Weekly Announcements for July 12, 2024
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Annual Session Registration Ends TONIGHT! |
Annual Session will take place July 30 - August 4 at Hood College in Frederick, MD.
Registration for BYM's 2024 Annual Session ends TONIGHT! If you plan to attend any part of Annual Session in-person at Hood College, you must register in advance. Hood College requires our in-person attendance list at least two weeks in advance. Even if you plan to pay later, please register TODAY to secure your spot!
Already registered? Be sure to sign up for your workshops - and sign up for a volunteer shift in our children's program or as a general volunteer!
If you have questions about Annual Session or would like help with registration, please reach out to Registrar@bym-rsf.org or Admin@bym-rsf.org or call Lucy Azenga at the BYM Office at 301-774-7663.
P.S. Do you Clerk a BYM Committee or Working Group? Annual Reports were due July 12th. As of that deadline, the BYM Office has received reports from 5 of 39 Committees and Working Groups. Please submit your reports ASAP so our staff has time to compile, print, and post reports online.
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Pendle Hill Series Featuring A Tender Time, Sept 4-18
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Join three BYM Friends and Pendle Hill Sept 4-18 for "Hand in Hand: Aging Together in the Spirit," a three-part online series with authors of BYM's new publication "A Tender Time: Quaker Voices on the End of Life," Patti Nesbitt, Eileen Stanizone, and Kristin Camitta Zimet. This program offers live and interactive engagement with the book, organized around its themes:
Sept 4: Aging in the Spirit—Finding Your Own Way;
Sept 11: Befriending Your Mortality;
Sept 18: Beyond Death: Continuing Relationships
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| Support the Beloved Community at BYM Camps
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BYM Summer Camps are in full swing! Thank you to everyone who has made this happen by attending work days and sending gifts to prepare for this momentous summer! Dylan Phillips, our staff caretaker at Catoctin who grew up in BYM and BYM Camps, is especially excited about the beloved camp community:
I'm excited about camp because of the incredible community that forms every year. I know each year it will be a little bit different, but I always know that whoever shows up, it will be a great summer built on our Quaker values - full of new friends, lovely experiences, and adventure. I'm always excited to meet new people, see old friends, form a close family of coworkers, and see our properties come to life.
Even if your family is not sending any campers of your own this year, you can still participate in the amazing programs at Opequon, Catoctin, Shiloh, and Teen Adventure by volunteering at a camp or by sending a gift to support BYM's important work this summer.
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BYM Considers Reparations to Pawnee
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At BYM's Annual Sessions, we will discern whether we are called to provide reparations for harms that our BYM Quaker ancestors caused to the Pawnee Nation in Oklahoma during the mid-1800's, as proposed by the Indigenous Affairs Committee. BYM Friends are invited to join two workshops/informative sessions on Zoom leading up the BYM's Annual Session: On Thursday, July 18th at 7pm, the Reparations Action Working Group (RAWG) Register here. On Tuesday, July 23rd at 7pm, the Indigenous Affairs Committee (IAC) Register here.
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| Quakers for Peace in Palestine & Israel Film Discussion, Aug 1
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Quakers for Peace in Palestine and Israel invite Friends to watch Where Olive Trees Weep during the month of July and join together on Aug 1st at 7pm for a Zoom discussion.Watch the film here. Donations to SAND are accepted but not required to view the film. Content Warning: The film presents human stories of intergenerational pain, trauma, and resilience. Register for the Aug 1 Zoom discussion here.
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| BYM Friends to Hold in the Light
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Jean Smith & Children (Kaimosi, Kenya)
Jo Anne S. and her family on the passing of her father (Annapolis)
Ann Trentman on the passing of her mother Emma Cadbury (Patuxent)
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To add Friends from your Meeting to our new weekly list of Friends to Hold in the Light, please email LucyAzenga@bym-rsf.org.
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please email Admin@bym-rsf.org.
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