Weekly Announcements 07.03.2022

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. 

*********************

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.

↪Scroll Down for More ↩

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

↪Scroll Down for More ↩

Afghan Refugees

Please see the update on the AFM website: Update on the Afghan Refugees. To help out, there are several ways:

Financial Donations: To help with household needs, rent, renters insurance, some medical needs and an array of other expenses. To donate funds, please send checks to Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, 333 Dubois Road, Annapolis, MD 21401 and noted for UUCA Afghan Refugee Program. The person managing our account for the Unitarians will send out thank you notes for every donation, but those who donate will get one letter for the IRS stating the amount they donated from the UUCA treasurer at the end of the year or next January.

Neighborhood & Social: Helpers are needed who are familiar with the greater College Park, Silver Spring and Laurel, and Howard County areas, in addition to Anne Arundel  County, who can introduce the family to parks, museums, libraries, shopping, transportation, and more.

Transportation: Helpers are needed to drive the family to appointments from the family’s apartment. The appointments many be in Hyattsville, Baltimore and points in-between.

For more information, email info@annapolisfriends.org

↪Scroll Down for More ↩

North County Meeting for Worship

We will meet outside wearing masks at 7 pm on Tuesday, July 5. All are welcome! The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) call worship events Meetings for Worship (MfW) rather than services. This is a silent, centering Quaker meeting for worship where a group of people sit for an hour in silent, centering worship. Come sit with us.

For more information, contact Diane E. at info@annapolisfriends.org.

↪Scroll Down for More ↩

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.

↪Scroll Down for More ↩

First Day School – Break for Summer 

The First Day School will be on vacation for the Summer. The Children’s Religious Education Committee (CREC) will continue to offer nursery care for babies and small ones throughout the Summer.

For more information, contact CREC at children@annapolisfriends.org.

↪Scroll Down for More ↩

Meetinghouse is OPEN

Path Forward Reminders

This is a friendly reminder that our Meetinghouse is again open for both AFM and non-AFM activities and that we have resumed rental activities as of April 1, 2022.  We now hold 8 am worship (no technology) on a weekly basis.  Our 11 am worship continues in a blended format (in person with the option of joining via Zoom) on a weekly basis.

As we return to a greater in-person presence, Friends are reminded to monitor your health, staying home if you are not feeling well. Should you discover you have COVID after being at a Meeting activity, you are encouraged to contact the clerk or assistant clerk at clerk@annapolisfriends.org. If appropriate, others in the AFM community will be informed that someone (without specifying who) has tested positive so that others may make informed decisions about their own health.

As we continue to navigate the presence of COVID, we want to continue to foster a respectful community where we can make our own informed choices and respect each other’s choices related to mask wearing, physical distancing, and comfort participating in events with food. 

For information on current transmission levels, see the Anne Arundel County Department of Health website (updated on Fridays).

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) offers guidelines on masks during high periods of transmission.

Contact Martha B. atl clerk@annapolisfriends.org to learn more.

↪Scroll Down for More ↩

BYM Annual Session

The in-person portion of 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. It will be pay-as-lead and AFM has a scholarship. There will be an online portion of BYM Annual Session that will take place the week prior to August 1st starting on July 28 through July 31st..

On July 30th, our own Fran Palmeri will be presenting an online workshop at 10 am to 12 pm on the Many Faces of Wildflowers: “Wildflowers work at many levels in our lives. We will share how they connect us to each other, the planet and the Divine. Bring your stories, art, crafts, writing, music, healing and gardening tips, recipes, conservation and sustainability ideas. I will provide inspiration with photos and quotes” 

Ria Hawkins will be presenting in-person on August 4th at 2 pm on Becoming Comfortable with our Mortality: Living & Dying Well: “Ria Hawkins will share her experience where frequent and open communication about aging and dying contributed enormously to the deeply spiritual death of her beloved husband Ted. The workshop consists of presentations, an experiential exercise and worshipful sharing on queries from the End of Life Working Group’s new publication.” Ria is a beloved member of AFM.

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

↪Scroll Down for More ↩

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.

↪Scroll Down for More ↩

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.

↪Scroll Down for More ↩

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.

↪Scroll Down for More ↩

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.

Photo by Dotty D. Copyright © 2020 Clandestine Wren Photography, All rights reserved.