Weekly Announcements for March 28, 2025
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Peace & Social Concerns Networking Day, April 12th |
On April 12th, the BYM Peace & Social Concerns will host the beloved annual Networking Day for BYM Friends at Friends Meeting School, Ijamsville, MD. More details here. Join in person or by Zoom to learn from each other, to support each other and to find new ways to support our democracy and peace in other parts of the world. Time: Come for coffee at 9:30. Program is 10 am - 3 pm (Lunch is provided)
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Annual Budget & Apportionment Meeting, April 12th |
Come learn more about the financial support that your Meeting contributes to BYM! The Stewardship and Finance Committee hosts this annual meeting to consider issues related to apportionment and financial support and stewardship of BYM. We will worshipfully consider how our budget supports our values. We will hear from BYM Committee representatives who will discuss the work their committees plan for 2026. The session will be held online on Saturday, April 13 from 10 am to noon. For questions, email Linda Pardoe, Clerk of Stewardship & Finance, at lep443@yahoo.com.
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Last Call for Corporate Discernment on Faith & Practice Revisions
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The BYM Faith & Practice Committee is seeking corporate (group) discernment on the proposed revisions for 2025 by April 9th. The propose is to replace the section "Humankind and the Environment" with new section "Care of the Earth." The Committee will bring final recommendations to Annual Session this summer and are eager to receive the discernment of your Meeting or Committee.
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Women's Retreat Registration Now Open!
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Join women from across the Yearly Meeting on Easter Monday, April 21st for the Annual Women's Retreat! Hosted by York Friends Meeting, the day-long retreat will reflect on the theme Nurturing Our Faith During Tumultuous Times and feature keynote from Carla Christopher: writer, performance poet, former Poet Laureate of York, ELCA Lutheran Pastor, and community advocate. Come join in fellowship and friendship with women from across our Yearly Meeting. The BYM Women's Retreat is inclusive of all women - trans and cisgender. Join us!
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Constructive Use of Conflict in Quaker Communities, May 3
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Would you like to be able to handle conflicts, disagreements, tensions while staying grounded in our Quaker Faith and Practices? Friends Supporting Friends, a working group under BYM Ministry & Pastoral Care, invites you to attend a workshop on Saturday, May 3rd, 10am-2pm, at Sandy Spring Meeting. The workshop covers concepts of dealing with issues/challenges/conflicts with others and links the process to our Quaker processes and beliefs that you can bring back to your monthly meeting. Open to anyone in BYM. If you are interested in attending, please email Joan Liversidge at: joanlive44@gmail.com. Space is limited, so please email as soon as you can if you are interested.
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Quaker Coalition for Uprooting Racism Community Organizing Workshop, May 10
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Quaker Coalition for Uprooting Racism (QCUR) invites you to participate in a half-day of community organizing on Saturday, May 10th, 1-5pm ET on Zoom to resist the current rise of fascism in the United States of America. We encourage Quaker organizations, schools, committees, and meetings to make themselves hubs so people can gather in person to Zoom together. Please share this invitation widely with your community and check out the event flyer.
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| Living Together in the Life and Power of Love, April 24
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Join the Earlham School of Religion, a Quaker seminary, for the 2025 Perkins Family Lectured, delivered by Colin Saxton.
Says Colin: Our world is marked by injustice and violence, isolation and division, and hope often feels like it is slipping from our fingers. Quakers, of course, are not immune to these realities. We fret over the future, worry about declining numbers, and often find ourselves caught in a cycle of not knowing what to do and just wanting to do something to make a difference. In our better moments, we know a deeper truth. Not only is there One who can speak to our condition but also One who can animate and empower our lives and life together—if we are willing.
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New Registration Link for Spiritual Formation Retreat |
The next BYM Spiritual Formation Retreat will take place May 2-4 at the Shepherd Spring Retreat Center in Sharpsburg, MD. Just as fear can be contagious, so too can courage. We will encourage one another as we gather in the Spirit and discern together how we are called to live in these challenging times. "Let us try what love can do." (William Penn) The Spring Retreat features a new, low-cost camping option!
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