Baltimore Yearly Meeting

Baltimore Yearly Meeting welcomes you to our website. We hope that you will find all of the information about Baltimore Yearly Meeting and the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) that you are looking for.

Baltimore Yearly Meeting is the regional organizing unit for the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in the area of central Pennsylvania, Maryland, parts of West Virginia, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. It is through membership in a Yearly Meeting that individual Quakers become connected with the larger Quaker movement worldwide. "In fellowship, in deep listening, in waiting worship, in commitment to each other, it richly rewards those who embrace the challenge of being a Yearly Meeting Friend." (2011 draft Faith and Practice)

The 2011 Camp Cookbook is now available for purchase online!

Click to order one for every one of your campers!

Upcoming Events

• Propose a Workshop for Annual Session 2012

  Program Committee is now accepting workshop proposals or Annual Session 2012. Submit your proposal for a workshop online, or download the form and mail it in.

• BYM Women's Retreat

  Women of BYM are invited to come into sanctuary to contemplate, process, and worship around change. From Friday evening until mid-day on Sunday, there will be Meetings for Worship, singing, worship sharing in small groups, and an entertaining coffee house. There will also be a variety of workshops, items by our Quaker artisans for sale, delicious meals, fellowship, laughter, and fun. Scholarships are available.

  Registrations are being accepted now. (click here to go directly to registration.)

• Clerking and Leadership Workshop

  The very popular Clerking and Leadership Workshop will again be led by Arthur Larrabee, General Secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Arthur is highly regarded for his knowledge and the excellence of his presentations. Every prior session has filled well in advance, so early registration is highly recommended. The BYM Nominating Committee warmly invites you to come to Charlottesville (VA) Friends Meeting, and hopes that this more southerly location will be more convenient for Friends in Virginia. Attendance is limited to 50 participants, and the fee is $50.00. Friends interested in learning how to become effective clerks and assume leadership positions in local Meetings, on committees, or with the Yearly Meeting are invited!

  Click here for the registration page.

  For more information, contact Wil Stratton (540-463-3863 or wstratt@kalexres.kendal.org) or Laura Nell Obaugh. (lauranell@att.net">lauranell@att.net)

• Sue Turner Thomas Quaker Education Fund Accepting Requests

  The Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund reminds anyone interested in applying for a grant that the deadline for 2012 quickly approaches. The Request deadline will be March 1, 2012.

  The Committee will meet in March 2012 to consider new requests. Please do not apply for purposes that occur before mid-May so you can be sure to hear from the Committee in time.

  The instructions for how to apply for a grant are available here. Applications may be emailed to the Sue Thomas Turner Quaker Education Fund.

• Third Month Interim Meeting

  March 17, 2012 at Charlottesville Friends Meeting and Tandem Friends School.

  
  Click here to see current information about the next session of Interim Meeting.