Weekly Announcements 10.23.2022

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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Crafting for the Quaker Holiday Market

On October 30 (Sunday) at 11 am, the First Day School (FDS) will be making fleece catnip toys to sell at the Quaker Holiday Market on December 3 (Saturday).

For more information, contact children@annapolisfriends.org.

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North County Meeting for Worship

We will meet outside wearing masks at 7 pm on Tuesday, November 1. 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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Dancing for Fun 

On November 3 (Thursday) at 7 pm at the meetinghouse, there will be fun dancing to Rock & Roll music, including simple instructions to introduce a few basics and the joy of connecting with others in a way that’s different and playful. Come and let go, join others and have fun in the process!

Contact Kit H. at kithanley@verizon.net.

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Spiritual Enrichment: For All Our Saints 

On November 9 (Wednesday) at 5:00 pm, there will be a spiritual enrichment opportunity at the meetinghouse. Remembering our deceased loved ones, heroes who have gone before us, our ancestors.

We will view a DVD in which Dr. Wayne Schwandt reflects on the meaning of All Saints Day, an annual Catholic tradition celebrated on Nov. 1st.  His take on it will not be doctrinal, but spiritual. In the light of the Beatitudes for our readings, we will “re-member” our deceased loved ones and the gifts their lives were and still are for many of us. Following the reflection, a brief period of silence will create for us a safe and sacred space to consider a few Queries and to share our thoughts, perspectives and anything else we might have on our hearts.

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

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13-Bean Soup Mix Collection by Oct. 30

AFM’s Young Friends gather for a couple of First Day School sessions to mix up the dried beans, fill the jars, and decorate them with fabric jar toppers and ingredient labels tied on with raffia. For additional history about this annual event, CLICK HERE.

Friends are invited to show their support for this project by donating the 13 types of dried beans prior to October 30!

This year the sign-up will be electronic and not a physical clipboard! The online sign-up will let you see remaining real-time needs. Here is the link to the sign-up form:

13 Bean Sign Up Form

Contact Cairn K. at market@annapolisfriends.org for additional information.

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Quaker Holiday Market – December 3

The Quaker Market Committee conducted discernment sessions for identifying the beneficiaries, also called Quaker Causes, for the 2022 Quaker Holiday Market that will take place at the meetinghouse on the first Saturday in December (12.03.2022). For the Quaker Holiday Market, the first $250 will go to young Friends, 25% will be distributed to each of these charities.  Kenyan Friends, Hope for All, Interfaith Partners of the Chesapeake and World Central Kitchen. 

Contact Cairn K. at market@annapolisfriends.org. 

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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.

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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 that you can attend 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.