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MYRM 2017
2017-04-27 - 2017-05-01 | Koinonia Retreat Centre, 53 First Street, Judith's Paarl, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2094, South Africa
Mid-Year Reps Meeting will once again be taking place at Koinonia in Johannesburg. The Saturday will focus specifically on financial management.
Please download and complete the Registration Form as a matter of urgency: MYRM 2017 – registration form – FINAL

Yearly Meeting 2018
2018-01-02 - 2018-01-08 | Good Shepherd Retreat Centre, Hartebeespoort, South Africa
YM 2018 will be taking place at the Good Shepherd at Hartebeespoort from 2-8 January 2018. The registration & ECTF funding form, the programme and the Meeting/Cluster report template are all available on the SAYM page.

Yearly Meeting 2019
2019-04-17 13:00 - 2019-04-23 10:30 (Europe/Helsinki) | eMseni Christian Centre, Plot 61B, Road No. 5 (Off Great North Road), Brentwood Park, Benoni, Gauteng, 1505, South Africa
17-23 April 2019 at eMseni Christian Centre (www.emsenichristiancentre.co.za) near Johannesburg.
The Handout for YM 2019 can now be downloaded. This is the document that will be handed to attendees at the YM. The file is on a password-protected page. Please contact your Clerk for the password if you have not recorded it.
YM 2019 Handout available for download

MYRM 2020
2020-10-05 13:00 - 2020-10-08 13:00 | Lumko Retreat and Conference Centre, 47 Dickenson Road, Benoni North, Gauteng, 1501, South Africa
Mid-Year Reps Meeting has been postponed to 5-8 October 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It will be held at the Lumko Retreat and Conference Centre in Benoni North.

YM 2021
2021-01-02 13:00 - 2021-01-10 10:00 | Good Shepherd Retreat Centre, Hartebeespoort, South Africa
The 2021 Yearly Meeting will be held early in January. Specific dates are still to be decided upon. The YM may extend to 7 nights as YMs will now be held every 2 years, instead of twice in 3 years. The dates noted for this event are provisional and will be changed nearer the time. The venue is likely to be Good Shepherd, but that is also subject to confirmation.

Richard Gush Lecture 2021
2021-06-16 18:00 - 19:30
Marie Odendaal will be giving the 2021 Richard Gush Lecture, titled “Creating our world in love’s image”, on Wednesday, 16 June 2021 at 18:00 South African time.
The lecture will be given via Zoom, and there will be time for questions and small group discussions during the course of the 90-minute session. Participants are requested to log in at least 10 minutes before the starting time.
To attend the lecture, send an email to RichardGushLecture@gmail.com and a registration form will be sent to you.

Yearly Meeting 2021
2021-07-24 14:00 - 2021-08-01 17:00
The 2021 Yearly Meeting that will be held via Zoom over consecutive weekends and focus on the theme “Our emergence from the Pandemic”.
The current programme is below, but this is subject to adjustment.

Date
Time
Focus
Session No.

Saturday, 24 July
14.00 – 14.30
Greetings from Meetings
1

14.30 – 17.00
Discussion of selected themes from the Reports with group discussions in breakout rooms.
2

Sunday, 25 July
09.30 – 10.15
Meeting for Worship with Quaker Community Johannesburg
3

10.15 – 10.45
Worship Sharing in breakout rooms
4

10.45 – 12.30
Main Business Decisions: Finances and Nominations
5

Saturday, 31 July
14.00 – 17.00
Discussion of the Conference Theme: Our emergence from the Pandemic. Group discussions in breakout rooms.
6

Sunday,
1 August
09.30 – 10.15
Meeting for Worship with Quaker Community Cape Town
7

10.15 – 10.45
Worship Sharing in breakout rooms
8

10.45 -12.30
Next Yearly Meeting: January 2023? Mid-Year Reps Meeting in September 2022? In person or blended?; Theme?
Group discussions in breakout rooms.Report from Young Friends; Report on Children’s Meeting; Finalisation of the Minutes.
9

Although the format is online, registration is required to assist us in organising the Yearly Meeting. An outline of the planned programme is part of the registration form. Registered Friends will be notified of any updates.
Participants should please log in at least 10 minutes before each session begins. There will be comfort breaks in the sessions, and time for reviewing minutes, but these are not included in the Programme yet. The Children’s Meeting will not have a special YM programme as it already has an ongoing programme that will continue as normal. A YM document containing all submitted reports will be available from 16 July. It is extremely important that attendees read the YM document beforehand (and discuss it in their Meetings), as there will be no time to sit and read it while the zoom meeting is in progress.
Please download the registration form here and send it to Heath no later than 31 May 2021.

Representatives Meeting March 2022
2022-03-26 10:50 - 2022-03-27 15:30
The next Representatives Meeting will be held as an online event on 26th and 27th March.
Download the registration form.
DRAFT AGENDA
Version of 28 February 2022
Saturday 26 March 2022

Item
Time
Session
Duration

1
10.50
Friends log on to Zoom Meeting
10 min

2
11.00
Meeting for Worship: theme ubuntu
30 min

3
11.30
A brief history of our (local) meeting
30 min

4
12.00
Comfort break
10 min

5
12.10
Minute
10 min

6
12.20
YM Clerks Report on Implementation of RM and YM decisions
40 min

7
13.00
Break for Lunch
30 min

8
13.30
Minute
10 min

9
13.40
Reflection on the experience of the PAR Groups and decisions on follow-ups and actions
60 min

10
14.40
Comfort Break
10 min

11
14.50
Minute
10 min

12
15.00
Light and Lively – sharing of music, poetry, stories, videos, 10 min talks, etc – open mike for items
60 min

13
16.00
Closing of the day announcements

Sunday 27 March 2022

14
9.20
Friends log in to Zoom Meeting
10 min

15
9.30
Meeting for Worship: theme caring for creation
45 min

16
10.15
Worship Sharing in breakout rooms.
30 min

17
10.45
Discussion with Tim Gee, new General Secretary, FWCC World Office, and Bainito Wamalwa, Clerk of FWCC Africa Section
30 min

18
11.15
Comfort Break, Transition
15 min

19
11.30
Young Friends and Children’s Meeting
60 min

19bis
12.30
Follow-up on PAR Groups
30 min

20
13.00
Break for Lunch

21
13.40
Minute
20 min

22
14.00
Proposed theme for FWCC WPM 2024 and discussion of whether it could serve as the theme for SAYM 2023
45 min

22bis
14.45
Report from Nominations Committee
15 min

23
15.00
Comfort Break
10 min

24
15.10
Minute
10 min

25
15.20
Closing Silence
10 min

Representative Meeting 23-24 July 2022
2022-07-23 10:00 - 2022-07-24 17:00 | Zoom – online meeting
The next SAYM Representative Meeting (RM 2207) will take place over the weekend of 23-24 July 2022. It will be held online via Zoom.
The Meeting for Worship and Worship Sharing on the morning of Sunday 24 July 2022 will be open to all.

Yearly Meeting 2023
2023-01-03 13:00 - 2023-01-08 11:00 | Good Shepherd Retreat Centre, Hartebeespoort, South Africa
The upcoming YM 2023 of the Southern Africa Yearly Meeting will be taking place from 3-8 January 2023 at Good Shepherd Retreat Centre in Hartbeespoort.
We hope that you will be able to attend this Yearly Meeting, which will focus on Ubuntu. YM 2023 will be a blended Meeting in that we will be gathering in person at Good Shepherd as well as having some sessions being simultaneously available via Zoom.
The Registration forms and information documents can be downloaded below, or from the SAYM page.
NB NB if your browser blocks pop-ups (this is often the case if you’re using Chrome), you will need to allow pop-ups from this site in order to download the documents.

YM 2023 IN PERSON Registration and ECTF Application — REGISTRATION FORM — Use this one if you plan to attend YM in person (including if you are attending as a day visitor, for just one session, e.g. the Richard Gush Lecture).
YM 2023 ONLINE – Registration — REGISTRATION FORM — Use this one if you will be attending online only. You can indicate on this form if you need ECTF support for data or transport to where your Local Meeting is gathering.
YM 2023 Map of Yearly Meeting Programme — version of 29 August 2022.
YM 2023 Objectives and Agenda YM 2023 — version of 29 August 2022.

The deadline for registrations is 15 October 2022.
The deadline for reports is 31 October 2022.
Please note that, unlike previous YMs, Local Meetings are *not* required to submit reports for inclusion in the YM Document.
To ensure you receive all relevant information about YM 2023, please add the email addresses noted on the registration forms to your email contacts, to prevent anything ending up in your Spam folder.
We look forward to gathering in person once again where we can strengthen our connections as Friends and each deepen our own spiritual lives.

Representative Meeting, 22 March 2026
2026-03-22 09:00 - 17:00
The next SAYM Representative Meeting will be held on 22 March 2026 via Zoom.
Further details and requests for reports will be sent out in due course.
Any SAYM Friends who wish to offer reports on their own special projects or interests for the RM should get in touch with the Co-Clerks. Reports for inclusion in the RM Reports Document should be sent to Heath by 1 March 2026.

Young Friends Camp
2026-04-03 - 2026-04-07 | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Friends and Meetings, please support Young Friends with a donation towards their camp taking place in early April 2026. Even a small donation will make a difference to them. Scan the QR Code in the poster below.
Young Friends aged 18-35 are encouraged to join Southern Africa Yearly Meeting’s Young Friends at this camp.
