Weekly Announcements 01.16.2022

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 links to the online meeting. 

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Wednesday Meditation

On Wednesday, 1/19 at 7 pm, the Wednesday Meditation group will gather together on Zoom. All are welcome to attend.

For more information, contact Patty R. at pjrobin24@gmail.com

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Support for Afghan Refugees 

In collaboration with CWS (Church World Service), the refugee agency long known to provide assistance to asylum seekers entering the U.S., AFM’s ad hoc group on Supporting Afghan Resettlement is currently collecting gift cards. Please be sure to drop off gift cards at the meetinghouse no later than January 19.

For more information, contact Minette C. at amclarkeswindle@gmail.com.

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Threshing Session on Sponsoring Refugees

On Jan. 20 (Thursday), 7:30 pm, the ad hoc Committee on Supporting Afghan Resettlement will be holding a Threshing Session on Sponsoring Refugees.  This threshing session will share what we learned from Lutheran Social Services about their co-sponsorship system for congregations and begin to discern in this threshing session whether AFM is interested in moving forward toward resettling an Afghan refugee family in partnership with several other congregations/groups. See the 1/16 Reminder email for important background. All are welcome.

Contact Jo Anna S at joanneschneider77@gmail.com.

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Restorative and Retrospective Justice Minute, Next Steps

On Jan. 23, (Sunday), 2:30 pm, join the P&SC/Change Committee meeting to discuss next steps on the recently approved, “Annapolis Friends Meeting (AFM) Minute as to Restorative & Retrospective Justice for Repair of the Harms of Racism, Statement of Ongoing Discernment, and Recommended Actions for Friends.” All voices welcome and appreciated. 
For more information and Zoom link, contact social-concerns@annapolisfriends.org. 

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Volunteers for Winter Relief

In conjunction with many other faith communities in Anne Arundel county, AFM contributes to a winter relief effort to provide shelter for unhoused people during the winter months. This year, AFM will be assisting by staffing volunteers at the overnight shelter during the week of March 21-28. We need volunteers for both 7pm-midnight shifts and midnight-7am. The shelter is at Magothy UMC on Mountain Road in Pasadena. 

Please let Peter Meredith, meredith.peter@gmail.com, know if you are interested in volunteering to help.

American Friends Service Committee

Our AFSC liaison, Joan M., highlights several interesting articles about The Rev. Martin Luther King and AFSC’s work with him that was recently posted on their blog and encourages Friends to complete the survey about the future direction of AFSC.  

For more information, contact Joan M.

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Meetings for Learning

On Jan. 23 (Sunday), 9:15 am, Fran P will lead us in two meditations on  Healing Creation with photos and quotes illustrating how nature heals us. Worship sharing on how nature has healed us and how we are going to heal nature will follow the meditation. 

Jan. 30 (Sunday), 9:15 am, will be Outreach Committee’s worship sharing for 5th Sunday focusing on “Our Beloved Community”.  Patty R. and others from the Wednesday Meditation Group will share highlights from their exploration of Thomas Kelly’s A Testimony of Devotion. With queries, Friends will be invited to share their own experience of beloved community at AFM. 

For more information about Meetings for Learning, contact ministry@annapolisfriends.org.

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Mark Your Calendar

How do we respond? The Peace Testimony & US Military Engagement

On February 20 (Sunday),  2 p.m.-3:30 p.m., a live discussion with Samuel Moyn, author of “Humane: how the U.S. abandoned peace & reinvented war.” Join us to hear facts of ongoing U.S. military engagements, discuss them, and decide for yourself how our Quaker peace testimony leads us to respond.  For more information, click here  for the flyer. To pre-register for the program, link here and the Zoom link will be sent to you.  Sponsored by AFM Peace and Social Concerns.  For more information, contact Phil C. or Peter M.

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11 am Meetings for Worship

Beginning in January, 11 am Meetings for Worship will be held both in person and on Zoom every week.  When possible, they will be blended through technology. 

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5th Night Light – Every Thursday evening

Every Thursday from 7:00 pm until 8:00 pm, the AFM community engages in a spiritual practice that acknowledges the Light of God within each person and reinforces that to be in community is to actively care for one another. During this 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 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 11:00 am. This Meeting for Worship can be attended in person (see safety guidance below) at the Meetinghouse, or remotely on Zoom (Phone: 301-715-8592, Meeting ID: 650 269 455, Passcode: 241727.
  2. On the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays, at 8:00 a.m. This Meeting for Worship is in person, and meets outdoors in good weather. Please see below for safety guidance for in-person Worship.

Other options for Meetings for Worship include: 1) a gathering in spirit only, physically apart and without technology, at 8:00 a.m. on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays. 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 7:00 pm (please see North County Meeting on the calendar).

Safety guidance for in-person Worship:

Masks are required indoors at the Meetinghouse. Chairs will be physically distanced.  Please consider the health needs of others and join from home if you are ill. 

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://dev.annapolisfriends.org

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