Weekly Announcements for February 17, 2023
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BYM Winter Interim Meeting, Sat, March 25th at Friends Meeting of Washington & Online
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Join Friends from all parts of the Yearly Meeting - online and in-person at Friends Meeting of Washington - as we gather to conduct the business of the Yearly Meeting. The draft agenda for our Winter Interim Meeting will be available on March 3rd, and advance reports and documents will be available on Friday, March 17th.
- Schedule
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9am - Morning Hospitality
- 10am - Meeting for Worship for the Conduct of Business
- 1pm - Lunch
- 2pm - Committee Meetings
- Agenda Items are due to IMclerk@bym-rsf.org by Sat, Feb 25th
- Documents & reports are due to GenSec@bym-rsf.org by Thurs, March 16
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Parking & transportation details are available on the BYM website
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Khalila Lomax, BYM STRIDE Coordinator, will be leaving her position at the end of March to pursue new opportunities. Stay tuned for details about a celebration for Khalila. An Interim STRIDE Coordinator will be hired to ensure a great summer for our STRIDE campers while a full search takes place. Khalila and Sarah have written a letter to the Yearly Meeting sharing more about Khalila's experiences at BYM.
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| Nature Notes
from the BYM Unity with Nature Committee
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Does your meeting have a committee working on environmental concerns? Do you have ongoing projects that promote engagement with the natural world? The BYM Unity with Nature Committee is collecting information about what our local meetings are doing. Please let us know about your meeting by sending an e-mail to: unitywithnature@bym-rsf.org
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China Folk House Summer Camp 2023
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Camp Wholesome is a summer craft school for high schoolers working together to rebuild the China Folk House located on the grounds of Friends Wilderness Center. Students engage in activities from traditional building arts and sustainable architecture to Chinese language and handicrafts as well as canoeing the Shenandoah River and hiking the Appalachian Trail. Open to high school students, Camp Wholesome is an immersive, experiential learning experience and a chance to be part of a big idea. Come build yourself into the China Folk House!
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Book Group: The Voyage of the Golden Rule
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The historic Golden Rule Peace Ship will be arriving this spring to the harbors along BYM's shores. Homewood Meeting is hosting a book group to read The Voyage of the Golden Rule: An experiment with truth, penned by the ship's original (Quakerbym) skipper after its historic 1958 peace action to block nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands. Join Friends at 7:30pm on 2/20, 3/30, and 4/17 to discuss the book and get ready for the Golden Rule's new voyage along the eastern seaboard to inspire a new generation of anti-nuclear activists.
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Quaker Spring, March 11th
Listening to the Inward Christ Together
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Registration is now open for a Quaker Spring online retreat on Saturday, March 11, from 10 am to 3 pm (EST). Come share in a time of deep listening and spiritual refreshment.
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BYM Peace & Social Concerns Networking Day
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Calling all Friends! Join Friends from across our Yearly Meeting (and beyond!) for a fabulous day of workshops, networking, and more. This is your chance to meet other Quakers engaged in peace & social concerns and learn about work happening across Monthly Meetings.
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Why Do the Hard Work?
A Message to BYM Friends from the Working Group on Racism
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The BYM Working Group on Racism writes to all Friends about why white Friends must do the hard work of overcoming their racism. Reminding us that we who are white Friends can be “patterns and examples” for the larger community by dismantling the racial barriers within our own Meetings and making our incomplete communities whole. An important part of the effort to dismantle those barriers is for global minority Friends to support one another.
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One Month Intro to Plant-Based Eating
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If you missed participating in the Veganuary “No-Pressure” BYM Edition, you can try out the suggestions any time you like! You will find easy-to-make dinner recipes, shopping lists, many gluten-free options, suggestions for snacks, desserts, fast food, take-out, etc. Brought to you by the Working Group on Right Relationship with Animals
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Funds under the care of Baltimore Yearly Meeting and Baltimore Monthly Meeting, Stony Run have begun their annual scholarship and grant cycles. Please share!
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More News & Notes
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