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Help the Victims of Hurricane Katrina

American Friends Service Committee is currently accepting donations to assist those affected by Hurricane Katrina. You can make a gift to our Crisis Fund by sending a check to AFSC or using their secure donation form. They are assessing the situation and will be providing updates as our response is further developed.


Quarterly Publication of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends
 
Volume 68 Number 2
From the Clerk:

Many years ago, when Baltimore Yearly Meeting met at Wilson College, my then young son (he was still willing to hold my hand) refused to attend the closing Meeting for Worship with me. (more...)


Religious Education

We are so pleased that Michael Gibson, the current FGC-RE Coordinator, will be joining us at BYM this summer as our Friendly Religious Education Consultant (FREC).  He has experience working with a wide range of ages in a manner that establishes respectfulness and deep listening to gathered Friends and to the Spirit. (more...)


Peace & Social Concerns Reports

The Peace Committee of the Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting is hosting a Draft Counseling Training on Friday evening, May 6 and Saturday, May 7. The cost of the training is $50. For information and a registration application...(more...)


Friends in Unity with Nature

Be mindful of the Creation and its gifts at every meal and avoid needless waste. Rather than throwing away paper napkins, bring and use your own washable cloth napkins or inexpensive cotton bandannas. Check box on the registration form.


Friends House

Chuck Harker received an e-mail from a soldier in Iraq, Captain Gerard Dolan of the 67th Combat Support Hospital, seeking school supplies for a school in Mosul. Residents sent large boxes of supplies and Sandy Springs Friends Meeting’s Peace Committee has joined the effort. (more...)



Silent Retreat: June 10-12

Is your spirit in need of nourishment and refreshment? Come to the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Silent Retreat at Dayspring. We will keep the silence from Friday evening until after worship on Sunday, enjoying the beauty of God’s creation, reading, walking, resting, finding our own rhythms, listening for the Still Small Voice. (more...)


Friends International Committee Consultation In Ramallah

Members of the International Committee (IC) of Ramallah Friends Meeting (RFM) and other Friends met in Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine for a week long consultation (March 4–13, 2005) to discern direction for the recently renovated Ramallah Meetinghouse and annex.(more...)


Ramallah Connections: A journey of hope and faith

As a convinced Quaker of five years and as Youth Secretary of Baltimore Yearly Meeting you might assume that I am always around Quakers. But that is not so. I realized this most abruptly when I shared with family members and friends that I was going to Israel and Palestine for two weeks to research the possibility of a Youth Workcamp there. (more...)


Torreon/Starlake

Our friend, Pat Kutzner, a long-time member of Friends Meeting of Washington, continues her sojourn with the Torreon/Starlake chapter of Navajo. Pat has now moved into an old but renovated adobe home in Cuba, New Mexico. (more...)


Tent of Abraham

The Tent of Abraham, Hagar, & Sarah is a gathering of Jews, Christians, and Muslims who have been building a 'Tent' of shared spiritual concern for peace, justice, and healing of the earth. Arising from this effort has been a call to take part in 'God's October Surprise'.(more...)


A Quaker Response to Christian Fundamentalism

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...)

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Apr 2-4
It's All about Resurrection - Body and Soul!
Elizabeth Ellis & Amanda Ann Hoffman
Pendle Hill program

Apr 5
Interchange Deadline
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Apr 6
Praying with the Mystics
Mary Oliver - an American poet known for her poignant observances of the natural world
A Shalem Institute Program
Apr 10
Centennial of the Ramallah Friends Meeting House
Sandy Spring Friends Meeting
Apr 10
Quaker Quest
Carlisle Friends Meeting

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Young Friends Bus Trip
Maury River
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Apr 11
Monthly Pot-Luck and Dialogue
Pacifica Radio and Freedom of Speech
Grigsby Hubbard
William Penn House, DC
Apr 23-24
Earth Spirituality and the Mystical Tradition;
Matthew Fox
Shalem Institute

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David Hunter

Apr 23-25
Practices Supporting Contemplative Prayer
Marcelle Martin
Pendle Hill program
May 2
Monthly Pot-Luck and Dialogue
Restoring Health, Hope, Peace in Burundi
Dr. Alexia Nibona
William Penn House, DC
May 2
Women's Health in Burundi
Alex Douglas, AGLI
Bethesda Friends Meeting
May 4
Praying with the Mystics
Ignatius of Loyola - founder of the Society of Jesus
A Shalem Institute Program
May 7-9
Honoring the Sacred Feminine Within
Peggy O'Neill & Rachel Stacy
Pendle Hill program
May 9
Monthly Pot-Luck and Dialogue
Interfaith Cooperation and Climate Change
Chris Brown
William Penn House, DC
May 14-16
Blessing Grief
Patricia McKernon Runkle
Pendle Hill program
May 14-16
New Monastics and Convergent Friends
Martin Kelley & C. Wess Daniels
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May 14-16
Service Weekend
Opequon Quaker Camp
David Hunter

May 14-16
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Shiloh Camp
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Warrington Quarterly Meeting
Andy Hoover
May 16
Monthly Pot-Luck and Dialogue
Quakers and Web 2.0
Mary Craudereuf
William Penn House, DC


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