Events Calendar

The Yearly Meeting Peace and Social Concerns Committee has scheduled their 2016 Networking Day. In the morning, key-note speaker Colman McCarthy, a long-time journalist and peace-educator, will talk briefly about the best ways to motivate children and youth to get involved. Coffee, bagels, and lunch will be provided. The remainder of the time will give attenders the chance to join more than one workshop on issues of interest. A donation will be requested, but not required, to assist with Networking Day costs.

A youth conference for peace is being held to bring together young people from different parts of our community. Inspired by the life works of Lee Stern and Bayard Rustin, the event is organized by youth for youth. The goal is to build stronger bonds among neighbors and foster a better understanding of one another and, ultimately, a more peaceful society. The conference will begin at 10am and will feature journalist and peace activist speaker Colman McCarthy, youth speakers, community building activities and lots of fun! Lunch and snacks provided, registration deadline: March 11th, 2016. For more information or to register, contact Bette Hoover (bette.hoover@ssfs.org).

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. Friends will gather beginning at 9:30am for coffee and snacks. The Apportionment Meeting will begin at 10:00 and is expected to conclude by 2:30pm. In the morning, the Stewardship and Finance Committee will present a rough draft of the 2017 Yearly Meeting Budget, as well as a first proposal of Monthly Meeting Apportionments for 2017. For documents that explain the apportionment process, go to www.bym-rsf.org/what_we_do/committees/sandf. Please bring a brown bag lunch. See you there! For questions, contact Jim Lynn (thelynngroup@aol.com) or Margo Lehman (301-774-7663 or comptroller@bym-rsf.org)

Please join the Indian Affairs Committee for this presentation by Paula Palmer. The program will begin at 7 pm. Paula is the founder of Toward Right Relationship with America's Native Peoples (Project of Boulder, CO, Friends Meeting, Indigenous People's Concerns Committee). Native American organizations are asking churches to join in a Truth and Reconciliation process to bring about healing for Native families that continue to suffer the consequences of the Indian boarding schools. With fellowships from Pendle Hill and Friends Historical Library, Paula Palmer researched the role that Friends played in implementing the federal government’s policy of forced assimilation of Native children. She will give an overview of the Quaker Indian boarding schools in New York, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Indian Territory (Oklahoma), and pose the query: Knowing what we know now about the impacts of forced assimilation, what does this history mean for Friends today?

Family Camp Weekends at Baltimore Yearly Meeting Camp Properties offer us all a chance to come and enjoy our beautiful camp properties at a special time of year. Individuals and families are invited to come and enjoy the camps for a day or for the weekend. This fall, we will have a program coordinator at each weekend who will plan camp-type activities for Saturday and Sunday mornings, as well as Saturday afternoon and evening. These may include things like playing in the creek, a crafts project or hiking around one of the most precious places on earth. There will also be plenty of work projects to do! Work projects offer people with all kinds of skills the opportunity to enjoy some meaningful and satisfying work! We will enjoy meals together, have time to explore and even spend some time around a camp fire in the evening. Come and enjoy a camp experience, give the gift of your time, participate with children in activities and find yourself rejuvenated.

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. Friends will gather beginning at 9:30am for coffee and snacks. The Apportionment Meeting will begin at 10:00 and is expected to conclude by 2:30pm. In the morning, the Stewardship and Finance Committee will present a rough draft of the 2017 Yearly Meeting Budget, as well as a first proposal of Monthly Meeting Apportionments for 2017. For documents that explain the apportionment process, go to www.bym-rsf.org/what_we_do/committees/sandf. Please bring a brown bag lunch. See you there! For questions, contact Jim Lynn (thelynngroup@aol.com) or Margo Lehman (301-774-7663 or comptroller@bym-rsf.org)