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• Mid-week worship

  • When
    January 22, 2020
  •  
    7:30 PM

  On Wednesday evenings, at 7:30 p.m., the Meeting Room is open for worship. All are welcome! It is an opportunity for some when Sundays are just too busy. Others may appreciate the additional time for communal worship. Please come when the Spirit moves you, and you may find a few others gathering as well. For details, call or email Dot Lin (in the Directory). Child care is not available.
  

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• First Day School & Child Care

  • When
    January 26, 2020
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    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Classroom

  First Day School is held every Sunday for K-8th grade during the school year. Young people (K-8) attend Meeting for Worship with their families at 11:00  a.m. for the first fifteen minutes. At 11:15, children leave the Meeting Room to meet teachers for multi-age activities or classes (K-3rd; 4-8th). For young children (ages 6 months through pre-K) child care is available each week in the nursery with a paid child care provider. The child care room is located downstairs in the Meeting House. Parents or guardians are always welcome to accompany their children, especially for the first visit.  On the 3rd and 5th Sundays (as well as major holiday weekends) we offer "Kid Play Day" -- supervised play on the playground.  

  
  

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• Coordinating Gathering

  • When
    January 26, 2020
  •  
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Meetinghouse

  Representatives of BFM committees meet on the Sunday before Meeting for Business to discuss and prepare the upcoming agenda. The gathering is usually the last Sunday of the month, but can change during the summer and over holiday weekends. It is held from 12:30-2:00. These meetings are open to all who wish to attend. 
  

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• Experiment with Light

  • When
    January 26, 2020
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    7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

  How do we quiet our brains enough to hear the still, small voice within us?  How might we deepen our experience of meeting for worship? Experiment With Light is a meditative and centering practice based upon Rex Ambler’s book Light to Live By , which describes early Quaker meditative habits and translates them into a highly accessible process of clearness and understanding.  This is a small group practice. All are welcome to come try it out and attend as you are so moved. 

  Dates: The  group usually meets on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the months at 7:30 p.m.  Location:   We meet in the leader's home. See the weekly Bulletin or use the "Contact us" link on our website to get the upcoming location and dates. 

  
  

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• Mid-week worship

  • When
    January 29, 2020
  •  
    7:30 PM

  On Wednesday evenings, at 7:30 p.m., the Meeting Room is open for worship. All are welcome! It is an opportunity for some when Sundays are just too busy. Others may appreciate the additional time for communal worship. Please come when the Spirit moves you, and you may find a few others gathering as well. For details, call or email Dot Lin (in the Directory). Child care is not available.
  

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• Mtg for Business

  • When
    February 02, 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
  • Location
    Meetinghouse

  Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business is usually held the first Sunday of each month at 9:00 in the Meeting Room (except for holidays and summer). Committee Reports and other matters are discussed. Everyone is welcome, and child care is available through age 11.

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• Women's Retreat (BYM)

  • Start
    February 07, 2020
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • End
    February 09, 2020
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Pearlstone Conference Center, Reisterstown, MD

  The 2020 Baltimore Yearly Meeting Women’s Retreat will be held the weekend of February 7 through February 9 at the Pearlstone Conference Center in Reisterstown MD. The theme is Diligence in Love, Overcoming Isolation.

  Spend time relaxing, reconnecting, and restoring your joy with workshops, chanting, worship and worship sharing, long walks, and delicious meals.

  Registration is now open through this link: https://womensretreat.bym-rsf.net/  For the best rate, register by December 27. Registration ends January 23. You can choose a commuter rate or a rate that includes lodging.  Scholarships are available.

  The retreat begins on Friday evening with registration from 4-6. It concludes on Sunday at noon after worship. (NOTE: If you wish, you can attend for just one day on Saturday.) 

  
  

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• End of Life Care: Five Wishes

  • When
    February 09, 2020
  •  
    9:15 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Location
    Common Room (Behind Multipurpose room in Groome Building)

  On Sunday, February 9, at 9:15 a.m., the Pastoral Care Committee will be hosting a session on making our end-of-life-care wishes known well ahead of the time they might be needed. Using the Five Wishes booklet, this will be a very helpful way to alert medical professionals and loved ones about what is important to you in your care.

  Note the early start time (9:15 a.m.).  The location is in the "common area classroom" in the Groome Building (enter the building via the patio & breezeway, go across the cafeteria to the left side of the stage, then pass through the stairwell into the classroom area).  This room is wheelchair accessible.  

  Please join us to learn more about Five Wishes. Copies of the Five Wishes booklet are available in the BFM Library (southwest corner shelves, near the Pendle Hill pamphlets) or see: https://fivewishes.org/#. For more details about the session, use the Contact Us form on the website.

  For child care during this session, please Contact Us by 2/1/2020. 

  (This forum follows up on Bill Dietrich’s two presentations (Living in the Gift of Presence and In the Light of Death) in September and November. 
  

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• Coordinating Gathering

  • When
    February 23, 2020
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    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Meetinghouse

  Representatives of BFM committees meet on the Sunday before Meeting for Business to discuss and prepare the upcoming agenda. The gathering is usually the last Sunday of the month, but can change during the summer and over holiday weekends. It is held from 12:30-2:00. These meetings are open to all who wish to attend. 
  

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• Mtg for Business

  • When
    March 01, 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
  • Location
    Meetinghouse

  Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business is usually held the first Sunday of each month at 9:00 in the Meeting Room (except for holidays and summer). Committee Reports and other matters are discussed. Everyone is welcome, and child care is available through age 11.

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• Coordinating Gathering

  • When
    March 29, 2020
  •  
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Meetinghouse

  Representatives of BFM committees meet on the Sunday before Meeting for Business to discuss and prepare the upcoming agenda. The gathering is usually the last Sunday of the month, but can change during the summer and over holiday weekends. It is held from 12:30-2:00. These meetings are open to all who wish to attend. 
  

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• Mtg for Business

  • When
    April 05, 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
  • Location
    Meetinghouse

  Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business is usually held the first Sunday of each month at 9:00 in the Meeting Room (except for holidays and summer). Committee Reports and other matters are discussed. Everyone is welcome, and child care is available through age 11.

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• Coordinating Gathering

  • When
    April 19, 2020
  •  
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Meetinghouse

  Representatives of BFM committees meet on the Sunday before Meeting for Business to discuss and prepare the upcoming agenda. The gathering is usually the last Sunday of the month, but can change during the summer and over holiday weekends. It is held from 12:30-2:00. These meetings are open to all who wish to attend. 
  

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• Spring Fling

  • When
    April 26, 2020
  •  
    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Groome Building

  April 29th: Spring Fling for Ramallah Friends School

  12:00-2:00 PM. 

  This is BFM's celebration of our local and wider Quaker community and a fun spring event.

  • It's also our Meeting's biggest fundraiser.  Proceeds go to the scholarship fund for Ramallah Friends School in Palestine. 
  • • Founded in 1869, its mission is to provide "educational excellence based upon the Quaker values of equality, simplicity and peace."    
  • Spring Fling, which engages scores of us, is built around three main activities, all of which welcome volunteers, donations, and customers.  

  •  Middle Eastern Buffet  (Pay generously by donation) 

  •  Bazaar and Rummage Sale 

  •  Silent Auction of donated goods and services 

  •   Perennial Plant Sale

  •   Ramallah Friends tee-shirts and Palestinian olive oil  will be sold as well

  
  

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• Mtg for Business

  • When
    May 03, 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
  • Location
    Meetinghouse

  Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business is usually held the first Sunday of each month at 9:00 in the Meeting Room (except for holidays and summer). Committee Reports and other matters are discussed. Everyone is welcome, and child care is available through age 11.

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• Coordinating Gathering

  • When
    May 31, 2020
  •  
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Meetinghouse

  Representatives of BFM committees meet on the Sunday before Meeting for Business to discuss and prepare the upcoming agenda. The gathering is usually the last Sunday of the month, but can change during the summer and over holiday weekends. It is held from 12:30-2:00. These meetings are open to all who wish to attend. 
  

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• Mtg for Business

  • When
    June 07, 2020
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
  • Location
    Meetinghouse

  Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business is usually held the first Sunday of each month at 9:00 in the Meeting Room (except for holidays and summer). Committee Reports and other matters are discussed. Everyone is welcome, and child care is available through age 11.

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