Weekly Announcements for March 6, 2026
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Coming to Interim Meeting? RSVP Today! |
Interim Meeting is March 21st at Patapsco Friends Meeting. If you are planning to come in-person, please register TODAY so we can get a head-count to Patapsco Friends.
Agenda items include:
- Review of 2025 Financials from our Treasurer
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First Reading of new Board Members for BYM Quaker Camps, LLC
- Request from Ministry & Pastoral Care to Embrace a Ministry
- And more!
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Save the Date: Spring Spiritual Formation Retreat, May 1-3 |
The BYM Spring Spiritual Formation Retreat will take place May 1-3 at Shepherd Spring, in Sharpsburg, MD. Join with Friends from around the Yearly Meeting for a weekend of fellowship and spiritual deepening. Details and registration will be available next week. In the meantime, save the date!
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| ICE Toolkit for BYM Meetings |
Our Clerk and General Secretary have drafted some recommendations and resources for Monthly Meetings related to the concern about immigration enforcement at and near Meeting Houses. Meetings who are laboring with this concern are encouraged to attend the Peace & Social Concerns day on March 14 to share resources.
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Hopewell-Centre Spring Spirituality Retreat, March 21 |
Hopewell Centre Meeting is sponsoring a Spring Spirituality Retreat on Saturday, March 21, 8:30 am - noon, at Hopewell Meeting House in Clearbrook, VA. We'll start with a vegan/vegetarian continental breakfast, followed by an opening centering practice, workshops and a closing activity. No charge to attend! All welcome.
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| Thank You for Your Patience While the GenSec is Out |
Our General Secretary has been out all week after contracting Covid for the first time. Staff appreciate your patience as we give Sarah time to recover. If you have immediate needs that have not been addressed, please contact Admin@bym-rsf.org or Development@bym-rsf.org, and another member of the staff team. Thank you!
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Peace & Social Concerns Networking Day, Saturday, March 14th |
How are we Meeting the Moment?
Discernment, Clearness & Faithful Action in Grim Times
The 2026 BYM Networking Day will be Saturday, March 14, 9:30am - 3pm at Friends Meeting School, 3232 Green Valley Road, Ijamsville, MD (near Frederick). We invite local meetings to come share their ideas and experiences for meeting this moment.
This year’s schedule responds to Friends’ requests last year for more time and space for flexible interaction as well as workshops. 2026 focus topics will include: immigrant support, just peace for Palestine/Israel, anti-militarism, and Shepherdstown MM “harms” minute. The day will start at 9:30am and end at 3pm. Questions or requests (e.g., literature table space?), please e-mail: Dougevaughn@aol.com
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Gathering of the Quakers Healing Circle, April 17-19 |
REGISTER NOW for the 2026 gathering of the Quakers Healing Circle, April 17-19 at Powell House in Old Chatham, NY! This is an opportunity to make connections and join with a community of Quaker Healers from across the country as we share experiences and learn about our history and the modalities we practice in a deeply worshipful setting. If you are a seeker we welcome you!
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| Save the Date! Camp Alumni Weekend, Memorial Day |
BYM Camping Program Committee is excited to announce our BYM Quaker Camps Alumni Weekend - coming Memorial Day Weekend 2026! Come reconnect with Quaker Campers from across generations and enjoy a weekend back at camp. The 2026 alumni campout will take place at Catoctin. Stay tuned for details!
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Quaker Shenanigans: White Supremacy Culture in Business Meeting Workshop, March 7 at 10:00am |
How can we know when we are caught up in the ways of our dominant culture and when we are being true to the Spirit in our Friends processes? In this workshop sponsored by BYM Reparations Action Working Group and delivered by Adelphi Friends Michael Levi and Jade Eaton, we will disentangle Quaker business practices grounded in foundational spiritual principles from those that reflect White, middle-class, college-educated cultural norms.
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| Nature Notes from BYM Unity with Nature Committee |
Nature-friendly bills being considered by the Maryland legislature this year include proposals that would protect vernal pools (SB 523), ban government purchase of gasoline-powered leaf blowers (HB 167), create a deposit-refund system for beverage containers (HB 331/SB 342), and increase investment in mass transit (HB 836/SB 631). Help care for the earth by supporting these and other initiatives! The Sierra Club (Maryland) website is a good source of information or contact the BYM Unity with Nature Committee at unitywithnature@bym-rsf.org
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