Weekly Announcements 03.06.2022

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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BIG NEWS!

AFM Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business (MfW wAtB) determined that it was time to open up the meetinghouse to all AFM members and affiliates, as well as BYM affiliates. Masks are now optional for indoors activities and respect is requested for each individual’s sense of COVID protection, including the wearing of a mask and keeping physically distant. The use of Zoom for meetings will continue as it has been these past two years.

For more information, contact Karen C. at clerk@annapolisfriends.org.

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AAC MLK Awards Dinner

On March 11 at 6:00 pm, our own Phil C. will receive and award at the 34th Anne Arundel County Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards Dinner at the Westin near the BWI airport. 

For more information, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/34th-annual-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-awards-dinner-tickets-210401796437
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Wednesday Meditation Group

Starting at 7pm on 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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Library Committee Meeting

The Library Committee will be working in the Library all morning.

For more information, please contact the committee at Library@annapolisfriends.org.

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Spiritual Friends Group

The Spiritual Friends Group meets on the 2nd Thurs. of each month, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm using Zoom, not in-person. We meet to nurture our spiritual lives and, if requested, to ask the group to hold us accountable to our individual intentions. Everyone is welcome. Quakers and non-Quakers!

Contact Barb T. for more information by email to info@annapolisfriends.org.

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Deconstructing Racism

Hope you can join us for centering silence, sharing of personal experiences related to diversity, and discernment of personal and corporate leadings. It is an opportunity to further consider decisions AFM is threshing as a meeting. We listen and learn from each other. We close in brief silent worship. All are welcome.

Contact Jean C. at info@annapolisfriends.org for Zoom link information.

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Sacred Chant and Dance

On March 13 at 9:15 am, everyone is warmly welcome to join our circle of Sacred Chant & Dance. There’s no need to know how to dance, and you may participate sitting in a chair or standing, singing and/or playing a drum or shaker, etc.  This is a spiritual practice which I hope will also be relaxing and fun for you. See you there!. All are welcome.

Contact Sylvia O. at info@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Climate Policy Discussion

On March 15 at 1 pm, our own Kalin Benson will be participating in a public discussion about international climate policy during the Quaker Earthcare Witness event on Zoom. Read more and register for the event by pointing your browser to the QEW website: https://quakerearthcare.org/event/international-climate-policy-from-quiet-diplomacy-to-youth-activism/

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Afghan Refugee Resettlement

The ad hoc committee to help Afghan refugee families resettle is looking for donations of bicycles and cell phones, in particular. Other items are needed, as well. Look for an email that will be sent our on the AFM-Announce list for more details. 

Contact Jo Anne S. at joanneschneider77@gmail.com for more information.

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First Day School

The Children Religious Education Committee (CREC) is requesting volunteers to assist with in-person First Day School on Sundays starting before the 11:00 am MfW.

Contact Martha L. at children@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Spring Clean-up

The Meetinghouse & Land Committee announced that there will be an outdoor “work day” to spruce up the grounds at the meetinghouse on March 19th from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm. There will be opportunities to garden, rake leaves, wash windows and more. In addition, there will be coffee, refreshments and lunch. All are welcome!.

Contact Kim F. or Jeanne W. at meetinghouse@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Quaker Spring Market

The AFM Quaker Market Committee announced that the date for the Quaker Spring Market will be May 7, 2022. Please mark your calendars! Also, contact Cairn K. if you would like to recommend an organization to benefit from the market.

For more information, contact Cairn K. at market@annapolisfriends.org.

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Racial Reconciliation

AFM is invited to participate with St. Philip’s Episcopal Church with their Racial Reconciliation efforts. There will be a meeting on March 10, 2022 and the time is yet to be announced. 

For more information, contact Phil C. at social-concerns@annapolisfriends.org.

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Easter Celebration

On April 17, 2022, AFM will be celebrating Easter and the Ministry & Worship Committee are planning the events. 

For more information, contact Peter M. at meredith.peter@gmail.com.

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5th Night Light – Every Thursday evening

From 7:00 pm until 8:00 pm on 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 8:00am. 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.

Spring in the AFM gardens!