Bethesda Friends Meeting - Sunday Schedule

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COVID-19 Meeting Information

Bethesda Friends are worshiping together

on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. via two venues

Indoors in the Meetinghouse at the Sidwell Friends Lower School,
Online via Zoom.

Click here for more details and information about our weekly activities.
Child Care for ages 6 months-pre-K will begin on Sunday, February 6th in the Child Care room (lower level in the Meetinghouse) during 11:00 a.m. worship. See full guidelines here.
First Day School will begin classes for K-8 on Sunday, February 6th for fully vaccinated children. (This follows Sidwell Friends School's vaccine guidelines that require vaccines for children ages 5 and up by early February.)
There will be a holiday Zoom meeting for families and children on December 19th (time TBD) as well as the 2nd annual Toy Drive with A Wider Circle (details to be announced).

Bethesda Friends (Quakers) gather together for an hour each Sunday morning. Most people attend the 11:00 am Meeting for Worship. (NOTE: The information below pertains to our worship in "pre-Covid" times.)

11:00 - Worship begins. Arriving early allows everyone to get settled in the Meeting room. Extra seating is available in the adjacent Library. Worship lasts about an hour. (Childcare is available. Children K-8 attend Worship with their parents for the first 15 minutes until 11:15, before going to First Day School for Religious Education).

12:15 - Refreshments in the Library. [On the second Sunday of the month, a potluck lunch is held in the All-Purpose room of the Groome Building. There is always enough food for everyone.]

LOCATION: All Meetings for Worship are in the Meetinghouse on the Sidwell Friends Lower School campus.

NEED A NAME TAG? Please put your name on the bulletin board list in the Library.

Please see more detail on our Calendar & Events page.

Other Sunday or periodic activities: See Calendar & Events and our Schedule that is updated each week.

Adult Religious Education Programs are usually held 1-2 times per month at 9:30 a.m. Click here for upcoming and past classes, or check our Calendar & Newsletter page or our Weekly Schedule.
Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business is usually held on the first Sunday of the month at 9:00 a.m. Everyone is welcome and child care is available up through age 12 (grade 6). There are some exceptions to Business Meeting schedule on holidays and during the summer; please verify the dates on our Calendar or in our print Directory.
Committee Meetings are usually held monthly at 9:30 or 12:30.
Informational Forums are sometimes held at 12:30. More information on our Calendar & Newsletter page or our Weekly Schedule.

BFM service day at "A Wider Circle", Silver Spring, MD

assembling a toy at "A Wider Circle" in Silver Spring, MD

Peace & Social Justice Committee and the First Day School children's classes sponsor a work day at A Wider Circle.

Bethesda Friends Meeting

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 30152, Bethesda MD 20824

Our Meetinghouse is on the campus of the Sidwell Friends Lower School at the intersection of Edgemoor Lane and Beverly Road in Bethesda, Maryland

We are a member organization of the Religious Society of Friends