Spring Retreat of BYM Spiritual Formation Program
Registration is now open for the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Spiritual Formation Program Spring Retreat.
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Fifth Session of Living the Quaker Life
The fifth session of “Living the Quaker Life” will be held this coming First Day, April 10th, in the Community Room and will begin at 9:00 am. Coffee and tea will be available prior to the start. Please note the assigned readings in Faith and Practice 2013 for the session, below. Also, be assured that all are welcome to participate. This week we study “How we organize ourselves and how we conduct our business.” See you on First Day!
Session: How we organize ourselves Barbara Hulburt pp. 25-33
and how we conduct our business Randee Humphrey pp. 37-42
Sharing the work pp. 94-48
Quaker Process Howard Garner, ASE pp. 99-102
How we make decisions pp. 147-148
“Living the Quaker Life” is a six-session series being held on the 2nd and 4th First Days in February, March, and April from 9:00 to 10:45. The series is designed for long-time members, attenders, newcomers, and especially anyone who is considering membership. Above are the topics, the presenters, and the member of the Adult Spiritual Education (ASE) committee who will be facilitating the session. Please note the pages that are being assigned for each week in the Baltimore Yearly Meeting’s Faith and Practice 2013. Other readings may be assigned by the presenters.
2016 FGC Gathering Advance Programs
The Advance Programs Are Here! What is the Gathering? The purpose of the Gathering is: “to help Friends know and deepen their relationship with the Spirit and with each other, to strengthen their identification as Friends among other Friends, and to testify to the continued presence of Friends as a vital and unique faith community.” The Gathering brings together Quakers of all ages from all over North America and around the world, to a place where we can interact with one another via workshops, worship, study, fellowship, and recreation. In safe community we can be challenged and comforted, inspired and surprised.
We eagerly look forward to welcoming you—in person—at the College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota, July 3-9, 2016. 2016 Theme: be humble, Be Faithful, BE BOLD.
Registration opens on April 1. Scholarships and work grants may be available. For more information, go to the FGC Gathering website.
Bible Workbench
The Adult Spiritual Education committee will hold a one-hour Bible Workbench on Sunday, April 3, at 9:30 a.m. in the Community Room. We will discuss John 20:19-3– the desire to be believed, the ability to express doubt, the difficulty in trusting that something can be good or possible, and the experience of feeling incredulous. You don’t need to read the scripture in advance, or be Christian or knowledgeable about the Bible in order to participate. We follow the guidelines/contexts/questions shaped by The Educational Center’s “Reading Between the Lines” series (edited by D. Andrew Kille): What is happening in this story? Where is the story alive and happening in the world around us? How is this story my own internal story? Where does it live in my life?
Spring Workday
The Building and Grounds committee will hold the annual spring workday at the Meetinghouse on Saturday, April 23, from 9 AM to 3 PM. Please join us as we beautify the grounds and do building cleaning and maintenance. Lunch is provided. Come anytime that is convenient.