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Bethesda Friends Meeting House is closed at least through early June,
but our spiritual connection and activities are continuing
BFM has opportunities to meet virtually for worship, to share joys and sorrows, and to communicate
in Spirit with each other.
- Each Sunday, there will be two ways you can worship with us. Click here for information about this Sunday's Meeting for Worship at 11:00 a.m.
- Click here for details on this week's activities (May 31-June 6).
Original announcement that the Bethesda Friends Meeting House will be closed
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 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. | Please come by! We are a welcoming community. We believe there is that of the Divine in every person. See more videos and learn more abut Quakers at quakerspeak.com |
 The children in BFM's First Day School stitched and submitted this panel to the 25 Million Stitches Project. The project invited people around the world to submit hand-stitched panels with each stitch representing one of the world's 25 million refugees. The yearlong project has collected over 1,150 panels so far with 13 million stitches counted. The resulting installation will open in Sacramento, California in June 20, 2020, World Refugee Day, circumstances permitting. |
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Upcoming events
UPCOMING EVENT DETAILSHunger Relief in Montgomery County This event will be rescheduled after BFM re-opens Jackie DeCarlo, member of our Meeting and head of the Manna Food Center, will talk about new trends in hunger relief in Montgomery County and how her participation in the life of Bethesda Friends shapes her professional journey. Please click here for more information. Effective, Spirit-Led Committees How do we run committees that are both effective and Spirit-led? This event will be rescheduled after BFM re-opens We will use queries to examine how we discern our work in BFM committees: As clerks, members, and potential participants. For more information, please click here. | RECURRING EVENTSSunday Meeting for Worship (Please click here to see BFM's worship schedule while the Meeting House is closed) 11:00 AM [Worship will re-open in the Meeting House when Sidwell Friends Lower School is back in session.] Visitors are welcome. Click here for location & map to our Meetinghouse "Up-County" Boyds Worship Group (Please contact the leaders of this worship group to determine if they are meeting in person) 11:00 AM Boyds, MD Please see our events calendar for more information. Wednesday Mid-Week Worship (While the Meeting House is closed, our mid-week Worship on Wednesdays has taken on a new vitality by meeting virtually. If you wish to join the group, please read the announcement here. After the virtual Meeting there is a sharing time afterwards.) 8:00-8:30 PM [Meeting virtually while the Meeting House on the Sidwell Lower School campus is closed.] Please see our events calendar for more information. Click here for map to our Meetinghouse BFM Book Group (This group is meeting via Zoom while BFM is closed. Please contact Leslie S. [see Directory] for an update.) 1:30 - 3:15 PM Please see information in the most recent newsletter or click here for more information. Resource: How to Calculate your Carbon Footprint To follow up on this past event Use our Carbon Footprint Resources (pdf) |