Upcoming Local Worshiping Communities Events

Join Annapolis Friends from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm for our annual Spring Market. There will be homemade soup, salad, quiche, and other baked goods, portobello mushroom sandwiches and other delicacies from the grill, flea market finds, annual and perennial plants, live music from our young musicians, SPCA dogs for adoption, and information on our new solar array. Bulk of the proceeds will benefit St. Philip's Quad E after-school program providing academic support for students living in inner-city Annapolis, and Madison Quakers, Inc., fighting poverty in Vietnam (www.mylaipeacepark.org/).The sale of handmade Afghan jewelry, rugs, and embroidery will benefit the Afghan Women's Fund (www.afghanwomensfund.org/). Hope to see you there! For more information, visit the Annapolis Friends Meeting website (annapolis.quaker.org/) or contact Cairn Krafft. (410-257-2379 or cairnkrafft@comcast.net)

A new unprogrammed Worship Group will be meeting for the first time on May 18 and June 15 at 10877 Willow Dr. North, Bealeton, in Fauquier County’s 19th century “Bealeton Depot”. This is located close to the intersection of 17 and 28. The building is next to the Bealeton public library. Singing will start at 10:30 amwith silent worship to begin at 11:00 am. A quiet First Day activity is planned for children at 11:15 in a corner of the Depot meeting room. Hospitality beverages will be provided and attenders are encouraged to bring their own picnic lunch and stay for the 1:00 pm topic hour. A kitchenette is available in the Depot. “Letting Our Lives Speak” will be the topic for both May 18 and June 15. Queries for worship sharing at the 1:00 pm hour are: In what ways does my life speak of my beliefs and values? Contact fauquierfriends@gmail.com to request more information or to inform Bonnie Stockslager of your wish to attend.

Join us for a small group experience to explore the ways in which community healing and empowerment may promote a safer and more peaceful resettlement process for refugees and their families. Theoneste Bizimana, HROC Coordinator in Rwanda for African Great Lakes Initiative, will be featured. Participants will apply fundamental concepts of the HROC basic trainings to work with refugees in the United States. Complex trauma and grief have a profound impact on the physical and emotional capacity of individuals to acculturate. The session will be held from 9 am - 4 pm at Stony Run Friends Meeting in Baltimore. A simple lunch will be provided. The registration fee is $75.Questions? Contact Adrian Bishop at srmeetcoord@stonyrunfriends.org. Stony Run website: www.stonyrunfriends.org. (All proceeds will be donated to the African Great Lakes Initiative and future Friends Peace Teams work with refugees and asylum seekers in the USA).

The Ministry and Worship Committee of FMW is sponsoring this gathering of wise women (over 50) to walk and talk together. The event will begin at 11:00 am and there will be a potluck lunch. To register, contact Bette Hoover. (202-329-4667 or bette@justpeacecircles.org)

This gathering of wise women (over 50) is for a time of walking and talking together. The event will begin at 11:00 am, and there will be a potluck lunch. The Ministry and Worship Committee of FMW is sponsoring. To register, contact Bette Hoover. (202-329-4667 or bette@justpeacecircles.org)