Weekly Announcements for September 12, 2025
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Quaker Beliefs for Everyone: QLC/ESR Launch New Course
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What do Quakers believe? It's much more than the SPICES! The Quaker Leadership Center at the Earlham School of Religion invites all Friends to join a special course on Quaker Beliefs taught by Dr. Steve Angell. Quakerism is not a credal religion, but all varieties of Quakerism are structured around certain doctrines that have roots going back to the religion’s seventeenth century origins. The course will cover 6 theological topics (God & Christ, Human Nature & Holiness, Scripture, Sacraments, Eschatology and the Testimonies, and Worship & Ministry) and will provide Friends an understanding of the deep roots of our current practices. The course is Pay As Led and will run on Zoom Thursdays at 7pm from Oct 2 to Nov 6.
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| Join DC-Area Quakers in Rapid Response Mutual Aid Group
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In response to the increased ICE enforcement and raids in the DC area, several monthly meetings in BYM are joining a DC-area network to provide spiritual and material support for the families of people being arrested and detained. If you are interested in learning more about how your meeting can participate, even if you are not near DC, please contact Kali Boehle-Silva, Peace & Social Concerns Clerk at Adelphi Meeting at kboehlesilva@gmail.com.
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Fall Book Study for BYM Friends Hosted by Stony Run
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Join BYM Friends for a group engaging in a book study this fall! Karie Firoozmand of Stony Run Friends Meeting will lead us in a Zoom group open to all members of Baltimore Yearly Meeting in a discussion of The Quaking of America by Resmaa Menakem. This book was recommended to us by Vanessa Julye, the Carey Memorial Lecturer at this summer’s Annual Session. In The Quaking of America, therapist and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem takes readers through somatic processes addressing the growing threat of white-supremacist political violence. We will gather at 7pm every Wednesday for 4 weeks, October 15-November 5 on Zoom.
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| From Dialogue to Action at Woodlawn Meeting, Sep 28
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We are living through a painful and dangerous moment in Washington, DC. Our immigrant neighbors face daily threats of detention and deportation, families are being torn apart, and fear is spreading through our communities. In the face of this reality, faith calls us not to turn away, but to stand together. Guided by our spiritual traditions, we respond with prayer, with accompaniment, and with bold action. This is what it means to live a faith-rooted response: to carry one another’s burdens, to demand justice, and to embody hope in the midst of fear.
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School is back in session - which means its YF Con season! Young Friends (YFs) of Baltimore Yearly Meeting gather for weekend retreats throughout the year. YF Cons are open to all high school-aged Friends, and supervision provided by our Friendly Adult Mentors. Locations will be determined by our YF Leadership in the coming weeks!
- Sep 26-28 @ Opequon (registration opening later today!)
- Nov 21-23
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Jan 9-11
- Feb 13-15
- Apr 10-12
- May 15-17
Stay tuned next week for details about our 2025-2026 Junior Young Friends (JYF) Cons for Middle School Friends!
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| Family Camp Registration Now Closed
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Incredible news! We have reached our capacity of 100 Friends for Family Camp - happening Sep 26-28 at Opequon Quaker Camp at Rolling Ridge! While registration is now closed, we have started a Waiting List. To join the Family Camp Waiting List please email admin@bym-rsf.org with the number and ages of participants in your group. Friends on the waiting list will be notified by Sep 20 about additional capacity.
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Organize a Gaza Vigil at Your Meeting During "Peace Days"
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Quakers around the country are organizing peace vigils for Gaza between the Int’l Day of Peace (9/21) and the Int’l Day of Non-Violence (10/2). The organizing committee of the ad hoc group, Quakers for Peace in Palestine & Israel (QPPI), invites you and your meeting to join in. Choose a date and time within this range of "Peace Days" (if you can -- later is fine too), and plan your vigil using this Action Packet. Possible activities for your vigil include: a simple meal, music, coloring, poetry, and reading the names of children killed in Gaza and Israel over the last two years. It will be a powerful vigil, all the more so because so many Quakers will be holding this vigil together. Email questions to QPPI at quakersforpeace@gmail.com
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Fall Camp Workdays are a wonderful opportunity to enjoy both the fall foliage at our beautiful camps and the fellowship of Friends from around our Yearly Meeting.
- Oct 4 - Shiloh
- Oct 15 - Opequon
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Oct 25 - Catoctin (Canceled. Stay tuned for a rescheduled date!)
Arrive anytime 9:30am-3:00pm and we'll work until 4:00pm. Bring a brown bag lunch or potluck dish to share. Sandwich fixes will be provided. Friends under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
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To submit your items for the BYM Weekly Announcements,
please email Admin@bym-rsf.org.
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