The making of a minute: Jane Mace, part of the eldership team, reflects on Yearly Meeting Gathering

‘This process of collective composition will always be the fascination of the Quaker approach to decision-making.’

by Jane Mace 3rd September 2021

This year’s Yearly Meeting (YM)was unlike any before it, yet it was completely grounded in all the old principles. As a Gathering, there was much more going on than in the standard YM programme – and while non-residential in one sense, Friends were very much residential, just in our own homes, separate.