2025-2026 Calendar of Key Dates
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Join Friends for a day of singing, beginning at 10 am. We will be having a POTLUCK lunch around 12:30. Ruth Fitz will be leading us in her Soulful Singing, with harmonies, followed by your choices from the hymnal & Rise Up Singing (please bring it if you have it!) We will also be chanting, so please come & share your Spirit with us! Come for all or any part of the day! Childcare will be available—though singing will be kid-friendly (please request by 4/4/15) Both shy and sure singers are welcome! This gathering is not about bringing strong singers together—it’s about joining our voices together in Spirit! Please contact Stacey LaRoy (staceybear@alaroy.com or 703-599-9390) if you have any questions.
Young Friends should plant to begin arriving at 7:00 pm on Friday. For information, check the Young Friends website (https://bym-rsforg.presencehost.net/what_we_do/yfs/yfcon.html) or contact Alison Duncan. (301-774-7663) Please remember that the deadline to register and be guaranteed a slot is two weeks before the conference (April 3). Any one registering after that date will be placed on a waiting list and may not be able to attend.
Come find out more about the money that your Meeting sends to BYM! You’ll hear about how other Meetings are handling their finances and about how the Yearly Meeting is doing. The Stewardship and Finance Committee hosts this annual meeting to consider issues of apportionment – that is, financial support of BYM. New this year will be our holding the event on two Saturdays, one toward the north and one to the south. Blacksburg Meeting will host on April 18 and Frederick Meeting on April 25. Friends will gather beginning at 9:30 am for coffee and snacks. The Apportionment Meeting will begin at 10:00 and is expected to conclude by 2:30 pm. In the morning, the Stewardship and Finance Committee will present a rough draft of the 2016 Yearly Meeting Budget, as well as a first proposal of Monthly Meeting Apportionments for 2016. The afternoon discussion topic: Many Meetings share their space with others, for various reasons - service to other local organizations, outreach, to offer cultural events, or to help defray costs of ownership. Which types of space sharing work best for your Meeting? Are there any tax considerations? Who handles user agreements? How is the property cared for when outside users are in the building? For documents that explain the apportionment process, go to http://www.bym-rsf.org/what_we_do/committees/sandf. Please bring a brown bag lunch. See you there! For questions, contact Riley Robinson. (301-774-7663 or gensec@bym-rsf.org)
There will be a training to become a Friendly Adult Presence at BYM Youth Programs events at Friends Meeting of Washington (Decatur Room) on April 25th from 10am to 4pm. The address is 2111 Florida Ave NW Washington DC 20008, entrance on Decatur Place. Email Alison Duncan (youthprograms@bym-rsf.org) to register and receive advance materials. There is no fee to attend, but please bring a bag lunch.
Come find out more about the money that your Meeting sends to BYM! You’ll hear about how other Meetings are handling their finances and about how the Yearly Meeting is doing. The Stewardship and Finance Committee hosts this annual meeting to consider issues of apportionment – that is, financial support of BYM. New this year will be our holding the event on two Saturdays, one toward the north and one to the south. Blacksburg Meeting will host on April 18 and Frederick Meeting on April 25. Friends will gather beginning at 9:30 am for coffee and snacks. The Apportionment Meeting will begin at 10:00 and is expected to conclude by 2:30 pm. In the morning, the Stewardship and Finance Committee will present a rough draft of the 2016 Yearly Meeting Budget, as well as a first proposal of Monthly Meeting Apportionments for 2016. The afternoon discussion topic: Many Meetings share their space with others, for various reasons - service to other local organizations, outreach, to offer cultural events, or to help defray costs of ownership. Which types of space sharing work best for your Meeting? Are there any tax considerations? Who handles user agreements? How is the property cared for when outside users are in the building? For documents that explain the apportionment process, go to http://www.bym-rsf.org/what_we_do/committees/sandf. Please bring a brown bag lunch. See you there! For questions, contact Riley Robinson. (301-774-7663 or gensec@bym-rsf.org)
