by WebPost | Apr 6, 2016 | Adult Spiritual Education
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.
by WebPost | Mar 30, 2016 | Adult Spiritual Education, Bible Study
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?
by WebPost | Mar 25, 2016 | Adult Spiritual Education
The fourth session of “Living the Quaker Life” will be held this coming First Day, March 27th, 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 each session, below. Also, be assured that all are welcome to participate. This week as we study “Appreciating whence we came,” it’s appropriate to remember that Quakers believe that every day is holy. The “high holy days” of other denominations are not the same for us. See you on First Day!
Session: Appreciating from whence we came Mary Julia Street
Pages 1-17 in Faith & Practice
Our history Donny Lloyd
Our place in history Betsy Brinson, ASE
Our elders
“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.
by WebPost | Mar 24, 2016 | Adult Spiritual Education, Bible Study
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?
by WebPost | Mar 10, 2016 | Adult Spiritual Education, Peace and Social Concerns
Joyce Ajlouny, Director, Ramallah Friends School, Ramallah, Palestine, will speak at event titled “Education Under Occupation: Friends Preserving Hope and Dignity” on May 1, 12:30 pm. The event will be held in the Community Room at the Meetinghouse at 4500 Kensington Avenue.
Snacks will be provided.
For background about the speaker and the school, see the event listing on the Calendar page of this website.
by WebPost | Feb 18, 2016 | Adult Spiritual Education
The readings and presenters for the Living the Quaker Life Series are listed in the following document:
ASE 2016 Series
Note: the 2013 BYM Faith and Practice is available online, including as a PDF file with page numbers (in the box with link “2013 draft edition”) at:
http://www.bym-rsf.org/publications/fandp/
