Events of the Week
Morning Bible Study
Bible study will be offered in the mornings from 8:15 to 9:15. Many Friends find this time to be an experience of openings and new perspectives. A study leader (not yet named) will present material for contemplation and discussion. Please feet welcome to attend.
Worship Sharing
The purpose of worship sharing at Baltimore Yearly Meeting is to provide occasions for spiritual deepening through shared, prayerful listening and speaking from one's heart in response to queries related to the theme of the gathering. Your meeting with your group each morning can also be a way to develop new or deeper relationships with other BYM Friends. One group has a special focus for families to meet together. To join a group, just find the signup sheets on the hallway tables made available for group activities.
Orientation
New to Annual Session? Lots of questions? Once you get to FSU, be sure to keep your eyes open for notices about two brief orientation sessions planned for Tuesday and Thursday right after dinner. Check the Daily Minute.
Get A Ride Or Give A Ride On Campus
You can get a ride across the Frostburg campus if you need it! Or you can volunteer to give rides. Either way, you'll meet nice people!
Last year a group of Friends volunteered to give rides in their own cars from the dormitories to campus gather-ing places for Friends who needed assistance. Signs and schedules were posted around campus at pickup points like the Lane center and at the dining hall (Chesapeake). The system worked quite well.
Volunteer driving is easy. If you'd like to drive, contact Sam Home at samwise@umd.edu
If you need a ride, just look for the signs or ask at the BYM information desk in the Lane Center.
Interest Groups
Interest Groups provide a great way to gather informally to focus on topics of interest to Friends, and can greatly enrich your Annual Session experience. Particular times are slotted for these in the schedule. Topics and locations are announced in the Daily Minute. Since we can only have up to 15 groups at a time, there is a priority list for subjects:
- BYM business concerns during session
- BYM activities:
- Committees
- Working groups
- Response to issues raised by speakers
- BYM Representatives to Quaker organizations
- Monthly Meeting concerns
- Other Quaker organizations
You need to sign up the day before the event for a room. Just write a short blurb to be included in the Daily Minute. If your request is accepted, that information will be given to the editor of the Daily Minute along with a room number. Please leave your request in the folder at the information desk in Lane Center or give it to Sheila Bach.
Please note: If a major item arises in Meeting for Business that requires a threshing session, this could take precedence over Interest Groups, even if already scheduled. Sorry, but we can't guarantee that your inter-est group will get a time to meet.
BYM Bookstore
You can't judge a book by its cover, but sometimes it's really nice to look it over. Here is your chance! A wide range of titles of interest to Friends of all ages is available. Additionally, crafts made by area Quakers and others are for sale. The BYM Bookstore is located on the ground floor of the Lane Center, next to the room where Meeting for Business is held. Hours will be published in the daily minute. Shop for yourself, shop for your friends and family, shop for your Monthly Meeting Library, but please shop!
The Daily Minute
Each day a BYM handout will be available on the
lunch line giving highlights and updates for the events of
the day. Other messages can provide helpful information
for campus services or other news. With so many
choices and so many people, this information is a great
help!
Right Sharing of World Resources
(RSWR) is a Quaker-operated nonprofit that
supports grassroots projects for economic development,
particularly in the poorest regions of Asia and Africa.
Its operates on the premise that God calls us from the
burdens of poverty and materialism into the abundance
of God’s love. Look for interest groups describing
RSWR during Annual Sessions, (see the daily minute
for details) and an opportunity to give financial support
late in the week.
Give Yourself a Break
This is a rich program, all week. There is something
for you to do every day from morning til night, except at
siesta time, from 1:15 to 2:00 p.m.. There’s a reason for
that - chill-out time is a good thing. Set the
alarm and just snooze.
The rest of the time, try to pace yourself. Every
one of us is going to miss something that we wanted to
do this week. If you remember to breathe and stay
relaxed, you will be more present for the things that you
do attend, and get more out of them. Your own calm
presence may send a pleasant message to others as
well.
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