Yearly Meeting 2024 - part five
The Friend reports from Yearly Meeting 2024, Friday to Sunday
After opening worship (‘I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go to the house of the Lord’, quoted one Friend), Session Four returned to the issue of governance structures. The clerk had heard in the exploration sessions that Friends had reservations that had not been expressed in the minuted session (at the one the Friend was able to attend, these concerned issues such as the role of the relevant agenda committee, which would now be given much more work, and consequently perhaps more influence). Only if Friends were minded to accept the proposals could they move on to other matters. She knew that some things needed more thought. Terms of reference could be drawn up to be approved later by MfS, but detail on bursaries for attendance, or the patterns and distribution of Meetings, could not be agreed now. Could Friends find unity on the broader proposals?
