Annual Sessions, Conferences and Retreats
Annual Sessions
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Annual Sessions 2024
“There Is One Who Still Speaks to Our Condition!” | July 21-24, 2024
We are excited to hold this year’s Annual Sessions at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. This year we plan to offer the conference as a hybrid. We encourage people to attend in person if they are able, but there will be an option to attend virtually and sessions and workshops will be video recorded. Please read carefully as there are additional options for youth and families (see below).
Notice: Generally, 2024 Annual Sessions start on Sunday morning in local churches, and depart for home from George Fox University on Wednesday morning.
Sunday, July 21
Opening Session in the worship service at your local church | Featuring: Alan Weinacht, Associate Superintendent
Sunday Evening General Session, Missions Banquet | Featuring: Matt Macy, Mobilizations Director for Evangelical Friends Mission | Canyon Commons Banquet Rooms 101-103
Monday-Tuesday, July 22-23
Monday Evening Worship | Featuring: Dr. Tammy Dunahoo, Executive Dean of Portland Seminary | Bauman Auditorium
Tuesday Evening Worship | Featuring: Dr. Jim Le Shana, NWYM General Superintendent | Bauman Auditorium
Child Care
Child care is provided for children 6mos through Kindergarten.
Youth Connect with Kaleo Academy (new program)
Youth Connect this year led by Kaleo Academy will take place July 21-24, 2024 and is designed as a retreat for students involved in the Friends Church (see the schedule below).
The Family Camp Option
Students entering grades 1-6 have the opportunity to attend Day Camp Summer Camp at Camp Tilikum. Commuter and overnight options (lodging with parents) are available.
Middle School Students, grades 6-8 have the opportunity to attend Quest Camp Summer Camp at Camp Tilikum. Commuter and overnight options (lodging with parents) are available.
High School Students get to be a part of Kaleo Academy during the 2024 Annual Sessions. This Kaleo-Lite program will be offered on site at George Fox University, in partnership with Kaleo Academy. Commuter and overnight options at Camp Tilikum (lodging with parents) are also available.
NWYM 2024 Youth Sessions led by Kaleo Academy (click to [VIEW/DOWNLOAD])
For questions about any portion of these 2024 Sessions, email Elizabeth Licon at NWYM, or call Elizabeth at (503) 538-9419.
For more information about 2024 Sessions Youth Connect [CLICK HERE].
For more information and registration for 2024 Annual Sessions: [REGISTRATION IS CLOSED].
Watch for 2025 Annual Sessions information beginning in April.
Midyear Meetings 2025
“There is One who still speaks to our condition.”
NWYM Midyear Meetings – February 7 & 8, 2025.
NOTE: Anyone in NWYM is welcome and invited to attend the NWYM Vision Banquet and the Equipping Workshops, but all pastors, elders, representatives, board members, and other church leaders will be especially interested. All times posted are Pacific Standard Time.
Registration is closed.
Conferences
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Multiplication Conference 2024
“A Great People to be Gathered”.
November 13-15, 2024
We want everyone to commit to the concept of planting churches. This conference will be a great opportunity to focus on next steps.
About the Conference
An inspiring, world-wide Great Commission gathering!
Due to an overwhelmingly positive response to this conference in 2022, we are offering it again as an online and in-person experience that will connect evangelically-minded Friends from homes, local churches, and Yearly Meetings, and regions all over the globe.
Join the Friends Church multiplication movement—you will be inspired, challenged, encouraged, and thankful to be part of what God is doing! You won’t want to miss it!
- Strategic, Practical Workshops
- Fellowship reception to connect with like-minded people around the globe
- Affinity group gatherings for regional leaders, church planters, pastors of potential mother churches, prayers, and more
- Fresh ideas to apply to your home church
View the 2024 Schedule and register: Registration is closed.
Pastor's Advance 2025
2025 Information coming soon!
Dates: Mid-October
Location:
Speaker:
Music Leader:
Check back soon for information on the 2025 program.
Pastor's Conference 2025
An Annual Gathering for Pastors, Spouses, Friends Serving Abroad, Seminary Students, and Ministry Leaders in NWYM of Friends Church.
We invite you to a time of rest, renewal and play. Enjoy the company of other sisters and brothers who serve and seek to honor Jesus and his people. This is a time to renew the joy of seeking and following Christ, to reconnect and make new friends, and to walk the beach and enjoy God’s creation. The food is pretty wonderful as well!
2025 Information
Dates: April 21-24, 2025
Location: Twin Rocks Friends Camp
Speakers: Tony Wheeler, Superintendent of Pastoral and Church Help at EFC-MidAmerica Yearly Meeting
Music: TBA
Registration is closed. Check back soon for more information on the 2025 program.
Retreats
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Men’s Retreats
About Friends Men
The purpose of Friends Men, is to keep our eyes on Jesus, find our identity in Christ, listen to the Holy Spirit, and so bear witness as to how Jesus makes a difference in our lives. We do this to be transformed into the image of Christ (Romans 8:29), to go into all the world and tell the Good News to everyone, everywhere (Mark 16:15), so that Jesus may make a difference in the lives of others.
Man Camp 2025 at Quaker Hill Camp
Whether you’re nine or ninety, Man Camp is the perfect opportunity for a winter getaway with fellow men of God. Come ready for a weekend of fun and fellowship in the mountains!
Speaker: Pastor James Tower
Dates: February 21-23, 2025
Man Camp 2025 at Twin Rocks
Join us at the Oregon Coast in September for a wonderfully unique Men’s Retreat, where we’ll combine the comforts and quality of a top-notch weekend retreat with time outdoors around the campfire connecting with friends.
Dates: September 12-14, 2025
Main Speaker: Joshua Bunce, Pastor at Friendswood Friends Church, Friendswood, Texas
Dear Friends,
Thanks for attending Men’s Retreat at Twin Rocks in years past. We look forward to your return. All of the traditional elements that make the Twin Rocks Men’s Retreat so special remain firmly in place.
- fun, relaxation, smiles
- extended time outdoors
- bacon, seafood, s’mores
- campfire conversations with friends
- inspiring teaching and times of worship
- comfortable sleeping indoors
- a chance to build relationships with men from your local church
Ken Beebe/Executive Director
Twin Rocks Friends Camp & Conference Center
Pastors attend at no charge (those employed 1/2 time or more). For more information email Ken Beebe or call (503) 355-2284.
[INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION]
Women’s Retreats
About Friends Women
Friends Women coordinates women’s groups in the individual churches of the yearly meeting area. Projects include the support of a missionary family on a foreign field and partial support of a family in Northwest Yearly Meeting involved in church planting. It also serves as an information link with the work of Evangelical Friends International. Groups within individual churches also have service projects in their local areas, as well as holding fellowship and support meetings.
Goals
- To provide Christian fellowship.
- To provide support through prayer and monetary support to home and Friends Serving Abroad (FSA).
- To provide service and support in our local churches.
If you would like to read an essay Geraldine Willcuts wrote about Friends women you can download it by clicking [HERE].
General Information
Dues per member: $25.00. Make checks payable to Friends Women and mail to Janelle Nordyke, 200 N. Meridian Street, Newberg, OR 97132.
Reading
- Spiritual Growth/Christian Living
- Quaker History and Doctrine
- Missions, Christian Fiction
- Biography/Autobiography
RISE Women's Retreat 2025 at Quaker Hill Camp
Greetings from the 2025 RISE Retreat Team
It is retreat time again. We are so excited that RISE Retreat will be here soon and hope that you will help us get the word out to your church and community again. Women from Friends churches all over Idaho and beyond are invited, as well any other women, just looking for a chance to “retreat” from the everyday and go deeper in their faith journey. Thank you for all you do for the kingdom and hope you will help us spread the word about this RISE retreat!
When: September 12-14, 2025
Where: Quaker Hill Camp in McCall, ID
SHINE Women's Retreat 2025 at Twin Rocks Friends Camp
Greetings from the 2025 SHINE Retreat Team
Leave your kids, your job, and your piles of laundry, and escape to the beach. Refresh your body and soul! Let someone else cook, clean, and care for you. Take in some fresh air, great teaching, music, and fun! Let’s gather together and become better Friends.
When: September 26-28, 2025
Where: Twin Rocks Friends Camp
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