Weekly Announcements for December 20, 2024
The BYM Office will be Closed Dec 24th & 25th in Observance of the Christmas Holiday.
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How is your Meeting Staying Centered with all the Tumult in the World? Jan 16th Coffee Hour |
BYM Ministry & Pastoral Care Committee invites Friends to a Coffee Hour on January 16th from 7pm - 8pm for worship sharing on the question, How is your Meeting staying centered with all the tumult in the world? BYM Ministry & Pastoral Care coffee hours enable sharing among local meetings and helps the Yearly Meeting get a sense of the concerns and joys among Friends in our region. Often, what we learn helps BYM Ministry & Pastoral Care design workshops for Annual Session and other support for Monthly Meetings. All Friends are welcome at the Coffee Hour, and we especially invite Monthly Meeting Clerks as well as members of Meeting Ministry & Counsel/Pastoral Care Committees to join.
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Sandy Spring Friends to Host Hassan El-Tayyab, Jan 12
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Sandy Spring Friends Meeting invite you to a discussion with Hassan El-Tayyab, legislative director for Middle East policy at FCNL on Sun, Jan 12th at 1pm. Friends are invited to join for Meeitng for Worship at 11am and a simple Middle Eastern lunch at 12:15pm. In his talk, Hassan will address the current humanitarian access in Gaza, the role of U.S. weapons in human rights violations in Gaza and Lebanon, and ongoing efforts to reach a comprehensive ceasefire, bring hostages home, and achieve regional de-escalation. He will also provide essential information needed for constituents to advocate on Capitol Hill to end the suffering of both Palestinians and Israelis living through escalation and conflict.
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| Quaker Voice of Maryland Survey - Seeking Maryland Friends Input!
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The Quaker Voice of Maryland working group invites Friends who live in Maryland to select your top issues where Quakers should bring our voice during the 2025 Maryland General Assembly! We welcome input from all individuals who identify as Quakers and live in Maryland; this can include Philadelphia (Eastern Shore) and Baltimore (Western Shore) Yearly Meeting Friends. Use our survey link to complete the website survey by January 2nd at midnight. Any questions can be directed to working group clerk, Molly Finch quakervoicemd@gmail.com; (m) 410-693-3631)
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Intervisitation to Cuban Friends: A Call for Support
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Windy Cooler, Erik Hanson, and their children - Ob and Maggie - will be traveling to Cuba early next year to visit with Cuban Quakers and bring critical supplies with Friends United Meeting's Living Letters ministry. Windy and Erik seek support among BYM Friends for this ministry. Friends can purchase supplies from their Amazon Wish List, which they will bring with them to Cuba, or make a much needed financial contribution to help cover the cost of the trip. Checks made out to Windy Cooler or Erik Hanson can be mailed to Sandy Spring Meeting.
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| Save the Date: Gathering of Healers: March 28-30
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Calling all Spirit Led, Hands on, Energy workers to a Gathering of Healers, March 28-30, 2025. This is envisioned as a time get to know one another, to give and receive work, and to talk about way forward as a cohort of healers in a deeply worshipful setting. If you think you would like to be part of this gathering please contact Greta Kirk Mickey Text or call 315-694-1359 or email to greta.mickey@gmail.com. Stay tuned for more information!"
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Jesus in the Rubble at Homewood Meeting
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HLast December, the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem (West Bank) installed a creche scene depicting the Christ child in a destroyed home in Gaza. Pastor Munther Isaac, gave an extraordinary sermon on the crisis in Gaza which can be heard at this link. The full text of the sermon can be accessed here. Homewood Friends Peace and Social Justice Committee has placed an installation in our lobby, depicting “Jesus in the Rubble – Remember the Children of Gaza." A full year later, we are reminded that Palestinians in Gaza continue to suffer unthinkable conditions with the ongoing bombardment.
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| Thank You for Supporting Our Yearly Meeting!
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As we approach Christmas, we wanted to take just a moment to remind you that one of the most valued ways you can give this year is to make your Annual gift to BYM! Baltimore Yearly Meeting helps you strengthen your local meeting, nurture youth, and connect and serve with Quakers throughout our region–and around the world. Every gift, no matter the size, is very important, and deeply appreciated. Please consider a gift–and Merry Christmas for all the staff and volunteers of BYM!
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Haverford Quaker & Special Collection Fellowship
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Applications for short-term Fellowships in Quaker & Special Collections at Haverford College are NOW OPEN! Fellowships must be used between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026. Submission deadline is February 16, 2025. You can find more information on our website, which also includes our application form. Fellows can utilize the vast array of original primary materials in Quaker & Special Collections around Quakerism, mental health, US history, and much more.
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| Resources for Year-End Giving for Reparations
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Friends have asked members of the Reparations Action Working Group (RAWG) to suggest organizations that BYM Friends can give to, so have put together a very short list of organizations that have the goal of addressing harms of racism, both in the goal of their work and in how the organization is structured. And we’d like to recommend Rev Robert Turner’s book, Creating a Culture of Repair: taking action on the road to reparations. It’s a very hopeful book with plenty of ideas of taking action right now to make changes that are meaningful and lasting. The book is available online and we hope in stores, too.
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