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This year marks the three hundred and thirty-third anniversary of a gathering of Friends on the banks of the West River, near present day Galesville, Maryland. They came together “to see how Truth prospered among them.”(more...)

Vanessa Julye and Donna McDaniel are presently working on a book chronicling the historical relationship between Quakers of European descent and African Americans, Quaker and non-Quaker, from pre-colonial times through the twentieth century. (more...)

Tony Campolo is founder and President of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education (EAPE). He has worked to create, nurture and support programs for “at-risk” children in cities across North America, and has helped to establish schools and universities in several developing countries. (more...)

Trayce N. Peterson holds a B.A. from Earlham College and a Masters of Ministry from the Earlham School of Religion. As Friends United Meeting’s first Quaker volunteer to Belize, Central America, she taught in a girls high school and helped develop... (more...)

The Committee invites Friends to our committee meeting at Summer Yearly Meeting Day at Deer Creek Meeting at 10 a.m.  We have found it wonderful to share as a committee all the wonderful and interesting things happening in our Monthly Meetings and our Yearly Meeting. (more...)

Baltimore Yearly Meeting has programs at three camps (owns two) collectively over 900 acres and nearly 100 buildings. We really need your help getting them clean, safe, and working in good order. In addition we have new construction at each camp. (more...)

We have learned from the Ramallah Meeting International Committee that the funds required to restore both the Meeting House and annex, $160,000 has been raised! Close to 100 Friends of Baltimore Yearly Meeting contributed to the goal – more than any other Yearly Meeting.  (more...)

As a result of the workshops on James Nayler that Evamaria Hawkins has been giving in a number of the Meetings within the Yearly Meeting, she has been editing one of James Nayler’s longer texts. It is called Milk for Babes and Meat for Strong Men, which was published as a pamphlet in 1661. (more...)

Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Queer Concerns announces that the revised, expanded edition of Each of Us Inevitable, with cover illustration by Melanie Weidner, is available through QuakerBooks of FGC and the Pendle Hill Bookstore. (more...)

The Committee has been working hard in preparation for this coming summer. There are --- Spaces Available --- and --- Staff Positions Vacant (more...)

Harford Freinds School announced its intention to open a Friends school in Harford County in September 2005. Harford Friedns School will begin as a middle school that is co-ed, small, independent, affordable and diverse with a rich program of academic and experimental learning. (more...)

The objective of this curriculum is to help our Quaker youth understand Christian fundamentalism and our differences from it, so that they will not be intimidated, overpowered or confused in their interactions with their Christian fundamentalist peers.... (more...)

Our spiritual community continues to grow as a worshiping body of the Religious Society of Friends. On the fourth First day of the Second Month, we gathered to reflect on our lives and our community. From silence, we moved into Worship Sharing, guided in our speaking by the following queries: (more...)

Carlisle reports these deaths:  Stephen Davidson, on 15th of Eleventh Month, 2003.  [A Memorial Meeting was held at Dickinson College 10th of First month, 2004.] Edith Brown on 17th of Second Month, 2004, [A Memorial Meeting held at the Thornwald Home, on 6th of Third month.] Edwin Siegel on the 20th of Second Month, 2004  [Memorial Meeting at Carlisle Meeting on the third of Fourth Month].

Marriage/Ceremonies of Commitment:  Russell Groff and Kevin-Douglas Olive, 10/25/2003

Death:  Pam Acher, 10/30/2003

Friends Meeting has been especially vibrant during these troubled times. Our members and attenders — from youngest to oldest—are working on many fronts to put their faith into action. We collect and deliver food to CARES, a local food pantry for the poor; (more...)

Deaths: Earl Harrison, 11/10/2003

Births/Adoptions: Corey Bauer, adopted by Ed Wayland & Mary Bauer in 12/2003

Marriages/Ceremonies of Commitment: Robert Gregory Gelder & Barbara E.W. McDonald, 9/6/2003

The Meeting continues to have adult discussions once a month following a shared meal. We had four sessions this winter dealing with various aspects of globalization. We are now studying Elaine Pagels’ book Beyond Belief, which explores the gnostic Gospel of Thomas. (more...)

Goose Creek this spring extended a hearty “thank you” to retiring Treasurer, Ed Nichols, who, in 1964, agreed to take over meeting finances, as he remembers it, “until someone else could be found.” Forty years later, Ed stepped down from his “temporary” position. (more...)

We have had forums discussing Same Gender Unions, the Role of Committees and their relationship to the Monthly Meeting, and the Spiritual State of Meeting. At Christmas we were delighted by a program presented by all nine of the children in our First-Day School and their excellent teachers. (more...)

In February, Little Falls felt the loss of longtime and beloved member Elizabeth Hoopes, loving wife to Herbert Hoopes, and mother to Donald and Jim. A memorial service was held at the Meeting House, and there was a private burial at the Little Falls cemetery. (more...)

The Meeting had an exciting time this winter when we learned that the old Ellicott City Meeting House was for sale.  While we did not find unity as a Meeting to offer for it, the process of worship sharing on the topic was very meaningful and reaffirmed our commitment to act only as we are lead.  (more...)

With the blessing of continued interest and commitment to the Meeting, we have established a Long Range Planning Committee to make recommendations on how to meet the needs of a growing community. The increasing needs of Religious Education for the First Day school program, as well as the library are the primary concern at this time. (more...)

Seneca Valley Preparative Meeting hosted Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting on March 14, 2004.  All but two Monthly Meetings were able to send representatives. Approximately 40 people were present for worship and lunch.  (more...)

Ryan, Clerk of the Meeting back with us after heart surgery. He is doing well. There are many worthwhile projects that the members volunteer for: “Ring the bell” for the Interfaith Missions, helping with Crop Walk to raise money for people in need — locally and internationally, and... (more...)

The Meeting sends greetings to all its brothers and sisters throughout Baltimore Yearly Meeting.  We are pleased to announce the upcoming marriage on April 17th of Shannon Jeter and Joseph Harker.  Also, we are in the process of taking stock of ourselves as part of the process of drafting the annual state of the meeting report. (more...)