Weekly Announcements for January 30, 2026
Due to a technology glitch, we regret that the Weekly Announcements did not send on Friday, as coded.
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Called Interim Meeting is Tomorrow, Saturday, January 31st at 1:00pm |
On Saturday, January 31st at 1:00pm, BYM will gather for Meeting for Worship for the Conduct of Business during a Called Interim Meeting. The agenda for this Meeting for Business is brief but weighty: we will have a second reading for approval of the 2026 budget, and we will consider the proposal from the Camp Governance Working Group to take the next steps in evolving the governance of our $2 million camping program. This Meeting will be entirely online by Zoom, and there is no registration. Friends can simply join at the Zoom link at Sat, Jan 31st at 1pm. Advance documents and the Zoom Link are both available on the BYM Yearly Meeting Business webpage.
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2025 Yearbook Now Available |
The 2025 Yearbook is now available. Paper copies will be mailed to all Monthly Meeting and select Committees in two weeks. Digital copies are available online (without the Directory). To receive the full digital copy WITH the Directory, please email Admin@bym-rsf.org. Wondering who is on what committee? What your Meeting's Apportionment is in 2026? Questions related to the Manual of Procedure? It's in the 2025 Yearbook!
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| Request for Annual Session Workshops |
BYM's 2026 Annual Sessions will take place July 27 - August 2 at Hood College in Frederick, MD. In addition to our Yearly Meeting business, one of Annual Session's most popular features is Workshops! 2-hour workshop blocks take place that Thursday, Friday, and Saturday - and workshop proposals are now open!
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Richmond Friends Talk on Israel/Palestine Postponed |
Due to inclement weather conditions, Richmond Friends Meeting is postponing Steve Chase's talk on discernment and action on Israel/Palestine this Sunday. It will be rescheduled for the first Sunday in April or May. Richmond Friends will announce the new date and provide a Zoom link for this hybrid presentation once it has been rescheduled. For more information, contact Dan Shaw at Richmond Friends Meeting or Steve Chase at Friends Meeting of Washington. Steve Chase's traveling ministry among BYM Friends is sponsored by the Yearly Meeting's Palestinian Israeli Peace and Justice Working Group.
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| Quakers Healer Circle Gathering, April 17-19 |
Come join the Quakers Healing Circle, April 17-19 at Powell House in Old Chatham, NY! This is an opportunity to make connections and join with a community of Quaker Healers from across the country as we share experiences, learn about our history and the modalities we practice in a deeply worshipful setting. If you are a seeker we welcome you! This is an opportunity to experience the deep spirituality of this practice; to feel the energy that moves through and among us and to open to that healing energy as it moves through you. If there is a nudge for you to come, we hope that you will listen to that! Everyone is welcome! Questions? Contact BYM Friend Greta Kirk Mickey at greta.mickey@gmail.com.
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BYM Peace & Social Concerns Networking Day: March 15th at Friends Meeting School |
How are we Meeting the Moment? Quakers are called again to “speak Truth to power.” Discerning, articulating, and implementing the guidance of the Inner Light through contemporary language and targeted actions has never been more important. Join Friends from around our Yearly Meeting for the 2026 BYM Peace and Social Concerns Networking Day, Saturday, March 14th, 10:00am - 3:00pm at the Friends Meeting School in Ijamsville, MD. We invite local meetings to share our/your best ideas for meeting the moment. If you have any questions please e-mail: Dougevaughn@aol.com
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Black Resistance to Quaker Enslavers, Feb 10 |
Join BYM Friend Jim Fussell (Langley Hill), Scholar in Residence at Pendle Hill, on Feb 10 at 7:00pm on Zoom. In a time when Philadelphia’s historical exhibits are being dismantled, this talk highlights how enslaved Black people in Pennsylvania challenged colonial-era Quaker enslavers through escape, arson, confrontation, and self-advocacy. Their actions, spanning 1725 to 1781, reshaped Quaker and Pennsylvania history from the ground up.
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| Quaker Leadership Center: Rural Ministry Series |
Join the Quaker Leadership Center for their Rural Ministry Series, which starts on Feb 4th with a workshop about farm stress. In this interactive workshop, participants will be introduced to the urgent issue of farm stress in our communities. There will be time to reflect individually and together on the unique support that faith communities can offer farmers and farmworkers. We will also provide practical information and resources for faith communities.
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