Weekly Announcements 09.04.2022

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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Bartum’s Buddies – Gardening at the Meetinghouse

Each 1st & 3rd Second Days (i.e., Monday), a group of friends will be at the meetinghouse and will be gardening. They will weed, plant and help the vegetation on the AFM property flourish!  These events are sponsored by the Meetinghouse & Land Committee and spearheaded by both Kim F. and Jack H. The very first of these gatherings will take place on September 5 (Monday), from 9 am until 11 am.

For more information, contact Kim F.at meetinghouse@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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Spiritual Friends Group 

On September 6 (Thursday) at 4 pm, the Spiritual Friends Group will meet on Zoom and the topic will be “What do we want to pursue?”. 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 September 10 (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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Sacred Chant & 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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BYM – Caste: The origins of our discontent

BYM is asking Friends to read the book read Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, The Lies that Divide Us by Isabel Wilkerson. Also, there will be a “Caste” reading group sponsored by BYM on Zoom or by phone for seven Wednesdays starting September 14 from 7:30 pm until 8:30 pm on Zoom.

For more information click on the BYM Racism Homepage.

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Indiginous Affairs – BYM

There will be a tribal nation festival on September 17 & 18 in the town of Vienna, MD located on the Eastern shore. The BYM Indian Affairs Committee requested assistance for the Nause-Waiwash tribe who are hosting a festival. It is the only tribally-hosted pow wow / festival this year due to COVID. The tribe needs help with things like handling the ticket sales at the front gate, getting the tents and tables set up and broken down, and assistance with working the food vending set up to include folks who can run a frialator (a.k.a. deep fryer).

For more information and to volunteer, please send an email to indianaffairs@bym-rsf.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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Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting

On September 25 from 10:00 am until 2:30 pm (in-person & on Zoom), the Homewood Meeting in Baltimore is hosting the September Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting. Annapolis Friends Meeting (AFM) is a “Monthly” meeting because we usually conduct business meetings one time per month. The Annual Meeting that AFM is affiliated with is Baltimore. As you can see a Quarterly Meeting is one that meets 4 times per year. The Quarterly meeting is part of the Annual Meeting and consists of a regional list of Monthly Meetings. To summarize, the Monthly Meetings are very local, Quarterly Meetings are regional and the Annual takes in several regions. AFM is part of the Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting. It is a wonderful experience to participate in the activities of the Quarterly meeting and engage in the larger community.

For more information, visit the website: Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting or contact info@annapolisfriends.org.

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Welcome Reception for the Afghan Family

Please mark your calendars for September 30 (Friday) from 4 pm to 8 pm at the meetinghouse when there will be a potluck reception to welcome the Afghan refugee family that the Annapolis Unitarian Universalist Church at the Annapolis Friends Meeting have sponsored. Details will be coming in the AFM-Announce emails.

For more information, contact the Peace & Social Concerns at social-concerns@annapolisfriends.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! Learn more on the AFM website for Nominating Committee.

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

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AFM MH&L Work Day

On October 15 (Saturday), the Meetinghouse and Land committee is hosting a work day at the meetinghouse to take care of various Fall chores. Come one and all! There are various levels of talent and skills needed, including friends with no talent or skill! Please join in this community event to improve our meetinghouse and grounds. 

For more information, contact Kim F.at meetinghouse@annapolisfriends.org.

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Pumpkin Patch – October

The Light House Bistro, a homeless prevention support center,  will hold their annual Pumpkin Patch during the month of October and AFM Friends have participated for several years to help sell pumpkins. This year, AFM will be working week days from 2 pm to 6 pm and weekends from 10 am to 6 pm. Please mark your calendar and sign up to help when the opportunity is presented.

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

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Quaker Holiday Market – December 3

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 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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