‘I think of our community like a group of trees weathering multiple storms. And how do trees survive? They connect. They reach out.' Photo: The clerking table, courtesy BYM

‘If together we form a loving community, there will always be someone nearby.’

Yearly Meeting 2022: Opening Session - Faith, community, action

‘If together we form a loving community, there will always be someone nearby.’

by Joseph Jones 3rd June 2022

Almost 500 Friends gathered for the Opening Session of Yearly Meeting (YM) 2022, the first to blend online and in-person participation. Almost 2,000 people had registered to attend (1,199 online, 735 in person, with sixty-two children and young people) and on Friday evening 220 gathered in The Light with around 270 on Zoom.