Affiliated Organizations Events

The Middle East Peace Working Group is sponsoring a candlelight vigil and peace rally across from the White House, beginning at 5:30 pm. Annapolis Friends Meeting is one of the co-sponsors of the event. A number of dignitaries are expected and Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary) will provide music. For more information about the rally, www.yestoanagreement.wordpress.com">see their website

Professional dancer and choreographer Margot Greenlee of BodyWise Dance has been working in healthcare settings for over a dozen years. Beginning at 6:30 pm, she will briefly discuss current projects at Walter Reed, Camp. The Dance for PD program is built on one fundamental premise: professionally trained dancers are movement experts whose knowledge is useful to persons with Parkinson's Disease. Dance for PD teaching artists integrate movement from modern and theater dance, ballet, folk dance, tap, improvisation, and choreographic repertory. Margot is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington and is a former member of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, a company known for creating dance opportunities for people of all ages and abilities. She works extensively with children, seniors and veterans of the contemporary wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. For more information, see the William Penn House website. (williampennhouse.org/)

Is your spirit in need of nourishment and refreshment? Come to the Dayspring Silent Retreat. We will keep the silence from Friday evening through worship on Sunday, enjoying the beauty of God’s creation, reading, walking, resting, finding our own rhythms, and listening for the Still Small Voice. Sponsored by Annapolis Meeting, the Retreat will begin at 3:30 pm on Friday at the Dayspring Retreat Center. For registration materials, contact Jean Christianson. (410-544-1912)

Come spend a day of fellowship, good food (free lunch for all who volunteer), and celebration of the joys of autumn as we help Sheila reduce the ‘To Do’ list of chores around the Niles Cabin. Chores can include: window-washing, painting, brush clearing, wood cutting and stacking, and foundation planting. It’s fun, it’s time well spent outdoors, and it is much needed to keep the cabin and environs in good shape. Please let Sheila know you are coming so she may plan lunch accordingly. (304-728-4820 or snbach@earthlink.net) All FWC programs are offered free of charge, but we suggest a donation of $10.00 or more.

Join FWC Board Member Rich Weidner as he gently guides you through some of the basic practices of the ancient art of Qi (Chi) Gong. The first two hours will consist of an introduction, demonstration, and practice of several Qi Gong movements and basic combinations, followed by an hour-long lunch break, and will finish with a one-hour session of sitting Qi Gong. Contact Sheila Bach (304-728-4820 or snbach@earthlink.net) for reservations. Try our new directions to Niles Cabin using MapQuest. All FWC programs are offered free of charge, but we suggest a donation of $10.00 or more.