Weekly Announcements for August 30, 2024
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Last Call: Spiritual Formation Retreat Registration Ends Today! |
Registration for the BYM Spiritual Formation Fall Retreat is now open! Friends will gather at the Claggett Center in Adamstown, MD the weekend of September 20-22. To Live in Hope — Exploring Pathways to Spiritual Resilience will be our theme as we gather for times of reflection and renewal, for quiet and sharing in spiritual friendships, for being reminded that we are never truly alone. Spiritual nurture funds are available through both local Meetings and through the Yearly Meeting. The retreat welcomes all of us who seek a deeper life in and with Spirit. Questions? Email Admin@bym-rsf.org to be put in touch with the Program Registrar!
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A Tender Time Online Pendle Hill Workshop, Sept 4-18
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Join three BYM Friends and Pendle Hill Sept 4-18 for "Hand in Hand: Aging Together in the Spirit," a three-part online series with authors of BYM's new publication "A Tender Time: Quaker Voices on the End of Life," Patti Nesbitt, Eileen Stanizone, and Kristin Camitta Zimet. This program offers live and interactive engagement with the book, organized around its themes:
Sept 4: Aging in the Spirit—Finding Your Own Way;
Sept 11: Befriending Your Mortality;
Sept 18: Beyond Death: Continuing Relationships
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| How does/will your Meeting promote the INTL. Day of Peace? or Campaign Nonviolence?
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The BYM Peace and Social Concerns Committee asks our Meetings to consider ways to honor and promote the International Day of Peace on or around September 21. Established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly, and in 2001, designated as a period of non-violence and cease-fire, numerous peace groups have extended this day to a period of action and reflection concluding on the UN Day of Nonviolence, Oct. 2, and called “ Campaign Nonviolence.” According to https://paceebene.org/action-days, the theme this year is “Building a culture of peace.”
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Anonymous Letter Not from BYM
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Friends may recently have received an unsigned letter about demonstrating for peace in the conflict in Palestine and Israel. This letter had the BYM Office in the return address area. It appears an individual sent this mailing to all Monthly Meetings. However, we want to clarify that this anonymous letter was not sent from BYM or by any BYM staff or Committee member. Thank you for your understanding.
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Stony Run Friends Meeting is looking for a full-time meeting facilitator. Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends, Stony Run is a large, vibrant, unprogrammed, urban meeting. Membership numbers about 350, with over 100 actively engaged in committee work and/or attending meeting for worship. Stony Run has a First Day (Sunday) School, youth activities, and adult religious education programs. Stony Run adjoins Friends School of Baltimore and oversees the historic Friends Burial Ground. Click the link below for the full job description and details of the application process.
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Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting
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Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting (CQM) will meet again on Sunday, 9/29/2024, hosted by Patapsco Friends Meeting both in person and online (hybrid).
Please note in your calendars that future CQM gatherings will follow this standard schedule:
Last First Day of September (9/29/24; Patapsco)
2nd First Day of February (2/9/25; Location TBD)
2nd First Day of June (6/9/24; Location TBD)
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2024 Fall Workdays
We will be hosting Workdays at each of the camps to make sure everything is ready to weather the winter. We will have a great time together and get some work done while we are at it. Join us for the fun on these dates;
September 7th at Opequon Quaker Camp at Rolling Ridge Conservancy
September 21st at Shiloh Quaker Camp
October 5th at Catoctin Quaker Camp
For questions and registration please e-mail davidhunter@bym-rsf.org
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| Friends to Hold in the Light |
- Arne Nelson (FMW)
- Bob Rhudy & Family (Patapsco FM)
- Family of Ria Hawkins (Annapolis FM)
- Adrian Bishop (Stony Run FM)
- Jim Krist (Annapolis FM)
- Frannie Taylor (Goose Creek FM)
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To add Friends from your Meeting to our new weekly list of Friends to Hold in the Light, please email LucyAzenga@bym-rsf.org.
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To submit your items for the BYM Weekly Announcements,
please email Admin@bym-rsf.org.
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