Weekly Announcements as of 09.17.2023

Weekly Announcements

Reminder:

If you know of an event or a joy 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 information down below for  greater detail and the word Zoom contains the link to the online meeting. 

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What’s News, Joys and Life Happenings

Friends are invited to share their News, Joys and Life Happenings with each other during Meeting for Worship, through the Weekly Announcements email, and on the AFM-Discuss. If you have joys to share, please contact Ellen M. at communications@annapolisfriends.org and the sharings will be added to our news, joys and life happenings section. It should be noted that inaccuracies may exist in the information given that sound quality or receiving is not always precise. On September 3, we heard or found out:

  • Great joy that our Afghan family has a new addition. Their baby arrived recently. 
  • Remembering passing around a baby some 21-years ago at Annapolis Friends Meeting and what a joyous occasion it was. Also, how quickly time flies.
  • Such a joy to see our Friends from around the Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting at the Annapolis Friends meetinghouse.
  • Gratitude for having been held in the Light. Patty R. expressed gratitude for her very strong prognosis.
  • Nancy Jo S. shared that her joy is the light in the meeting room.
  • Anni felt joy-filled that her son just turned 23-years old. Also, that a cousin’s wedding will be soon and it will be great to get the whole family together.

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Communications Committee

The Communications Committee will hold their monthly meeting on September 19 (Tuesday) at 5:30 pm on Zoom. 

Contact Ellen M. at communications@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Quaker Market Committee Meeting

The Quaker Market Committee will be meeting via Zoom starting at 7:15 pm on September 19 (Tuesday). Among other activities, the Quaker Market Committee helps Annapolis Friends and the larger community practice being spiritual in our material world, especially through the Market process from preparation to conclusion using the Quaker testimonies (simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship) along the way.

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

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Welcome Light Wednesday

Starting at 7 pm every Wednesday, the Welcome Light Wednesday group will meet on Zoom with 20 minutes of silence to start followed by spiritual readings and then listening to our spiritual journeys. Time will be given to hold friends in healing Light. In the past, this group was called the Wednesday Meditation Group.

Contact Patty R. at info@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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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.

Friends are invited to share their request for a person or situations to be held in the Light by contacting the Pastoral Care Committee.

Contact Pastoral Care at pastoral-care@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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First Day School

For AFM First Day School (FDS) there will be themes each month based on curriculum and teaching materials developed by Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW). The September theme will be We Circle the Sun and the October theme will be Water. There will be two teachers for each session, learning and activities.

Volunteers are encouraged to sign up using the online sign-up sheet. Helpers (Secondary teachers) and Primary Teachers are welcome!

First Day School Volunteer Sign-up Sheet

For nursery care, please bring your pre-school children. Advance notice is appreciated for nursery care, but not required. 

For more information, contact Martha L. at children@annapolisfriends.org.

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Journeying Towards Justice and Repair – Follow-up Discussions

On Friday, September 22, 11 am, there will be discussions via Zoom basedWe will start with brief worship sharing on the query: “What is it like for me to read/think/talk about justice and repair?” 

We will then move into follow-up conversation in response to what has emerged. This is an opportunity to listen and share as our Meeting discerns how to move forward on racial justice and repair. We will explore together in preparation for the approaching called meetings for worship with attention to business. Our goal is simply to be present to each other and open to Spirit. What is spoken will be held in confidence within the group.

Friends are welcome to join one or both follow-up conversations whether or not previous interest in participation has been expressed. No RSVP is necessary .

For more information, contact Jean C. at info@annapolisfriends.org.

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Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival

On Saturday, September 23, from 10 am to 7 pm, AFM is one of the sponsors for the Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival and all are invited to come to Annapolis City Dock to participate and help out. This is the 33rd annual celebration and starts at 10:00 am with a 7:00 pm ending.

Contact Outreach at outreach-team@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Special Called Meeting Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business

On Sunday, September 24, at 9:15 am, AFM will hold a special event: Called Meeting for Worship (MfW) with Attention to Business (wAtB). At this meeting we will consider AFM’s path forward on our Retrospective and Restorative Justice Fund.

Contact Karen C., at clerk@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Now Collecting Beans for 13 Bean Soup Mix

Please sign up to donate beans and peas for our annual 13 Bean Soup Mix. The Quaker Holiday Market will once again be selling 13 Bean Soup Mix and Friends are requested to start contributing to the collection of beans.

There is a sign-up sheet on line called: 13 Bean Soup Sign up. Click on the blue letters and sign up by clicking on the words “Sign Up”, enter your name, email address and phone number. There is a math equation to ensure that robots do not sign up to bring beans and the answer is the number 8. Click Submit and you will receive a reminder email.    

If you want to sign up for more than 1-pound of beans, please repeat the process.

Please place the dried beans in the labeled pull-out bin in the Collection Bench located at the end of the hallway near the Nursery. The dried beans need to be dropped off by September 24, 2023.

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

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Friends Writing Together

On September 24 (Sunday) at 12:30 pm, the Friends Writing Together group will meet. Friends write from prompts for 8-minutes and then share (or not). Comments include encouragement and impressions. Only if a writer asks for critique is that offered. This is fresh new writing and is treated as gently as a delicate flower. Everyone is a writer and has a deep well of experiences to dip into. Come join us for the fun and exhilaration of expression and enjoyable conversations. All are invited. 

Contact Mary B. at info@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Uphold Ukraine Daily Meeting for Worship

  • Daily Meeting for Worship: EVERY DAY, Friends House Moscow supporters in the U.S.A. host a daily international online Meeting for Worship while joining other Friends who are holding in the Light all the people affected by the current crisis in Ukraine. For Eastern Standard Time, the meeting starts at 12:00 pm. Click on this Zoom link, which is the Friends House Moscow Cloud Meeting. Or use Meeting ID: 416 500 5614; Passcode: 182805
  • 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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AFM Meetings for Worship

There are two options for Sunday worship with Annapolis Friends Meeting:

8:00 am weekly: This Meeting for Worship is in person (no technology) and, in good weather, is held outdoors, but will be indoors when the weather is not as kind. Masks and social distancing are optional inside the meetinghouse. Also at 8:00 am, Friends can worship in communion with the friends at the Meetinghouse from wherever they are and without technology. This option to gather in spirit only while being physically apart was created to link Friends in worship in the early days of the pandemic, and often Friends are at their own homes.

11:00 am weekly: 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 in person during the school year (September through May). In the summer (June through August), AFM offers supervision and reading/drawing supplies for school age children.

There is an opportunity to worship on the First Tuesday each month at 7 pm in person that is held on a Friend’s porch in northern Anne Arundel County (Glen Burnie). Please see North County worship on the calendar. 

Contact info@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Care of Meeting 

The AFM meetinghouse is a precious place and the AFM Community cares for the building and property in many ways, including weekly care of the meeting that includes accomplishing certain tasks. There is a Committee Schedule for Care of Meeting indicating when the committee takes a turn to be responsible for cleaning up the meetinghouse and they may ask for help from others, as needed. The Care of Meeting Checklist helps to ensure that everyone knows what needs to be done. For the Month of August, the Pastoral Care Committee has responsibility for the care of the meetinghouse. All are welcome to help out at any time!

  • The Meetinghouse & Land Committee (MH&L) attends to the maintenance and operation of the AFM property, including the building, grounds, and use of the building by outside groups. The Hospitality Subcommittee falls under MH&L.

For additional information about Annapolis Friends Meeting go to the homepage or for events click here for the calendar.