Weekly Announcement 05.29.2022

Weekly Announcements

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 links 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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Afghan Refugees

AFM and our neighbors, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis (UUCA) are sponsoring an Agahan family!! The family found an apartment in Silver Spring near the White Oak Shopping Center with a tentative move-in date of June 4th. Our Unitarian friends will be handling the moving of housewares and furniture, but would appreciate some strong AFM assistance. Volunteers are needed for the health, children and school, and housing subcommittees. Jo Anne S. will be sending additional information on the AFM-Announce email list.

Donate new or used cell phones and computers for Afghan refugees. There is a box at the meetinghouse where you can drop them off.

Contact Doug McC. for more information at 410-923-1443.

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Dayspring Silent Retreat – June 3, 4, & 5

Dayspring Retreat Center is an ecumenical silent retreat center, a sacred place set aside for silence, solitude, reflection and prayer. The 210 acres of rolling forests and fields invite you to wander the paths, pause by the streams and ponds, rest on a bench in the shade, or walk the stone labyrinth.

On June 3, 4 and 5, AFM Friends will be deepening their spiritual life through the practice of silent retreat.

Contact Jean C. at info@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business June 5

Please participate in the June 5th Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business at 9:00 am. This is an opportunity to practice several of our testimonies as we carry out the practical work of maintaining our faith community. We seek to be Spirit-led in our work, with as much efficiency as possible, achieving a sense of what Friends call “right order.”

Contact Martha B. for more information by email to clerk@annapolisfriends.org.

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Potluck – Social Time

Following the Meeting for Worship on June 5th (Sunday), there will be an occasion for everyone to have an opportunity to socialize. Please get some food and join us for a virtual potluck.  The Zoom link for 11:00 am Worship will stay open for this informal gathering. 

For more information, email info@annapolisfriends.com. 

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BYM Annual Session

The Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) Annual Session will be held on August 1 – 7, 2022 at Hood College in Fredrick, MD. Registration is now open. The theme: Considering the wildflowers rooted in history, growing towards Spirit. 

To register and obtain additional information, visit the BYM website at BYM Annual Session.

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BYM Fall Spiritual Formation Retreat

The Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) Fall Spiritual Formation Retreat is scheduled for September 9 – 11, 2022 and registration is now open. Although it seems so far into the future, it is best to get ready now if you are interested. The retreat will be held at Shepherd’s Spring Outdoor Ministry Center, 16869 Taylors Landing Rd, Sharpsburg, MD.

For additional questions, please contact Marilyn Rothstein at marilyrothsetin@comcast.net or visit the BYM Spiritual Formation website.

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Memorial Celebration of Life 

There will be a memorial Celebration of Life scheduled.

On July 16, 2022 (Saturday), there will be a worship meeting for Bob Bruniga.

Contact Barb T. at pastoral-care@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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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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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 meets outdoors in good weather.
  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)

 

Other options 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 7:00 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.