Friends United Meeting, Canada Yearly Meeting (Five Years Meeting), Canadian Yearly Meeting (CYM) is a body of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers),[1] with approximately 1300 members in Canada and border areas of the United States.
It was formed in 1955 by the amalgamation of three groups from different branches of Quakerism: Genesee Yearly Meeting (Friends General Conference), Canada Yearly Meeting (Five Years Meeting) and Canada Yearly Meeting (Conservative).
Canadian Yearly Meeting (CYM) consists of 27 Monthly Meetings (MMs), in five regional groupings: The annual Yearly Meeting Sessions are held in the summer, rotating between sites in western, central and eastern Canada.
CYM carries out work through various committees, including the Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC), the Canadian Freinds Foreign Missionary Board, the Home Mission and Advancement Committee (including the Quaker Book Service),[1] and Camp NeeKauNis Committee.
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