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. 

• EVERY DAY: 12 pm EDT (9 am PDT) Uphold Ukraine on Zoom 
• June 7 (Tuesday), 7 pm, North County Meeting in person, only
• June 8 (Wednesday), 
  • 7 pm, Wednesday Meditation Group on Zoom
  • 7:30 pm, Quaker House of Fayetteville, NC: Living into the Peace Testimony on Zoom (registration required)
• June 9 (Thursday), 4:00 pm, Spiritual Friends Group on Zoom
• June 12 (Sunday) 
  • 8 am, Meeting for Worship, in person or from your home (no technology)
  • 9:15 am, Sacred Chant & Dance (in person, only)
  • 11 am, Meeting for Worship (in person and on Zoom)
  • 11 am, First Day School (Children’s Religious Education), contact children@annapolisfriends.org
  • 1 pm, Silent Worship with the Quakers in Kyiv on Zoom

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Uphold Ukraine Daily

Friends House Moscow supporters in the U.S.A. are running an international online Meeting for Worship, to join other Friends holding in the Light all the people affected by the current crisis in Ukraine. This meeting will run EVERY DAY. The start time depends on your time zone. It starts at 9:00 am PDT (12:00 pm EDT).

Click on THIS LINK, which is the Friends House Moscow Cloud Meeting. This link was revised as of 04.10.2022. Or use Meeting ID: 416 500 5614; Passcode: 182805

Contact Ann R. at ministry@annapolisfriends.org for more information.

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Quakers in Kyiv 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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Afghan Refugees

AFM and our neighbors, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis (UUCA) are sponsoring an Agahan family!! The family found an apartment in Silver Spring near the White Oak Shopping Center. Moving day went well with much help from both AFM and UUCA on June 4th. Volunteers are needed for the health-related communications/transportation, educational tasks (i.e, children and school), and the job search. Jo Anne S. will be sending additional information on the AFM-Announce email list.

Donate new or used cell phones and computers for Afghan refugees. There is a box at the meetinghouse where you can drop them off.

Contact Doug McC. for more information at 410-923-1443.

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North County Meeting for Worship – Tuesday

We will meet outside wearing masks at 7pm on Tuesday, June 7. All are welcome! The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) call worship events Meetings for Worship (MfW) rather than services. This is a silent, centering Quaker meeting for worship where a group of people sit for an hour in silent, centering worship. Come sit with us.

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

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Spiritual Friends Group – Thursday, June 9

On Thursday, June 9th, the Spiritual Friends Group will meet on Zoom (not in-person) from 4pm to 5:30 pm. We meet on the 2nd Thurs. of each month and we meet 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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Sacred Chant and Dance June 12 (Sunday)

On June 12 (Sunday) at 9:15 am, everyone is warmly welcome to join, in person at our meetinghouse, our sacred circle of chant and dance. It is an ancient way of celebrating community and togetherness. Through our gentle movement and very simple chants, the body, mind and heart tend to become integrated while we connect with our Center and the other dancers. It is a spiritual and interfaith practice in which one may experience a deep sense of the Divine. So, come, relax, and find the joy and beauty of the Light within, between, and all around us. Masks and physical distancing are optional. There will be no Zoom connection.

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

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BYM Annual Session

The Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) Annual Session will be held on August 1 – 7, 2022 at Hood College in Fredrick, MD. Registration is now open. The theme: Considering the wildflowers rooted in history, growing towards Spirit. It will be pay-as-lead and AFM has a scholarship. 

To register and obtain additional information, visit the BYM website at BYM Annual Session.

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BYM Fall Spiritual Formation Retreat

The Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) Fall Spiritual Formation Retreat is scheduled for September 9 – 11, 2022 and registration is now open. Although it seems so far into the future, it is best to get ready now if you are interested. The retreat will be held at Shepherd’s Spring Outdoor Ministry Center, 16869 Taylors Landing Rd, Sharpsburg, MD.

For additional questions, please contact Marilyn Rothstein at marilyrothsetin@comcast.net or visit the BYM Spiritual Formation website.

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Memorial Celebration of Life 

There will be a memorial Celebration of Life scheduled.

On July 16, 2022 (Saturday), there will be a worship meeting for Bob Bruniga.

Contact Barb T. at pastoral-care@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 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 8:00 am. 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.