Weekly Announcements 12.19.2021

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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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Christmas Eve Meetings for Worship 

Our tradition of gathering together for a Christmas Eve worship service continues this year on December 24 at 7 pm. We have a new twist this year and will be offering two concurrent options. (They will not be linked with each other through technology). We hope you, your family, and friends will join one of these beloved, yet relaxed, Meetings for Worship where we pause to breathe in the full spirit of the holidays.  All ages are welcome.

  1. On-line on Zoom
  2. In person – indoors, masks required. For planning purposes, please contact Nan E. at info@annapolisfriends.org asap if you are planning to attend in person. 

For more information, contact Ministry and Worship at ministry@annapolisfriends.org.

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AFM & Other Congregations, Assisting Afghan Families

On December 29, 7:30 pm, all are invited to an information session on Zoom with Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (LSSNCA) on their work assisting Afghan families who are resettling in the U.S and how congregations can help. The AFM ad hoc committee will also be discussing the possibility of organizing events to create welcome kits, our ongoing gift card drive, and assisting the families Fahima Gaheez (Afghan Women’s Fund) is supporting and others when they arrive. 

Contact Jo Anne S. Joanneschneider77@gmail.com, for more information.

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Quaker Market

With appreciation to all for their participation in the recent Holiday Market, including the Young Friends who made 13 bean soup and others who donated other wonderful gifts.  Over $2000 was raised, with approximately $500 going to the each of the four Quaker Causes: 

There are a few orders being held at the Meetinghouse which have not been picked up yet. Please contact Cairn by phone 443-975-0220 if you have been wondering where your order is.  (Cairn is having difficulties with her email.)

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Film Screening & Discussion

Join AFM Friend, Martin Krafft, on Thursday, January 13 at 8 pm (and 2nd Thursdays each month) for his first monthly in-progress screening of the documentary he is making, TERMINAL. He envisions the film as an opportunity for community-building and is offering these monthly gatherings as an opportunity for others to view footage and share about the themes emerging, using a hybridized Quaker worship-sharing format.  In sharing a link to the trailer, Martin expressed appreciation for any and all forms of support from this community.  

For more information about the screenings or how to support Martin, contact him at harpo_lives@hotmail.com.

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Light House Shelter

From now until the end of the year, the Lighthouse Shelter in Annapolis is collecting donations and gifts for all the holidays. Kids especially need gifts. Marcia O will be going to the Shelter this week and next and would welcome anyone who would like to accompany her or simply hold her in the Light in this work.

For more information, contact Marcia O. at womanstouchdro@gmail.com.

Martin Luther King Jr Award Dinner

On January 14, 2022, the 2022 Martin Luther King Jr Award Dinner will be held at 6 pm at the BWI Westin Hotel. Phil Caroom will be receiving the Peacemaker’s Award, presented by Anne Arundel County Peace Action.  Some of the evening will be by Zoom. Those wishing to honor Phil by attending in person, should contact Marcia for ticket information at womanstouchdro@gmail.com. 

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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 on the 1st & 3rd Sundays
    • 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

 

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