Children and JYFs

 
Yearly Meeting includes online activities for children and has times for Junior Young Friends (JYFs) to gather:

  • "Welcome to All" on Saturday 1st July, 1 pm followed by children's and JYFs gatherings
  • All Ages Meeting for Worship with Liz Shield on Sunday 2nd July, 10 am 

  • "Silver Wattle Easter Family Gathering" Share and Tell with Liz Shield on Wednesday 5th July, 6:30 pm

  • Home Groups, for parents with young children, daily from Saturday 1st to Saturday 8th July, either at 9 am or at 5pm/6pm.

  • JYFs Home Group with Lisa Wriley at 7 pm on Saturday 1st, Monday 3rd and Friday 7th July.

  • Treasure Hunt with Julie Walpole on Saturday 8th July at 1 pm.

  • Mandalas and Circles with Wilma Davidson on Saturday 8th July at 1:45 pm.

Check the YM23 timetable here.  

Read on below for details of each activity. Times shown are AEST, 30 mins earlier for SA and NT, 2 hours earlier for WA. 

Online activities and gatherings for children and JYFs --- more information:

  • "Welcome to All" on Saturday 1st July, 1 pm:  Families with children and JYFs are warmly invited to join the "Welcome to All" session on the first day of Yearly Meeting.  We will meet Bruce Henry and others in the clerking team.  Then the families with children and JYFs are invited to wave to everyone.  You could click on "raise hand" or be spotlit.  After this, families with children are invited to go with Jo Temme into a breakout room together to share something you have made or drawn.  JYFs can go into a separate breakout room together. 
  • All Ages Meeting for Worship on Sunday 2nd July, 10 am:  We encourage children to bring a quiet activity, eg colouring in, origami, a jigsaw puzzle, or drawing pens and paper. There will be some spoken ministry led by Liz Shield.
  • "Silver Wattle Easter Family Gathering" Share and Tell on Wednesday 5th July, 6:30 pm:  Liz Shield will share stories, photos and videos of the families that gathered in late March. With young and older children, JYFs and Young Friends, Silver Wattle was stretched to capacity. 
  • Home Groups, Saturday 1st July to Saturday 8th July, every day:  Home groups are small groups that meet each day as fellow travellers during Yearly Meeting. You can ask to be allocated to a group that meets in the morning at 9 am or in the afternoon at 5 pm / 6 pm.  Are you a parent with younger children? You could join a Family Friendly home group that includes other parents and younger children.
  • JYFs Home Group, Saturday 1st, Monday 3rd and Friday 7th July at 7 pm, JYFs are invited to gather in their own Home Group with Lisa Wriley on three evenings.
  • Treasure Hunt, Saturday 8th July, 1 pm:  Join Julie Walpole for a Treasure Hunt. Julie asks, "What is a Treasure?  Feel free to bring and share one of your treasures before we go hunting for new ones." 
  • Mandalas and Circles, Saturday 8th July, 1:45 pm:  Join Wilma Davidson to colour in Mandalas and discover circles around us. 

 

Activity facilitators:

Jo Temme and Liz Shield, VRM;  Lisa Wriley, NSWRM;  Julie Walpole, TRM;  Wilma Davidson, CRQ.

 

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