Membership: Members or attenders of the Atlanta Friends Meeting. Meetings: Scheduled as needed
Mission Statement: The mission of the YFSC (formerly called the Young Friends Oversight Committee) is to encourage, nurture and build a Young Friends Program that models Quaker process and values by fostering community building, worship, service and fellowship.
Duties:
Guidelines and Quaker Process
1. Establish guidelines for Young Friends (YF) and adults working with YF, update, distribute and post guidelines, resolve problems around and answer questions regarding guidelines and, develop a process to determine consequences for breaking guidelines (e.g., mediation, clearness).
2. Appoint mediation and clearness committees when needed including members of the committee and/or the larger meeting community.
3. Model Quaker Process and Values.
4. Work with YF Business Meeting and help implement decisions made at YF Business Meeting.
5. Support YF Coordinator in acting as liaison between Atlanta Meeting and the Southern Appalachian Young Friends Program.
6. Report to Larger Meeting through Meeting for Business.
7. Support YF Coordinator in communicating with parents.
8. Support YF Coordinator in planning and organizing YF events for young Friends from third grade through High School.
9. Develop ways to include young Friends in the life of the meeting. Friendly Adult Nurturers (FANs)
1. Support YF Coordinator in selecting, overseeing, and training FANs.
2. Support YF Coordinator in calling on Adult members of Meeting to be FANs or leaders of YF activities.