1) Looking at your committee description in the BYM Manual of Procedure: What is the most meaningful, enduring or vital part of your committee’s charge? Where is the energy, the Spirit, in it?
YPC’s description describes many of the tasks for which the committee is responsible. While we willingly and lovingly carry out these tasks, this is only part of what we do.
A vital part of the mission of YPC is to help Quaker Youth grow in the light, be centered in their lives, and empower them to live Quaker values in a world often at odds with those values. We see our role/mission as creating space and opportunity for our youth to find their own voices and spirituality and to share Quaker values. We create an ongoing program of conferences where Quaker youth can form community based on caring, trust, and love. To this end, we provide ongoing religious education. We impart our values and support our youth and ourselves to become and live our values. Our work is that of matching gifts and engaging the right people. We recognize the gifts within our youth and within each other and we nurture those gifts. Youth are the future of our Yearly Meeting. We provide programs to support and address growth among our young people. Continue reading →
