Adelphi Friends Meeting 3

Sunday, March 11, 9:00 AM: Adelphi Earthcare Witness will be holding outdoor Meeting for Worship in the Memorial Garden. This will take place every 2nd Sunday. It's supposed to be 55 degrees Farenheit, and possibly raining, so we may decide based on the weather, to sit in silence, have a walking meditation, gather under a tree, or whatever else seems appropriate. Dress for outdoor weather. If you'd like to bring something to sit on, please do so. If sitting seems possible, some of us will come early and bring some chairs from the Meeting House basement to add to the benches already in the garden.

Sunday March 18^th, 2^nd Hour: Friends will have an opportunity to learn about the Friends International Center in Ramallah established in 2005 in cooperation with the Ramallah Friends Meeting in Palestine. As indicated in the Center's vision statement it offers a ministry of hospitality; creates an atmosphere of care and respect in which positive, civic, and civil discourse can be pursued; and is a witness to hope and reconciliation in a region where despair and violence have too often reigned. In all this we seek to express the deepest values and highest aspirations of the Quaker faith. Adelphi Meeting has given financial support to the Center, and Alexander Barnes served as its first webmaster: http://ramallah.quaker.org/ John Salzberg, a member of the Center's Steering Committee and a member of Bethesda Friends Meeting will speak about the historical and spiritual basis for establishing the Center as well as the Center's ongoing activities. He will also be showing a DVD, Investment in Hope, in which Jean Zaru, Clerk of Ramallah Friends Meeting, and other members of the Steering Committee talk about the origins of Center.

JOYS AND CONCERNS

JOYS: Jim Siekmeier has landed his dream job teaching diplomatic history at West Virginia University in Morgantown . Catherine and Jim will be moving to Morgantown at the end of July. Leaving Adelphi is a great loss to Catherine and Jim, but they will continue to visit Adelphi often.

CONCERNS: Please hold Stephanie Love in the light as she struggles to determine how best to deal with her loss of vision, in her one eye that can still see.

COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY

IMPORTANT, From Nominating Committee –

We wish to express our Thanks to all of the Adelphi members and attendees who put forth so much time and energy into the many tasks and responsibilities of the Adelphi Meeting community. From planting flowers and making coffee, to maintaining the building, and tutoring schoolchildren, our small community accomplishes many good works—large and small. We extend our special thanks to those of you who have recently stepped up to serve on committees for the first time, or who continue their committee work after many years of service. Unfortunately, we have a grave concern that we feel led to bring to your attention. Out of our 14 standing committees almost half (6) have too few members to fulfill their duties. These six committees are responsible for much of the essential tasks necessary for the functioning of our community — such as overseeing meeting finances and maintaining the meeting’s property. As many of you know, when any committee is under-strength , the existing members of the committee can feel heavily burdened as they struggle to fulfill their committee’s responsibilities on behalf of the meeting community.This situation compromises the ability of the Meeting as a whole to function as well as we would wish it to. We are bringing this concern to your attention for your thoughtful consideration. This issue is so important to us that we are also bringing it to the Ministry and Worship committee. We will be asking the Ministry and Worship committee to review the Meeting’s overall committee structure and distribution of responsibilities, in light of the difficulty we have had finding persons to serve in so many important areas. For those of you who feel led to reconsider your commitment of service to the Meeting, the following committees are at less than full strength: Adult Religious Education, Finance, House and Grounds, Hospitality, Pastoral Care, Religious Education. There is also a need for an Assistant Clerk, an Assistant Treasurer, a Recorder, a BYM Camping Contact, a BYM Correspondent, a BYM Representative, an FGC Contact, Strawberry Festival Coordinators and a representative for the William Penn House Board. If you wish to have more information about these opportunities for contributing to our community, members of Nominating Committee are available to discuss them with you. Wendy Eck, Ann Marlow, Emory Baldwin, Shelly Grow, Karen O’Brien, Susan Richardson.

Communications Sub-Committee Announcement: Carol Beigel has resigned as Adelphi's Recorder and "defacto secretary". No one, including Carol, remembers how many years she has been serving Meeting in this way. We are deeply grateful to Carol for her tireless work, and we wish her well as she refocuses on family commitments. The "defacto secretary" and Recorder duties are being reassigned to other members of the Communications Sub-Committee and to the new Recorder when that position has been filled. If anyone has questions about issues of Adelphi communications, please contact Reuben Snipper at rsnipper@igc.org.

From Finance Committee: We want to say a big Thanks! to everyone who is donating regularly to the Meeting. Adelphi now has more regular financial contributors than ever before. If you would like to know more about setting up automated payments from your bank account, ask either of our Treasurers (Melanie Gifford and Karen Cunnyngham). Tax donation letters are being sent out by our Treasurer. If you made a contribution in 2006 and do not receive a donation letter acknowledging your donation, please contact Karen Cunnyngham. If you did not get a donation acknowledgement letter, and the reason is that you DIDN’T make a contribution to the meeting in 2006, this is your chance to step up to the plate and put AFM on your list of charitable contributions. So far our Fiscal Year 2007 has gotten off to a rocky start: We have received just over $20,500 in income in our first quarter (Dec 2006 through Feb 2007), which falls significantly behind our $26,000 in year-to-date expenditures. The Meeting needs your financial support, as well as your personal participation. We are about $7,000 behind in our donations compared to last year at this time, and are asking each household to make the Meeting a giving priority.

Sunday March 18, 3:30 to 5 PM: Friends are invited to hear Richard Brady, upper school math teacher and Quaker, speak on 'mindful parenting, including: being present, deep listening, and mindful speech.' The place is Zartman Drawing room, Sidwell Friends School, Wisconsin Avenue campus Washington, D.C. All are welcome to the Quaker Life Committee event. For more, contact Ray Lane (301) 270-6057.

Paid position(s) for Adelphi Summer Program: The Religious Education Committee is seeking recommendations/applications for 2 people to lead First Day Classes for Children in our 3 - 5 year-old program. We need 2 adults (or one adult (age 19 or older) and one teen (14-18)) to plan and facilitate weekly sessions for this group from June 24 through September 2, 2007. This could be an ideal position for a returning college student, a current teacher of this class, an interested parent or other meeting attender and/or young friends with an interest in working with children. If you have been attending meeting for at least 6 months and are interested in one of these positions, please contact a member of the RE committee: Lynn Brown: 301-585-0007, browngorrell@starpower.net, Joanna Axtmann: jaxart@infionline.net, Beth Anderson: bethlanderson@yahoo.com, Angela Toda: angela_toda@rhsmith.umd.edu

Warm, sensitive, spiritual, manly men ISO like-minded men for group activity. Sound intriguing? Then you might be interested in joining the Adelphi men’s group. We meet twice a month for a time of sharing and mutual support. See the Meeting newsletter for more info or call Glenn Riley at 301-565-4636.

AFM Camping Scholarships: BYM camping applications are due to BYM by February 1st or until the camp is full. If a child in your family requires financial aid from AFM to offset the cost of camp, please contact Karen Cunnyngham, AFM Treasurer, at kcunnyngham@ verizon.net, by March 31st.

For Sale: GHI Coop Townhouse with Quaker simplicity, 11-E Ridge Road, Greenbelt, MD. This three bedroom brick has remodeled kitchen w/ washer/dryer unit and microwave built-in. Refinished hardwood floors and original doors. Great location, short walk to the library, pool/fitness center, co-op market, and movie theatre. Call Phillip at 301-474-7416 to make appointment. $250,000

Maryland is the only state outside of the mid-west to be threatened by the Emerald Ash Borer. Prince Georges County is under quarantine: that means we can not take wood or mulch, etc. from PG to any other location. Many of the woods in Maryland are predominantly ash trees so this would affect the temperatures in the forests, the streams and rivers and eventually the Bay. I saw the devastation the bug can create in a very short time when I visited Jen and Lexi in Ann Arbor and it makes one queasy. For more information, see the University of Maryland Extension people.

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday March 16, 7 PM: The Christian Peace Witness for Iraq will gather for a religious service in Washington, DC. Gathering to call for an end to the U.S. war in Iraq and to make it clear that they oppose Christian support for this bloodshed, Christians from many denominations will pray for an end to the war beginning at 7 p.m. at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. and then take part in a candlelight procession to the White House. Over 400 people have already committed to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience at the White House as part of this event. More details about this event can be found at the link below but as an FYI you will need to sign up online and print out your "ticket" to enter the National Cathedral at 7pm. The candlelight procession/walk from the National Cathedral to the White House is about 3 miles. http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=action.cpw&item=cpw_main

Saturday March 17, 9am to 6 pm: The William Penn House and Baltimore Yearly Meeting’s Peace and Social Concerns Committee are co-sponsoring the workshop, "Strategy is Possible." The workshop will take place on Saturday, March 17, 2007 from 9AM to 6PM at the William Penn House on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Daniel Hunter of Training for Change will facilitate. Training for Change is a group founded by George Lakey that helps activists stand up more effectively for justice, peace and the environment. Daniel will share key lessons gleaned from Training for Change’s Strategy Project focused on successful social movements around the world. So if you would like to get a fresh perspective on social change strategies, gain tools to develop effective strategy, get to know Friends from other Meetings and reflect on ways Monthly Meetings might work together for peace and social justice, please join us for this workshop! The cost is $40 per person before February 15th and $45 after February 15th. To register or for more information, please call Bernadette Odyniec at 202-543-5560, email ernadette@williampennhouse.org, or go to www.WilliamPennHouse.org.

April 2, Entries are are due for "Healing the Chesapeake ". Chears will be sponsoring an arts fundraiser on May 6 with the theme "Healing the Chesapeake ". We are inviting artists of all ages to Submit artwork that celebrates the beauty of and/or expresses ways to heal our wonderful Chesapeake watershed from mountains, farm-lands and cities...to the bay...and from the states making up the Chesapeake Watershed (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania , Virginia and West Virginia ). Chears will share the profits from art sold 50/50 with the artists. Submissions are due: April 2, 2007. Submit entries to: CHEARS, 506 Elm Ave. Takoma Park, MD 20912. The Call for Entries, Registration form and Postcard Quilt entries for young artists are attached and call all be found on the Chears website - www.chears.org <http://www.chears.org/

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Silent Announcements March 11, 2007

UPCOMING EVENTS AT ADELPHI FRIENDS MEETING

COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS