Weekly Announcements 03.13.2022

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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BIG NEWS!

AFM Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business (MfW wAtB) on March 6 determined that it was time to open up the meetinghouse to all AFM members and affiliates, as well as BYM affiliates. Masks are now optional for indoors activities and respect is requested for each individual’s sense of COVID protection, including the wearing of a mask and keeping physically distant. The use of Zoom for meetings will continue as it has been these past two years.

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

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Quaker Earthcare Witness w/Kalan B.

On March 15 (Tuesday) at 1 pm, our own Kalin Benson will be participating in a public discussion about international climate policy during the Quaker Earthcare Witness event on Zoom. Read more and register for the event by pointing your browser to the QEW website: https://quakerearthcare.org/event/international-climate-policy-from-quiet-diplomacy-to-youth-activism/

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Afghan Refugee Resettlement

The ad hoc committee to help Afghan refugee families resettle is looking for donations of bicycles and cell phones, in particular. Other items are needed, as well. Look for an email that will be sent out on the AFM-Announce list for more details. 

Contact Jo Anne S. at joanneschneider77@gmail.com for more information.

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First Day School

The Children Religious Education Committee (CREC) is requesting volunteers to assist with in-person First Day School on Sundays starting before the 11:00 am MfW.

Contact Martha L. at children@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Book Discussion with Jonathan Balcombe

On March 20 (Sunday) at 7pm on Zoom: Does a fish have a Light Within? Jonathan Balcombe, author of the New York Times best-seller “What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins”, will tell us why he has come to see fishes as fellow sentients and how our food choices affect them and their habitat. With a combination of science and amusing storytelling, his book opens our eyes about how much we have in common with fish in terms of memory, feelings, communication and social relationships, not to mention sneakiness and smarts. This opportunity was brought to our attention by Baltimore Yearly Meeting’s (BYM’s) Right Relationship with Animals Working Group.

Register here for the Zoom link.

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Winter Relief – March 21 thru 28

Volunteers are needed to help with Winter Relief, an overnight shelter for the homeless. AFM will be responsible for the week of March 21 through 28 and is still looking for people to assist for both shifts: 7pm-midnight shifts and midnight-7am. The shelter is at Magothy UMC on Mountain Road in Pasadena.

Contact Peter M. at meredith.peter@gmail.com for more information.

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Spring Clean-up – Outdoor Work Day

The Meetinghouse & Land Committee announced that there will be an outdoor “work day” to spruce up the grounds at the meetinghouse on March 26th (Saturday) from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm. There will be opportunities to garden, rake leaves, wash windows and more. In addition, there will be coffee, refreshments and lunch. All are welcome!

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

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Welcome Gathering

On April 10, 2022 (Sunday) from 9:15 am until 10:45 am, there will be an in-person celebration at the meetinghouse marking our return to the meetinghouse after more than two years of being away. This event is sponsored by the Outreach and Pastoral Care committees. A time to reconnect with those we haven’t seen in person since the Pandemic began, and to meet new attendees, so that we can welcome them in person. There will be hot and cold beverages, muffins, donuts, and fruit available.  For anyone interested, we will have tours of the meeting house, the library and the grounds.  We are looking forward to the warmth and connectedness of an in-person gathering.  Hoping to see you there.

For more information, contact Joan M. at outreach@annapolisfriends.org.

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Easter Celebration

On April 17, 2022 (Sunday), AFM will be celebrating Easter and the Ministry & Worship Committee are planning the events. 

For more information, contact Peter M. at meredith.peter@gmail.com.

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Quaker Spring Market

The AFM Quaker Market Committee is requesting suggestions for recipients for the proceeds for the Quaker Spring Market that will be held on May 7, 2022 (Saturday). Please mark your calendars! If you would like to recommend an organization to benefit from the market, please notify Cairn as soon as possible and no later than March 15th (Tuesday).

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

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Wednesday Meditation Group

Starting at 7pm everu 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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Meetings for Worship

There are two options for Sunday worship with Annapolis Friends Meeting:

  1.       Weekly at 8:00am. This Meeting for Worship is in person (no technology) and meets outdoors in good weather.
  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)

Other options 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 1st Tuesday of each month, at 7:00 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 and other events click here for the calendar. Or at https://dev.annapolisfriends.org.