Monthly Archives: July 2009
Wednesday and Thursday @ JYM 2009.
On Wednesday, it was excursions day and I went to Doncaster Dome. I forgot to bring my Swimming trunks and I thought that they would be selling them there, and they weren’t. I also hadn’t been Ice Skating before, so … Continue reading
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Tuesday @ JYM 2009.
On Tuesday morning, we started off with doing our final activities session. We continued planning for the play that we will perform in the talent show. This session went on for an hour and a half and then we went … Continue reading
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Session 7 – Committed Relationships
The brief period of silence before this wider YMG session was strewn with ministry, something that is not typical of this space that tends to remain silent, for people to ensure that they are attendng with hearts and minds prepared. … Continue reading
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Session 6 (JYM Chatrooms)
Chatrooms are an innovative way of having brief discussions with many different people, on many different topics: Environment and sustainability, individuality and community, the rich-poor gap, equi-trade and generations. I spent all my time at the individuality and community circle, … Continue reading
Sunday and Monday @ JYM 2009.
So, to start with on Sunday, we went into the central hall for the Connecting with the Spirit session, which was basically Meeting for Worship with a different name. Then we had Base Groups for an hour and a half. … Continue reading
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Session 5 – Jennifer Barraclough
Jennifer Barraclough spoke to the whole of BYM, rather than simply to the young peoples group, by JYM was invited to this session, which seemed most to be on what a community is and how we can build one. It … Continue reading
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Jargon-buster
This has been written at the request of a regular reader Gathering ‘Summer Gathering’, or just ‘Gathering’ is a regular summer Quaker event for people of all ages. It happens for three years out of every four, the fourth is … Continue reading
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Session 4 – Steve Whiting
Steve Whiting drew an important link between change, and his work for change from within Quaker Peace and Social Witness, and the JYM theme of Ubuntu. He talked about how change is effected in the community, and how the actions … Continue reading
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