Weekly Announcements for October 10, 2025
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Baltimore Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice, with updates through 2025, is now available in draft, digital copy. The Faith and Practice Committee has a few last copy-edits to make at their October 18th retreat, after which we will update the digital copies from draft to final and print & ship 2 paper copies to all Monthly Meetings. At that time, Meetings will also be able to order additional copies through a print-on-demand service. Stay tuned for paper copies in November.
NEW in 2025! In addition to the PDF file, Faith and Practice is now also available as an E-Pub file for reading on your Kindle, Calibre, or other e-reader.
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Help Wanted: Indexing Volunteer
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Love details and V.I.T. (Very Important Tedium)? We've got a job for you! The Yearly Meeting office is in search of a volunteer to index the 2025 Faith & Practice. The work, which can be done from home, consists of cross-referencing the 2023 Faith and Practice Index to locate where entries are found in the 2025 Faith and Practice and then noting the new page number in a Word or Google Document. To volunteer, email GenSec@bym-rsf.org.
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| Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Appoints New General Secretary
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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Mohr as their new General Secretary, starting November 8th. Chris has served as the executive director of Friends Center Corporation in Philadelphia since 2015 and succeeds Christie Duncan-Tessemer, who has served as PYM GenSec for 11 years.
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BYM Fall Book Study Starts Wednesday
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Karie Firoozmand of Stony Run Friends Meeting will lead us in a Zoom group open to all members of BYM in a discussion of The Quaking of America by Resmaa Menakem. 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 - a unique and perfectly timed guide to help us navigate our widespread upheaval and build an antiracist culture. We will gather at 7pm every Wednesday for 4 weeks, October 15-November 5 on Zoom.
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| WV Quaker Gathering - This Weekend!
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This weekend, Friends from across West Virginia will gather at the Priest Field Pastoral Center for the annual WV Quaker Gathering under the care of Shepherdstown Friends Meeting with financial support from BYM. This beloved tradition brings together Friends from all WV meetings (from three Yearly Meetings!) for worship, fellowship, and spiritual formation. We hold our Friends to the west in the Light of God's Love for a wildly wonderful WV gathering.
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Homewood Friends Meeting BIPOC Dinner, Oct 13
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Homewood Friends Meeting in Baltimore is hosting a BIPOC dinner on Indigenous People's Day at 6:00pm in the dining room. Meal provided but registration is required. Open to all People of Color who are newcomers, attenders, members, and guests of Homewood-- come join for dinner, fellowship, and silent worship.
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| BYM Indigenous Affairs Quarterly
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The Fall 2025 issue of Indigenous Affairs Quarterly is now available. The publication includes resources, news, and events for Friends called to work toward right relations with native peoples. Highlights include an invitation to the Indigenous People's Day celebration in Richmond, VA and a save-the-date for the American Indian Society Craft Bazaar to be held at Sandy Spring Meeting in December.
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Friends are invited to read the 2025 PeaceWays from Friends Peace Teams to learn about Quaker justice and peace work around the world. We ask: How does Spirit guide your faith, practice, and witness today? Join us to discuss PeaceWays with justice and peace workers and supporters from:
Connect with Quaker justice and peace workers and their supporters.
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Save the Date: Gathering of Quaker Healers, April 17-19
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Mark your calendar NOW for the 2026 gathering of the Quakers Healing Circle!
Make connections and join with a community of Quaker Healers as we share experiences, learn about our history and the modalities we practice in a deeply worshipful setting. Come deepen spirituality of this practice; feel the energy that moves through and among us, and open to that healing energy as it moves through you. The dates are April 17-19, 2026 at Powell House Quaker retreat in New York. Watch for additional information as we get closer to that time! Questions? Contact Greta Kirk Mickey at greta.mickey@gmail.com.
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200 Years of Quaker Engagement with China, Oct 25
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Friends Wilderness and the China Folk invite you to 200 Years of Quaker Engagement on Oct 25th at the Rolling Ridge Conservancy in Harper's Ferry, WV. It is going to be amazing, and we are hoping for a BIG Quaker turnout. A wide variety of overnight accommodations are available through FWC (center@friendswilderness.org) for Saturday night. Friends are welcome to gather for mountain meeting for worship on Sunday morning, 10/26. With the Autumn color, it is going to be an incredible Friendly weekend to be on the Blue Ridge!
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