SAYF NEWS
(Our website is in transition, so thanks for your patience.
Current forms and information can still be found below.)
Activities and Highlights from
Recent Retreats:
=> November 23, Asheville Friends Meeting
We started the retreat Friday evening and waited for SAYFers
from other states to arrive. With everyone present, we went
over sleeping guidelines, and headed to bed. In the morning
after breakfast, we discussed the query of this retreat, followed
by meeting with attention to business. After lunch we went into
Asheville for a scavenger hunt intended to bring attention to the
everyday beauty around us. Upon arriving back at the meeting,
we prepared for Friendsgiving, which we started with information
about the original thanksgiving, and how the spirit of the holiday
has changed. Sunday morning we cleaned the meeting house,
and joined Ashville Friends for singing and Meeting for Worship.
[Notes from Feb. Nurturing Retreat in West Knoxville pending.]
Worship Journals for recent retreats are fond on the Epistles
page.
Our next retreat of the 2023-2024 season is scheduled
for Celo / Arthur Morgan
School, March 22-24
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Contact FAN:
Mari Ohta <ohta.mari@gmail.com >
Planners:
Celo Young Friends
March
22-24 Celo/AMS Retreat Cover Sheet
March
22-24 Celo/AMS Online Registration Form (see instructions)
SAYF
Medical Release form (2024)
Covid-19
and Community Guidelines with 2023-24 packet
Directions
to Celo Arthur Morgan School
Registration
instructions:
1. Fill out the online registration form at the link
above, press submit
2. Click SAYF's PayPal link (appears at the top of the
registration form)
to pay your retreat fees - please write your young
friend(s)' name(s) in
the comments section of the PayPal payment.
3. Please be in touch with the FAN from your meeting with
any questions
about transportation and logistics.
4. If you have not yet filled out a med form for this
year, the PDF of that
form is also attached. A med form must travel with your
young friend(s).
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Please be sure to read and observe revised Covid
guidelines
for in-person SAYF retreats.
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Additional Connections for our SAYFers:
-- The April 2021 retreat inspired us to capture the historic
Young Friends Book Recommendations posted as graffiti in
the AFM High School room. Photos
are Here, and the page
includes links to epic photos from SAYF white water rafting
adventures, 2010-2014.
-- We continue to invite "anytime" worship journal writing
as another way to stay in touch with our SAYF spirit and
your inner light. Journal Submissions will
be published to
our EPISTLES
page as they are submitted via email to:
Autumn Woodward <awesomeSAYFers@gmail.com>
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DONATIONS:
Retreat attenders, parents and Friends of SAYF are invited
to
make tax deductible contributions to this
teen program of the
Southern Appalachian Yearly meeting and Association
(SAYMA)
Gifts are especially helpful this year, as explained in
our
2021
Donation Request Letter.
Last updated 2023.08.27