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Wes Stone as George FoxQuakers remember Maryland's part in American founding 350 years ago

Galesville event commemorates the religion's arrival in the New World, By Jamie Stiehm, Sun reporter, September 18, 2006

Quilt Squares by our Meetings
Thanks to Jenifer Morris, our official photographer at Annual Sessions, we have photos of the quilt squares which appear on the skirt of the clerk's table.
 
Baltimore Yearly Meeting welcomes a new General Secretary Riley Robinson

Baltimore Yearly Meeting welcomes its new General Secretary, Robert H. (Riley) Robinson. Riley is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington, and has served as its Administrative Secretary for fourteen years, attending to the needs of a Meeting with 460 members, hundreds of attenders and visitors, and two "vintage" buildings. (more...)

BYM Job Opportunity: Caretaker

Baltimore Yearly Meeting is seeking applicants to fill the position of Caretaker at Catoctin Quaker Camp.(more...)

Fall Silent Retreat

Is your spirit in need of nourishment and refreshment? Come to the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Silent Retreat at Dayspring... (more...)

Join Operation House Call

Operation House Call is a daily vigil of military families in Washington DC. Each day from June 22 - August 4th that Congress is in session, members of Military Families Speak Out will stand across from the Capitol  (more...)

FMW Job Opportunity

The Friends Meeting of Washington, D.C. of the Religious Society of Friends is seeking to employ an Administrative Secretary  (more...)

South Mountain Friends Fellowship

Friends, please welcome our newest Worship Group to Baltimore Yearly Meeting. The South Mountain Friends Fellowship at the Maryland Correctional Institute - Hagerstown has been meeting for over a year.

Monthly Meeting Facilities Booklet [PDF] is now available on the web! See this document for facilities available for retreats, meetings, and overnights in the BYM region.
Opting Out Of Military Recruitment

The Pentagon has been compiling sensitive data on 30 million youth ages 16-to-25 using a private marketing firm, without the knowledge or consent of individuals or their families. You can opt-out of this database by following instructions at www.LeaveMyChildAlone.org.


Quarterly Publication of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends
 
From the Clerk:

Living in Harmony

For 335 years, Baltimore Yearly Meeting Friends have had the opportunity to live in community, to live in harmony, once a year at our Annual Session. Alternatives to Violence Programs speak of Transforming Power. Yearly Meeting for me has always been filled with Transforming Power, the power of Divine Love, and so has become in my life a Transforming Experience. (more...)


Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting

Our next meeting, June 11, 2006, will be hosted by Little Falls Friends Meeting, held at the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, 6501 North Charles Street, at the Conference Center (more...)


Time for A Celebration

The founding of the Religious Society of Friends in 1652 was celebrated with much excitement in the UK in 2002; and the first meetings in Ireland in 1564 were widely celebrated there in 2004. (more...)


FMW Adopts New Orleans Library

Friends Meeting of Washington has adopted the Alvar Branch Library in the Bywater district of New Orleans and is raising funds to help reopen the library early this summer. (more...)


Intravisitation Request

It is a custom of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to have someone annually visit each Monthly and Preparatory Meeting in love and friendship. (more...)


Quaker Conference on Torture

Good news! The Quaker Conference on Torture is rapidly taking shape. It is set for June 2-4, 2006 at Guilford College, Greensboro NC. (more...)


Iraqi Children's Shoe Project

A dedicated, grassroots group of nearly 30 volunteers came together on Valentine’s Day to conduct an experiment in nonviolence at the U.S. Senate. (more...)


Young Friends in Ramallah

The Youth Programs Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting is offering a powerful two-week service opportunity for young people from the United States who are interested in exploring the world through service. (more...)


Ramallah Friends Center Gains Experienced Staffer

On March 21, 2002 the Clerk of Ramallah Monthly Meeting, Jean Zaru, gave a plenary address entitled “A Testimony of Suffering and Hope” at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s annual session. (more...)


Criminal and Restorative Justice

A Survey of Meeting activities concerning criminal justice and related issues: Criminal and Restorative Justice Committee has found it valuable for the Yearly Meeting to know what work is being done in our monthly meetings in criminal justice and related issues. (more...)


Religious Education Committee

The Religious Education (RE) Committee has arranged for Friend John Calvi of Putney, Vermont Friends Meeting to be with us as our RE Consultant for Yearly Meeting session this summer. John has long experience dealing with trauma and its aftermath. (more...)



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Manual of Procedure 2006 [PDF]
Interim Meeting 3/2008 [PDF]
Yearbook 2007 [PDF]
State of the Meeting Reports
Sandy Spring Prison Journal
Proposed Voices, Advices and Queries


Upcoming Events 2008


Apr 21-25
Understanding Islam
Anthony Manousos, Iftekhar Hussain and others
Pendle Hill program
Apr 25-27
Interfaith Peacemaking
Anthony Manousos, Iftekhar Hussain and others
Pendle Hill program
Apr 25-27
Clerking: Serving the Community with Joy and Confidence
Arthur Larrabee
Pendle Hill program
Apr 26
“How Can I Make This Work?”
A Retreat for Working Moms with Young Children
Bon Secours Spiritual Center
Apr 26-27
Opequon Work Weekend,
David Hunter
Apr 26
Spring Work Day
Friends Wilderness Center
May 2-4
JYF Gathering
Sandy Spring
Please submit your registration and medical forms.
May 2-4
James Nayler and the Lamb’s War
Pendle Hill program
May 3-4
Shiloh Camp Work Weekend,
David Hunter
May 3
Nature Journaling
Friends Wilderness Center
May 4
Monthly Pot-Luck and Dialogue
William Penn House, DC
May 5-7
Foundations of Appreciative Inquiry
William Penn House, DC
May 5-9
Re-discovering Elias Hicks
Pendle Hill program
May 9-10
Third Gerald May Seminar
Cynthia Bourgeault
Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation
May 9-11
Five Spiritual Principles
Pendle Hill program
May 12-16
The Unifying Legacy of Rufus Jones
Pendle Hill program
May 16-18
Tales of the Hasidim
Pendle Hill program
May 17
Annual Open House
Friends Wilderness Center
May 17-18
Catoctin Work Weekend,
David Hunter
May 18
Warrington Quarterly Meeting;
Frederick Monthly Meeting
May 19-23
Give Us This Day
Pendle Hill program
May 23-26
Young Adult Friends Conference
Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
May 23-26
Nurturing Faithfulness
Pendle Hill program
May 23-26
FCRP Conference
Anneville, PA
May 31-June 1
Opequon Work Weekend, David Hunter
June 1
Monthly Pot-Luck and Dialogue
William Penn House, DC


More Events in 2008



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