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New York Quarterly Meeting is an organization of all of the Quaker Meetings in New York City. The Quarter owns property and has committees, trustees, and staff.
New York Quarterly Meeting (NYQM) is both an organization and an affiliation.
New York Quarterly Meeting (NYQM) is an organization of the Quaker meetings in New York City. The Quarter has paid staff that take care of the buildings owned by the quarter and provide direction and programming for the organization. The Quarter is also sustained by volunteers who serve on committees, hold clerking roles, and serve as Trustees.
There are seven Quaker meetings — congregations that regularly worship together — in New York City that are affiliated with New York Quarterly Meeting. The meetings affiliate with each other to grow community and take actions together.
The next New York Quarterly Meeting for business will be on Saturday, July 19, at 1:00 pm at the Friends Cemetery in Prospect Park, weather permitting. (Rain location is online.)
Recent NY Quarterly Meetings for Business
New York Quarterly Meeting Committees
- Africa Great Lakes Education
- Cemetery
- Ministry and Counsel
- Nominating
- Trustees
- Witness Fund
New York Quarterly Meeting Working Groups
For New York Quarterly Meeting Staff, see Our Team.
Local meetings that hold worship once a week are often, confusingly, referred to as "monthly meetings." The word "monthly" refers to how often the congregation gathers for business. Monthly meetings— sometimes called local meetings or Friends meetings — are groups of Quakers that all worship in the same place. Brooklyn Meeting and Flushing Meeting are monthly meetings.
A quarterly meeting — sometimes called a regional meeting — consists of several monthly meetings in the same region that meet quarterly for business; that is, four times a year. NYC Quakers are also referred to as the New York Quarterly Meeting (NYQM), which is the more official name of our association. NYQM includes all of the monthly meetings in New York City and has an office with its own finances and paid staff.
A yearly meeting covers a wider area and consists of several quarterly/regional meeting. NYC Quakers belong to New York Yearly Meeting (NYYM), which includes the monthly and regional meetings in New York State and parts of northern and central New Jersey, and western Connecticut. NYYM holds one week-long gathering in the summer for business and fellowship — the "yearly" Sessions. It also holds shorter Fall and Spring Sessions to address business that arises throughout the year. NYYM also has its own office, finances, and paid staff.
A member of a monthly meeting is automatically also a member of the quarterly meeting and yearly meeting and are warmly invited to attend any of their gatherings.
Quaker organizations, retreat centers, and schools with which NYQM is affiliated
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