SILENT
ANNOUNCEMENTS (Revised
- no fooling!) April 1,
2007
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Sunday Apri l 1st,
Second Hour: Instead of the usual pattern of
wrestling to find some rationale for allocating our limited budget between
a handful of equally worthy causes, Peace and Social Concerns Committee
(PSC) proposes instead to concentrate on the AFM members and attenders
who go out into the world to build peace and address pressing social
concerns. In many instances, our members and attenders support (or
are supported by) organizations that might benefit from our spiritual and
financial support. In such cases, PSC proposes that AFM financial giving
be premised on the recipient organization having both a practical and
spiritual relationship with an AFM member/attender. Those AFM attenders/members
would be asked to share with AFM their spiritual relationship with the
entity receiving AFM funds and be prepared to engage with the Meeting in a
process of learning from each other and building a plural relationship. AFM
"sponsors" would be asked to do this either at regular PSC
monthly meetings, or in conjunction with special Second Hours, with the
larger AFM community invited to be a part of the sharing. PSC will be
holding a special Second Hour on April 1st to
discuss this proposal, as well as the role of PSC in facilitating our
community's social and peace building outreach – and the spiritual growth
opportunities that flow from such outreach.
Sunday April 8, following First
Day School: AFM traditional Easter Egg Hunt. Please bring
your hard-boiled and decorated eggs (No Candy Please!) to leave by the
Meeting House door, prior to Meeting. Parents should
remind their children of the cooperative nature of the egg hunt, the joy of
seeking and finding, and how older children may help the younger ones.
Children should bring a basket to hold the eggs they find. For
the smallest children, eggs will be hidden in the fenced playground area.
The older Classes will search, in front or behind the meeting house
(according to age). The Young Friends (grades 6-12) will
be hiding the eggs during Meeting.
JOYS AND CONCERNS:
Please continue to hold Joan
Clement's mother, Ruth Petersen, in the Light as she continues recovery
from her recent hip and knee replacement surgeries.
COMMUNICATIONS
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
Sunday April 15th 8 am:
Come to the next IHOP Breakfast o ye early risers!! All
are invited on Sunday April 15th at 8:00 a.m. to meet at the College Park
IHOP (Rt. 1 and Cherry Hill Rd.) for fellowship and breakfast. For
more information, contact anyone on the Outreach & Fellowship
Committee. (hint: We stand up each week after Meeting
and identify outselves.)
Sunday, April 22, after Meeting
(Note change in date) Peace and Social Concerns Committee and Earth Care
Witness are inviting all members of the meeting to participate in a trail
clean-up in honor of Earth Day. We will have burgers and
dogs on the grill and other potluck contributions, then take time for both
clean up and fun activities. Bring the kids! Also bring food, gloves,
brooms, and good energy. Gather at Adelphi Mill, off Riggs Road
from 11:30 – 2:30 pm.
SUMMER ART WORKSHOPS at Joanna
Axtmann’s Studio starting June 7th. Four classes
exploring sources for images in June and three to draw the figure in late
July & August. Sign up for one session or both. Look for
the Red flyer in the foyer of the Meeting House. Call
for info:(202)723-4428 or e-mail jaxart@infionline.net Reserve
space by 5/1/07.
From Outreach &
Fellowship Committee: As you have probably realized, we are trying to
clean up and organize the lobby of our Meeting House. Things
that do not belong there are being sorted through and removed. We
are interested in the old wooden display case near the committee mailboxes.
Does anyone know its history? It definitely has
historical photos in it, but they seem to be heaped in there and not
displayed. We want to preserve the photos, but possibly
remove the display case since it is serving no purpose and has a large
glass front that makes it difficult to place anywhere where there are
lively children. Please contact Carole Hoage
(301-585-3124, or cmooreph@comcast.net) if you have any information about
this case.
Interested forming a women’s
group? Outreach and Fellowship Committee is
wondering if there are women who attend or are members of our Meeting who
might be interested in forming a new Women's group. Currently
the Meeting has four such groups already formed but it seems it might be
time to start another one! Such groups usually meet once
a month with a focus decided upon by the group. If you
might be interested, please contact Carole Hoage or Wendy Eck and give one
of them your name and phone number or email. (One or the
other is usually greeting before Meeting each week.) This
is a very nice way to get to know folks in the Meeting.
Paid position for Adelphi Summer
Program: The Religious Education Committee is seeking
recommendations/applications for someone to lead First Day Classes for
Children in our 3 - 5 year-old program. We need one adult to plan and
facilitate weekly sessions for this group from June 24 through September 2,
2007. The adult will be paid $15. per hour for two hours
each week. This could be an ideal position for a returning college
student, a current teacher of this class, an interested parent or other
meeting attender. If you have been attending meeting for
at least 6 months and are interested in this position, 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, or Angela Toda:
angela_toda@rhsmith.umd.edu
Eyes On The Prize. Do
you have stories of Friends involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, or
know someone who does? The Adult Religious Education Committee is
planning a Second Hour on this topic and would like to hear from you.
Please contact Grant Schmick, grant.schmick@gmail.com,
301-890-8480.
OTHER
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Opening for Director of Quaker
Affairs at the American Friends Service Committee, 1501 Cherry Street,
Philadelphia, PA. Summary of Responsibilities:
An essential position at AFSC to build enhanced initiatives to
connect with and engage Quakers to join in and support AFSC’s work.
Work with directors and program staff across AFSC’s regions and
units and in close collaboration with the General Secretary’s Office, in
particular the Assistant General Secretary of Quaker Affairs.
Any person interested in applying
should send a letter and resume to Willa Streater in the Human
Resources Department by June 15, 2007, or email WStreater@afsc.org
for the full announcement.
May 19, 2007, Save the
Date: Friends Wilderness Center near Harpers Ferry, WV
holds its annual Open House that Saturday. Free. Come for tours,
hikes, yummy lunch, kids' activities and meet people as interesting as you!
Bring a group or bring a sleeping bag and stay the night if you like in
treehouse, yurt or your tent. www.friendswilderness.org.
April
14 – 15, 2007, Catoctin Camp Work
Weekend. Spring is upon us and it is time to
start thinking about getting our camp properties ready for another season
of use. Work weekends offer us an opportunity to enjoy some fun with
Friends, some time for renewal, and some gratifying and meaningful work! Come
and give the gift of your time and enjoy the gifts our camps have to give.
You DO NOT need to have any building or carpentry skills in order to pitch
in! You do need to have some energy and a willingness to get dirty,
try new things, be flexible and enjoy the company of others who want to
pitch in too. We need sweepers, painters, cooks, ditcher's, concrete
mixers, trail clearer's as well as carpenters and handy people. Work
weekends are held on both Saturday and Sunday; you may come
just for the day or you may spend the night on Saturday
night. You may arrive Friday night if you'd like to make a weekend of it,
but there will be no dinner served on Friday. Feel free to bring food
to share. We will provide simple breakfasts and lunches on Saturday
and Sunday as well as the evening meal on Saturday night. Bring
bedding (we do not always have enough suitable mattresses),
flashlights, and anything else you may want. Cabins are generally
available or you may bring a tent. Please visit the Website before
you come to make sure everything is on schedule. There may be times
when we are sharing camp with other renters and cabin space will be
limited. Friends of all ages are welcome. Young people (0 to 18 years
of age) should always bring their parents or a Friendly Adult Presence (FAP).
Parents or FAPs will be responsible for supervising the young people under
their care.
Please visit: http://www.bym-rsf.org/camping/WorkWeekends/work.html
for more information and send an
e-mail to davidhunter@bym-rsf.org if you plan to attend.
Location
Date
Catoctin Quaker Camp
April 14 – 15, 2007
Opequon Quaker Camp
April 28 – 29, 2007
Catoctin Quaker Camp
May, 5 – 6, 2007
Shiloh Quaker Camp
May 19 - 20, 2007
Opequon Quaker Camp
June 2 - 3, 2007