SCYMF Winter Quarterly Gathering
Saturday, March 7, 2026 • In person (Camas Friends Church, WA) + Zoom
Coming up Saturday! Join your Friends from SCYMF at the Winter Quarterly Gathering on Saturday, March 7, 2026. We will meet in person at Camas Friends Church in Camas, Washington, and also on Zoom.
“SCYMF” stands for Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends, which is the broader community of Friends meetings we call home. SCYMF gatherings are an opportunity to meet with and get to know Friends from like-minded meetings in Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho. Hear how Quakers in places like Camas and Olympia and Klamath Falls live out their commitments to inclusion, justice, and peace.
There will be a program for kids during the day (except for lunchtime) with crafts and fun activities.
Join via Zoom
Meeting ID: 854 4035 4892
Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85440354892
Location
Camas Friends Church
1004 NE 4th Ave, Camas, WA 98607
Schedule for Saturday, March 7
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00–10:30 a.m. | Workshops (two workshops to choose from) |
| 10:30–10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45–11:30 a.m. | Worship and music led by Matt Boswell & Friends (Camas) |
| 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Business session |
| 12:30–2:00 p.m. | Lunch (Mediterranean cuisine) |
| 1:10–2:00 p.m. | Forest-bathing excursion (optional) led by Jo Boswell (Camas) • Wess Daniels book signing/sales during this time |
| 2:00–5:00 p.m. | Business session |
| 5:00–9:00 p.m. | Intergenerational game night |
Lunch: Suggested donation is $10 (cash, check, or Venmo). We will take an offering during the business meeting for the general fund. You will need cash or check for purchasing Wess Daniels’ books.
Workshop Descriptions
1) Endless Revolution — The Lamb's War and Framing Quaker Relationships to Empire Today
In this workshop, we will explore the political and theological context of both the early Church and Early Friends, and explore the Book of Revelation as a basis for understanding their relationship to empire and “the Lamb's War.” We will look at what, if anything, the Lamb's War has to do with Friends today and consider practices of resistance that may be meaningful as we consider our own relationship to the American Empire.
C. Wess Daniels is the William R. Rogers Director of Friends Center and Quaker Studies at Guilford College. Wess is an author and a recorded Quaker minister committed to liberation theology, anti-imperial expressions of Christianity, and revitalising faith traditions that embody love and justice in our communities around the world.
In-person only.
2) Money — The Spiritual is not separate from the Practical
When you think about the practical realities of money in your life, what feelings or images come up? Do those same things surface when you reflect on how Spirit shapes your relationship with money? In this Right Sharing of World Resources workshop, Traci Hjelt Sullivan, Executive Director, will help us explore where these experiences overlap and where they differ, through guided conversation about how we use money and the spiritual traditions and writings that inform our lives.
Right Sharing of World Resources, founded in 1967 by FWCC, facilitates educational opportunities to learn about our global connections to one another, and provides micro-enterprise grants to women's groups in Guatemala, India, Kenya, and Sierra Leone.
Available in person and via Zoom (with registration).
Forest-Bathing Excursion (Optional)
Meet at 1:10 p.m. outside under the awning (near the main meeting room entrance) to walk to the Lacamas Creek Trail. Expect a few short but steep-ish hills and potential mud (depending on the weather).
Questions? Contact Jo Boswell: joannrenee@gmail.com
Youth Schedule (March 7, 2026)
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00–10:30 | Youth participate in workshops with adults |
| 10:30–10:45 | Introductions, expectations, icebreaker |
| 10:45–11:30 | Youth business meeting |
| 11:30–12:30 | Business sessions / service project |
| 12:30–2:00 | Lunch and walk (with walking group or youth group) |
| 2:00–4:30 | Business sessions / service project |
| 4:30–5:00 | Set up game night, hangout time |
| 5:00–9:00 | Intergenerational game night • cleanup/wind-down • sleepover • breakfast • attend Camas service Sunday |
Registration (Zoom)
It is still possible to register to attend via Zoom. Please send the following information to registrar@scymf.org by March 5, 2026:
- Name(s) of those attending
- Church or meeting affiliation
- Age(s) if under 18
- Email addresses of those attending
- Pronouns
- Note that you are attending via Zoom
- Note if you plan to attend the RSWR workshop (Endless Revolution is not available via Zoom)
Advance Documents & Business Minutes
Friends are encouraged to review the advance documents and previous minutes in preparation for the Winter Quarterly Gathering and Business Meeting.
Advance Documents for March 7, 2026
These materials provide background information and proposals to support Spirit-led discernment during business.
View Advance Documents (PDF)Previous Business Meeting Minutes
Please review the minutes from the Fall Quarterly Gathering held on October 4, 2025.
You can also browse minutes and documents on the SCYMF website: Fall Quarterly Minutes page or the Gathering & Sessions Documents Archive .