Weekly Announcements from 07.23.2023

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 July 23, we heard:

  • Stephen P. enjoyed finding a fledgling bird caught in the laundry hanging on the clothesline. 
  • A Friend expressed how lovely the weather was for worshiping out of doors at the 8 am Meeting for Worship.

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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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Summer Break for First Day School

AFM First Day School is on Summer Break through the summer; however, nursery care is offered. Advance notice if possible is much appreciated for nursery care. For school age children, AFM is offering supervision and reading/drawing supplies during the summer. First Day School will resume on September 10.

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

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Worship Sharing on “Living Your Truth – Part Two”

On July 30 (Sunday) at 9:30 am, there will be a Worship Sharing on “Living Your Truth – Part Two” presented by Fran P. via Zoom and in person. The focus will be on defining our mission. Everyone is invited. It is not necessary to have participated in Part One. 

For more information, contact Fran P. at info@annapolisfriends.org.

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2023 Annual Session, BYM

There will be five AFM Friends attending the Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) Annual Session that starts on July 31 and ends on August 6. AFM is a member of the Yearly Meeting and contributes to BYM. Although registration ended on July 23, you can learn more about the Annual Session on the BYM website.

For additional information, contact Barb T. at info@annapolisfriends.org.

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Potluck – Social Time

Following the 11 am Meeting for Worship (MfW) on August 6 (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 at the meetinghouse. Join us!.  The Zoom link for 11:00 am Worship will stay open for this informal online gathering. 

For more information, contact info@annapolisfriends.org.

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Vigil for Nuclear Disarmament

On August 6 (Sunday) at 2 pm, at the Annapolis City Dock (Susan Campbell Park area), AFM will be joining Anne Arundel Peace Action and other faith groups to hold a vigil for peace and to consider ways we can work together to ensure that nuclear weapons are never again used. This one hour event will hopefully draw attention to ways to eliminate the occasions of war, especially on this the 78th anniversary of when the United States of America dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. 

AFM plans to have pop-up tents, ice water, folding chairs, some signs, and fliers to hand out. All are welcome. For questions and information about ride-sharing from AFM, please contact Phil C. if you would like to help or share a ride. Also, to get more details at this news post link: Hiroshima Anniversary.

For more information, contact Phil C. social-concerns@annapolisfriends.org.

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Worship in North County

On August 8 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). All are welcome! Come sit with us!

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

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Meeting for Spiritual Enrichment

On August 9 from 4 pm to 5 pm via Zoom, there will be an opportunity for Spiritual Enrichment on the theme of “The Awe and Wonder of Creation” provided by Sylvia O. in person. It will begin with a 20-minute reflection by Dr. Wayne Schwandt along with a few readings, including one which is sung, called “Anna’s Song.” This song is about the Gospel story of the presentation of Jesus in the Temple when he was a young child, but it’s a contemporary version coming from the Outback of Australia. We’ll enter into the silence then, followed by a few queries which invite us to share how we might experience and treasure the natural world more deeply

For more information, contact Sylvia O. at info@annapolisfriends.org.

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Spiritual Friends Group

On August 10 (Thursday) at 4 pm, the Spiritual Friends Group will meet via Zoom. 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. at info@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Meeting for Learning: The Sense of the Meeting

On August 13 (Sunday) at 9:30 am, Marcia O. will be presenting a Meeting for Learning called Sense of the Meeting: Beyond Consensus, which will be based on the Pendle Hill pamphlet: Beyond consensus: Salvaging Sense of the Meeting by Barry Morley. Copies of the pamphlet are available in the library or can be purchased online. The pamphlet is available for Kindle, also.

 For more information, contact Marcia O. 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. 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.

The 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 July, the Ministry & Worship Committee has responsibility for the care of the meeting. All are welcome to help out at any time!

  • For July, the Ministry & Worship Committee (M&W) oversees Meeting for Worship (MfW) by counseling and supporting those who are led to speak from the silence, giving encouragement and advice to inexperienced speakers and eldering individuals in a positive manner. It organizes members to greet worshipers, break Meeting for Worship, and welcome new attenders. It also arranges worship opportunities for mid-week and shut-ins. In addition, M&W coordinates Adult Religious Education activities and provides orientation for members, attenders, and interested persons to Quaker faith and practice. It provides clearness committees for attenders considering membership, considers requests for travel minutes, prepares an annual Spiritual State of the Meeting Report, and appoints a correspondent to submit information on Meeting activities, new members, transfers, and deaths to the Baltimore Yearly Meeting office for publication in the Interchange.
  • For August, the Pastoral Care Committee who seeks to nurture the spiritual well being of the Meeting Community will care for the meetinghouse.

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

 

Can you see the Butterfly and the bees?
Photo credits: Ellen M.