Committees are the important places where most of our Meeting work is done. They form at the beginning of the calendar year, and are comprised of Committee Clerks/co-Clerks/Assistant Clerks and the other volunteer committee members. Committees typically meet each month.
The spirit-led deliberations and decisions arrived at during these meetings comprise the necessary leavening that informs the agenda of the monthly Business Meetings.
Items requiring Meeting approval are presented at Business Meetings by Committee Clerks or their representatives. A resulting decision, to be accepted by the Meeting, will be one that is arrived at in unity of the entire gathered body. If unity is not obtained, the deliberation is returned to the committee, and held over for further consideration.
The different committees, organized to support Annapolis Friends Meeting in its core workings, are detailed below. As an AFM member or attendee, please consider joining a committee to realize the full measure of being part of our AFM community.
The following list includes our committees and other functions. Each title is a hyperlink to a page with more information about that committee.
CHILDREN’S RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Nancy Jo Steetle, Point of Contact, children@annapolisfriends.org
COMMUNICATIONS: Ellen McBride, Clerk, communications@annapolisfriends.org
GIFTS & LEADINGS: Martha Baer, Clerk, gifts-leadings@annapolisfriends.org
LIBRARY: Martha Lurz, Betty Sue Salvia, Co-Clerks, library@annapolisfriends.org
MEETINGHOUSE & LAND: Kim Finch, Jeanne Ward, Co-Clerks, meetinghouse@annapolisfriends.org
MINISTRY & PASTORAL CARE: Martha Baer, Barb Thomas, Co-Clerks, ministry-pastoralcare@annapolisfriends.org
OUTREACH: Bonnie Peregoy, Cecile Taylor, Co-Clerks, outreach@annapolisfriends.org
PEACE & SOCIAL CONCERNS: Margaret Holmes, Phil Caroom, Co-Clerks, social-concerns@annapolisfriends.org
QUAKER MARKET: Cairn Krafft, Clerk, market@annapolisfriends.org
STEWARDSHIP & FINANCE: Jack Lahr, Clerk, stewardship@annapolisfriends.org
TRUSTEES: Patty Robinson, Clerk, trustees@annapolisfriends.org
Affiliated Organizations
Collington Kendal Meeting for Worship: 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesday s at 4 pm in the chapel 10450 Lottsford Rd., Mitchellville, MD 20721. Attenders are invited to stay for dinner. Contact Steve W. 301-925-7581; woodburybauer@verizon.net
North County mid-week Meeting for Worship: 1st Tuesday 7 to 8 pm. For more information, contact north-county@annapolisfriends.org
West River Burial Ground: Dating back to 1672, the West River Quaker Burial Ground (WRQBG) is an historic site that includes 92 burials. To see the website post go to this link: WRQBG
Global Quaker Organizations
Friends General Conference (FGC): an association of Quakers in the United States and Canada made up of 16 yearly meetings, including BYM, and 12 autonomous monthly meetings. AFM is connected to through BYM and sends a representative to FGC events. The FGC website can be reached using the following link: FGC
Friends United Meeting (FUM): an association of twenty-six yearly meetings, including BYM, of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in North America, Africa and the Caribbean. AFM is connected to FUM through BYM and sends a representative to FUM events. The link to the FUM website can be reached using this link: FUM
Friends World Committee on Consultation (FWCC): a Quaker organization that works to communicate between all parts of Quakerism. FWCC’s world headquarters is in London. It has the status of General Consultative Non-Goverenmental Organization (NGO) with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. FWCC shares responsibility for the Quaker UN Office in Geneva and New York City with the American Friends Service Committee and Britain Yearly Meeting. AFM is connected to FWCC through BYM and sends a representative to FWCC events. The link to the FWCC website can be reached using this link: FWCC