Weekly Announcements 04.18.2021 - Annapolis Friends Meeting

There are three (3) kinds of Meetings for Worship at Annapolis Friends Meeting (AFM). All of which are unprogramed silent centering worship:

Spiritually connected, physically apart and without technology at 8:00 am on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays
In-Person outside at the meetinghouse for pre-registered attendees when the weather is agreeable. Register Here
- 8:00 am on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays
- 11:00 am on the 1st & 3rd Sundays
Online video conferencing at 11:00 am using Zoom each Sunday: ZOOM LINK; Phone: 301-715-8592, Meeting ID: 650 269 455, Passcode: 241727

As is our tradition, joys and announcements are shared after each Meeting for Worship (MfW). Although the information below does not include all of the joys or announcements for our community, it is wonderful to share what we have available. Check out the AFM Calendar for more. On the Calendar, select the “Agenda” view if you would like to see a list by clicking on the word “Month” at the top right corner of the calendar and select “Agenda” from the dropdown list.

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Coming UP:

The calendar list below can also be viewed on the bottom right of the homepage in the Coming Up section – wait for it to fully load.

April 19th (Monday) 5:30 pm, Communications Committee Meeting
April 20th (Tuesday) 10:00 am, Path Forward Working Meeting
April 21st (Wednesday) 7:00 pm, Wednesday Meditation
Apr. 23rd (Friday), Quaker Market due date for ordering food and olive oil
April 24th (Saturday) 10:30 am, Spiritual Friendship & Community Group
April 25th (Sunday)
- 8:00 am Early Worship
- 9:15 am MfL- Quakerism 201
- 11:00 am MfW
April 28th (Wednesday) 7:00 pm, Wednesday Meditation
May 1st (Saturday) Spring Quaker Market
May 11th (Tuesday) BYM presentation: Our Diets & the Environment

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Quaker Voice of Maryland

While the session has ended, advocacy work continues. Please note the following opportunities during the coming week to keep Climate at the front of our representatives minds.

Send your representatives a message (Link) — Let your representative know that you are disappointed that the Climate Solutions Now Act failed and you want to see bolder policy actions in regards to climate next session.

Learn about shifting climate advocacy to the Federal level > 4/22 @ 7PM — Join Young Adults Friend (and Quaker Voice member) Jamie DeMarco from Chesapeake Climate Action Network for a debrief on Climate Solutions Now and an update on how MD’ers interested in climate policy should be shifting our focus toward Biden’s American Jobs Plan. Learn about opportunities to influence legislators in Washington during this unique window of opportunity; Zoom link is listed below:

Debrief on CSN and Next steps – Join Zoom Meeting – 4/22 @ 7PM

https://zoom.us/j/96489154748

Meeting ID: 964 8915 4748

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

Meeting for Learning

The Ministry & Worship (M&W) Committee will be presenting the next in the Quakerism series with the Meeting for Learning (MfL) on April 25th at 9:15 am using Zoom. See the calendar for the link. This Quakerism 201 MfL is focused on silent, centering worship by answering the questions, such as: How to be in silent, centering worship? What does one do? What about thoughts and prayers?

For more information, contact Ann R. at ministry@annapolisfriends.org.

Spring Quaker Market

Mark your calendars for May 1st when the modified Spring Quaker Market will be held as a “drive-up” and pick-up, modified Market. Orders must be placed in advance. Look for Quaker Market emails for detail. The due date for ordering food, plants and olive oil is April 23rd.

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

First Day School

The Children’s Religious Education Committee and their “Second Circle” would like to extend the invitation to the broader AFM community to volunteer to help out with First Day School at some point during the remainder of the school year. This would help our small circle of adults already involved, and would be a great opportunity for you to help build community across ages at AFM. And, it’s fun!.

You can sign yourself up CLICK HERE.

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

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Weekend Spiritual Friendship / Community Group

On April 24th (Saturday) 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, Weekend Spiritual Friendship / Community Group meets on the 4th Saturday of each month, in-person at the meetinghouse using the COVID-19 prevention protocols of social distancing and the wearing of masks. The group is mainly meant as a way to build community, spiritual support, and share our spiritual journeys and questions about spirituality. This group is open to anyone affiliated with Annapolis Friends Meeting. If you would like to join the meeting using Zoom, please contact Jo Anna.

For more information, contact Jo Anna Schneider at joanneschneider77@gmail.com.

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BYM Presentation: Our Diets & the Environment

Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) will be presenting on Zoom “Our Diets & the Environment on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 from 6:30 pm to 7:15 pm. To help inform our choices as we strive to live in harmony with the living world, Becky Ramsing of the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future will talk about the impact of our food systems on climate change and the ecosystem.

Co-sponsored by the Unity with Nature Committee and the Right Relationship with Animals Working Group

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AFM Minutes

As Quakers will, they create Minutes as records of decisions made or as a line in the sand drawn or an advocacy that the members feel strongly about. When the Meeting (i.e., the group of people who have gathered to discuss business) is in unity about an issue, a Minute is drafted, read, approved and posted.

Annapolis Friends Meeting has eleven (11) Minutes ranging from 1994 to this year (2021), in addition to the records from our Meetings for Worship (MfW) with Attention to Business (wAtB). In the meetinghouse, many of the decision Minutes or advocacy Minutes are in frames hanging on the foyer wall. The eleven (11) Minutes are also posted on the AFM website. From the Homepage > About Us > Meeting Minutes > Click on Meeting Decision Minutes. Or you can use the following link: Meeting Decision Minutes.

For more information, contact Ellen M. at communications@annapolisfriends.org.

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Outdoor In-Person Meeting for Worship

There is plenty of space for more people to participate at the outdoor in-person Meetings for Worship (MfW). The attendance has not exceeded or even come close to all who could participate in the outdoor, in-person MfW. Please come and worship outdoor, in-person! The registration link is on the calendar or REGISTER HERE.

For more information, contact Peter M. at ministry@annapolisfriends.org.

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Wednesday Meditation Group

At 7:00 pm every Wednesday, the Meditation Group meets on Zoom. The meeting starts with 40-minutes of silent meditation followed by a book discussion. The book changes and is selected by the group. Zoom LINK. Phone: 301-715-8592, Meeting ID: 821 9517 1855, Passcode: 066188

Contact Patty R. for more information by email to info@annapolisfriends.org

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5th Night Light – Every Thursday evening

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 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 a pastoral-care@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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