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Annual Gathering
IMYM Faith and Practice says that Annual Gathering "is a spiritually enriching occasion as Friends seek guidance from the Light Within and share their diverse insights and concerns for service in the larger world. Yearly meeting attenders consider ways in which spiritual guidance, truth, witness, and friendship have been expressed over the past year and how these expressions may be extended in greater measure to those who come to us as seekers. The annual business sessions of Intermountain Yearly Meeting are held during the annual gathering."
Annual Gathering June 2024 Friends ~ come one, come all to the Registration Opens March 2024. Subscribe to the IMYM Email List to receive the newest Annual Gathering announcements (and more)!!! Gather for:
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Welcome Young Friends IMYM Annual Gathering 2023 invites young friends across the age spectrum including:
Join Quaker Friends from Children’s Yearly Meeting, Junior Young Friends, and Senior Young Friends, for worship, worship sharing, business meeting, tons of activities, relaxation, fellowship, and most of all … FUN. Check out our Young Friends page for more info! |
Pay as Led IMYM Annual Gathering registration fees are based on a “pay as led” model. Pay as led pricing is available for members & attenders of individuals connected to Monthly Meetings within Intermountain Yearly Meeting. Our goal is to include as many Friends as possible in the fellowship, fun, and discernment of business at Annual Gathering. So, to reduce financial barriers to attendance and participation we ask you to register for the room and board you need and then prayerfully consider how much you feel led to pay – whether that is less or more than the true cost. We ask monthly meetings to continue to support attendance at the Annual Gathering, but instead of making individual grants for attendance to individuals, please send the amount the meeting might have awarded, directly to the Yearly Meeting Treasurer. This way, no one needs to ask for help, and everyone will be provided for. This method of financing the annual gathering has worked for several years due to generous donations from Friends. IMYM has decided to use this process for as long as it continue to work. During the registration process, you will be given an opportunity to donate to the IMYM Pay as Led (PaL). We thank you for supporting this inclusion effort of IMYM. For more information, please see the article Paying as Led on the Friends Journal website. |
Gather at Fort Lewis College Ft. Lewis College, located in iconic Durango, Colorado, invites us to "bring curiosity, sense of adventure, and love of life" to their vibrant campus overlooking a beautiful landscape of mountain and desert. Fort Lewis College has a large food court with an abundance of delicious food choices including menu options to accommodate many food restrictions including gluten free, diabetic, dairy free, or vegetarian/vegan. We'll lodge on campus in Animas Hall and Cooper Hall. Golf cart transportation is available to make getting around campus easy! To learn more about Ft. Lewis College, including their Land Acknowledgement to the Nuuchiu (Ute) tribe, Jicarilla Abache (Apache), Pueblos of New Mexico, Hopi Sinom (Hopi), and Dine (Navajo) Nations, visit their college HISTORY website. Check the Annual Gathering registration website for more information on Ft. Lewis College, Food, and Lodging. Friends who may have stayed away from the IMYM Annual Gathering because of the accessibility challenges posed by the Ghost Ranch venue will find Fort Lewis College a truly accessible venue. Just as important, IMYM is committed to “seek to create an inclusive environment that encourages full participation of all in the life of our Yearly Meeting. We seek guidance and recommendations from those who have experience with various accessibility needs and experience with creating universally accessible built environments and programs (MINUTE 20190614(b)).” Join us in Durango to enjoy the mountains, participate in our programs and activities and help us seek the guidance of Spirit to make IMYM a truly inclusive, welcoming experience for all. |
Remembering Ghost Ranch In June of 1970 the IMYM community gathered at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico for the first time. Over the many years that followed, Friends journeyed to Ghost Ranch to enjoy worship, fellowship, and business, in this beautiful home-away-from-home. At the 2017 Annual Gathering meeting for business, we discussed the possibility of moving the gathering to a new location to better support the needs of Friends and the size of our group. June 2019 was the last time we gathered at Ghost Ranch and we will always remember it fondly. The 2017 IMYM Epistle reminds us that "wherever we gather, love is at the root of it all" - Molly Wingate, Clerk |