2026 SCYM Annual Sessions - March 29- April 1 Online & April 2-5 Online and in Person at Greene Family Camp
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Be the Change: Contemplative Action in the World
For access to all the information about 2026 SCYM Annual Sessions go to the 2026 Yearly Meeting Page
This theme was discerned at Arkansas-Oklahoma Quarterly Meetings as we grappled with the national discourse since the 2024 election. We know our society needs to change for the better, to foster love and community in the face of division and hate, and that the changes must begin within ourselves. And we know we all must take some actions in the world to create change. But in discerning our actions we believe that actions must arise from our inward, contemplative source. It is from this Light that we can Be the Change.
There is a way of ordering our mental life on more than one level at once. On one level we can be thinking, discussing, seeing, calculating, meeting all the demands of external affairs, but deep within, behind the scenes at a profounder level we may also be in prayer and adoration, song and worship and a gentle receptiveness to divine breathings. -Thomas Kelly
Having listened to the Inward Teacher or the Light Within, we might be called to creative expression, spiritual practices that inform our actions, speaking truth from our hearts, discerning collective leanings, living the Quaker testimonies as a means of aligning our lives with integrity, balancing our personal spiritual growth with outward action for justice, or other ideas to inspire and empower a more just and better world.
Keynote Speaker: We have asked Christopher Sammond to speak to us on this theme. Christopher has carried a concern for faithfulness and spiritual deepening in the Religious Society of Friends for over 30 years. Learn more about Christopher HERE.
2026 Workshops: See the listing of 2026 SCYM Workshops to choose workshops on Tuesday evening (online), Friday and Saturday (in-person and some hybrid)
Prepare State of the Meeting Reports: Friends should see the 2026 State of Society Reports with Queries to prepare reports. The date for submitting reports is March 25, 2026.
The 2026 Schedule is available below. Registration is now open. Use the link below.
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Registration deadline for in-person participants closed Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
Online-only participants may continue to enroll after that date and throughout the meeting.
Hoping many of you will be able to join us March 29-April 1 Online and April 2-5 Online or at Greene Family Camp in Bruceville, TX.
For access to all the information about 2026 SCYM Annual Sessions go to the 2026 Yearly Meeting Page
2026 SCYM Annual Meeting Schedule
2026 SCYM Annual Sessions ONLINE ONLY Schedule
UPDATED 2026 SCYM Business Meeting Agenda3.30.26
2025-2026 Treasurer's Report 2026-04-02
2026 Final Draft Faith and Practice
2025-2026 SCYM Finance Committee Report 2026-04-03
2025-26 State of the Monthly Meeting and Worship Group Reports
2026 Friends Peace Teams Representatives Report
2025 Representative Committee Minutes-final
2026 SCYM Workshops
More committee reports, organization reports, and other documents that will be referenced at the business meetings are posted at Advanced Documents. New documents will be posted there throughout the sessions. Please check and try to read the reports before they come up on the agenda, if possible.