Welcome to the Bethesda Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). We are a congregation of about 150 families and individuals seeking divine guidance. Please join us for worship during our regularly scheduled meeting times. We provide child care for infants and toddlers as well as First Day School (Sunday School) for Pre-K through High School. Our Meeting room is air conditioned and wheelchair accessible. Directions are available for those interested in driving or using public transportation. The calendar contains information about committee activities and events of interest. We regularly update the calendar, so check back often!   Want more information? Send email to info@bethesdafriends.org or call us at 301-986-8681. Our Meeting is a one of a group of "monthly" Meetings that make up Baltimore Yearly Meeting. To learn more about that larger association and the component Meetings in this general area, we suggest visiting the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Website. To learn more about Quakerism in general, we suggest you visit the Friends General Conference Website. All are encouraged to: Sign up for Friendly Eights. Update your Directory Listing Selected News & Events! First Day School Online registration for 2010-2011 now available. Information and Registration Form Pathways to Spiritual Formation Distracted by the immediate; yearning for the infinite? Looking for ways to soften 'the fortress round your heart?' BFM is offering a Spiritual Formation program beginning October 2010. See the brochure We meet for worship each first day (Sunday) in early (9:30 AM) and midday (11:00 AM) sessions. Visit the Calendar for more events! Recent Updaes BYM Interim Meeting Report Literature Table Annual Report Friendly Eights Annual Report Adult Religious Education Annual Report Spiritual State of the Meeting Pastoral Care Annual Report Library Committee Annual Report Friends Committee on National Legislation Support the Meeting It is now possible to make a charitable contribution to BFM directly from this Web site. BFM Peace Epistle Bethesda Friends in Action! Read about how BFM members and attenders are putting their faith into practice. Friends In Action Burundi Report Immigration Reform Did you know that you can access BFM Committee Reports here? Visit the Committees page and scroll down to the committee you're interested in. August 2010 Query: Peace What does it mean to live 'in virtue of that life and power which takes away the occasion of all wars?' What can I do to create a more peaceful and just world? As we work for peace in the world, how are we nourished by peace within and among ourselves? How are we serving as instruments of reconciliation and love? Quote: Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations, wherever you come, that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them. Then you will come to walk cheerfully over the earth, answering that of God in everyone. -- George Fox Social Concerns Box The August Social Concerns Box is for Seeds of Peace, a nonprofit, nonpolitical organization that sponsors a three-week camp in Maine for leadership training in dialogue and peacemaking for youth from Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Pakistan, and the United States with the hope that they will learn to see the human face of others before fear, mistrust, and prejudice blind them. See www.seedsofpeace.org to learn more or call 202-337-5530.