Weekly Announcements 01.30.2022

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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Proposal for Helping to Resettle Afghan Families

The ad hoc Committee on Aiding Afghan Refugees will meet on February 1 at 7:30 PM on Zoom to further consider a proposal for support of Afghan family refugees. The threshing session will consider the results from the recent survey, responses to questions from Lutheran Social Services, the level of support we think we can provide for a family, and identifying point people for various tasks. Other congregations interested in working with us on resettling a family have been invited. All are welcome.

For more information, contact Jo Anna at joanneschneider77@gmail.com.

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Wednesday Meditation

On Wednesday, February 2 at 7 pm, the Wednesday Meditation group will gather together on Zoom. After meditation, the group will discuss the final section of A Testament of Devotion (Thomas R. Kelly). All are welcome to attend whether you have read the section or not.  The group will be selecting a new book soon. All suggestions are welcome.

For more information, contact Patty R. at pjrobin24@gmail.com

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Dayspring Silent Day Retreats

These day-long silent retreats at Dayspring Silent Retreat Center takes place on Saturday, Feb. 5 and Sunday, Feb. 6 (9 am – 5 pm). Friends can join in all or part of the day to enjoy the beauty of God’s creation in meadows and woods, reading, walking, resting, praying, finding our own rhythms, listening for the Still Small Voice at Dayspring Retreat Center in Germantown, MD. Proof of vaccination, masks, and physical distance protocol are in place. Financial contributions are invited, will be tax-deductible, and can be deposited in the donation box upon arrival.  Space is still available.

If you are interested, please contact Jean C at jschristianson@gmail.com as soon as possible for details on how to register.

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Baltimore Yearly Meeting Women’s Retreat

The annual BYM Women’s Retreat will take place on Saturday, February 5 from 10am-12noon on Zoom. To register, click here.

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Drivers for Helping Hands Care Team

The Helping Hands Care Team of the Pastoral Care committee, which provides transportation for Friends with medical or emergency needs, is seeking more drivers. If a need arises, drivers are contacted to see if they are available and willing to assist. If you would like to be on the list to be contacted, please be in touch with Barbara T. at pastoral-care@annapolisfriends.org.

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Mark Your Calendar

Meeting for Learning: Dimensions of the Peace Testimony

Please plan to participate in this session to be held on Sunday, February 13, 9:15 am – 10:45 am on Zoom.

How do we respond? The Peace Testimony & US Military Engagement

On Sunday, February 20, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m., a live discussion with Samuel Moyn, author of “Humane: how the U.S. abandoned peace & reinvented war.” Join us to hear facts of ongoing U.S. military engagements, discuss them, and decide for yourself how our Quaker peace testimony leads us to respond.  For more information, click here  for the flyer. To pre-register for the program, link here and the Zoom link will be sent to you.  Sponsored by AFM Peace and Social Concerns.  For more information, contact Phil C. or Peter M.

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5th Night Light – Every Thursday evening

Every Thursday from 7:00 pm until 8:00 pm, the AFM community engages in a spiritual practice that acknowledges the Light of God within each person and reinforces that to be in community is to actively care for one another. During this 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 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 11:00 am. This Meeting for Worship can be attended in person (see safety guidance below) at the Meetinghouse, or remotely on Zoom (Phone: 301-715-8592, Meeting ID: 650 269 455, Passcode: 241727)

  2. On the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays, at 8:00 a.m. This Meeting for Worship is in person, and meets outdoors in good weather. Please see below for safety guidance for in-person Worship.

Other options for Meetings for Worship include: 1) a gathering in spirit only, physically apart and without technology, at 8:00 a.m. on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays. 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).

Safety guidance for in-person Worship:

Masks are required indoors at the Meetinghouse. Chairs will be physically distanced.  Please consider the health needs of others and join from home if you are ill.

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

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