Annual Gathering - Date Change - Mark Your Calendars: Friends, the new dates for the 2026 Gathering are June 17-21. More information will follow in the weeks ahead. Now is the time to update your calendars.
Annual Gathering Update: The program is being discerned by the Program Group, clerked by Penny Thron-Weber. Listening Sessions - open to all in the IMYM community - were held in early December by Zoom. Many theme and program ideas were shared. Discernment is in process. If you have questions or suggestions, or a desire to contribute, even in a small way, please send an email to Penny Thron-Weber.
Annual Assessments and Pay-as-Led Monthly Meetings - now is the time to respond to the annual assessment request. The Assessment amount is unchanged from last year; pay as led contributions at this time are to assist IMYM with operations expenses. An email has been sent to all Monthly Meeting Clerks and Treasurers. Please be sure your Meeting's checks is mailed to Treasurer - IMYM, Post Office Box 2114, Flagstaff, Arizona 86004 as soon as possible.
Have skills and background working with children? Available during Annual Gathering 6/17-21? - Paid Contractor Opportunity: Is there someone in your Meeting who works with children who might be interested in five days at the Annual Gathering in Durango, CO with the Yearly Meeting kids? Elizabeth Freyman has done this for three years and her term is over. E-mail RepComClerk@imym.org for information or interest.
Possible new contractor position is in discernment by the Coordinating Committee: At the January 24 Representatives Committee meeting we will consider descriptions of an IMYM Next Generation program, its program coordinator, and fundraising being developed by the Coordinating Committee in consultation with the Next Gen Working Group and the Finance Committee. We plan to send you a draft of this proposal next month so you have time to review and discuss it with your meeting in January.
Representative's Committee Dates: Sat Jan 24, 2026 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM (Mountain Time) by Zoom. Links will be emailed closer to the date of the meeting. Mark your calendars now - lots will be discussed and discerned.
Monthly Meeting Clerks Important Resource: A Support Group for IMYM Monthly Meeting Clerks, hosted by Ministry and Council. The next Zoom Support Meeting will be January 27. People with questions could contact Vickie Aldrich.
Non-Violence Training: David Wells from Tempe Monthly Meeting will be giving nonviolence to Friends and others in those communities training in Salt Lake City and Moab, Utah soon . Non-violence training is one of the items recommended by the Way Forward Group to support our communities in the Intermountain West.
The trainings will cover:
- What is Violence/What is Nonviolence?
- Listening
- Working with your local immigrant community
- What’s your target?, What’s your objective? Who’s your intended audience?
- Bystander Training
- Peacekeepers training
- Preparing for possible arrest and risking arrest.
If your meeting would like Dave to come to you to provide training, contact him at makedemocracywork@gmail.com. So far, meetings have been collaborating and are paying for his transportation.
Thoughts on Building an IMYM Intervisitation Program (Exploration Phase)
Rob Pierson – 29.Nov.2025
Vision: We see an IMYM community where Friends recognize and share their spiritual call and gifts across the region. We see Meetings making known their spiritual needs and longings, welcoming visits from traveling Friends. We see intervisitation providing mutual encouragement and building up of both individual Friends and Meetings across the Intermountain west.
Near Term Goals:
Principles:
Roles:
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Rob Pierson will gather interested folk, instigate, see what arises, convene a huddle
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Intervisitation Huddle (does not exist yet! not anything formal!) gathers Friends willing to explore what can be done; see “Potential Initial Tasks” list below.
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Coordinating Committee helps with practical details, like announcements
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Program Committee includes “Intervisitation Exploration” session in annual gathering
This program is coming and still being formed. If you are interested, contact Rob Pierson.
501c3 update - IMYM filed for 501c3 status October 21, 2025 following approval . 501c3 is not necessary for tax exempt status for IMYM.ORG. Donors, except for those restricted in their donations to 501c3 organizations, may claim tax exemptions for their donations to IMYM.ORG (please check with your own tax advisor); some donors requiring 501c3 status may approve donations based on the filing date. As of December 12, 2025, the government taxing authorities have yet to issue IMYM an approval letter or any response beyond acknowledging the filing and requesting our patience with their backlog of work.
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