Weekly Announcements as of 11.26.2023

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” in the Coming Up section 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 due to sound quality or receiving is not always precise. The recent joys and happenings we’ve learned of are:

  • Many joys for the people we shared the Thanksgiving holiday with.
  • Special thanks to the cooks, especially the ones who provided delicious food for the AFM Thanksgiving Potluck (a.k.a., Friendsgiving). It was truly a Friendsgiving!
  • Beth C’s joy was being in the meetinghouse.
  • It was a joy to see Douglas, Martin and Grampy at the meetinghouse. That they will be helping Cairn set up for Market.
  • Alison B. expressed joy that a 96-year-old member of her Kiwanis club successfully underwent a medical procedure and is doing well.
  • Nancy Jo S. was grateful for the most wonderful conversation that she had with Chris C.
  • Margaret C. and Will C. expressed gratitude for so many Friends helping to pack them up as they are getting ready to move to Friends House. It’s been a delight for them to have people at the house helping out.

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Quaker Market Food Sign-up 

If it would bring you joy to help make that Quaker Market food magic happen, please use the online food sign-up to let us know what you will be bringing (QHM Food Sign-up Sheet).

Delivery schedule as follows (or by arrangement): 

  • Baked goods (other than quiches): Friday afternoon (12.01)
  • Baked goods (quiches): Friday afternoon or Saturday morning by 9 am (12.01 & 02)
  • Soups/stews/chili: Saturday morning by 9 am (ideally already hot) (12.02).

For more information, please contact Cairn at market@annapolisfriends.org.

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Quaker Holiday Market Donations

If you have items in good condition that you would like to donate to Quaker Holiday Market, please refer to the Quaker Market Donation Guidelines and bring them to the meetinghouse as soon as possible. Click on the blue words above to see the guidelines.

Please bring your donations into the foyer or leave them on the front porch if the building is locked. 

For more information, please reach out to the Cairn at market@annapolisfriends.org.

Reminder: Quaker Holiday Market will be December 2, 2023.

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Welcome Light Wednesday

Starting at 7 pm every Wednesday, the Welcome Light Wednesday group will meet via 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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Quaker Holiday Market – Dec. 2

On December 2 (Saturday) from 9 am until 2 pm, the 2023 Quaker Holiday Market will take place at the Meetinghouse. 

The Quaker Market Committee plans, publicizes, organizes and carries out two Annapolis Friends Meeting fundraisers each year. Spring Quaker Market is held the first Saturday in May. Holiday Quaker Market is held the first Saturday in December.

Quaker Market Committee’s mission is to gather items from Friends and friends to sell at Market for the benefit of non-profit causes which reflect our Quaker values and for special projects associated with the AFM community. Education is an important aspect of our mission. We aim to reflect Quaker testimonies during the Market event and throughout all processes underlying its preparation and conclusion.

At 2 pm, many volunteers will be needed to box unsold items and move them to their holding location or transport them to partner locations, such as Goodwill and Books for International Goodwill (BIG). As many hands as possible will be needed to make the work easier for all and to shorten the time needed.

Contact Cairn K. at market@annapolisfriends.org if you can volunteer or if you need more information.

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Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business

Please participate in the December 3 (Sunday) Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business at 9:00 am. This is an opportunity to practice several of our testimonies as we carry out the practical work of maintaining our faith community. We seek to be Spirit-led in our work, with as much efficiency as possible, achieving a sense of what Friends call “right order.” This will be a blended meeting where there will be participants in person at the meetinghouse and on Zoom.

For more information, contact Karen C. at clerk@annapolisfriends.org.

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Potluck – Social Time

Following the 11 am Meeting for Worship (MfW) on December 3 (Sunday) about 12:15 pm, there will be an occasion for everyone to have an opportunity to socialize. There will be both an in-person Potluck and a virtual potluck. Please get or bring some food (or not)! There will be plenty of food, so join us for one or the other.  The Zoom link for 11:00 am Worship will stay open for this informal gathering. 

For more information, contact info@annapolisfriends.org.

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Worship in North County

On December 5 (Tuesday) at 7 pm and each First Tuesday of the month, an in-person worship opportunity is held on a Friend’s back porch in northern Anne Arundel County (Glen Burnie). Masks are required. All are welcome! Come sit with us!

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

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Ministry & Worship Committee Meeting

On December 8 (Friday) at 7:30 pm, the Ministry & Worship Committee will be meeting via Zoom.

Contact Ann R. at ministry@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Workday at the Meetinghouse

On December 9 (Saturday) at 9 am, Friends will gather at the meetinghouse to beautify the grounds and complete indoor maintenance. Morning snacks, coffee and light lunch will be provided.  

For more information, contact Kim F. and Jeanne W. at meetinghouse@annapolisfriends.org.

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Sacred Chant and Dance

On December 10  (Sunday) at 9:30 am in person, everyone is warmly welcome to join, in person at our meetinghouse, our sacred circle of chant and dance. Let us take a break from the busyness between the beautiful holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas to remember and rejuvenate our connections to the natural world, to one another, and to the Divine.

Circle dance is considered by many to be a spiritual practice that is also fun, deeply encouraging, healing, and community-building. In the simple, repetitive movements, the words and rhythms can sink deeply into us, and we find ourselves gently connecting with one another and with our Creator, or Ground of Being. After each dance we pause for a moment to become more aware of this Divine Presence flowing from within us and outward to all creation. There will be no Zoom connection.

Contact Sylvia O. at info@annapolisfriends.org for more information, please.

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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 November, the Stewardship & Finance (S&F) Committee has responsibility for the care of the meetinghouse. All are welcome to help out at any time!

  • The Stewardship & Finance (S&F) Committee (P&SC) prepares AFM’s annual budget for consideration of the Business Meeting, reports the Meeting’s financial needs, and reminds members and attenders of their financial responsibility to support the Meeting. S&F reviews the Treasurer’s books and records, and those of any other group or individual having charge of expenditure of funds. S&F plans fund-raising programs and works closely with MHL in making decisions with financial implications. Because S&F has so few members, it is requested that Friends volunteer to assist S&F with the care of the meetinghouse.
  • Outreach will be the committee who will care for the meetinghouse in December. Please volunteer to help the committee to care for the meetinghouse.

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

QHM from the past, but a great representation for what is to come on Dec. 2, 2023 at 9 am!