Weekly Announcements from 04.30.2023

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 AFM Calendar for greater detail and the word Zoom contains the link to the online meeting. 

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What’s “News” and Life Happenings

Friends are invited to share their Joys and Life’s Happenings with each other during Meeting for Worship, through the Weekly Announcements email, and on the AFM-Discuss. On April 30, we heard:

  • Gladness for the rain after seeing a brush fire.
  • Joy that Margaret C., Patty R. and Linda P. all came through their surgeries well.
  • Grateful for Ben K. who operated the Owl.
  • Karl R. enjoyed 4 hours at an Earth Day celebration at Earleigh Heights Fire Station that included a lot of Rock & Roll. He is grateful for the quiet today.
  • Cecile T.’s joy at visiting Miami and her son, Alexandre.
  • Al B. shared that Nancy Jo S. is a new trustee for the Slade Foundation and gratitude for the Quaker Spring Market causes to include the Slade Foundation.
  • Pat S. expressed thanks to Fran P. for the Worship Sharing Program she developed called “Living Your Best Life”
  • Marcia O. shared that she and Margaret C. visited friends at Friends House, including Pat S., and got to see the facility.
  • Tim M. and the Boy Scouts had a wonderful hike on Saturday.
  • Gratitude for Joan’s work at Earth Day and all that she did with the plants, drawings, set ups, and more!

If you have joys to share, please contact Ellen M. at communications@annapolisfriends.org and they will be added to our joys and life’s happenings section.

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Please Drive Slowly Signs

Did you notice the new signs: Please Drive Slowly! They are alongside the road in front of AFM. Driving at or under the 25 mph speed limit will help to ensure the safety of the children in this lovely neighborhood. Thank you, in advance, for your continued help with keeping cars moving carefully on Dubois Road.

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Friends Peace Teams

The Friends Peace Teams from Indonesia and Philippines were in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, April 30, and will be in Easton, MD for a meeting on Monday, May 1. Barb T. and Matha B. will be going to Easton on Monday. An announcement will be emailed. 

The Friends Peace Teams works with children, parents, teachers, and communities recovering from war, colonization, and violence, and supports other justice and peace workers around the world. These are Quaker, Catholic, Muslim, and Mennonite Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) facilitators who walk the talk and share their stories. To learn more, click on this link: Friends Peace Teams.

Contact Barb T. at info@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Teachers Needed – no experience necessary!

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. There are two teachers, one is the main person to lead the lesson and the other person is there to assist. You can join the pool of teachers and helpers by Signing Up. Use the same link to learn about the topics that are scheduled.

Contact children@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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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 the May 3 Meditation, the focus on healing for Margaret C., Marcia O. and Patty R. who are all recovering from surgeries or injuries.

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

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Quaker Spring Market 

The Quaker Spring Market (QSM) will be May 6 from 9 am until 2 pm. 

  • Donations:
  • Starting April 30, please place donations in the foyer, if the building is open, otherwise on the front porch.
  • Tax donation receipts are available upon request.
  • Sorting: During the week leading up to Quaker Markets (in this case 1 – 5 May), we work on “Sorting.” That means moving donations from the foyer to where they will be displayed. QMC will have a presence for sorting during the following times (will let Friends know through AFM-Announce email if the schedule needs to change. In the meantime, see the Sorting Schedule online):
  • May 1 (Monday) from 2 pm to 6 pm
  • May 2 (Tuesday) from 10 am to 4 pm
  • May 3 (Wednesday) from 10 am to 6 pm
  • May 4 (Thursday) from 10 am to 6 pm
  • May 5 (Friday) from 10 am to 4 pm
  • Food donation sign-up: If it would bring you joy to make food for Quaker Spring Market, signing up ahead of time will help with planning.  The Food donation sign-up is available at the AFM sign-up section of our website QSM Food Sign-up.
  • Plants: Please let Cairn know if you will have plants to donate. We will be advertising lists of plants soon. 
  • Quaker Market Day
  • Please join us on May 6 from 9 am until 2 pm, to eat, shop, build community, and help raise funds for our embraced causes!
  • Please welcome back the Eleftheriou family, who homeschooled with us and participated in First Day School. Eleni will bring her two sons. Antonios will be playing the trumpet, and his brother, Alexios, will be taking photographs 🙂
  • Main clean-up and kitchen cleanup will begin at 2 pm. All help is welcomed, so that we can finish before the usual 6:30 pm.
  • Day after Quaker Market (Sunday, May 7)
    • Please join in on the breakdown and clean-up activities that will continue after the Potluck. 

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

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Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business

Please participate in the May 7 (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 May 7 (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) and join us for either a virtual or an in-person potluck.  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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Spiritual Friends Group

The Spiritual Friends Group is canceled for May 11 (Thursday). The next meeting will be June 8.

Contact Barb T. at info@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Tech Support Person

Meet Ben Kilgore! He is the Owl operator who applied and landed the job on April 16th. He returned on April 23 and April 30. Ben is knowledgeable with Windows 11, and has technical problem-solving skills. Please welcome Ben and include him in our activities, if he has any interest. He will be operating the Owl from 10:30 am until 12:30 pm each Sunday.

Ben applied through the Express Pro employment agency and AFM also reached out to two Annapolis synagogues, Unity by the Bay Church, Asbury Broadneck United Methodist Church, The Annapolis Unitarian Universalist Church and to The Light House center. We are grateful to have Ben joining us and taking care of the Owl.

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

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Meetinghouse & Land Workday & News

Monthly Workdays: Each month on the 2nd Saturday, Friends are invited to work around the meetinghouse to get chores done, including washing windows, gardening, mulching, and more. The next sprucing-up will take place on May 13 starting at 9 am. All are invited and snacks will be provided. 

Contact Kim F. at meetinghouse@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Committees are the lifeblood of the meeting

There are twelve committees that help to get all the various tasks done each month and each year. We are grateful for all of the friends who are involved with committees. Know that you do not need to be an AFM “member” to be on a committee and all of our committees could use more folks to help out. Our community needs many hands and fellowship to be vital. With no expertise, you too can join a committee because mentoring, teaching and nurturing happens in committees where friends join together to help out. New ideas are welcome.

To learn more, click here for information about the committees and check out the descriptions on the AFM website.  Click on the name of the committee to get more details. All are welcome!

Contact 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.

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

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Dayspring Silent Retreat – June 23 – 25

Register today! Be one of the eighteen (18) registrants who will enjoy Dayspring’s natural beauty, God’s creation, precious solitude, spiritual companionship, reading, walking, resting, finding our own rhythms, and listening for the Still Small Voice. Registrations will be accepted up until June 16. Please mail your registration information and check to Jean C. See Registration Form for details.

Contact Jean C. at info@annapolisfriends.org..

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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.

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.

Other Meeting for Worship options include:

1) 8:00 am Sunday, in communion with friends at the Meeting House and without technology friends gather in spirit only while being physically apart. 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, at 7 pm on the First Tuesday of each month in person. Please see North County Meeting for 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. Each committee takes a turn to be responsible and will ask for help from others, as needed. The Care of Meeting Checklist helps to ensure that everyone knows what needs to be done. The Committee Schedule for Care of Meeting provides the annual committee assignments. For the Month of May, the Stewardship and Finance Committee has responsibility for the care of the meeting. All are welcome to help out at any time!

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

 

Photo credit, Ellen M.