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. *[See Notice below]
We are worshiping in person and also via Zoom.
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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 this month reflect on Stewardship: How do we cherish and protect the beauty and balance of the natural world? How do we demonstrate our belief that our lives, talents, and resources are gifts from God, to be held in trust and shared according to the Light we are given? How do we as individuals and as a Meeting support one another in nurturing those gifts and in our search for a simpler life? |
The Social Concerns Box for JUNE IS Food Justice DMV The Social Concern for June is Food Justice DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia), an all-volunteer collective born in the fire of the Covid pandemic that stands in solidarity with thousands of neighbors. They deliver justice in a grocery bag with three weekly food distributions: Tuesday in VA, Thursday in MD, and Saturday in DC. Each distribution is adaptive and dynamic, and applies an eco-lens to reduce their carbon footprint. Resource coaches speak to families and convey current information on everything from vaccinations, rent supports, food, utilities, health insurance and more. They try to meet all challenges families may face so recipients who ask for support do not feel their needs are treated as "one and done" when asked for support. You can read more about their current work, particularly for those in our region impacted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement action, at https://www.foodjusticedmv.org/ 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 “Food Justice DMV." If you prefer, you may send your check, payable to Bethesda Friends Meeting, to our Assistant Treasurer, David M. (See your Directory), noting “Food Justice DMV" in the memo. |
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