Weekly Announcements for March 21, 2025

March Interim Meeting will take place tomorrow, Saturday, March 22nd at Alexandria Friends Meeting Woodlawn Meeting House. Items on the agenda include the report from our Treasurer on the 2024 finances of the Yearly Meeting, a report from the Supervisory Committee, and more. We will also hear Minutes of Support from around the world for BYM's legal action to protect freedom of worship and our immigrant Friends and neighbors. We will be joyfully joined by Dylan Phillips, our outgoing Caretaker at Catoctin Quaker Camp, to celebrate his service to BYM. In these trying times, come be in the fellowship of Friends from across our Yearly Meeting. In-person fellowship will begin at 11:00am, and Meeting for Worship for the Conduct of Business will begin - in-person and on Zoom - at 12:30pm. 

Don't Forget: Discernment on Faith & Practice Revisions Due April 9th

The BYM Faith & Practice Committee is seeking corporate (group) discernment on the proposed revisions for 2025: replacing 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. 

Seeking Gently Used Books!

Back by popular demand, the Annual Session Bookstore will continue to offer a Used Book Section in 2025. To help with gathering books, Friends are asked to search your shelves for up to 10 New or Like New books to donate. Donated books can be brought to Interim Meetings or dropped off at/mailed to the Yearly Meeting Office. We look forward to another fabulous book sale this summer! 

BYM Seeks Vendors at Annual Session

At this coming Annual Session, we are reaching back out to all our artistic Friends in

search of those interested in being a vendor in the Bookstore. We invited you to offer your items for sale, including things we’ve had in the past (quilted items, pottery, cultural items, independently published materials, etc.) but we also welcome all the crafts you have since developed since our last Annual Session. The application process is easy, and if you let us know that you plan to join us, we can provide enough table space for everyone to fit comfortably! Just contact the Bookstore Manager at bookstore@bym-rsf.org.

Interfaith Action for Immigrant Justice in Annapolis, March 24

Quaker Voices of Maryland invites BYM Friends to join CASA, faith leaders and communities from across the state, and partners in Annapolis on March 24th for an interfaith day of action for immigrant justice! Caring for the vulnerable and welcoming the stranger are indispensable theological commitments that are foundational in all faiths. They lay the foundation for treating all human beings with dignity and respect. 

Spring Workdays at BYM Camps

Spring has sprung, and its time to start getting our camps ready for another awesome summer. Join in the fellowship & fun:

• April 5 @ Catoctin
• April 26 @ Opequon
• May 3 @ Shiloh
• May 31 @ Opequon
• June 7 @ Catoctin

"The Joyful Case for Going Vegan," April 1

The BYM Working Group on Right Relationship with Animals, under the care of the Unity with Nature Committee, invites you to a Zoom presentation on April 1, 7-8pm. Matthew Halteman, author of Hungry Beautiful Animals, will offer a transformed vision of vegan living, focusing on what we gain: an abundant and healthful diet, innovative style, expanded consciousness of the lives of others, genuine interspecies kinship, and increased hope for social justice and environmental sustainability.

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