Bethesda Friends Meeting
Contact Information
| Mailing address: | PO Box 30152, Bethesda, Maryland 20824 |
| Meeting place address: | Edgemoor Lane and Beverly Road, Bethesda, Maryland (on the campus of Sidwell Friends School Lower School |
| Wheelchair Accessibility: | Wheelchair accessible |
| Hearing Assistance: | Hearing assistance available |
| Telephone: | 301-986-8681 |
| E-mail: | bethesdafm@igc.org / info@bethesdafriends.org |
| Website: | Bethesda Friends Meeting |
| First Day: | First and Third First Days : 11.00 a.m |
| Religious Education: | First Day School: 11:20am |
| Business Meeting: | First First Day: 9:00 am (except July and August) |
Officers and Clerks
| Clerk: | Jillaine Smith & David Whitford |
| Treasurer: | Bruce Edwards |
| Assistant Treasurer: | David McClelland |
| Recording Clerk: | Ronald "Ron" Akins |
| Recorder: | Margaret Plank |
| Ministry and Worship: | Douglas "Doug" Smith and Stephanie Koenig |
| Nominating: | Ronald "Ron" Akins and David McClelland |
| Outreach and Communications: | Marion Harrell |
| Pastoral Care: | Margaret Plank |
| Peace and Social Justice: | Sherry Holland & Alex Bell |
| Religious Education: | Lee Ingram and Laura Lee Fischer |
| Stewardship and Finance: | Greg Ingram & Dan Walker |
| Newsletter Editor: | Cathy Broad |
| Yearly Meeting Representatives: | Peirce Hammond |
Travel Directions
Bethesda Friends Meeting is located on the campus of Sidwell Friends Lower School at Beverly Road between Edgemoor Lane. Parking is ample.
From the Red Line Metro Bethesda Station: At the top of the long escalator, at the bus depot level go to the side where buses enter (at the corner of Edgemoor and Commerce Lanes). Go straight ahead (west) one short block on Edgemoor to cross Woodmont Avenue (with a traffic light). Continue two more blocks, crossing Arlington Avenue (with a traffic light) to the Sidwell Friends Lower School gate. Turn left and the Meeting House is a half block on the right.
From the North: Use Beltway Exit 36 south to Old Georgetown Road (Route 187) for 2.2 miles. Move into the right lane at the Auburn Avenue traffic light and then move to the new right lane at Cordell Avenue. At the next light, a five-way intersection, take the soft right onto Arlington Road. Turn right at the second light onto Edgemoor Lane, then left onto Beverly Road. The Meeting House is mid-block on the right.
Alternatively, from Rockville, come south on the Rockville Pike/Wisconsin Avenue (Route 355), turn right on Commerce Lane, cross Old Georgetown Road, and then turn right onto Edgemoor Lane. From East-West Highway (Route 410), cross Wisconsin Avenue (Route 355), onto Old Georgetown Road (Route 187) take the first left onto Edgemoor Lane. Follow it around to the right. Cross Woodmont and Arlington Avenues (with traffic lights), turn left onto Beverly Road. The Meeting House is mid-block on the right.
From Washington, DC: Go north on Wisconsin Avenue (Route 355) and turn left Old Georgetown Road (Route 187). Turn left at first traffic light, Edgemoor Lane (bearing right at the Metrobus center to stay on Edgemoor). Cross Arlington Road. At the first intersection, turn left onto Beverly Road. The Meeting House is mid-block on the right.
Bethesda Friends Meeting Spiritual State of the Meeting Reports
Bethesda Friends Meeting Interchange Reports
Visioning Project Report
In 2010 and 2011, Baltimore Yearly Meeting undertook a project to consider the vision of the Yearly Meeting community. As a part of that project, members of the ad hoc Visiting Ministers Committee led a visioning session at each Meeting. The report of the visioning session at Bethesda Friends Meeting is available here.
