Weekly Announcements for June 21, 2024
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Building Beloved Community:
BYM Campers arrive in 1 week! |
One week from tomorrow, campers will arrive BYM Camps! Our summer staff are busy with final preparations and dozens of BYM Friends are focused, persistent, and faithful in the work to bring BYM's largest ministry to life for the 2024 season. As we count down the days to the joyful noise of campers, we need your help.
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All Hands on Deck at Opequon - We will be working this Saturday and next Monday - Friday to finish up projects at Opequon Quaker Camp at Rolling Ridge near Harper's Ferry, WV. We're working early and later in the day to beat the heat, and overnight housing (with real beds and A/C!) as well as camping and glamping is available from our neighbors on the property. Limited funding is available to pay those who would not otherwise be able to volunteer. Sign up to work by emailing DavidHunter@bym-rsf.org. Email GenSec@bym-rsf.org for housing or camping details.
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Cooking Up Some Fun at Catoctin & Shiloh - Shiloh Quaker Camp needs cooks the week of July 6-13 (Session 1b), and Catoctin Quaker Camp needs cooks the weeks of July 14-21 (Session 2a) and July 21-27 (2b). Cooks generally sleep in BYO tents - with electricity for fans - though some Friends more sensitive to the heat choose to stay in nearby rentals or state parks. Sign up under "Work Grants" here.
- Driving & Riding with STRIDE - Our STRIDE program is looking for a few additional drivers & riders to transport campers and their gear from Philadelphia to Opequon on Sunday, June 29th. Mileage reimbursement is available. For details or to volunteer, email RachaelCarter@bym-rsf.org
THANK YOU to the many hands who have made joyful work of the lead-up to the 2024 camping season. BYM Camps shape the spiritual, moral, and social development of more than 600 young people each year - a 102-year legacy we are proud to continue.
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| Annual Session Spotlight: Pre-Sessions Retreat with Francisco Burgos
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Franciso Burgos, Executive Director at Pendle Hill, will lead this year's pre-sessions retreat under the theme Effetá: Being Attentive to the Spirit in a Challenging World. The retreat will offer an opportunity to reconnect with one another as we explore and nurture our experience of being in relationship with the Divine. In this space, we will be invited to contemplate and reflect on how my/our openness to the Spirit is manifested in my/our presence in the world. The retreat will be held In-person at Hood College Monday, July 29, 2:30pm -5:00 pm, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Tuesday, July 30, 9:00am-12:00pm. Registration is open NOW through July 14th
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| BYM, Reparations, and the Pawnee Nation
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For the past eight years, national Native organizations and activists such as Paula Palmer from Boulden Meeting (who researched Quaker schools) have urged churches to make amends including reparations. Faith groups have started to respond. Quakers have begun payments in small and large amounts. Numerous Friends in BYM are of the deep belief that we should do the same. At Interim meeting, the Indigenous Affairs Committee proposed reparations of $20,000 be sent to the Pawnee language restoration program. Next week, the Indigenous Affairs Committee will provide more information on this proposal and the Pawnee people. This proposal will be considered again at Annual Session.
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Friends Meeting of Washington Offers Self-Guided, Online Quakerism 101
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Friends Meeting of Washington (FMW) offers their Quakerism 101 (Q101) class online so that it can be easily accessed based on your interest and schedule. This basics class in Quakerism was developed to provide an introduction for newcomers and a refresher for members and attenders through a diversity of perspectives.
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| Shepherdstown Friends Meeting Launches New Website
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Shepherdstown Friends Meeting has launched a new website - fully revised, updated, and modernized. Websites are an important resource - especially for local seekers who are curious about Quakers and Quaker Meetings in their area. Congratulations to our Friends in West Virginia on their fabulous new website!
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Calling all Peace and Social Concern Committee clerks!
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BYM PSCC wants to be sure we have an updated list of contacts at Monthly Meetings for local clerks of PSCC. Please send your name, your Monthly Meeting and your email address (or best way to contact you) to BYM PSCC co-clerks Annette Breiling and Suzanne O’Hatnick at annette.breiling@gmail.com and suzanneohatnick@icloud.com.
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| Sandy Spring Meeting Unites Behind Minute on Gaza
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On June 2, Friends at Sandy Spring Meeting united behind a minute on the war in Gaza. In the Minute, Sandy Spring Friends share the truth as they know it, saying, "As Quakers we believe that disputes – at any level- cannot be resolved through violence... The physical violence against civilians has to immediately stop, the wounded have to be attended to, civilians have to be protected from harm, and provided with the essentials for survival.
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