New York Quarterly Meeting, July 25, 2026

New York Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 

Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business

July 25, 2026, at Friends Cemetery in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
In person only. Rain location is online; location change will be announced on this website and via email.

Schedule:

11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Meeting for Worship
12:00 - 1:00 pm: Potluck picnic lunch — please bring food to share
1:00 pm: Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business

MINUTES from the last meeting (April 2026) — please review: 2026-04-19

The clerk, Scott Blumenthal, invites Friends who are led to bring a concern before the meeting to contact him at NYQMClerk@nycquakers.org so that it may be added to the agenda.

2026.07.25 AGENDA (tentative)

Quarterly Meeting Reports 

• Cemetery Committee
  • Research Project Proposal
• Second Reading of NYQM Fund Organization Proposal
  • List of Fund Designations
• Great Lakes Region Africa Education Committee
• Davanga Friends School report and finances/receipts
• Executive Director
  • Statement of Financial Position
• Community Wellness Working Group
  • Community Wellness Year Two Evaluation
• Nominating Committee
  • Committee Roster
• NYQM Clerk of Trustees report
• Ministry and Counsel Committee, incl. report from Concern for Quaker Living Working Group
• NYQM Clerk

Monthly Meeting Reports

• Brooklyn Meeting
• Staten Island Meeting
• Flushing Meeting
• Manhattan Meeting
• Fifteenth Street Meeting
• People of Color Worship and Reflection Group
• Morningside Meeting

Announcements

• Fall NYC Quakers Retreat is September 18-20 at Powell House — registration is open

Upcoming New York Quarterly Meeting Dates (all begin at 1:00 pm)

2026:

• October 18 at Flushing Meeting

2027:

• January 17 at Brooklyn Meeting
• April 18 at Fifteenth Street Meeting