Weekly Announcements as of 01.08.2023

Weekly Announcements

Reminder:

If you know of an event that you would like to see in the Weekly Announcements, please send the information to communications@annapolisfriends.org.

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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Spiritual Friends Group

On November 10 (Thursday) at 4 pm, the Spiritual Friends Group will meet on Zoom. 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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Winter Relief 

Sheltering those who do not have a safe, warm place to stay (seasonal homeless shelter) is a service that AFM and the Magothy United Methodist Church (Pasadena) have offered for several years. We (AFM) usually have taken the final/spring week to assist with folks temporarily housed in the basement/multi-purpose room at Magothy UMC. This year, that week will be the evening of Monday (3/20) through the morning of Monday (3/27). AFM traditionally has recruited volunteers to “chaperone” (stay in the shelter with the homeless) on shifts. Each night (7 pm to midnight) and early morning (midnight – 6 am), as well as Sunday 6 pm dinner time. However, there was a wave of volunteers that have already signed up for Sunday dinner. If you would like to volunteer to contribute food or chaperone, please email Phil C. (pcaroom@gmail.com) and let him know your preferred dates, as well as what you are willing to do. Please sign up by January 15, 2023.

Contact Phil C. at pcaroom@gmail.com for more information or to sign up.

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Dayspring Silent Retreat 

February 20 to 24, 2023 will be the Dayspring Silent Retreat.  Dayspring’s website, dayspringretreat.org, offers a glimpse of the nourishing retreat setting with its natural beauty, precious solitude, as well as the spiritual companionship that awaits us. The registration form can be obtained on the Dayspring website.

Complete the registration form and make a check for $250 payable to Dayspring Retreat Center and mail to Jean Christianson, 189 Edgewater Rd., Pasadena, MD 21122.  Maximum retreat capacity is 18 (or fewer, depending on COVID protocol).  A check (full amount or deposit) will guarantee your spot or place you on the waiting list. Registration deadline is Friday, 2/17/23.  Checks will be deposited after the retreat. Annapolis Friends are encouraged to apply for scholarship assistance through AFM Stewardship and Finance Committee’s adult scholarship fund, if financial help is needed.

Contact Jean C. by email jschristianson@gmail.com or call/text at 410-908-1912 if you have questions.

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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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Children’s Religious Education & Nursery Care

The Children’s Religious Education Committee offers First Day School (FDS), also known as Sunday School, from 11:00 am until 11:50 am in person each Sunday during the 11 am Meeting for Worship. In addition, there is Nursery Care, as needed. To line-up nursery care, please email children@annapolifriends.org.

Volunteers are needed for both First Day School and for Nursery Care. Please go to the Sign-Up Sheets in the Members and Attenders section (Want to Help?) of the AFM Website to sign up!!

Teacher Sign-Up Sheet

Nursery Care Sign-Up Sheet

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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 held outdoors in good weather. Masks and social distancing are optional inside the meetinghouse.
  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). Nursery care is available; please email us at children@annapolisfriends.org if you would like to bring your child/children to our nursery. First Day School (a.k.a., Sunday School) is available for school age children.

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.

 

Light on Moss, by Ellen M.