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Friends, we live in unprecedented times that require much care of one another to stay safe. The following details are based on the recent discernment of the Midyear Meeting Committee, with the Light it has been given thus far.
From the Midyear Meeting Committee’s report to the IYMC clerk: “The Midyear Planning Committee, with direct input from Midyear Meeting presenter Cheryl Sutton, has felt clear to move Midyear Meeting to an online format with Zoom technology, with support from a few experienced IYMC Friends between now and the first session on 4/25. NOTE: Zoom technology also allows participants to call in from a landline or flip phone.”
Like any new technology, we need to be mindful how we use Zoom’s technology to maintain our long-held customs of when we meet together. At such times as these, Zoom may also help IYMC Friends to “keep our meetings” and to maintain other practices. For those of us who have been using videoconferencing for paid work and/or for committee meetings, we can also learn how to use it to find the centered stillness we are used to in our waiting worship. And for those of us who are new to Zoom but have not yet experienced it directly, we need to consider the very real possibility that the novelty of the technology does not necessarily mean it will get in the way of the Spirit working through us. Neither should we fear that new technology will lessen the spirit of our gathering for Midyear Meeting. We live in new, unimagined times; we live in an expanding experiment. We all need to support and encourage one another as we continue to try and test what Love will do, even when using new online tools.
As a newly formed ad hoc group of Friends from both the Midyear Meeting Committee and the Website Committee, we intend to make ourselves available for direct support to Friends, meetings, and worship groups that want to have time to explore, learn about, and practice with Zoom. Please reach out directly to any member, listed below, and watch for live, interactive practice sessions.
Friends on the ad hoc group for Zoom support:
Liz Oppenheimer, convener Katie Jacoby (Website Committee) Nat Case (Website Committee)
Email: MidYearAdHoc@iymc.org
Print: Midyear Meeting Flyer