Weekly Announcements for April 26, 2024
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TOMORROW! Peace & Social Concerns Online Networking Day |
The Annual BYM Peace & Social Concerns Networking Day will take place Saturday, April 27th at 9:00am on Zoom. The 2024 Networking Day will focus on Kingian Non-Violence, Gaza, and other Peace Concerns. The day will begin with a conversation with Dwight Dunston before Friends break into Networking groups. Dwight Dunston is a Philadelphia Quaker, West Philly-based facilitator, hip-hop artist, educator, and activist who has brought his creativity, care, and compassion to schools, community centers, retirement homes, festivals, and stadiums all over the country and internationally. Dwight is a Pendle Hill faculty member this spring, and the host the of Pendle Hill’s podcast The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope. Dwight will be joined by Barbara Bezdek (Homewood Friends Meeting, Baltimore). Both are certified trainers in the legacy tradition of Kingian Nonviolence stewarded by Dr. Bernard Lafayette, who was part of Dr. King's core team from Selma to Memphis. Dwight and Barbara have co-presented workshops in Kingian Nonviolence principles and practices with Quakers, Church of the Brethren, and other faith groups.
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Minutes from Called Interim Meeting
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Last Saturday, April 20th, Friends gathered online to reconsider a Minute from the March 23rd Interim Meeting. Friends united behind a short version of the Minute calling for a ceasefire in Palestine based in our Quaker peace testimony. Several Monthly Meetings have passed similar Minutes. The Friends Committee on National Legislation has a toolkit for actions for peace in Israel and Palestine, including ideas for how to use Meeting Minutes as advocacy tools.
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Children’s Program with Melinda Warner Bradley
June 15-16 at Quaker Spring
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Quaker Spring gathers Friends of all ages for fellowship, worship, and learning together in community. This year’s gathering will be held from June 14-18 at Woolman Hill in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and will include a special intergenerational weekend program. On Saturday and Sunday, Melinda Wenner Bradley will offer morning and afternoon programs for children ages 4-11, where they will explore the gifts of Creation through story, play, creativity, and outside adventure. Families are invited regardless of ability to pay.
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Please don't ghost Nominating Committee! The Yearly Meeting Nominating Committee is in its active season, calling and emailing people. Please respond either way if we contact you. Thanks for helping us with this.
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| Budget & Apportionment Presentation Now Available
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The Annual Budget & Apportionment Meeting was held on April 13th. Stewardship & Finance presented on the draft 2025 BYM Budget as well as how apportionment and budgeting works at BYM. The slides from that presentation are now available on the S&F webpage.
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