Events Calendar

Annapolis Friends Meeting will host the Third Month 2016 session of Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting. Join Friends for singing, speakers, and worship. For more information, contact Sarah Bur, Clerk of Chesapeake Quarter. (410-426-9584 or sbur@bop.gov).

Do you travel among Friends? Have you ever wanted to? Join us for the BYM Travelers’ Gathering. Hosted by the Working Group on Intervisitation. Learn more and ask questions about traveling ministry, travel minutes, intervisitation and the “ministry of presence”, and listening and connecting with other Friends. The Gathering will begin at 12:30pm. Refreshments will be provided. Registration is not necessary, but if you can, please RSVP to bymintervisitation@gmail.com so we can have a head count.

Please arrive at 10am with sleeping bag, pad, pillow, change of clothes and toiletries. Please remember that the deadline to register and be guaranteed a slot is one week before the conference (March 11). Any one registering after that date will be placed on a waiting list and may not be able to attend. For more information, contact Jocelyn Dowling, Youth Programs Manager. To register, go to the JYF Registration page on the Yearly Meeting website.

BYM Religious Education Committee is offering its third REtreat for religious educators. This year, we are undertaking a special task. We will begin the writing of a Core Curriculum on Quaker Education, a topic which was suggested to us by the BYM Vision Implementation Committee. We will consider what every Quaker needs to know about religion at every stage of life. We will be hosted by Richmond Friends Meeting. Registration and meals will be $50 and child care will be available at $25 for each family. For child care, please register by March 4. Financial aid is available. Please register through BYM at https://bym-rsforg.presencehost.net/events/ymevents/16retreat.html. Contact Marsha Holliday (202-544-2629 or hollidaymsd@yahoo.com) or Windy Cooler (301-486-4504 or windycooler@gmail.com) for information or questions.

Who said Quakers don’t sing? Come to our next Sing-In and see for yourself on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at Roanoke Meeting, 505 Day Ave SW, Roanoke, VA 240165. Both shy and sure singers are welcome! This gathering is not about bringing strong singers together—it’s about joining our voices together in a community singing with love. Meeting for Worship at 10:30, followed by potluck lunch and then singing. Contact Elise Hansard for further details or overnight accommodations at ehansard@verizon.net.