Weekly Announcements as of 11.06.2022

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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Tuesday Bible Study 

On November 8 (Tuesday) at 10:30 am on Zoom. Please join us for Tuesday Bible Study. If you wish to join a session and are not on the original list, please contact Pat Schenck (pat.schenck3227@gmail.com) for instructions and handouts!

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Spiritual Enrichment: For All Our Saints 

On November 9 (Wednesday) at 4:00 pm on Zoom, 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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Spiritual Friends Group 

On November 10 (Thursday) at 4 pm, the Spiritual Friends Group will meet on Zoom and the topic will be “What do we want to pursue?”. 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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Deconstructing Racism Group

On Saturday, November 12 at 2 pm on Zoom, the Deconstructing Racism Group will be meeting and hope you can join us for centering silence followed by reflection. This is an opportunity to evaluate what our longstanding monthly gathering has meant to participants, how it has shaped our personal anti-racism efforts, and whether we are still led to continue it in some form.

  • Deconstructing Racism personal updates (2:00 – 2:30)
  • Reflection on Deconstructing Racism Group – worship sharing format (2:30 – 3:30)
  • Discussion and recommendations (3:30 – 4:00)

Contact Jean C at info.annapolisfriends.org for Zoom link and information.

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Sunday Bible Study

On November 13 (Sunday) at 7 pm on Zoom, there will be a Friendly Bible Study.  Join us for Sunday Bible Study Sessions. If you wish to join a session and are not on the original list, please contact Barbara Thomas (bthomas60@comcast.net) for instructions and handouts.

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Bean Jars Quaker Holiday Market

On November 13th (Sunday) at 11 am, the First Day School (FDS) will be finishing any label decorating we want to do, and tying the labels and fabric jar toppers onto the jars of beans to sell at Quaker Holiday Market, which will be held on December 3 (Saturday).

For more information, contact children@annapolisfriends.org or market@annapolisfriends.org.

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Thanksgiving Event – November 25

On Friday November 25 at 2:30 pm in person at the meetinghouse, there will be a traditional Thanksgiving dinner to welcome and celebrate our sponsored Afghan family with our neighbors, the Annapolis Unitarian Universalist Church friends.  Space may be limited. Please contact Barb T., as soon as possible if you are planning to attend.

For more information, contact Barb T. at pastoral-care@annapolisfriends.org.

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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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Quaker Holiday Market Collecting Items

The Quaker Market Committee has arranged for a Pod to collect the items for the 2022 Quaker Holiday Market. If there are items in your home that are new or gently used, please box them, bring them to the meetinghouse and place them in the Pod. The Pod will be available on Tuesday, November 8. See the Quaker Market webpage for guidelines for donations at: CLICK HERE.  

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.