Weekly Announcements

Coming Up:

The list of events below can also be viewed on the AFM website’s homepage or on the AFM Calendar, 

• December 7th (Tuesday), 9 am, Library Committee meeting in the library
• December 7th (Tuesday), 7 pm, North County Meeting for Worship in person
• December 8th (Wednesday) 7 pm, Wednesday Meditation on Zoom.
• December 9th (Thursday) 4 pm, Spiritual Friends Group on Zoom
• December 11th (Saturday) 2 pm, Deconstructing Racism & Diversity Book Discussion. Contact Jean C.
• December 12th (Sunday) 
  • 8 am, Early Meeting for Worship in person or from you home (no technology)
  • 9:15 am, Meeting for Learning: Sacred Chant & Dance, location TBD
  • 11 am, Meeting for Worship on Zoom 
  • 11 am, Children’s First Day School, contact children@annapolisfriends.org

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North County Meeting for Worship

On 12/7 at 7 pm, all are welcome to join this gathering of Friends for mid-week worship in the northern part of Anne Arundel County.

For more information, contact Diane E. at info@annapolisfriends.org.

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Wednesday Meditation

On Wednesday, 12/8 at 7 pm, the Wednesday Meditation group will gather together on Zoom for a half hour of silence, followed by examination of the Testament of Devotion by Thomas Kelly. This week, we will be looking at Chapter 2 (section 2). It is valuable to attend whether or not you have time to complete the reading.

For more information, contact Patty R. at pjrobin24@gmail.com

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Sacred Chant & Dance 

On Sunday, 12/12 at 9:15, everyone is warmly welcome to attend Sacred Chant & Dance. There’s no need to know how to dance.  You may participate sitting in a chair or standing, singing and/or playing a drum, etc. We’ll either be outside the meetinghouse or in “Zoom-landia,” depending on the weather. An e-mail to the Announce list will be sent around closer to the date to indicate which. Come dance with us! Bring a shaker or drum and your requests if you have a favorite chant.

For more information, contact Sylvia O. at saoliva44@comcast.net 

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BYM Peace & Social Concerns 

The Peace & Social Concerns Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) requested that their Fall 2021 newsletter be shared with our meeting. 

In addition, their workgroup on U.S. militarism offer resources for Friends to learn about and address the current situation in Afghanistan where millions remain displaced within their own country, facing famine and cold in tent cities this winter.

Friends’ support for the U.N. World Food Program (the single largest supplier of food in the short term) and for U.S. release of frozen-Afghan government resources to be used for humanitarian purposes — both might help make a difference.

Links to references recommended by BYM Friends:

• “Afghanistan’s Hunger Crisis is a Problem the U.S. Can Fix.”
• A short primer on the war and how the freeze of resources by Cheryl Benard 
• “Afghanistan set to be world’s worst humanitarian crisis, report warns” 
• “Addressing Afghanistan’s Crisis Will Require Dealing with the Taliban.”
• “As Afghanistan’s Economy Collapses, International Community looks for Innovative Ways to Avoid Humanitarian Disaster. 
• Roll Call article on the politics of addressing the famine.
• “We Need the Economy Resuscitated–Aid Can’t Fix Afghanistan’s Food Crisis.“ 

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5th Night Light – Every Thursday evening

Every Thursday from 7:00 pm until 8:00 pm, the AFM community engages in a spiritual practice that acknowledges the Light of God within each person and reinforces that to be in community is to actively care for one another. During this 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 pastoral-care@annapolisfriends.org 

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Meetings for Worship

There are three (3) kinds of  worship at Annapolis Friends Meeting (AFM):

1. Spiritually connected, physically apart and without technology at 8:00 am on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays. Often Friends are at their own homes.
2. In-Person worship at the meetinghouse. Attendees will practice physical-distancing and stay home if ill. Masks are optional outdoors. Masks are to be worn when inside the meetinghouse. 
   • 8:00 am on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays
   • 11:00 am each Sunday
   • 7:00 pm one time per month, the 1st Tuesday – See North County Meeting on calendar
3. Online worship using video conferencing at 11:00 am using Zoom each Sunday: ZOOM LINK: Phone: 301-715-8592, Meeting ID: 650 269 455, Passcode: 241727

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

Quaker Market, December 2021

Annapolis Friends Meeting