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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.

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...)

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...)

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...)

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.

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...)

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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...)

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...)

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...)

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...)

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...)

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...)