Junior Young Friends Conference

Junior Young Friends Conference

            From Saturday, November 6, at 11:00 a.m., until noon on Sunday, November 7, Junior Young Friends (6th to 8th graders) will gather at Richmond Friends Meeting (COVID permitting). The youth program of Baltimore Yearly Meeting sponsors a series of weekend retreats for 6th to 8th graders (Junior Young Friends or JYFs). JYF conferences or “cons” are held at different Quaker Meetinghouses throughout the school year. Cons are a fun way to see friends from other Meetings or camp, make new friends, and retreat from the pressures of pre-teen life, while still developing skills around living in community and having a lot of fun.

            Sunshine Klein, the BYM Youth Programs Manager, and Ana Phillips, the JYF Assistant, facilitate these weekends. When registration is open, the link will be on the following site: https://www.bym-rsf.org/what_we_do/yutes/