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• Comparative Religions: Hinduism

  • When
    August 16, 2022
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  The Comparative Religions class.

  In August and September, the Comparative Religions class will continue a 12-lecture series from Great Courses entitled Hinduism, taught by Mark W. Muesse, an American philosopher, theologian, and teacher. You can learn more about it here. We meet weekly on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. for a half hour lecture and a half hour discussion. A group of 8 to 10 has been meeting, and we greatly enjoy the fellowship as much as the lessons. You are welcome to join anytime. Use our Contact Us form to get the Zoom link, or see your email bulletin. Each session is self-contained, so you can attend any session.

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• Mid-week Meeting for Worship

  • When
    August 17, 2022
  •  
    8:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    at home & email

  Over-zoomed? Join BFM Friends’ “low tech” email mid-week worship on Wednesdays from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. Each of us worships in our homes without video or audio. While some simply join in spirit, those wishing to touch base with the others receive emails at the start and end of worship.

  At rise of meeting, email participants are invited to worship-share via reply-all with the evening’s email group.

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• Quaker Organizing re Threats to Democracy

  • When
    August 18, 2022
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

  We have received an urgent call to the Religious Society of Friends concerning the current extensive threats to our U.S. democracy. A group of nineteen Friends has issued the Call to others in the Quaker community. They are led to speak out against the lies, extremist movements, and anti-democratic actions that are the opposite of their Quaker understandings of integrity and Truth. They encourage prayerful discernment of this “Urgent Call” and ask you as individuals, monthly meetings, yearly meetings, and Friends organizations to consider how you might be called to act with integrity in response to these concerns.

  • They are also inviting all concerned Friends and friends to join them in the first of a series of national conversations on these issues to be hosted by the Earlham School of Religion on three dates: 
  • Monday, July 25 (7-9 p.m.), or Sunday, July 31 (3-5 p.m.) or Thursday, August 18 (7-9 p.m.).  You can find more details and register at: www.quakercall.net 
  • It is sponsored by an ad hoc group of Quakers who believe in the power of Truth and who have faith in the witness of Friends. They know that the individual and collective actions of Friends and friends can have a powerful impact in our communities and in our individual faithful journeys. Please spread the word as widely as possible. For questions, suggestions, and resources, contact the group at info@quakercall.net

  
  

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• Meeting for Worship

  • When
    August 21, 2022
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. Our Worship indoors at SFS Lower campus -- with Covid restrictions.
  2. Our Worship via Zoom is open to all.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link. An after-Meeting chat on Zoom will be held weekly at 12:15. 

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• Experiment with Light

  • When
    August 21, 2022
  •  
    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    at home and Zoom

  Held on the 2nd and 4th Sundays from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Sometimes canceled on holiday weeks; please check the Event calendar.  

  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.

  • All are welcome to attend. First-time participants find the process quite easy to follow and, often,  richly rewarding.
  • You can follow the prompts at home and write or draw responses you have experienced during those prompts: https://experiment-with-light.org.uk/meditations/  We usually use the meditation on the individual in modern language, full length, 37 minute version. 
  • We will share our meditation experience in a Zoom gathering. Request access via our Contact Us form. 

  
  

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• Comparative Religions: Hinduism

  • When
    August 23, 2022
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  The Comparative Religions class.

  In August and September, the Comparative Religions class will continue a 12-lecture series from Great Courses entitled Hinduism, taught by Mark W. Muesse, an American philosopher, theologian, and teacher. You can learn more about it here. We meet weekly on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. for a half hour lecture and a half hour discussion. A group of 8 to 10 has been meeting, and we greatly enjoy the fellowship as much as the lessons. You are welcome to join anytime. Use our Contact Us form to get the Zoom link, or see your email bulletin. Each session is self-contained, so you can attend any session.

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• Mid-week Meeting for Worship

  • When
    August 24, 2022
  •  
    8:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    at home & email

  Over-zoomed? Join BFM Friends’ “low tech” email mid-week worship on Wednesdays from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. Each of us worships in our homes without video or audio. While some simply join in spirit, those wishing to touch base with the others receive emails at the start and end of worship.

  At rise of meeting, email participants are invited to worship-share via reply-all with the evening’s email group.

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• BYM Camps 100th Anniversary Reunion

  • Start
    August 26, 2022
  • End
    August 28, 2022
  • Location
    Catoctin Quaker Camp

  There will be an All Camp Gathering for Baltimore Yearly Meeting camp alums to celebrate 100 years of the camping program from  Friday to Sunday, August 26 to 28. There are not a lot of details, but you can register here: https://bymcamps.campbrainregistration.com/

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• Peace & Social Justice Committee

  • When
    August 28, 2022
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  The Peace & Social Justice Committee is a self-constituted group of folks interested in deepening the Meeting’s engagement with peace building and social justice, as individuals and as a community on all levels – personal, interpersonal, local, national, and international.  You are invited to join us. We meet on the fourth Sunday of the month, by Zoom during the pandemic, at 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.  Request access via our Contact Us form. 

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• Meeting for Worship

  • When
    August 28, 2022
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. Our Worship indoors at SFS Lower campus -- with Covid restrictions.
  2. Our Worship via Zoom is open to all.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link. An after-Meeting chat on Zoom will be held weekly at 12:15. 

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• Coordinating Gathering

  • When
    August 28, 2022
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  Representatives of BFM committees meet  the week before Meeting for Business to discuss the upcoming Business agenda. These meetings are open to all who wish to attend.  Request Zoom access via our Contact Us form. 

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• Comparative Religions: Hinduism

  • When
    August 30, 2022
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  The Comparative Religions class.

  In August and September, the Comparative Religions class will continue a 12-lecture series from Great Courses entitled Hinduism, taught by Mark W. Muesse, an American philosopher, theologian, and teacher. You can learn more about it here. We meet weekly on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. for a half hour lecture and a half hour discussion. A group of 8 to 10 has been meeting, and we greatly enjoy the fellowship as much as the lessons. You are welcome to join anytime. Use our Contact Us form to get the Zoom link, or see your email bulletin. Each session is self-contained, so you can attend any session.

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• Mid-week Meeting for Worship

  • When
    August 31, 2022
  •  
    8:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    at home & email

  Over-zoomed? Join BFM Friends’ “low tech” email mid-week worship on Wednesdays from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. Each of us worships in our homes without video or audio. While some simply join in spirit, those wishing to touch base with the others receive emails at the start and end of worship.

  At rise of meeting, email participants are invited to worship-share via reply-all with the evening’s email group.

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• Meeting for Worship

  • When
    September 04, 2022
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. Our Worship indoors at SFS Lower campus -- with Covid restrictions.
  2. Our Worship via Zoom is open to all.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link. An after-Meeting chat on Zoom will be held weekly at 12:15. 

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• Comparative Religions: Hinduism

  • When
    September 06, 2022
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  The Comparative Religions class.

  In August and September, the Comparative Religions class will continue a 12-lecture series from Great Courses entitled Hinduism, taught by Mark W. Muesse, an American philosopher, theologian, and teacher. You can learn more about it here. We meet weekly on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. for a half hour lecture and a half hour discussion. A group of 8 to 10 has been meeting, and we greatly enjoy the fellowship as much as the lessons. You are welcome to join anytime. Use our Contact Us form to get the Zoom link, or see your email bulletin. Each session is self-contained, so you can attend any session.

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• Mid-week Meeting for Worship

  • When
    September 07, 2022
  •  
    8:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    at home & email

  Over-zoomed? Join BFM Friends’ “low tech” email mid-week worship on Wednesdays from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. Each of us worships in our homes without video or audio. While some simply join in spirit, those wishing to touch base with the others receive emails at the start and end of worship.

  At rise of meeting, email participants are invited to worship-share via reply-all with the evening’s email group.

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• Quaker Book Group

  • When
    September 10, 2022
  •  
    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  The Quaker Book Group meets monthly, in this case, via Zoom, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. on the second Saturday of the month. In August, it meets on August 13 to discuss Princess Ruth: Love and Tragedy in Hawaii by Joann Lordhal.  Set in Kauai, this novel follows a haole (non-Hawaiian) visitor as she encounters the history, life and Indigenous culture of the islands.

  In September, it meets on September 10 to discuss Dawn of Everything: A new history of humanity, by David Graeber and David Wengrow. The book takes on competing myths of pre-agricultural and pre-industrial society and asks why current social structures are so inequitable. Newcomers are always welcome (even if you have not read the book!). We read a mix of books by Quakers, books about Quakerism, and books that speak to Quaker values and concerns. The group is invited to share announcements, summaries, and thoughts about the readings through an online mailing list.

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• Library Committee

  • When
    September 11, 2022
  •  
    9:00 AM

  The BFM Library Committee usually meets monthly on the 2nd Sunday at 1:00 p.m. 

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• Experiment with Light

  • When
    September 11, 2022
  •  
    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    at home and Zoom

  Held on the 2nd and 4th Sundays from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Sometimes canceled on holiday weeks; please check the Event calendar.  

  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.

  • All are welcome to attend. First-time participants find the process quite easy to follow and, often,  richly rewarding.
  • You can follow the prompts at home and write or draw responses you have experienced during those prompts: https://experiment-with-light.org.uk/meditations/  We usually use the meditation on the individual in modern language, full length, 37 minute version. 
  • We will share our meditation experience in a Zoom gathering. Request access via our Contact Us form. 

  
  

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• Comparative Religions: Hinduism

  • When
    September 13, 2022
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  The Comparative Religions class.

  In August and September, the Comparative Religions class will continue a 12-lecture series from Great Courses entitled Hinduism, taught by Mark W. Muesse, an American philosopher, theologian, and teacher. You can learn more about it here. We meet weekly on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. for a half hour lecture and a half hour discussion. A group of 8 to 10 has been meeting, and we greatly enjoy the fellowship as much as the lessons. You are welcome to join anytime. Use our Contact Us form to get the Zoom link, or see your email bulletin. Each session is self-contained, so you can attend any session.

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• Committee Day: multiple mtgs

  • When
    September 18, 2022
  • Location
    via Zoom

  Several committees meet regularly on Committee Day (the third Sunday of the month) via Zoom.  Want more information? Use our Contact Us form.

  • Pastoral Care Committee at 9:00 a.m.
  • Ministry & Worship at 9:15 a.m.
  • Stewardship & Finance at 9:15 a.m.
  • Outreach & Communication at 9:30 a.m.

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• Comparative Religions: Hinduism

  • When
    September 20, 2022
  •  
    7:00 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  The Comparative Religions class.

  In August and September, the Comparative Religions class will continue a 12-lecture series from Great Courses entitled Hinduism, taught by Mark W. Muesse, an American philosopher, theologian, and teacher. You can learn more about it here. We meet weekly on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. for a half hour lecture and a half hour discussion. A group of 8 to 10 has been meeting, and we greatly enjoy the fellowship as much as the lessons. You are welcome to join anytime. Use our Contact Us form to get the Zoom link, or see your email bulletin. Each session is self-contained, so you can attend any session.

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• Coordinating Gathering

  • When
    September 25, 2022
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  Representatives of BFM committees meet  the week before Meeting for Business to discuss the upcoming Business agenda. These meetings are open to all who wish to attend.  Request Zoom access via our Contact Us form. 

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• Experiment with Light

  • When
    September 25, 2022
  •  
    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    at home and Zoom

  Held on the 2nd and 4th Sundays from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. Sometimes canceled on holiday weeks; please check the Event calendar.  

  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.

  • All are welcome to attend. First-time participants find the process quite easy to follow and, often,  richly rewarding.
  • You can follow the prompts at home and write or draw responses you have experienced during those prompts: https://experiment-with-light.org.uk/meditations/  We usually use the meditation on the individual in modern language, full length, 37 minute version. 
  • We will share our meditation experience in a Zoom gathering. Request access via our Contact Us form. 

  
  

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