Upcoming Local Worshiping Communities Events

Our political system is broken. So many events and groups have forced us into unconnected silos so we no longer function as a community. Some were created out of a naïve sense of making strong communities by helping those with things in common to connect. Some were created with merely commercial interests. But some were created with malicious intent. Besides the purely political work that needs to be done, there is more: we must work to bring our country back to a broader consensus. We will never all agree on all things but we must get back to a place where we can work together. This workshop will explore interactively one path toward that goal of learning how to communicate better with people with whom we disagree. The program will begin at 7:00pm. Go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conversations-with-the-other-tickets-45758284260?aff=eac2 to register.

Area Friends are welcome join Annapolis Friends Meeting (351 DuBois) this first day (Sunday, June 3) for Worship (11-12), potluck following, and to hear the CEO of the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy (https://icrd.org/) from 12:50 to 1:30. ICRD's CEO, James Patton, will give an informative presentation starting around 12:50 and wrapping up questions around 1:30. James is a Quaker who has worked for AFSC in various locations. The International Center for Religion & Diplomacy is an organization that bridges religious considerations with the practice of international policy in support of peacebuilding. We focus our work on the role of religion and religious actors in transforming violent conflict, although we are not, ourselves, a religious organization. Our current work includes: training faith and community leaders on conflict resolution, countering violent extremism and reconciliation in Yemen, Pakistan, Colombia and Morocco; reforming education to improve tolerance and critical thinking skills in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia; and improving the engagement with conservative faith actors in reducing radicalization and prejudice in Tunisia, Morocco, Yemen, Pakistan, Spain, Indonesia, Kenya and the US.

Get to know Yearly Meeting Committees and Friends from other Meetings! Be a part of important decision making. Join Friends for morning committee meetings and the afternoon’s Interim Business Meeting. Frederick Meeting will host the Tenth Month Interim Meeting. Friends will begin gathering at 10:00am. Committee meetings will begin at 10:30. Check the Yearly Meeting website for more information.

Join Friends from across Chesapeake Quarter as they meet to building their community. There will be consideration of the question What is Chesapeake Quarterly Meeting for?.

Everyone is invited to worship with Kenyan and Evangelical/ Orthodox Quakers from the Baltimore area. This Meeting for Worship is under the care of Stony Run Friends, but operates with its own Committee of Care, monthly on the second First day of the month, at 2:00pm. Kenyan Friends seeking a Kenyan Meeting are warmly invited. Social hour at the rise of Meeting, approximately 4pm. Please contact Sujata Massey, sujatamassey@mac.com, or Gilbert Imbayi, gilbert.imbati@gmail.com for more information.

Join us Monday June 11 for a program on Homelessness in Montgomery County at the newly named Connie Morella Library in Bethesda from 7 to 8:30 pm. The program will start with a 16-minute film from the County Council called “A Place to Call Home,” which focuses on the January Point of Time Count of homeless people in the county. Then there will be a panel discussion on programs and solutions for homelessness in Montgomery County with John Mendez from Bethesda Cares, Betsy Bowman from EveryMind, Christine Hong from Interfaith Works, and Susie Sinclair-Smith from Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless. This event is free and open to the public. The library is at 7400 Arlington Road, Bethesda. Sponsored by Bethesda Friends Meeting.