Weekly Announcements for October 25, 2024
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Election Resources for Quaker Meetings |
As our Friends at FCNL have said, "elections are our greatest chance to participate in democracy... Friends acknowledge the indispensable role of government in safeguarding the integrity of our society and the essential dignity of every human being... Friends encourage everyone to vote, engage candidates, mobilize people to vote, volunteer to support access to the ballot, and help ensure a fair and peaceful election."
With the U.S. general elections just over one week away, BYM provides the following resources for Meetings. While houses of worship are prohibited from engaging in partisan electoral activities, they are allowed to engage in a wide variety of nonpartisan election-related activities. In addition, Meetings may be thinking about how to reduce polarization, prevent election-related violence in their communities, and welcome new or infrequent attenders in the weeks after the election.
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Interim Meeting will be held on Saturday, Nov 9th at Eastland Meeting House in Little Britain, PA and online via Zoom. Supporting documents for Interim Meeting will be available at the link below later today. All registered participants will receive the Zoom link.
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Fall Work Day at Catoctin Quaker Camp, Oct 26
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Many camp families, local Meetings, and schools have been enjoying some time at Catoctin Quaker Camp this fall, but now it is time to get our camp property ready for winter. Join us on October 26th and see what wonders fall on the mountain has in store for you!
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BYM Anti-Racism Workshop, Oct 26
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The BYM Working Group on Racism invites you to the next workshop in their fall series this Saturday, Oct 26 at 10:00am: I'm a Good Person. Isn't that Enough? Debby Irving, author of Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, will use historical and media images to examine how she used her white-skewed belief system to interpret the world around her.
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| Homewood Friends Meeting to Host Reflections from a Queer Palestinian Quaker, Oct 27
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Homewood Friends Meeting invites you to join them in-person or online for Reflections from a Queer Palestinian Quaker this Sunday, Oct 27th in person in Baltimore or via Zoom. The guest speaker, Dr. Sa'ed Atshan, chair of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at Swarthmore College, will address topics of faith, peace, and justice. Registration is required.
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Maura Warner Memorial Meeting at Adelphi Meeting, Oct 26
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A memorial meeting for Maura Warner (1990-2024) will be held this Saturday at Adelphi Friends Meeting. Maura was raised in Adelphi Meeting and attended both Friends Community School and Sidwell Friends School. The service will have two parts and will begin at 10am with hymn singing and eulogies being shared. The second part of the memorial service will begin at 1pm during which anyone is welcome to speak out of the silence and share their memories of Maura. Friends of Maura and of her family are warmly invited to attend either or both parts of the memorial service, and to enjoy hospitality in the time between the two Meetings for Worship.
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| Right Sharing Conversations Kick Off Nov 19
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The Quaker organization Right Sharing of World Resources will be starting a new ongoing program this coming November named Right Sharing Conversations. Join for these monthly interactive conversations where Friends will explore different aspects of what Right Sharing of World Resources can look like, especially in our day to day lives. The first session, on November 19th at 7:30 pm EDT is titled "Thanks and Sharing." Alongside the seasonal focus on gratitude, we'll explore how we might relate to the "harvests" of our lives and its meaning in the context of our families and communities. This is both spiritually as well as community deepening, so invite your friends!
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| Friends to Hold in the Light
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To add Friends from your Meeting to our 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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