Weekly Announcements 12.12.2021

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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, 12/15 at 7 pm, the Wednesday Meditation group will gather together on Zoom for a half hour of silence, followed by examination of the Testament of Devotion by Thomas Kelly. All are welcome to attend whether or not you have had time to complete the reading.

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

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Weekend Spiritual Friendship Group

CHANGE OF DATE: This month, the Weekend Spiritual Friendship / Community Group will meet Saturday, December 18 at 10:30 am instead of its usual 4th Sunday time. This is an opportunity to build community, share our spiritual journeys, ponder questions about spirituality, and offer spiritual support. Our meetings are blended–some gathering in-person (masks, physical distance) at the meetinghouse and others joining on Zoom.

For information, contact Jo Anne S at joanneschneider77@gmail.com

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Young Friends Gift Sharing Program 

The young Friends of AFM have been exploring their gifts this season. On Sunday, December 19, they will be presenting some of their gifts as their offering to our community near the end of 11 AM Meeting for Worship (Zoom). 

For more information, contact children@annapolisfriends.org

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AFM Sendoff for Francis Wayne

Please join us on Zoom as our Meeting holds our dear Friend Francis Wayne in the Light as he leaves for Kenya as a Maryknoll Lay Missionary. We will settle into Worship, then ask Francis for an update on his work and plans. After that, we invite Friends to share on this joyous occasion however they are led as we all hold Francis in the Light. There will be plenty of time for all.  

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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 from Walmart and Target. CWS has indicated that 

getting these cards into the hands of Afghan refugees currently based in Lancaster, PA would be of the most benefit to them at this time.

Should you be interested in contributing gift cards, please put them in the red box on the counter inside the lobby of the Meeting House or slip an envelope that is clearly marked “For Afghan Refugees“ through the mailslot next to the front door. (Mailing the cards is discouraged.) Your participation is urgently needed.

Please note our connection with CWS through Friends United Meeting (FUM): FUM is part of CWS and AFM is part of FUM.

For more information, see the 11/26 “Gift Card Initiative“ email or contact Minette C. at amclarkeswindle@gmail.com.

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Christmas Eve Meetings for Worship 

Our tradition of gathering together for a Christmas Eve worship service continues this year on December 24 at 7 pm. We have a new twist this year and will be offering two concurrent options for gathering. (They will not be linked with each other through technology). We hope you, your family, and friends will join one of these beloved, yet relaxed, Meetings for Worship where we pause to breathe in the full spirit of the holidays.  All ages are welcome.

  1. On-line on Zoom
  2. In person – indoors, masks required. For planning purposes, please contact Nan E. at info@annapolis.org asap if you are planning to attend in person. 

For more information, contact Ministry and Worship at ministry@annapolisfriends.org.

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Information Needed

If you or your committee has an event coming up, please send the information to communications@annapolisfriends.org. Specific wording for the description, who to contact for more information, the official AFM email address for the contact person, as well as the date, start time and location (or Zoom) will be needed. Getting information out to the community is an important service and your help with making that information as useful, specific and interesting is much appreciated. Please note that if information is not received close after the close of the Meeting for Worship each Sunday, it may not be added to the Weekly Announcements.

For more information, contact communications@annapolisfriends.org

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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 three (3) kinds of  worship at Annapolis Friends Meeting (AFM):

  1. Spiritually connected, physically apart and without technology at 8:00 am on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays. Often Friends are at their own homes.
  2. In-Person worship at the meetinghouse. Attendees will practice physical-distancing and stay home if ill. Masks are optional outdoors. Masks are to be worn when inside the meetinghouse. 
    • 8:00 am on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays
    • 11:00 am on the 1st & 3rd Sundays
    • 7:00 pm one time per month, the 1st Tuesday – See North County Meeting on calendar
  3. Online worship using video conferencing at 11:00 am using Zoom each Sunday: ZOOM LINK: Phone: 301-715-8592, Meeting ID: 650 269 455, Passcode: 241727

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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