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“I am standing in the glory of the Light, said Fox.”

At Langley Hill Friends Meeting, on Saturday night, gathered Friends heard a Young Friend share these words that had been on her heart since learning of Tom Fox’s death in Iraq. I wish you could have been there to hear Young Friends and old Friends share how brightly Tom’s Light shines in their hearts...(more...)
 

Our dear Friend Tom Fox has died in Iraq. We are saddened by his loss and extend our sympathy to his family, friends, and Langley Hill Meeting where Tom had his membership and Hopewell Centre Meeting where he regularly attended. Tom's courage - to follow his inner leading - to witness against war inspires us; we commit to keeping his memory alive through our own witness against war. We extend our sympathy also to the many U.S. and Iraqi families who have lost loved ones in the war and to those Iraqis whose family members are being detained by U.S. forces. Our prayers are for healing peace and justice to be with them.

Lauri Perman, Clerk

"Tom was a member of our faith community for over 15 years. He was a former Clerk (lay leader) of the Meeting, and loved working with children and young people. When he last returned from Baghdad in the summer of 2005...(more...)
 

The members of Hopewell Centre Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) mourn the loss of our Friend, Tom Fox. We extend our deepest sympathy to his family and especially his beloved children Kassie and Andrew. We continue to pray for the safe release of the other Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) workers James Loney, Norman Kember and Harmeet Singh Sooden...(more...)
 

• New York Yearly Meeting
• Jean Zaru, Clerk of Ramallah Monthly Meeting
• The Council on American-Islamic Relations

This is the final draft of the Yearly Meeting's General Secretary position which was considered at a special Called Meeting on 2/25. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume, and two letters of reference to: Michael Cronin, Clerk, Interim Meeting, at imclerk@bym-rsf.org, or c/o Baltimore Yearly Meeting, 17100 Quaker Lane, Sandy Spring, MD 20860-1296. The Ad Hoc Search Committee will begin reviewing applications on April 7, 2006 and will continue until the position is filled.
 

Waiting for Tom Fox

In the past few months, the Yearly Meeting, individual Friends, and several monthly meetings have been traumatized by the abduction in Iraq of our Friend Tom Fox, a member of Langley Hill Friends Meeting. (more...)

This issue of the Interchange brings many articles about our beloved Tom Fox. Most of the articles are in this special section, but you will find other mention of Tom throughout this issue. (more...)

News about Tom Fox and CPT:

www.quaker.org/langleyhill/tomfox.html

Free the Captives

www.freethecaptivesnow.org

Tom's weblog, which contains his spiritual reflections on the Iraqi people and on his purpose for being in Iraq:

www.waitinginthelight.blogspot.com

Online Vigil for the Release of Tom Fox

Since early December, John Stephens of Alexandria meeting, and Chuck Fager of State College, have joined together to keep an ongoing online vigil for the release of Tom Fox and the other CPT captives in Iraq.(more...)

• Alexandria
• Annapolis
• Hopewell Centre
• Langley Hill
• Sandy Spring

New Outreach Resource: Friends General Conference has just added a new feature for "isolated Friends" to the online meeting directory, www.QuakerFinder.org.  (more...)

Annapolis Friends Deconstructing Racism Support Group: "Have I colluded lately? If so, how?" These are the opening questions a group of Annapolis Friends ask ourselves when 7-9 of us meet once a quarter. (more...)

BYM's Indian Affairs Committee members have enjoyed some special moments in the past few months. Susan Lepper made two visits to New Mexico to join friend Pat Kutzner who is now residing in Cuba, NM.(more...)

Traveling to Knit Us Together: Our purpose, as presented to Interim Meeting, is to spiritually oversee and financially support a traveling ministry of presence within Friends United Meeting- a traveling which we hope will knit us together.(more...)

Want to find out what others are doing for Peace and Social concerns in Yearly Meeting? Have some ideas on Peace and Social Concerns you want to share? Need help doing something about Peace? Come to the Peace and Social Concerns Committee Networking Day! (more...)

We are grateful for the care and commitment members of Supervisory Committee and the ad hoc Search Committee are showing through the process of discerning who will be our new General Secretary. (more...)

A Silent Vigil For Peace, Marking The Third Anniversary Of The War On IraqThe BYM Peace and Social Concerns Committee invites everyone in the Baltimore Yearly Meeting community to join Friends in a silent vigil at the West Lawn of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, at noon, on Saturday, March 18, 2006. (more...)

AFSC's exhibit, "Eyes Wide Open," returns to Washington from May 11-14, over Mother's Day weekend. The American Friends Service Committee, Gold Star Families for Peace, Gold Star Families Speak Out, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows and Veterans for Peace are co-sponsors for this witness to the human cost of the Iraq war. (more...)

From May 11th to 16th, an international group of conscientious objectors will gather in New York City and Washington, DC for Operation Refuse War, a week of conferences, demonstrations, and actions in celebration of International Conscientious Objectors Day, May 15th. (more...)

Stony Run Friends Meeting, along with Friends School of Baltimore, is planning a day of workshops on Saturday, November 11, 2006 on their joint campuses to educate people about how peace is possible.(more...)

"I looked at six or seven Quaker retirement communities and this is the only one that I could have afforded. Instead of dreading old age, I find I am rejoicing in it!...(more...)

Shiloh and Opequon Quaker Camps still have room for more campers aged 9-14. We even have room for a few more girls at Catoctin! If you have not already applied for camp, please do. (more...)

The Educational Funding Resources Committee of BYM has sizeable funds for educational loans to qualified college and graduate school students, as well as, secondary school students. (more...)

One Meeting's Answer To A Problem Among Friends: In 2003 a group of Friends from Midlothian Monthly Meeting in the greater Richmond, Virginia area, got together to discuss the pervasive problem unprogrammed Friends seem to have in raising funds for meetinghouses and other facility needs of the local meeting. (more...)

Friends from across Baltimore Yearly Meeting will gather again this summer from July 31­Aug. 6 at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia for annual session. The theme this year is "Living in Harmony: Called to Live in Harmony With One Another and All Creation." (more...)

Greetings from the Gathering Committee for the 2006 Friends General Conference Gathering of Friends! We have felt Spirit ever-present with us as we have prayed and planned to bring the Gathering week of worship, workshops, programs and community for the first time to the western part of the U.S. (more...)

The African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI) a project of Friends Peace Teams is sponsoring international workcamps in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. (more...)

My ministry with Friends Peace Teams (FPT) evolved out of a strong personal leading to offer training and skills gained over the years in the field of alternatives to violence education, as a resource to the work being done in Kenya and parts of Africa through FPT's African Great Lakes Initiative (AGLI). (more...)

Medford Leas, a not-for-profit Quaker community for older adults located in Medford, NJ, just 18 miles east of Philadelphia, cordially invites members of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to a Quaker Gathering to be held April 29, 2006, from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM to explore the many facets of Quaker Community. (more...)

Pursue Justice! Seek Peace! Working Together To Build A Better Future In Palestine And Israel: Dear Friend, I would like to invite you to attend an exciting conference March 3-4. A featured speaker is the Clerk of Ramallah Monthly Meeting, Jean Zaru, who some of you have heard speak at your monthly meeting or at BYM. (more...)

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