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COVID-19 Meeting Information
The physical Meetinghouse for Bethesda Friends Meeting is closed during the Covid pandemic,
but our spiritual connection and activities are continuing
Bethesda Friends are worshiping together
on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. in two venues
- We hold Meetings via a Zoom worship connection.
- Concurrently Friends can worship outdoors under the tents at Sidwell Friends Lower School in Bethesda, MD.
- Click here for information about our weekly activities and also how to register for outdoor worship.
- The registration page will give up-to-date information about children's outdoor activities.
Click here for information about this Sunday's Meeting for Worship as well as the week's activities and opportunities to communicate in Spirit with each other.
Welcome to Bethesda Friends Meeting
We're Quakers who meet every Sunday at 11:00 a.m.
Our meetinghouse is on the Sidwell Friends Lower School campus.
We are now worshiping via Zoom as well as outdoors under open tents.
Our Social Concern in April is for Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR). RSWR is a Quaker micro-credit organization that supports grassroots income-generating pro-jects led by women, many of whom are making less than a dollar a day.
- Their mission statement reads: God calls us to the right sharing of world resources, from the burdens of materialism and poverty into the abundance of God’s love, to work for equity through partnership with our sisters and brothers throughout the world.
- In 2019, RSWR made 41 grants totaling $453,550 to fund groups which supported 1,092 women to start small businesses in India, Kenya and Sierra Leone. To learn more, see: www.rswr.org
- To give to RSWR via a Bethesda Friends Social Concern donation, please click here.
Bethesda Friends has resumed meeting outdoors for worship as of March 21, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. Please join us at home (via Zoom) or under the tents at Sidwell Friends Lower School in Bethesda, MD. Outdoor worship requires advance registration. To register and to see our Covid-19 regulations, please click here. | Summer Camping ProgramEnrollment for the BYM camping programs (at Catoctin, Opequon, Shiloh, and Teen Adventure) began on January 15. The camps are residential for children ages 9 to 17. Anyone may apply on-line (please do!). Spaces are available first-come, first-served, so please register as s To register, go to: www.bymcamps.org Why consider a sleep-away Quaker camp for your children (9 years and older)? For many children, Quakerism and Meeting for Worship are seen as a “grownup” religion and experience. At camp, however, children experience the Inner Light in a natural setting, in outdoor silent worship, and in community with their peers and well-trained, talented counselors, many of whom were once campers themselves. Campers detach from electronics and social media to have fun playing and participating in camp activities; they gain the confidence that comes from learning practical life skills through daily camp chores; they make lasting friendships with children from other parts of the area or country. The Quaker camp setting and program afford opportunities for experiential, multi-sensory learning that weekly FDS and traditional school cannot provide. |
All Quaker camps are open to children whether they come to BFM or not, so please share this information with others who might be interested. For details about the camps, visit www. bymcamps.org or contact Camp Program Manager, Brian Massey: 301-774-7663,
Bethesda Friends Meeting offers financial support for these valuable camp experiences, so we invite you to inquire about how to apply. For those who might want financial assistance for their children, our Meeting would like support our children going to camp to the extent of $500 assistance each on a first come, first served basis. If you are interested, please contact the co-clerk of Pastoral Care: David W. (see Directory or use "Contact us.") |
We strive for: SIMPLICITY - Learning to discern the essential from the non-essential. PEACE - Living in a spirit that takes away the occasion for all war. INTEGRITY - Being who we truly are and truly meaning what we say. COMMUNITY - Knowing that we need one another in order to be whole. EQUALITY - Knowing that everyone, everywhere is equally precious to God. This includes people of all ages, abilities, sexual orientation, races, ethnicities, levels of resources, and theological perspectives. STEWARDSHIP - Caring for the environment and using time and resources wisely, not wastefully. | We are a welcoming community. See more videos and learn more about Quakers at quakerspeak.com |
"The Early History of the Quakers" An online course starting April 25 for three weeks. Go at your own pace. Join others at BFM for discussion (Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. on Zoom starting 4/29) Click here for details
| BFM Book Group Via Zoom while our Meetinghouse is closed. Please contact Leslie S. [see Directory] for an update. 1:30 - 3:15 PM Please click here to find the event on our calendar. |
COVID-19 AND END OF LIFE ISSUES
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Upcoming events
Resource: How to Calculate your Carbon Footprint To follow up on this past event Use our Carbon Footprint Resources (pdf) | RECURRING EVENTSSunday Meeting for Worship (Please click here to see BFM's worship schedule while the Meeting House is closed) 11:00 AM Every Sunday Visitors are welcome. Monthly Spiritual Formation Program 3rd Saturday of each month October 2020-June 2021 1:30 p.m. via Zoom Do you want to journey together in a community of like-hearted souls? If so, join us for the nine-month BYM spiritual formation program.
For detailed information and registration/contact information, please click here. Wednesday Mid-Week Worship While the Meeting House is closed, our mid-week Worship on Wednesdays is meeting virtually. If you wish to join the group, please read the weekly announcement here. After the virtual Meeting there is a sharing time afterwards. 8:00-8:30 PM |
