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Spring is my favorite time of year. Many years ago, when I was living in the Boston area, but had just accepted a teaching position at Penn State, one of my new colleagues sent me a friendly note and wrote, "the crocuses are blooming."(more...)

See a collection of excerpts from the Annual Reports of Peace and Social Concerns Committees of several of our Monthly Meetings(more...)

The Educational Funding Resources Committee of BYM has funds for educational loans to qualified college and secondary school students. Loans can be up to $5,000 per academic year, and no interest is charged while the student is in school. (more...)

The Faith and Practice Revision Committee has been working for over two years to revise our current Faith and Practice of Baltimore Yearly Meeting. We are working on the Queries first and have finished the first four. Beginning with this issue of the Interchange, we will have one each issue.(more...)

The world is in great need of healing. As spiritual healers we need to gather to deepen and strengthen our faith and our skills in order to bring peace and healing to the planet. We want to teach what we know, increase our knowledge, and mentor others. (more...)

Judith Simmons' description at a BYM Peace & Social Concerns gathering at Sandy Spring in September of the Lee Stern Peace Awards that Sandy Spring has made to graduating high school students for a decade resonated deeply with folks at Bethesda Friends Meeting. (more...)

Have you taught First Day School (FDS) at your monthly meeting, to any age group, six times in the past year?  If so, RE committee has a $100 scholarship towards BYM summer sessions waiting for you!(more...)

To the accompaniment of helicopters overhead monitoring movements of demonstrators and inaugural ball attenders, about 40 of us gathered the evening of January 20 to remember and be inspired by the life of Friend Bayard Rustin. (more...)

On Inauguration Day, January 20, 2005, we had the privilege of volunteering with the AFSC exhibit, Eyes Wide Open, which shows the human cost of the Iraq war. (more...)

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For over 60 years, Friends Conference on Religion and Psychology has gathered on Memorial Day Weekend to provide a respite for individuals of all spiritual and religious backgrounds who wish to delve more deeply into their inner world. (more...)

People of conscience speak out to make their voices heard in the halls of Congress against the reinstatement of the military draft. (more...)

The Scout programs (both boy and girl) and the Campfire USA program encourage their young members in their religious faiths by offering awards appropriate to the specific faith. (more...)

Benefit Harford Friends School
Saturday, July 16, 2005; 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Fresh berries, baked goods, 11:00 a.m. Live Auction
Deer Creek Friends Meeting (more...)

The New Dementia Special Care Center at Friends House will have opened by the time you read this. Features include looped walking pathways, designed to help dementia patients walk without becoming confused, and electronic bedside patient monitoring. (more...)