Weekly Announcements for 02.19.2023

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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Urgent Humanitarian Need – Turkey 

Over the past several days, the AFM Peace & Social Concerns (PSC) Committee has considered a number of requests from Friends (beyond PSC) to make some level of contribution in support of the millions of folks in Turkey and northern Syria whose lives and homes have been shattered by the repeated earthquakes, not to mention further devastated by the winter storm and (for Syrians) ongoing civil war.

After descernment, PSC Friends have decided that we’d like to send money from the AFM Emergent Social Concerns fund as follows:

1) $500 to the Maryland American Turkish Association (MATA)– tpfund.org — where new AFM Friend Joe Miller (who also has many personal ties in Turkey) is a board member; and

2) $250 for Syrian Relief  to the Syrian Civil Defence organization (aka “White Helmets”) which is is a cause that is recommended by the Brookings Institute — their webpage is https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is in the process of organizing a relief effort. 

In addition, Friends are invited to join in donating directly to these causes, as led.

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Meeting for Learning on Vibrant Committees

On February 26 (Sunday) at 9:15 am, Karen C. will lead an interactive, brainstorming, crowd-sourcing Meeting for Learning on vibrant committees. Socializing will begin at 9:15 and the session will begin at 9:30 am. The in-person participants will meet in the Multi-purpose Room while the Zoom participants will click on the link.

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

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Friends Writing Together

A fun time will be enjoyed on February 26 (Sunday) at 12:30 pm on Zoom when Friends will gather and write from prompts. Sharing is optional and the conversations are quite enjoyable. All are invited. 

For more information, contact Mary B. info@annapolisfriends.org.

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The AFM Library – Monthly Queries

There is a shelf in the Library where the Library Committee provides suggested books related to the monthly queries. Learn more about Quakerism and practices unique to Quakers, such as decision making during Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business. 

Contact Martha L. or Nan E. at library@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Photo Wall 

There is a photo wall and it is being updated with fresh, new photos of those associated with AFM who would like to have their photo displayed at the meetinghouse. It is a great way to identify people and to be able to put a name to a face. 

Please contact Bonnie P. who will take your photo and post it with all the other smiling faces. Reach out to Bonnie at info@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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Collection Bench at the end of the hall near the Nursery

JARS: If you have jars that you can contribute to the Quaker Spring Market that will be held on May 6th, please bring them to the meetinghouse to the Collection Bench area, especially the 1-cup 1.5-cup, 2-cup, 3-cup, and 4-cup.  Many thanks!!  

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

STAMPS: Postage stamps are used to raise money for worthy causes and Quaker organizations, such as Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR). The postage stamps can be used, unused, old, foreign, and domestic. Learn more at the RSWR website. There is a bin at the Collection Bench where you can drop off your stamps and they will be mailed to RSWR.   

Contact Nan E. at info@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Winter Relief – Evening Chaperones Needed 

AFM annually supports the “Winter Relief” effort with Magothy United Methodist Church (UMC) in Pasadena. There are people who need assistance in the coldest months and we will be helping folks that need  temporary housing in the multi-purpose room at the UMC church. Volunteers are needed to chaperone during the evenings of Monday (3/20) through the morning of Monday (3/27). Most slots are filled (So Much Gratitude Here); however, you still have a chance to join in and help Chaperones are need for the Tuesday (March 23, from midnight to 6 am, Sunday (March 26) from midnight to 6 am, and Sunday (March 26) from 7am-10 am (including breakfast on this early shift).

The “chaperone” will stay in the shelter with the homeless on shifts. Each night (7 pm to midnight) and early morning (midnight – 6 am). If you would like to volunteer to contribute food (more entrees and desserts are needed) or chaperone, please email Phil C. and let him know your preferred dates, as well as what you are willing to do.

Contact Phil C. at pcaroom@gmail.com for more information.

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Quaker Market – Causes for May 

The AFM Quaker Market Committee is currently requesting that Friends send their ideas by Sunday, March 5, for worthy causes to be recipients of the proceeds from the Quaker Spring Market (May 6). The committee discernment will be presented at Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business, Sunday, April 2. 

Send your suggestions to Cairn K. at market@annapolisfriends.org.

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AFM Calendar – Both AFM & Other Events

There are numerous events listed on the AFM Calendar, including groups outside of AFM who rent the meetinghouse. Of course, there are AFM events, but some of the events hosted by other-than-AFM organizations are open to the public and are likely to be of interest to the AFM community as well as the greater community. Check out the AFM Calendar! 

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First Day School – Earth As Our Home

The First Day School (Sunday School) has a rich lesson plan this year focused on Earth As Our Home. Check out the news article about the curriculum and stop by the classroom to see what they are doing. Volunteer teachers are providing delightful and enriching lessons. You can join the pool of teachers by Signing Up. Use the same link to learn about the topics that are scheduled. On February 19, the lesson was about the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Trail is scheduled for February 26.

Contact children@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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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 in person.

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 First 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 go to the homepage or for events click here for the calendar. 

With the solar array producing energy, the meetinghouse is carbon neutral.