November 30, 2005

 

QUAKERS PRAY FOR MISSING FRIEND

 

Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) affirms that one of our members, Tom Fox, of Langley Hill Monthly Meeting is one of four Christian Peacemaker Team workers missing in Iraq.  Our prayers and hearts are with him and his colleagues.  Tom Fox has been involved with Christian Peacemaker Teams for two years and led a workshop at our annual meeting about his experiences in Iraq.

 

Friends throughout the Yearly Meeting are holding Tom, as well as the others missing, those working to free them, those who are holding them, and all affected by this situation, in the Light of God’s Love.  We pray for a peaceful resolution to this situation.

 

Tom Fox has been active in Baltimore Yearly Meeting.  Fox served as Interim Youth Secretary for a year, and taught in the youth programs at the annual meeting for several years.  He was a volunteer cook at the summer camping program. He is a well-known and beloved member of our Yearly Meeting.

 

Tom Fox is one of several members of Baltimore Yearly Meeting who have participated in activities of Christian Peacemaker Teams.  Baltimore Yearly Meeting is formally affiliated with the Christian Peacemaker Teams through the broader Religious Society of Friends. For further information about Christian Peacemaker Teams, see http://www.cpt.org .  Members of the Religious Society of Friends have a long history of witnessing for peace and recognize that there is “That of God” in everyone.

 

Baltimore Yearly Meeting has 4600 members in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.  It has 40 local meetings (congregations).

 

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