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• Zoom Worship Meeting

  • When
    October 25, 2020
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
  • 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
    October 25, 2020
  •  
    11:00 AM (EDT)
  • Location
    Sidwell Friends outdoor tents

           New opportunity to worship outside: Starting on Sunday, October 25, at 11:00 a.m., Friends will have an opportunity to 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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• Webinar on Methane Gas

  • When
    October 25, 2020
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    12:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Via Zoom

  Methane Gas in DC. Friends Meeting of Washington is sponsoring a Webinar on how methane gas is a threat to climate and community health. It will be on Sunday, October 25, at 12:30 p.m. Here is the Zoom link

   Meeting ID: 979 505 413, Passcode: 706188, +1 301 715 8592.
  

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• Coordinating Gathering

  • When
    October 25, 2020
  •  
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT)
  • 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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• Bible Study: Old Testament

  • When
    October 29, 2020
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    7:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    via Zoom

  A Bible Study will meet every Thursday in October at 7 pm on Zoom with the Great Courses series, Understanding the Old Testament. The first five lectures cover Genesis - the Creation story, Noah, and Abraham. Please contact Alex B. (see BFM Paper Directory) if you have questions. The Zoom link for each month will be in the weekly bulletin.

  
  

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• Mtg for Business

  • When
    November 01, 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
    November 01, 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 01, 2020
  •  
    11:00 AM (EST)
  • Location
    Sidwell Friends outdoor tents

           New 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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• Help the Homeless Move-A-Thon

  • When
    November 01, 2020
  •  
    3:00 PM - 3:45 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Sidwell Friends Lower School

            2020 Help the Homeless Move-A-Thon. Please join the BFM community to keep our nearly quarter century annual tradition going.  The socially-distanced Help the Homeless Move-A-Thon will benefit housing program of Interfaith Works of Montgomery County. On Sunday, November 1, from 3:00 to 3:45 p.m., we will meet outside the Sidwell Friends Lower School parking lot gate by the large BFM Help the Homeless Banner.

  For nearly 25 years, as part of First Day School’s community service work, Esther Delaplaine has led a short, neighborhood Walkathon with children, parents, and BFM folks to raise money for Interfaith Works. Walkers are encouraged to donate $25. Click on this link to donate:  It is not necessary, however, to make a donation to participate. For details: Ellen H. or Amy L-W (see Directory).

  
  

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• In-person worship (outside)

  • When
    November 08, 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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• Zoom Worship Meeting

  • When
    November 08, 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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• Personal Queries about Racism

  • When
    November 08, 2020
  •  
    1:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Zoom event

  Using Personal Queries about Racism

  On Sunday, 8 November at 1:00 pm, the BFM Diversity Change Group is inviting Friends to participate in a ZOOM session to develop personal queries on racism. The aim is to make us more self-aware of the impact that racism has on our thoughts, behaviors, actions and inactions. 

  • This will be a guided session that includes worship sharing in small breakout groups.  
  • For information on registering, please contact forum@bethesdafriends.org.  
  • To help us come to this session with hearts and minds prepared, a copy of the guided process will be provided prior to the workshop. 

  
  

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• Zoom Worship Meeting

  • When
    November 15, 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 15, 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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• InterFaith Concert

  • When
    November 19, 2020
  •  
    7:30 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Via Zoom

              The InterFaith Council is delighted to announce the 41st Annual Interfaith Concert. which will be online at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 19. This year’s concert will focus on the importance of kindness at this moment in time. They will be hear from a variety of faith traditions, as they share music, arts, readings, and religious practices with all of us.

              In addition to our music and the arts, they will also be recognizing Tamika Tremaglio, a longtime member of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in St. Inigoes MD. Ms. Tremaglio has elevated the value of kindness throughout her life, from her work as a Managing Partner at Deloitte to her volunteering with foundations, including Born This Way and the WNBA Players’ Association. For details, see www.ifcmw.org

  
  

  
  

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• Spiritual Formation Program

  • When
    November 21, 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
    November 22, 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 22, 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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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