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• BYM Annual Sessions

  • Start
    July 27, 2021
  •  
    (EDT)
  • End
    August 08, 2021
  •  
    (EDT)

  We are cordially invited to join Quakers from other area Meetings for the virtual 2021 Annual Session between July 27 and August 8. This session is being held virtually again this summer. It includes worship, business, and workshops for learning and deepening our spiritual practices. The theme this year is Seeking Wholeness: Knowing Our Shadow and Our Light. A special anchor for our community this year is the celebration of being Friends together for the past 350 years, which will call on us to consider the shadow and light of our past and present, and what hopes we carry for our future. Please participate at whatever level will work best for you. Some of the workshops and times for reports will be in the week ahead of the main session. Your registration will include all events that you wish to attend over both weeks.

              Even though we experienced this event online last year, we find ourselves in a new place as a community. We have new Clerks, new Recording Clerks, and new understanding of how technology can be used to be more inclusive while still keeping us grounded in Spirit. What has not changed is the understanding that it takes all of us to build this beloved community and that the better we understand our Shadows and our Light, the more we are able to love each other fully and be more Whole by living into our intention to be an anti-racist faith community.

              For details: https://www.bym-rsf.org/events/annualsession/

  For a list of workshops: https://www.bym-rsf.org/events/annualsession/workshops.html

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• Meeting For Worship

  • When
    August 01, 2021
  •  
    11:00 AM (EDT)

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

  • Worship in the Sidwell Friends Lower School Meeting House.  

  • Worship outside in the breezeway of SF lower school.

  These two choices are hybrid meetings that connect to each other via laptop. Friends participating must wear a mask and maintain social distancing.

  • COVID screening.  You may not attend if you have a fever, have COVID symptoms, have tested positive for COVID, or have recently been exposed to an individual testing positive for, or displaying symptoms of, COVID.  Any friends who cannot participate in person due to these restrictions are welcome to participate by Zoom. Everyone attending in person will sign in with contact information.   

  • Worship via Zoom. Friends can join our worship remotely via Zoom. Please use our Contact Us form to request the Zoom link.

  • Summer Playground Supervision is in session. Summer playground supervision is available for children ages 3 years and up during outdoor Meeting for Worship on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Two paid childcare providers will supervise play at the upper playground. Children should wear masks and bring their own water bottles. The playground supervisors will bring the children back to the breezeway at the rise of Meeting for Worship.

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• Meeting For Worship

  • When
    August 08, 2021
  •  
    11:00 AM (EDT)

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

  • Worship in the Sidwell Friends Lower School Meeting House.  

  • Worship outside in the breezeway of SF lower school.

  These two choices are hybrid meetings that connect to each other via laptop. Friends participating must wear a mask and maintain social distancing.

  • COVID screening.  You may not attend if you have a fever, have COVID symptoms, have tested positive for COVID, or have recently been exposed to an individual testing positive for, or displaying symptoms of, COVID.  Any friends who cannot participate in person due to these restrictions are welcome to participate by Zoom. Everyone attending in person will sign in with contact information.   

  • Worship via Zoom. Friends can join our worship remotely via Zoom. Please use our Contact Us form to request the Zoom link.

  • Summer Playground Supervision is in session. Summer playground supervision is available for children ages 3 years and up during outdoor Meeting for Worship on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Two paid childcare providers will supervise play at the upper playground. Children should wear masks and bring their own water bottles. The playground supervisors will bring the children back to the breezeway at the rise of Meeting for Worship.

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• Meeting For Worship

  • When
    August 15, 2021
  •  
    11:00 AM (EDT)

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

  • Worship in the Sidwell Friends Lower School Meeting House.  

  • Worship outside in the breezeway of SF lower school.

  These two choices are hybrid meetings that connect to each other via laptop. Friends participating must wear a mask and maintain social distancing.

  • COVID screening.  You may not attend if you have a fever, have COVID symptoms, have tested positive for COVID, or have recently been exposed to an individual testing positive for, or displaying symptoms of, COVID.  Any friends who cannot participate in person due to these restrictions are welcome to participate by Zoom. Everyone attending in person will sign in with contact information.   

  • Worship via Zoom. Friends can join our worship remotely via Zoom. Please use our Contact Us form to request the Zoom link.

  • Summer Playground Supervision is in session. Summer playground supervision is available for children ages 3 years and up during outdoor Meeting for Worship on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Two paid childcare providers will supervise play at the upper playground. Children should wear masks and bring their own water bottles. The playground supervisors will bring the children back to the breezeway at the rise of Meeting for Worship.

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• Virtual Spiritual Coffeehouse

  • When
    August 22, 2021
  •  
    (EDT)

  On Sunday, August 22, at rise of meeting we will continue with the Zoom session and create space for the spirit to speak to the community at a Virtual Spiritual Coffeehouse. During this time you are encouraged to share writings, poems, artwork, music, photography, and anything else (your own or that of others) that speaks to your spirit. Offerings are encouraged but not required.

   

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• Meeting For Worship

  • When
    August 22, 2021
  •  
    11:00 AM (EDT)

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

  • Worship in the Sidwell Friends Lower School Meeting House.  

  • Worship outside in the breezeway of SF lower school.

  These two choices are hybrid meetings that connect to each other via laptop. Friends participating must wear a mask and maintain social distancing.

  • COVID screening.  You may not attend if you have a fever, have COVID symptoms, have tested positive for COVID, or have recently been exposed to an individual testing positive for, or displaying symptoms of, COVID.  Any friends who cannot participate in person due to these restrictions are welcome to participate by Zoom. Everyone attending in person will sign in with contact information.   

  • Worship via Zoom. Friends can join our worship remotely via Zoom. Please use our Contact Us form to request the Zoom link.

  • Summer Playground Supervision is in session. Summer playground supervision is available for children ages 3 years and up during outdoor Meeting for Worship on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Two paid childcare providers will supervise play at the upper playground. Children should wear masks and bring their own water bottles. The playground supervisors will bring the children back to the breezeway at the rise of Meeting for Worship.

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• Meeting For Worship

  • When
    August 29, 2021
  •  
    11:00 AM (EDT)

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

  • Worship in the Sidwell Friends Lower School Meeting House.  

  • Worship outside in the breezeway of SF lower school.

  These two choices are hybrid meetings that connect to each other via laptop. Friends participating must wear a mask and maintain social distancing.

  • COVID screening.  You may not attend if you have a fever, have COVID symptoms, have tested positive for COVID, or have recently been exposed to an individual testing positive for, or displaying symptoms of, COVID.  Any friends who cannot participate in person due to these restrictions are welcome to participate by Zoom. Everyone attending in person will sign in with contact information.   

  • Worship via Zoom. Friends can join our worship remotely via Zoom. Please use our Contact Us form to request the Zoom link.

  • Summer Playground Supervision is in session. Summer playground supervision is available for children ages 3 years and up during outdoor Meeting for Worship on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Two paid childcare providers will supervise play at the upper playground. Children should wear masks and bring their own water bottles. The playground supervisors will bring the children back to the breezeway at the rise of Meeting for Worship.

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• Coordinating Gathering

  • When
    August 29, 2021
  •  
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT)

  Representatives from BFM committees meet monthly via Zoom, usually the week before Meeting for Business. They discuss the upcoming agenda and to share reflections on the spiritual state of our community, specific tasks, and Quaker processes. These meetings are open to all who wish to attend.  Please use our Contact Us Form for Zoom access information.

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• Meeting For Worship

  • When
    September 05, 2021
  •  
    11:00 AM (EDT)

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

  • Worship in the Sidwell Friends Lower School Meeting House.  

  • Worship outside in the breezeway of SF lower school.

  These two choices are hybrid meetings that connect to each other via laptop. Friends participating must wear a mask and maintain social distancing.

  • COVID screening.  You may not attend if you have a fever, have COVID symptoms, have tested positive for COVID, or have recently been exposed to an individual testing positive for, or displaying symptoms of, COVID.  Any friends who cannot participate in person due to these restrictions are welcome to participate by Zoom. Everyone attending in person will sign in with contact information.   

  • Worship via Zoom. Friends can join our worship remotely via Zoom. Please use our Contact Us form to request the Zoom link.

  • Summer Playground Supervision is in session. Summer playground supervision is available for children ages 3 years and up during outdoor Meeting for Worship on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Two paid childcare providers will supervise play at the upper playground. Children should wear masks and bring their own water bottles. The playground supervisors will bring the children back to the breezeway at the rise of Meeting for Worship.

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• Meeting for Business

  • When
    September 12, 2021
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:30 AM (EDT)
  • Location
    via Zoom

  Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business is monthly via Zoom. Committee Reports and other matters are discussed. Everyone is welcome. Please use our Contact Us Form for Zoom access information. For more details, see our most recent newsletter. 

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