Weekly Announcements

Reminder:

If you know of an event that you would like to see in the Weekly Announcements, please send the information to communications@annapolisfriends.org.

Coming Up:

The list of events below can also be viewed on the AFM website’s homepage or on the AFM Calendar.

Note: Titles link to the AFM Calendar for greater detail and the word Zoom contains the link to the online meeting. 

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Uphold Ukraine Daily

Friends House Moscow supporters in the U.S.A. are running an international online Meeting for Worship, to join other Friends holding in the Light all the people affected by the current crisis in Ukraine.

This meeting will run EVERY DAY. The start time depends on your time zone. It starts at 9:00 am PDT (12:00 pm EDT).

Click on THIS LINK, which is the Friends House Moscow Cloud Meeting. This link was revised as of 04.10.2022. Or use Meeting ID: 416 500 5614; Passcode: 182805

Contact Ann R. at ministry@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Quakers in Kyiv Sunday MfW

The Quakers in Kyiv meet on Sundays at 1:00 pm EDT in silence. For Zoom information, go to their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/QuakersKyivUkraine/. 

On Zoom: Meeting ID: 852 8396 7313; Passcode: 2022

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Legislative Advocacy

On Tuesday, January 24, at 8 pm on Zoom, Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) will hold a “Welcome the 118th Congress with Action” discussion with advocacy experts. 

“Our Quaker faith motivates us to double down on persistent advocacy as a tool for creating the world we seek. Amid the chaos, we seek solutions and build relationships with our legislators.” – Amelia Kegan

To register for the FCNL session on January 24th: FCNL Discussion Registration.

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Children’s Religious Education (First Day School) & Nursery Care

The Children’s Religious Education Committee offers First Day School (FDS), also known as Sunday School, from 11:00 am until 11:50 am in person each Sunday during the 11 am Meeting for Worship. In addition, there is Nursery Care, as needed. To line-up nursery care, please email children@annapolisfriends.org.

Volunteers are needed for both First Day School and for Nursery Care. Please go to the Sign-Up Sheets in the Members and Attenders section (Want to Help?) of the AFM Website to sign up!!

Teacher Sign-Up Sheet

Nursery Care Sign-Up Sheet

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Faith & Practice Worship Sharing

AFM Ministry & Worship Committee will be holding an in-person worship sharing on Sunday, January 29 at 9:15 am for input on the proposed newly revised sections of Faith & Practice on “The Quaker Experience” and “Meeting for Worship”.  A Zoom only session will be held the same day at 12:45 pm (rise of the 11 am Meeting for Worship.)

This is a meaningful opportunity to deeply consider our faith and practice as Friends in Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM). We are asked to consider what resonates or challenges us, if anything, and any suggestions for improvement to these sections.  Please know that all are welcome, regardless of the time you have been associated with Friends.

In case you did not see the announcement in the recently distributed BYM newsletter, the BYM Faith & Practice Committee held two Zoom sessions, one on  January 14th and one on January 19th with regards to the revisions mentioned above. To learn more, point your browser to BYM’s Faith and Practice webpage. 

Contact Martha B. at info@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Dayspring Silent Retreat 

On February 24 to 26, 2023, the Dayspring Silent Retreat will take place.  Dayspring’s website, dayspringretreat.org, offers a glimpse of the nourishing retreat setting with its natural beauty, precious solitude, as well as the spiritual companionship that awaits us. The registration form can be obtained on the Dayspring website.

Complete the registration form and make a check for $250 payable to Dayspring Retreat Center and mail to Jean Christianson, 189 Edgewater Rd., Pasadena, MD.  Maximum retreat capacity is 18 (or fewer, depending on COVID protocol).  A check (full amount or deposit) will guarantee your spot or place you on the waiting list. Registration deadline is Friday, February 17, 2023.  Checks will be deposited after the retreat. Annapolis Friends are encouraged to apply for scholarship assistance through AFM Stewardship and Finance Committee’s adult scholarship fund, if financial help is needed.

Contact Jean C. by email jschristianson@gmail.com or call/text at 410-908-1912 if you have questions.

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The AFM Library – Monthly Queries

It’s a new year!

The library committee is going to resume Monthly Query information. Books about the query will be placed on the left side of the rack on the counter. There will be a tier on the Pendle Hill rack of pamphlets about the query.  A copy  of the Monthly Query will be posted on the shelf above the books.

For January the Query is Meeting for Worship, a basic Quaker practice.

The Pendle Hill Pamphlet 444 is titled The Gathered Meeting. Steven Davison in 28 pages relates his experience of a “gathered” meeting. While he admits being gathered doesn’t happen at every worship he tells about the ones where he has felt it. Steven guides us through how to prepare ourselves personally for meeting for worship listing 9 actions we can take and meeting for worship with attention to business.  He also includes what the meeting community can do as a group to make a gathered meeting possible listing 5 preparations.

The #444 pamphlet and other Pendle Hill pamphlets are in the rack on the table.

Contact Martha L. or Nan E. at library@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Communications

Do you appreciate electronics and sharing information with others? Great! There are many opportunities to support the AFM community. The Communications Committee oversees the AFM website, the Weekly Announcements Email, Zoom, Owl and other ways of providing for blended worship meetings and information sharing.  Although you could join the Communications Committee and would be welcomed, it is not necessary. There are “second circle” opportunities, too, such as writing topics for the News section of the website or writing blurbs for the Weekly Announcements Email. Perhaps you’ve wondered about the Owl (audio visual device) that we use to make blended (Zoom + in-person) meetings happen. You can certainly help out and there are lessons available. There are at least 10 slots to fill each month for Zoom hosts and Owl operators. It would be great to have a few more folks helping with these tasks. All are welcome.

Contact Ellen M. or Wes J. at communications@annapolisfriends.org.

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Wednesday Meditation Group

Starting at 7 pm every Wednesday, the Meditation Group will meet on Zoom and we will sit silently for the first 40-minutes followed by a book discussion based on a selected book.

For more information, contact Patty R. at info@annapolisfriends.org.

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5th Night Light – Every Thursday evening

From 7:00 pm until 8:00 pm every Thursday, the AFM community engages in a spiritual practice that acknowledges the Light of God within each person and that to be in community is to actively care for one another. During that time, Friends hold people and situations who need additional spiritual support in the Light. Friends will pause wherever they may be, read the list of names, and hold each person or situation in our hearts and in the Light. On Wednesday, the list of names or situations are sent out to the AFM-Announce list.

For more information, contact Pastoral Care at pastoral-care@annapolisfriends.org.

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Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting

AFM is part of the Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting (CQM) and our representatives at the quarterly meeting are Canby Robertson, Phil Caroom, Molly Finch, and Barbara Thomas. The next CQM will be held at Gunpowder Friends Meeting in Sparks, MD on Sunday, February 12. The focus for the February meeting will be focused on Maryland legislation as the General Assembly then will be in session. We will hear from Quaker Voice of Maryland (QVM) and the Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform (MAJR). 

Contact Canby R. at info@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Collection Bench at the end of the hall near the Nursery

JARS: If you have a jar from the 13 bean soup mix or take-out purchased at the December Quaker Holiday Market, please return them to the meetinghouse in the Collection Bench area.  Many thanks!!

2023 CALENDARS: If you have extra 2023 calendars, please drop them off at the collection bench. The Quaker Market Committee will be collecting and distributing them to Tyler Heights Elementary School in Annapolis where the calendars will be handed out to the children.

Pots and Pans: If you have extra pots and pans in good condition that you would like to donate, please drop them off at the collection bench. The Quaker Market Committee will take them to Hope for All, one of the causes from the December Quaker Holiday Market. Hope for All is an organization that works with people who are in need of basic items in Anne Arundel County and parts of Baltimore, including those who are transitioning out of homelessness.  

Contact Cairn K. at market@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Winter Relief – Evening Chaperones Needed 

We (AFM) will be assisting with folks temporarily housed in the basement/multi-purpose room at Magothy UMC in Pasadena. Volunteers are needed to chaperone during the evenings of Monday (3/20) through the morning of Monday (3/27). The “chaperone” will stay in the shelter with the homeless on shifts. Each night (7 pm to midnight) and early morning (midnight – 6 am). If you would like to volunteer to contribute food or chaperone, please email Phil C. (pcaroom@gmail.com) and let him know your preferred dates, as well as what you are willing to do.

Contact Phil C. at pcaroom@gmail.com for more information.

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Paths for Peace

Would you like to have better means of expressing yourself in a peace-promoting way? The Paths for Peace group is a friendly Quaker-affiliated group that gathers weekly on Zoom to explore various facets of positive communication. The group, a practice group with Geneva and Brighton Ffriends, includes people with experience in Alternatives to Violence (AVP) and Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and is guided by the Quaker Testimonies of integrity ‘speaking Truth’ and pacifism ‘taking away the seeds of war’.  Meetings are a mixture of discussion and practice, drawing lessons from these and other sources and applying them to the situations life is throwing in our direction, both personally and as a world. 

 We meet every Friday from 12:00- 13.30 EST, 17:00-18.30 GMT, 18:00-19:30 CET.

 Contact Kate Mackrell (katemackrell@mac.com) or Rosie Nazareth (rorie.nazareth@outlook.com) for more information.

For more information, contact Pastoral Care at pastoral-care@annapolisfriends.org.

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Meetings for Worship

There are two options for Sunday worship with Annapolis Friends Meeting:

  1.     Weekly at 8:00 am. This Meeting for Worship is in person (no technology) and held outdoors in good weather. Masks and social distancing are optional inside the meetinghouse.
  2.     Weekly at 11:00 am. This Meeting for Worship can be attended in person at the Meetinghouse, or remotely on Zoom (Phone: 301-715-8592, Meeting ID: 650 269 455, Passcode: 241727). Nursery care is available; please email us at children@annapolisfriends.org if you would like to bring your child/children to our nursery. First Day School (a.k.a., Sunday School) is available for school age children in person.

Other options that you can attend for Meetings for Worship include: 1) a gathering in spirit only, physically apart and without technology, in communion with friends at the Meeting House at 8:00 a.m. This option was created to link Friends in worship in the early days of the pandemic, and often Friends are at their own homes.  2) In North County, on the 1st Tuesday of each month, at 7 pm (please see North County Meeting on the calendar). 

For more information, send an email to info@annapolisfriends.org.

For additional information about Annapolis Friends Meeting and other events click here for the calendar. Or at https://annapolisfriends.org.

 

Grape Hyacinths on January 23, 2023 – Climate Crisis Much?
Photo credit: Ellen M