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• Zoom Worship Meeting

  • When
    November 29, 2020
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Via Zoom

  Meeting for Worship will be held Sundays at 11:00 a.m. via Zoom until the Meeting House re-opens. We are glad to see many distant Friends join us. Please use our Contact Us Form if you need Zoom access information.  Click here for more information on Sunday worship and other weekly events. 

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• In-person worship (outside)

  • When
    November 29, 2020
  •  
    11:00 AM (EST)
  • Location
    Sidwell Friends Lower School outdoor tents

           Opportunity to worship in-person, outdoors: Each Sunday at 11:00 a.m., Friends can worship together under a large, open-sided tent at the Sidwell Friends Lower School. Please click here to see the safety procedures and other arrangements. If you would like to participate in person, you must register in advance at this link.    Attendance is capped at 20 people.

  
  

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• Coordinating Gathering

  • When
    November 29, 2020
  •  
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (EST)
  • Location
    via Zoom

  Representatives of BFM committees meet to discuss and prepare the upcoming Business Meeting agenda, usually on the Sunday before Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business. The gathering is usually the last Sunday of the month, but can change during the summer and over holiday weekends. It will be held from 1:00-2:30 via Zoom until the Meeting House reopens. These meetings are open to all who wish to attend. Use our Contact Us form to request Zoom information. 
  

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• Zoom Bible study

  • When
    December 03, 2020
  •  
    7:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Bible Study will meet the first three Thursdays in December at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom with the Great Courses series, Understanding the Old Testament. The lectures cover Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Joshua, and Judges.. We will not meet on Dec 24 or 31. Please contact Alex B. (see Directory) if you have questions.

  
  

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• Toy Drive (A Wider Circle)

  • When
    December 05, 2020
  •  
    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Sat. Porch pick-up

  Toy Drive for A Wider Circle's Holiday Program. The Bethesda Friends Meeting’s Religious Education Committee is sponsoring a toy drive for A Wider Circle's Holiday Program. Toys will be distributed to families visiting A Wider Circle's  Center during the month of December, as well as through their partnership with the DC Housing Authority, a partnership through which AWC will seek to provide gifts to over 10,000 children living in public housing in Washington, DC. All members of the Bethesda Friends community are invited to participate. Please join us in donating a toy to help make a child's Christmas more merry!

  Here's how:

              1. Purchase a toy (or toys) of your choice. This is for children of all ages and the toys should be unwrapped. AWC asks only that it be nonviolent, and if is is a doll, it be brown in skin tone. (Some suggestions: A game such as Qwirkle, Kerplunk or Scrabble Jr., a Wilson NFL Football, Soft baby sock toys, Baby Alive Ready for School (with black curly hair), Crayola Color Caddy)

              2. Let Susan M. (see Directory) know that you will be participating.

              3. Sign up for one of the two pick-up Saturdays, December 5 or December 12. (Signup coming soon!)

              4. On your appointed Saturday, make sure that the toy is outside for the "driving elves” (aka volunteers) to see clearly.

              5. Once our elves have collected all of the toys, they will bring them to A Wider Circle to be added to their North Pole. For details, Susan M. (see Directory)

  
  

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• Mtg for Business

  • When
    December 06, 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:45 AM (EST)
  • Location
    via Zoom

  Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business will be held on Sunday at 9:00 a.m. via Zoom until the Meeting House re-opens. Committee Reports and other matters are discussed. Everyone is welcome. Please use our Contact Us Form if you need Zoom access information. 

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• Zoom Worship Meeting

  • When
    December 06, 2020
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Via Zoom

  Meeting for Worship will be held Sundays at 11:00 a.m. via Zoom until the Meeting House re-opens. We are glad to see many distant Friends join us. Please use our Contact Us Form if you need Zoom access information.  Click here for more information on Sunday worship and other weekly events. 

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• Zoom Bible study

  • When
    December 10, 2020
  •  
    7:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Bible Study will meet the first three Thursdays in December at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom with the Great Courses series, Understanding the Old Testament. The lectures cover Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Joshua, and Judges.. We will not meet on Dec 24 or 31. Please contact Alex B. (see Directory) if you have questions.

  
  

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• Toy Drive (A Wider Circle)

  • When
    December 12, 2020
  •  
    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Sat. Porch pick-up

  Toy Drive for A Wider Circle's Holiday Program. The Bethesda Friends Meeting’s Religious Education Committee is sponsoring a toy drive for A Wider Circle's Holiday Program. Toys will be distributed to families visiting A Wider Circle's  Center during the month of December, as well as through their partnership with the DC Housing Authority, a partnership through which AWC will seek to provide gifts to over 10,000 children living in public housing in Washington, DC. All members of the Bethesda Friends community are invited to participate. Please join us in donating a toy to help make a child's Christmas more merry!

  Here's how:

              1. Purchase a toy (or toys) of your choice. This is for children of all ages and the toys should be unwrapped. AWC asks only that it be nonviolent, and if is is a doll, it be brown in skin tone. (Some suggestions: A game such as Qwirkle, Kerplunk or Scrabble Jr., a Wilson NFL Football, Soft baby sock toys, Baby Alive Ready for School (with black curly hair), Crayola Color Caddy)

              2. Let Susan M. (see Directory) know that you will be participating.

              3. Sign up for one of the two pick-up Saturdays, December 5 or December 12. (Signup coming soon!)

              4. On your appointed Saturday, make sure that the toy is outside for the "driving elves” (aka volunteers) to see clearly.

              5. Once our elves have collected all of the toys, they will bring them to A Wider Circle to be added to their North Pole. For details, Susan M. (see Directory)

  
  

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• Zoom Worship Meeting

  • When
    December 13, 2020
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Via Zoom

  Meeting for Worship will be held Sundays at 11:00 a.m. via Zoom until the Meeting House re-opens. We are glad to see many distant Friends join us. Please use our Contact Us Form if you need Zoom access information.  Click here for more information on Sunday worship and other weekly events. 

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• Zoom Bible study

  • When
    December 17, 2020
  •  
    7:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Zoom

  Bible Study will meet the first three Thursdays in December at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom with the Great Courses series, Understanding the Old Testament. The lectures cover Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Joshua, and Judges.. We will not meet on Dec 24 or 31. Please contact Alex B. (see Directory) if you have questions.

  
  

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• Spiritual Formation Program

  • When
    December 19, 2020
  •  
    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Via Zoom

  BFM Spiritual Formation Program. Does your heart long for a deeper connection with Spirit in the midst of these turbulent times? Do you yearn to live from a place of calm and love instead of fear? Do you desire to journey together in a community of like-hearted souls? If so, join us for the nine-month BYM spiritual formation program, October 2020 to June 2021 on Zoom.

  • We will meet monthly as a whole group for worship-sharing focused on a reading.
  • There will be an additional monthly small group meeting for personal sharing.

  • Whole group meetings will be monthly on the 3rd Saturday, from October 2020 through June 2021 at 1:30 p.m. 
  • Whole group meetings will be 90 minutes long. 

  This program is sponsored by Ministry & Worship Committee. If interested and not already signed up, email Margaret B. (see Directory).

  
  

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• Zoom Worship Meeting

  • When
    December 20, 2020
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Via Zoom

  Meeting for Worship will be held Sundays at 11:00 a.m. via Zoom until the Meeting House re-opens. We are glad to see many distant Friends join us. Please use our Contact Us Form if you need Zoom access information.  Click here for more information on Sunday worship and other weekly events. 

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• Zoom Worship Meeting

  • When
    December 27, 2020
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Via Zoom

  Meeting for Worship will be held Sundays at 11:00 a.m. via Zoom until the Meeting House re-opens. We are glad to see many distant Friends join us. Please use our Contact Us Form if you need Zoom access information.  Click here for more information on Sunday worship and other weekly events. 

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• Zoom Worship Meeting

  • When
    January 03, 2021
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Via Zoom

  Meeting for Worship will be held Sundays at 11:00 a.m. via Zoom until the Meeting House re-opens. We are glad to see many distant Friends join us. Please use our Contact Us Form if you need Zoom access information.  Click here for more information on Sunday worship and other weekly events. 

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• Spiritual Formation Program

  • When
    January 16, 2021
  •  
    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Via Zoom

  BFM Spiritual Formation Program. Does your heart long for a deeper connection with Spirit in the midst of these turbulent times? Do you yearn to live from a place of calm and love instead of fear? Do you desire to journey together in a community of like-hearted souls? If so, join us for the nine-month BYM spiritual formation program, October 2020 to June 2021 on Zoom.

  • We will meet monthly as a whole group for worship-sharing focused on a reading.
  • There will be an additional monthly small group meeting for personal sharing.

  • Whole group meetings will be monthly on the 3rd Saturday, from October 2020 through June 2021 at 1:30 p.m. 
  • Whole group meetings will be 90 minutes long. 

  This program is sponsored by Ministry & Worship Committee. If interested and not already signed up, email Margaret B. (see Directory).

  
  

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