Ministry & Oversight Committee

Resources

• PYM Child Abuse Prevention Policy [Approved by Yearly Meeting, July 17, 2017]
• Ministry and Leadings Subcommittee booklet Faithfulness In Action (Draft 2.2 1 June 2009)  PDF – 22 pages

Contact Information

Contact us page

See the Complete List of PYM officers, appointees, committee members, and delegates, linked from the Nominating Committee’s page.

Current Reports and Proposals

• Ministry_and_Oversight_Report_to_RepCom_2019 (posted 2/26/19)
• Eldering Subcommittee of M&O Report to RepCom 2019.v2
• Summary of Evaluations of PYM 2018 Annual Session

 

• FGC Affiliation

Over the past few years, M&O has shared a number of resources to inform the discernment over whether PYM should affiliate with Friends General Conference.  Links to those resources are collected here, most recent first:

• • Annual Session 2019 Summary on Affilation with FGC (posted 7/3/19)
  • FGC Affiliation Issue as Recorded in PYM Minutes and Reports 2014-2019 (posted 7/3/19)
  • New Document and Renewed Request for Further Seasoning on FGC Affiliation (posted 5/1/19)
    • [Earlier version: Request for further seasoning by Monthly Meetings re FGC Affiliation 15 March 2019 (posted 4/30/19, text of email sent to monthly meeting Representatives and Clerks on 3/17/19)]
  • 2019 FGC Talking Points (posted 4/30/19, a brief summary of main initiatives of FGC through 2019)
  • History of PYM Discernment on Affiliation with FGC 2014 to 2019 (revised 3/15/19 after RepCom 2019)
    • [Earlier version: M&O Process for Discerning Possible Affiliation with FGC since 2014 (posted 4/19/18)]
  • Financial Implications of FGC Affiliation Revised 1 March 2019 (submitted to RepCom 2019)
  • M&O Summary of Monthly_Meeting_Reflections_on_FGC_Affiliation (posted 7/4/18)
  • FGC Affiliation Consideration Updates (4/19/18)
  • FGC Responses to Pacific YM Questions April 2018 (4/19/18)
  • Additional Information about FGC Affiliation and a Request for Monthly Meetings to Season (2/1/18)
  • PYM-FGC Affiliation Frequently Asked Questions (5/31/17)
  • Benefits of Affiliation with Friends General Conference 2017 (document from FGC)
  • Process and Procedures for a Yearly Meeting to Affiliate with FGC (doc from FGC)
  • FGC programs June 2017 (document from FGC listing “what they are doing”)
  • December 2017 issue of Vital Friends (sample FGC newsletter)

Prior Reports

• Ministry and Oversight Report to Annual Session 2018 (posted 7/2/18)
• M&O Name Change Reflections June 2018 (posted 7/1/18)
• 2018 RepCom M&O Report (PDF). Attachments below:
  • Additional Information about FGC Affiliation and a Request for Monthly Meetings to Season (NOT IN ADVANCE PACKET; NOT IN MINUTES PACKET)
  • Summary of Evaluations of 2017 PYM Annual Session
• 2017 Annual Session M&O Report (PDF) see attachments below
  • Child Abuse Prevention Policy [Approved by Yearly Meeting, July 17, 2017]
    • Earlier Drafts of Child Abuse Prevention Policy DraftV4 (2017)  (as approved by M&O, April 22, 2017 but not approved by Annual Session) and 2015 draft 
  • PYM-FGC Affiliation FAQ 2017
    • Benefits of Affiliation with Friends General Conference 2017
  • PYM Restructure Proposal v5 July 2017 (updated version posted 7/10/17)
    • Old version of PYM Restructure Proposal for reference (v2 Mar 2017)
  • Summary of Evaluations of  2016 PYM Annual Session (shared at 2017 AS)
• 2017 RepCom M&O Report  (PDF)
• 2012 RepCom M&O Report (PDF)
• 2010 Futures SubCommittee of M&O Report (PDF)

See also: Annual Session Minutes & Reports Pages or RepCom Minutes & Reports Pages

Job Descriptions

See job descriptions page

Subcommittee Job Descriptions

See also: General PYM Job Descriptions web page

• Current
  • Eldering Subcommittee Job Description
  • Racial Justice Subcommittee Job Description
  • Religious Education Subcommittee Job Description (formed 2017)
  • Respectful Relationships Subcommittee
  • Worship Sharing Logistics Subcommittee
• Under Discernment
  • Monthly Meeting Representative Support Subcommittee Job Description (pending review by M&O)
• Inactive or Laid Down or Superseded
  
  • Electronic Communications Subcommittee Job Description (PDF file) became part of the new Communications Committee as of AS 2017 minute
  • Experimentation and Implementation Subcommittee Job Description (PDF file)
  • Ministry and Leadings Subcommittee Job Description (PDF file)
  • Visiting Friend Subcommittee Job Description (PDF file)