Welcome to Baltimore Yearly Meeting!
Baltimore Yearly Meeting nurtures a vibrant Quaker community across the Mid-Atlantic. BYM unites Friends from 50 Quaker meetings and worship groups throughout Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
Together at BYM Friends we
Strengthen Local Meetings
The monthly meeting is the beating heart of everything we do. At its core, the yearly meeting is an association of Quaker monthly meetings and other local worshipping communities coming together to support one another. We share a common Faith & Practice - and we share our skills, gifts, spiritual leadings, and resources across local worshipping communities.
Grow in Spirit & Community
Quakers believe that there is “that of God” in every person—an Inner Light that is loving and honest and can lead us to truth and justice. As BYM Friends we gather for Meetings for Worship four times each year to discern the Leadings of the Spirit and to conduct our community business and three more times throughout the year for spiritual formation retreats.
Nurture Youth
BYM has a special commitment to the spiritual, social, and emotional thriving of all young people. Our camps and youth retreats are vibrant, diverse, youth-centered communities. BYM scholarships and grants provide material support to children, families, and child-serving organizations, and the Religious Education Committee connects meetings to resources for nurturing youth.
Connect & Serve as Friends
Working together is an extension of our worship into the practical life of Quakerism. Working together benefits both the wider community and those Friends who participate. We serve together on Committtes, gather for service projects and social witness, and are part of the worldwide body of Quakers - connected to 14 organizations and hundreds of thousands of Friends around the world.
What Sustains Us: A guided Meditation on the Ground of Joy
Friends Wilderness Center is inviting you to “What Sustains Us: A guided Meditation on the Ground of Joy" on Saturday, February 13 from 10:00am until noon. This meditation will involve reflections that arise from the desire to ground ourselves in nature and the divine. It will be led by Liz Huntington, a RYT-500 hour Yoga Teacher, certified C-IAYT Yoga Therapist and iRest Level 1 Meditation Teacher. Her focus is working with individuals and small groups to develop and refine an integrated personal practice of posture, breath work and meditation. The program will be offered on zoom. To register, please email: dfsud@comcast.net and you will receive the zoom link.
Friends Wilderness Center programs are offered monthly to all who are interested. If you are able, we ask that you consider a donation to the Center which can be made by visiting our website at: www.friendswilderness.org. or send by mail to: Friends Wilderness Center, 305 Friends Way, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425.
