Weekly Announcements 08.28.2022

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 contains the link 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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Discernment: “Quaker Call to Action”

On August 30 (Monday) at 7:30 pm on Zoom, Friends will gather to further discern. Peace & Social Concerns Committee is holding an online threshing/discernment session with a focus on 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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Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business September 4

Please participate in the September 4 Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business at 9:00 am. This is an opportunity to practice several of our testimonies as we carry out the practical work of maintaining our faith community. We seek to be Spirit-led in our work, with as much efficiency as possible, achieving a sense of what Friends call “right order.”

Contact Martha B. for more information at clerk@annapolisfriends.org.

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Potluck – Social Time

Following the Meeting for Worship on September 4 (Sunday) about 12:30 pm, there will be an occasion for everyone to have an opportunity to socialize. There will be both an in-person Potluck and a virtual potluck. Please get or bring some food and join us for either a virtual or an in-person potluck.  The Zoom link for 11:00 am Worship will stay open for this informal gathering. 

For more information, contact email  info@annapolisfriends.org.

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North County Meeting for Worship

We will meet outside wearing masks at 7 pm on Tuesday, September 6. 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.

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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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Sacred Chant and Dance September 11 (Sunday)

On September 11 (Sunday) at 9:15 am, everyone is warmly welcome to join, in person at our meetinghouse, our sacred circle of chant and dance. It is an ancient way of celebrating community and togetherness. Through our gentle movement and very simple chants, the body, mind and heart tend to become integrated while we connect with our Center and the other dancers. It is a spiritual and interfaith practice in which one may experience a deep sense of the Divine. So, come, relax, and find the joy and beauty of the Light within, between, and all around us. Masks and physical distancing are optional. There will be no Zoom connection.

For more information, please contact Sylvia O. at info@annapolisfriends.org.

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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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Nominating Process

Committees are the heart of the community at AFM and where things get done. Many hands make the load lighter and we have the opportunity to enjoy each other’s company, talents, skills and personalities. In September each year, the committee contacts Friends who served in the current year and Friends who are not currently serving on a committee in an effort to energize committees, fill positions on the various committees and bring Spirit-led Friends into the work of the community. Sign-up and join the fun!

For more information, contact the Nominating Committee at nominating@annapolisfriends.org

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Quaker Holiday Market

The Quaker Market Committee announced that they are getting ready to accept nominations for Quaker Causes that will benefit from the Quaker Holiday Market scheduled for the first Saturday in December (12.03.2022). There will be more information coming to the AFM-Announce email list or you can learn more by checking out the webpage: Quaker Market Committee

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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.

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