• About ILYM

    ILYM is a spiritual community of Quakers, also known as the Religious Society of Friends. Though the individuals in this community attend some 21 affiliated local Meetings across four states, each summer the Meeting gathers in a retreat near McNabb, Illinois to worship together and to conduct the business of the community. This business includes issues related to lay ministry, religious education, the practice of faith, volunteer service, public witness, publications, Meetinghouse site improvement, and finances. The ILYM Meetinghouse is also the worship site for Clear Creek Friends, as well as for workshops, retreats and committee meetings.

  • Anti-Racism Café


    February 15 @ 7 PM CST:

    This month we will provide an opportunity for community discussion on the escalating U.S. military attacks happening in Yemen, Syria, and Iraq and how we can be living our testimonies as Quakers in a country engaged in such actions.


    Are you interested in connecting with other Friends in Illinois Yearly Meeting on anti-racism work? Then join in at the Anti-Racism Café. Each month the ILYM Racial Equity and Education Committee will provide space both for Friends who want to share ideas for anti-racist activism, and for Friends who want to focus on the inward work of becoming anti-racist. This is an opportunity to learn about the experiences of Friends in other meetings, to share resources, and to come together in worship and fellowship to build a wider Quaker community.

    The Anti-Racism Cafés will be held the 15th of every month from 7:00-8:30 p.m. (Central). You are welcome to come for all or part of the session—stop in any time and stay as long as you want

    • Anti-Racism Cafe Zoom link; Meeting ID: 827 0319 9934, Passcode: 161204.
    • You can also call in for a voice-only connection using the same Meeting ID/Passcode: 312-626-6799 (Chicago).

  • Meeting for Healing

    Illinois Yearly Meeting’s Peace Resources & Racial Equity and Education Committees hosts a virtual Meeting for Healing in the Middle East via the Downers Grove Zoom Meeting on the 2nd Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. (Central). Examples of intentions that are held in the Light are: the protection of humanitarian aid workers and physicians that are ministering to the Palestinian people in Gaza, all individuals that are physically and emotionally suffering due to the war, that the US would call for a ceasefire and more. This is an opportunity to unite with others in seeking Divine guidance and intervention to bring peace and an end to the war. Zoom Link; Meeting ID: 973 0257 9831; Passcode: 000000.

  • 2023 Sessions Videos

    Following are videos from the Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday night presentations and the Plummer Lecture.


    Sharon Goens-Bradley, Regional Director for the Midwest American Friends Service Committee, speaking to ILYM Annual Sessions on “Creating Faithful Actions in our Changing World.” Recorded June 21, 2023.


    Noel and Sarah Pavlovic, Ecologist and Environmentalist, Members of Duneland Friends Meeting of ILYM, speaking to ILYM Annual Sessions on “Creating Faithful Actions in our Changing World.” Recorded June 22, 2023.


    Robin Mohr, Executive Secretary Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas. speaking to ILYM Annual Sessions on “Creating Faithful Actions in our Changing World.” Recorded June 24, 2023.


    Let Your Life Speak, the 2023 Jonathan Plummer Lecture by Virginia Schelbert (Evanston Friends Meeting, ILYM). Recorded June 25, 2023.