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 worshiping in person and also via Zoom.
Click these links for BFM child care (ages 6 months-pre-K) and school-age children (grades K-8) programs. More information about our weekly activities and worship. |
OUR TESTIMONIES: As members of the Religious Society of Friends, 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.
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Queries for September: Fostering Community What helps our meeting build trust in one another? How do we get to know one another in community? How do we make time in our lives for our faith community? How does conflict enrich the life of our community? How do we provide for the spiritual refreshment of all ages and all stages of the spiritual journey? |
The Social Concerns Box for September is We ARE CASA The Social Concern for September is We are CASA (formerly CASA in Maryland). CASA’s funds are used to provide legal defense for undocumented immigrants and to advocate for legislative change in government policies that negatively impact immigrants. The organization also provides programs in areas such as citizenship and workforce preparation, financial education, English learning, and access to social services. The Helping Refugees Group is asking members of our meeting community to help support this organization in this time of mass deportations and mistreatment of undocumented immigrants. For more information about current priorities, visit their website. A member of CASA will be visiting this fall to elaborate more on the work of the organization. Thank you for your contributions to this important organization. To donate to the Social Concerns Box, please use this link and clearly designate that your contribution is for “CASA" If you prefer, you may send your check, payable to Bethesda Friends Meeting, to our Assistant Treasurer, David M. (See your Directory), noting “CASA" in the memo. |
SEND OFF FOR GREG & LEE INGRAM
Alt text: Jane Chalmers reads a minute of appreciation as Lee and Greg listen.
This summer our community gathered to send off beloved Friends Lee and Greg Ingram. After many years as active members of Bethesda Friends Meeting (BFM), the Ingrams are relocating to the West Coast. A minute of appreciation, which will also be read at the September meeting for worship with a concern for business, was read aloud. There were also remarks from a representative of the Afghan refugee family that the Ingrams have supported, as part of BFM's Helping Refugees Group. We hold the Ingram transition to their next phase of their life tenderly, and we look forward to their occasional visits back to the East coast. |
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