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In Faith and Practice we read:
Ministry and Counsel drafts annually a report which assesses the Meeting's spiritual condition and needs. The Monthly Meeting should thoughtfully consider this draft and give it final approval. The report should be prepared with reference to the Queries and should cover such matters as:
  • Spiritual condition of the Meeting; strength and failings;
  • Nature of meetings for worship during the year. Quality of the silence, content and quality of the spoken ministry;
  • meetings for business during the year. Range of concern considered, attendance of members, implementation of the Meeting's decisions;
  • Contributions of Peace and Social Order, Religious Education, Ministry and Counsel, Overseers, and other committees;
  • What is most needed to deepen the spiritual life of the Meeting and to strengthen its witness in behalf of Friends' testimonies to the world.

We have received reports from the following Meetings:

The Spiritual State of the Meeting Reports for 2003 are still available here.


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Upcoming Events 2009


Jan 4
Monthly Pot-Luck and Dialogue
Helena Cobban, "Re-engage!"
William Penn House, DC
Jan 6
Praying with the Mystics
Thomas Hand, SJ - a Jesuit missionary and Zen master
A Shalem Institute Program
Jan 9-11
Radical Spirituality – Radical Simplicity
with Jim Merkel
Pendle Hill program
Jan 16-18
Recording: Spiritual Discipline and Communal Gift
with Mario Cavallini and Sondra Ball
Pendle Hill program
Jan 16-18
Qi Gong: Powerful, Simple Self-Care
with Kevin D. Greene
Pendle Hill program
Jan 23-25
2009 Women's Retreat
4-H Center, Front Royal, VA
Contact: Helen Tasker;
Betsy Tobin
Jan 23-25
Compassionate Communication
with Jane Connor and Pamela Freeman
Pendle Hill program
Jan 25-29
Prayer: No Strings Attached
with Chris Ravndal
Pendle Hill program
Jan 26
Deadline for Interchange Articles. Send articles to admin@bym-rsf.org
Jan 30-Feb 1
On Being Gathered
with Deborah Haines
Pendle Hill program
Jan 31
US Quakers in the 2lst Century:
Human Security vs National Security
with Helena Cobban
Bethesda Peace Workshop
Jan 31
Care for the Care Giver
Bon Secours Spiritual Center
Feb 3
Praying with the Mystics
Thomas Merton - a Trappist monk
A Shalem Institute Program
Feb 8
Monthly Pot-Luck and Dialogue
Pat Schenck, Elizabeth DuVerlie
"Being White in a Multicultural Society"
William Penn House, DC
Feb 20
Workshop Proposals Due!
for 2009 Annual Sessions; Peg Hansen
Feb 20-22
Washington Friends Conference on Religion and Psychology
"Energy Psychology and Spiritual Well-being"
Mar 3
Praying with the Mystics
Bridgit, Patrick & Columba
A Shalem Institute Program
Mar 6-8
Weaving Sacred Wholeness
An intergenerational conference on diversity
Friends General Conference
Mar 21
BYM Interim Meeting
Sandy Spring Meeting
Elizabeth Meyer
Mar 22
Contemplation:
A Loving Presence To What Is
Bon Secours Spiritual Center


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