Weekly Announcements 04.03.2022

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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North County Meeting

The North County Meeting will be held from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm on April 5th (Tuesday). This is an in-person event (no technology) held outdoors in Glen Burnie, MD on the 1st Tuesday each month. 

Contact Diane E. for more information by email to info@annapolisfriends.org.

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Uphold Ukraine!

Friends House Moscow supporters in the USA 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. In California (Pacific time, PDT) it starts at 9:00 am.

Click on THIS LINK and scroll down to Meetings for Worship.

For more information, contact Ann R. at ministry@annapolisfriends.org.

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Quakers in Kyiv MfW

The Quakers in Kyiv meet on Sundays at 7:00 am EDT in silence. For Zoom information, go to their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/QuakersKyivUkraine/. 

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Afghan Refugees

Donate 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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Deconstructing Racism 

On Saturday, April 9th at 2 pm, we 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 and additional 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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Welcome Gathering

On April 10, 2022 (Sunday) from 9:15 am until 10:45 am, there will be an in-person celebration at the meetinghouse marking our return to the meetinghouse after more than two years of being away. This event is sponsored by the Outreach and Pastoral Care committees. A time to reconnect with those we haven’t seen in person since the Pandemic began, and to meet new attendees, so that we can welcome them in person. There will be hot and cold beverages, muffins, donuts, and fruit available.  For anyone interested, we will have tours of the meeting house, the library and the grounds.  We are looking forward to the warmth and connectedness of an in-person gathering.  Hoping to see you there.

For more information, contact Joan M. at outreach@annapolisfriends.org.

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Spiritual Friends Group

The Spiritual Friends Group meets on the 2nd Thurs. of each month (April 14), 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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Easter Celebration

On April 17, 2022 (Sunday), AFM will be celebrating Easter and the Ministry & Worship Committee are planning the events, including 7:00 am Early Worship followed by a walk on the path and, then, breakfast in the meetinghouse. Come one and all! 

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

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Quakerism – Learn More

There is an opportunity presented by the Patapsco Friends Meeting who is hosting a series of discussions about Quakerism. They would like to invite you to join them on the next third Tuesday (April 19) at 7 pm on Zoom. There is a flyer introducing the schedule.

The format is simple. They will view a short QuakerSpeak video after a period of silence. Then the group will offer a few queries and open up small breakout rooms to hear how Friends respond to the video. And finally they will rejoin the virtual discussion to hear what experiences and reflections Friends are led to share. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join the meeting on zoom.

For more information, contact Jim R. at jimrose38@gmail.com.

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Earth Day – April 22nd

On April 22nd, people around the world will be celebrating Earth Day. This year’s theme is “INVEST IN OUR PLANET”. Check out EarthDay.org for additional information or CLICK HERE to go to the webpage.

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A Quaker Filmmaker – Martin Krafft

On April 24th 9:15 am during Meeting for Learning, itinerant Friend, Martin Krafft, will be discussing the process of making the documentary film, “Terminal”, and the relation between filmmaking and Quaker practice. The film explores his friend Rachel’s experience with a terminal cancer diagnosis, as well as Rachel’s complex existence in the world. “Terminal” considers, too, the difficulties that arise in trying to provide support for a friend in need. Here is a trailer for the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyBSwUhVRHM&feature=youtu.be.

For more information, contact Ann R. at ministry@annapolisfriends.org.

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Quaker Spring Market – May 7th

Mark your calendars! The AFM Quaker Spring Market will be a modified market, completely out of doors and offer many of the old familiar items, like yummy foods. Young Friends are making pet toys to sell at that Market! Remember May 7, 2022 at the meetinghouse there will be an opportunity for sharing items, fundraising and community building.

Contact Cairn K. at market@annapolisfriends.org for more information..

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Memorial Celebrations of Life 

There are two memorial Celebrations of Life scheduled.

On May 21, 2022, there will be a worship meeting for Lee Lougee that will begin at 12:00 pm and include a potluck/reception around 1:00 pm.

On July 16, 2022, 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.

Periwinkles and Daffodils!