Weekly Announcements 02.13.2022

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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Wednesday Meditation

On Wednesday, February 16 at 7 pm, the Wednesday Meditation group will be starting a new book, The Long Road to Joy by Tich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press).  Meditation followed by discussion. All are welcome to attend whether or not you have been able to do the reading.

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

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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” will be held. This presentation will critically examine the use of drone welfare to make war more “humane.” 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  to pre-register. Sponsored by AFM Peace and Social Concerns.

For more information, contact Phil C. or Peter M.

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Spiritual State of the Meeting

On February 27, a portion of the Meetings for Worship at 8:00 am and 11:00 am and of the First Day School session will be devoted to worship sharing on the Spiritual State of the Meeting. All are encouraged to participate in this worship sharing to reflect on our past year and how our meetings have evolved. Our reflections will be shared, collected, sent to BYM and assembled into a yearbook. The yearbooks can be downloaded electronically.

For more information, contact Ministry and Worship at ministry@annapolisfriend.org

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Weekly In-Person Early Meeting Begins

Beginning this month, AFM will begin holding weekly in-person Meetings for Worship at 8 am (masked). This in-person option is in communion with those who wish to continue to gather in spirit only rather than at the meetinghouse .

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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 8:00am. This Meeting for Worship is in person (no technology) and meets outdoors in good weather. Please see below for safety guidance for in-person Worship.

2.     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)

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).

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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