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.
- EVERY DAY: 12 pm EDT (9 am PDT) Uphold Ukraine on Zoom
- July 18 (Monday), 5:30 pm, Communications Committee Meeting on Zoom
- July 24 (Sunday)
- 8 am, Meeting for Worship, in person or from your home (no technology)
- 11 am, Meeting for Worship (in person and on Zoom)
- 12:30 pm, Friends Writing Together on Zoom
- 1 pm, Silent Worship with the Quakers in Kyiv on Zoom
- July 31 (Sunday), 1:30 pm, Committee Clerks’ Meeting
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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.
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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
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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 may be in Hyattsville, Baltimore and points in-between.
For more information, email info@annapolisfriends.org
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Communications Committee meeting
On Monday, July 18, at 5:30 pm the Communications Committee will meet on Zoom for their monthly meeting.
Contact Ellen M. at communications@annapolisfriends.org for more information.
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Friends Writing Together
On Sunday, July 24th at 12:30 pm, the F/friends will meet on Zoom and write stories, poems, or snipits. All are invited to the Friends Writing Together. We write from prompts that are provided by a facilitator, which is a brief suggestion intended to elicit images, stories, and thoughts, which only you know, to which only you can give voice. Sharing aloud is optional. We do not critique this fresh writing, but offer what touched us. Everyone has stories—the prompts simply help guide us toward them. No experience necessary; all ages welcome. Bringing your lunch is optional..
Contact Mary B. at info@annapolisfriends.org for more information.
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Committee Clerks’ Meeting
On Sunday, July 31, at 1:30 pm the Committee Clerks will meet. This is an opportunity for us to discuss topics that benefit from coordination across committees and otherwise enrich our committee work at AFM. Clerks are welcome to provide input regarding the topics to include on our agenda. Please let Martha know if there are items that emerge at your meeting whenever your committee meets next.
Contact Martha B. at clerk@annapolisfriends.org to provide input or for more information.
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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.
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AFM Business
The August Meeting for Worship (MfW) with Attention to Business (wAtB) will not be held on the 1st Sunday in August due to the conflicts with the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Annual Session. The next business meeting will be held on Sunday, September 4, at 9:00 am.
Contact Martha B. at clerk@annapolisfriends.org for more information.
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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.
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Wednesday Meditation Group on Hiatus
The Wednesday Meditation will be taking the Summer off. No Wednesday Meditation meetings will be conducted during the Summer. The group will restart meeting on October 5, 2022 at 7 pm. They have been meeting on Zoom, sitting silently for the first 40-minutes and then discussing a book that the group selected. Look forward to more announcements in the Fall.
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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:
- Weekly at 8:00 am. This Meeting for Worship is in person (no technology) and meets outdoors in good weather.
- 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.
The Celebration of the Life of Bob Bruninga was held on July 16th and all seats were filled and more seats were brought out. Participants expressed their love, respect and admiration for Bob. He is sorely missed, but his influence will continue to be with us.