs will be held on campus at Castleton University. Teens and youth are welcome to attend online programming like the Plenary and Opening/Closing celebrations. There may be a limited opportunity for youth to connect with the group on campus. for more information email Gretchen Baker-Smith at [email protected].

Programs Offered Online During Sessions

Saturday 6:45 p.m.Opening Celebration

The opening celebration will be broadcast for Friends joining remotely to gather with Friends in Vermont for a celebration of our first hybrid Sessions.

Sunday MorningSunday Worship

Worship will begin in the Pavilion and will then proceed to the Fine Arts Center for the Bible Half Hour.. Please note you may need to reconnect to Zoom for the second half. Watch for details in your daily updates.

Sunday – Thursday morningBible Half Hour

The Bible Half Hours will be presented by Regina Renee Ward from Pueblo, Colorado. Regina Renee identifies as a Christian Friend and is a member of Ujima Friends Meeting.

Bible Half Hours will be held at 8:30 a.m. most days. On Sunday and Thursday they will start a bit later. Please check the schedule for those times.

Sunday – WednesdayMeeting for Worship for the Conduct of Business

We are committed to a fully hybrid experience for business meetings. The agenda for particular times will be listed in the Advance Documents on the Yearly Meeting website.

Sunday 1:30 p.m.Memorial Meeting

A worship opportunity to remember Friends who are no longer with us.

Saturday - WednesdayHome Groups

Those who participate in Home Groups via Zoom will be joining with other Friends on Zoom for their Home Groups.

Monday 1:30 p.m.Monday Plenary

Emily Provance from New York Yearly Meeting will give this year's plenary. Emily has a travel minute from 15th Street Meeting in New York City, and travels widely in the ministry, carrying a particular concern for helping Friends know each other while embracing differences.

Wednesday 7:45p.m.Closing Celebration

As we prepare to depart Sessions, Friends online and on campus will join together to celebrate our time together.

On DemandSessions Video Library

As a new experiment this year, we are seeking short video presentations from Friends on various topics related to the spiritual life, witness, and ministry of Quakers in New England for the Sessions Video Library. These videos will be available to Sessions participants during Sessions and are a way participants can learn more about how the Spirit has been at work among New England Friends recently and, we hope, will facilitate meaningful connections and conversations.

Please send me more information about BIPOC spaces at Sessions

I and/or a member of my family identifies as Black, Indigenous, and/or a Person of Color. Please send me information about gatherings before and during Sessions for BIPOC attenders and their families.

If you are currently on campus please check your email for links. If you cancelled your onsite registration please complete this form for all the online updates.

About this Friend

Name

Phone Number

Address

Home Meeting (if NEYM)

This person is joining Sessions from another yearly meeting, faith community, and/or representing another Quaker organization.

Please check this box if you would like your contact information shared in advance of Sessions with other participants who have also agreed to share their information.

The contact list will contain: name, phone, email and home meeting.

This Friend's birthday. (This optional data helps us know better who we are serving)

Has this Friend attended NEYM Annual Sessions in the past?

Please check here if you would like information on events specifically for first-time attenders.

A Few Words About Paying for Sessions

In this time of turmoil, hardship, and change, New England Quakers remain committed to our ongoing experiment with the Pay-As-Led approach to funding our gatherings: removing financial barriers to participation, trusting in each person's integrity and discernment, and inviting each person to pay what they are led and able to offer. Read more about the experiment with Pay-As-Led here.

Grounded in this approach, here's how the process of paying for Sessions will work this year:

We're offering several options in an effort to be transparent about costs and support your discernment. You may choose a pre-set cost for Sessions or establish your own appropriate level. Concerns about cost should not prevent anyone from attending Sessions. You can choose the amount that you are led to pay from the four below or choose "I am led to pay another amount."

Community Fee: Covers the full direct and indirect cost of your participation at Sessions and supports the attendance of others ($51.00/day).

Complete Cost Fee: Covers the full cost of the gathering including staff time for Sessions this year ($34.00/day).

Basic Fee: Covers the direct costs of Sessions and a small portion of staff time. Similar to the "Traditional Fee" used in the past ($20/day).

Partial Fee: Covers a portion of direct costs. You are invited to choose this fee or another amount below ($11/day).

Children, youth and teens are invited to participate free of charge; families will be given the option of making a contribution to support the broader work if they are so led.

If you have any questions or concerns about paying for Sessions, or would like further help with your discernment, please contact Elizabeth Hacala, Events Coordinator, at [email protected].

Which fee level would you like to use for this Friend?

If you will attend Sessions every day, please enter 6.

How many days of Sessions will this friend attend?

($20.00/ea.)

The total I will pay for this Friend is:

$0.00

Questions about Access:

In order to help us better plan for Friends' participation, please let us know what technology resources you will have available during Sessions as well as ways we could support your full participation.

Please let us know what technology you are most likely to use to join Sessions activities.

Computer
Tablet
Smart phone
Landline or cell phone (audio only)

Do you have hearing and/or vision needs that affect your participation at Sessions?

Yes, vision
Yes, hearing
Yes, vision and hearing
No

Are there accessibility supports that would allow you to participate more fully in Sessions? If so, please describe.

May we contact you about access needs?

We will do our best to make Sessions, in this format, as accessible to Friends as possible. If we need more information on how to support you, may we contact you about this? If so please tick the box above.

Information about access needs will be shared only with those who need it to support you.

Home Group Opportunities

Thank you for registering for Sessions. All Home Groups are full for this year.

Home Groups are small groups of 8 to 12 people that meet for spiritual growth, connection, and community building. Friends are seen, known, and held. Home Groups support Friends sharing and processing their experiences of Sessions and what is moving in their own spiritual lives. Home Groups meeting online will be made up of other Friends participating online.

Volunteer Opportunities During Sessions

Volunteer Opportunities

During Sessions there may be opportunities to support our Sessions gathering. If you would like to hear about those please check below. And thank you! If you are interested in volunteering for the tech team, please scroll down a bit further to the Tech Team Volunteers section.

Yes, I am interested in volunteer opportunities!

Check here if you are willing to be contacted with more information.

Home Group Facilitation

Home Groups are small groups of 8 to 12 people that meet for spiritual growth, connection, and community building. Friends are seen, known, and held. Training will be provided to facilitators.

I am willing to be considered for the role of Home Group facilitator or co-facilitator.

If the Home Group Coordinators are still seeking facilitators at this time, someone will follow up with you to explore further about how your gifts and availability might match with our needs this year.

Please send me information about further opportunities for service as part of Sessions

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