Weekly Announcements 08.07.2022

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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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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Threshing Session – Quaker Call to Action 

On August 10 (Wednesday) at 7:30 pm, the Peace & Social Concerns Committee is holding an online threshing session to further discern how we might respond with love to our communities’ and our country’s fearful divisions. See the Quaker Call for background information related to an invitation for a national dialogue on the urgent threats to democracy. 

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

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Spiritual Friends Group 

On August 11 (Thursday) at 4 pm, the Spiritual Friends Group will meet on Zoom. The group meets online on the 2nd Thurs. of each month 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 Group

On August 13 (Saturday) at 2:00 pm, the Deconstructing Racism Group invites you to  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.

  • Deconstructing Racism Group from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm for prayerful reflection on personal and structural racism, discernment of individual and corporate leadings) and followed by a …
  • Diversity Book Discussion from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The book being discussed can change.

For more information, contact Jean C. at info@annapolisfriends.org.

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Spiritual Enrichment

On August 17 (Wednesday) at 4 pm, Syliva O. will be providing an online spiritual enrichment opportunity titled: A Mystical Reading of the Story of Jesus’ Life. There will be a DVD, a period of centering silence and a time for sharing. See the calendar event for this meeting by CLICKING HERE.

Contact Sylvia O. at info@annapolisfriends.org to learn more.

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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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Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival

There will be a celebration of the perseverance, education, and cultural heritage of Africans, African Americans, and Caribbean people of African descent. The festival is a volunteer-run event organized by the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Kunta Kinte Celebrations, Inc. Annapolis Friends have supported and participated in the annual celebration that will be held at the Susan Campbell Park at Annapolis City Dock on September 24 from 10 am until 7 pm.

For more information, visit the website: https://www.kuntakinte.org.

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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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Stony Run Meeting

The Stony Run Meeting announced that they are seeking to hire a full-time Meeting Facilitator who will assist the meeting to grow their membership. View the full position description at Stonyrunfriends.org.

Contact Stonyrunjobsearch@gmail.com to learn more.

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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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BYM – Jesus’ Friends

Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) has an Advancement and Outreach committee called Jesus’ Friends who have sent an invitation to the various Meetings in BYM, including Annapolis Friends Meeting (AFM). The Jesus’ Friends is based on the biblical verse from John 15:15 that says: “ I have called you friends. “ 

Are you a new-comer from a Christian tradition?  Are you an old-timer who remembers meetings peppered with scripture and prayer?  Are you just curious?

Jesus’ Friends offers opportunities to share Quaker commitment drawing on Biblical and Christian sources in the Quaker tradition.  Depending on interest, opportunities might include: worship, worship sharing, Bible study, discussion groups, family events, guest speakers, service and witness and prayer circles.

To receive regular emails about upcoming opportunities, email JesusFriends@bym-rsf.org and include the key phrase “I’m interested” in the subject line.

Jesus’ Friends is sponsored by the BYM Advancement and Outreach Committee.  We encourage reactions, ideas, and volunteers.  Include the key phrase “Let’s Talk” in the subject line of an email to the above address.

Contact JesusFriends@bym-rsf.org to learn more.  If you want to talk by phone, call Steve Morse:  703 581 9827

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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, including financial donations, team members on the ad hoc committee, and transportation.  Checks can be sent to Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, 333 Dubois Road, Annapolis, MD 21401 and noted for UUCA Afghan Refugee Program. 

For more information, email info@annapolisfriends.org

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AFM Library

Please visit the physical library at the meetinghouse and look at the list of books that are currently in the library by visiting the Library Collection on the AFM website. There are two ways to find the Library Collection:

  • Paste this link into your browser – make sure to bookmark this link
  • Follow the “breadcrumbs” (i.e., the path): From the AFM Home Page, scroll down to the footer, click on For Members and Attenders, click on Committees, click on Library and click on Library Collection. Also, bookmark the page for next time.

There are multiple ways to search the collection and to review the list of books, periodicals and more:

  • Use the arrow keys on the webpage to move from page to page.
  • Type the Title or Author 
  • Sort the whole list by Title or by Author

For more information, email library@annapolisfriends.org

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Light House, a homeless prevention center

Marcia O. announced that the Light House has a new process for volunteers and, if you would like to help out at the Light House, you can contact her or check out the Volunteer Webpage.

For more information, email Marcia O. at info@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.

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