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• Short Story Reader's Corner

  • Start
    December 01, 2025
  •  
  • End
    June 01, 2026
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    via Zoom

  A space to bring together people interested in good literature who don't have time to read long books!

  • Our friendly Zoom group will discuss a different short story each month -- usually on the first Monday of each month. The story will be available on the Internet and will be announced about 3 weeks before the meeting.
  • See your weekly bulletin or monthly newsletter for details.
  • Past stories have included those by Julio Cortázar, Guy de Maupassant, and Raymond Carver. 

  The meeting is open to everyone who enjoys reading and sharing ideas!  To be added to the email list, get the Zoom link, and suggest a short story, please use our Contact Us form. 
  

  
  

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• Quaker Book Group

  • Start
    December 13, 2025
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  • End
    May 09, 2026
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    via Zoom

  The Quaker Book Group meets monthly, via Zoom, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m., on the second Saturday of the month.  Newcomers are always welcome (even if you have not read the book!).  We read a mix of books by Quakers, books about Quakerism, and books that speak to Quaker values and concerns. The group is invited to share announcements, summaries, and ideas about the readings through an online mailing list.

  • For more information on the current book and the Zoom link, please see the monthly Newsletter, Bulletin, or use our Contact Us form.
  • NOTE: All books read by the Quaker book group are on a shelf in the BFM library along with a binder containing extensive printed summaries of the discussions.

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• Comparative Religions: Sacred Texts of the World

  • Start
    January 06, 2026
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  • End
    May 26, 2026
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  • Schedule
    21 sessions
  • Location
    via Zoom

  Sept 2025 through May 2026, the Comparative Religions class will discuss a 36-week lecture survey of Sacred Texts from around the world and through history. The course is taught by Professor Grant Hardy through The Great Courses.

  • We meet weekly on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom for a half-hour video lecture followed by a half-hour open discussion.
  • All are welcome. You can drop in for the topics that seem interesting without committing to the whole series.
  • See a summary below, and to see which specific texts are reviewed each month, please see your bulletin or newsletter. 
  • For more details and for the Zoom link, look in the weekly Bulletin or use our Contact Us form. 

  --The DVDs for the previous lecture series have been donated to the BFM library and are available for loan.

  --Humanity's library of sacred writings is a huge canon that includes many of the most influential books ever written (such as the Hebrew and Christian bibles and the Quran of Islam, as well as sacred writings such as the Hindu Vedas, the Buddhist Sutras, Daoism's Daodejing, the Analects of Confucius, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Baha'i. This course takes you into the body of sacred writings that have played a fundamental role in human culture and history, including the scriptures of seven major religions and nine smaller faiths, such as the ancient Egyptian and Mayan societies. 

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• Experiment with Light (2nd Sundays, hybrid-4:00 PM)

  • Start
    January 11, 2026
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  • End
    June 14, 2026
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    Hybrid

  Second Sundays-Hybrid (In-person and on Zoom) at 4:00 p.m.

  How do we quiet our minds enough to hear the still, small voice within us? How might we deepen our experience of meeting for worship? Experiment with Light is a meditative and centering practice based upon Rex Ambler’s book Light to Live By, which describes early Quaker meditative habits and translates them into a highly accessible process of clearness and understanding. All are welcome to attend. First-time participants find the process quite easy to follow and often richly rewarding.

  • On the second Sundays, the session is hybrid (in-person and on Zoom, starting at 4:00 p.m. 
  • People can listen to the prompts on their own in their own homes.
  • In person, the group will listen to the prompts together. 
  • Use this link for the audio format: https://experiment-with-light.org.uk/meditations/  or visit bethesdafriends.org and find the audio link under “Recurring Events.” 
  • At about 5:00, you can share reflections via Zoom. 
  • An email reminder will be sent sometime before 4:00 p.m. 
  • To join our group and to get the address and the Zoom link, please use  our Contact Us Form. 

  
  

  
  

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• Experiment with Light (4th Sunday-Zoom only-7:30 PM)

  • Start
    January 25, 2026
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  • End
    June 28, 2026
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom only

  Fourth Sundays on Zoom at 7:30 p.m.

  How do we quiet our minds enough to hear the still, small voice within us? How might we deepen our experience of meeting for worship? Experiment with Light is a meditative and centering practice based upon Rex Ambler’s book Light to Live By, which describes early Quaker meditative habits and translates them into a highly accessible process of clearness and understanding. All are welcome to attend. First-time participants find the process quite easy to follow and often richly rewarding.

  • On the fourth Sundays, the session is by Zoom only, starting at 7:30 p.m. 
  • People can listen to the prompts on their own in their own homes.
  • Use this link for the audio format: https://experiment-with-light.org.uk/meditations/  or visit bethesdafriends.org and find the audio link under “Recurring Events.” 
  • An email reminder will be sent sometime before 7:15 p.m. 
  • To join our group, please ask for the Zoom link using  our Contact Us Form. 

  
  

  
  

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• Quaker Shenanigans: White Supremacy Culture in Business Meeting Workshop

  • When
    March 07, 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • Location
    Online

  Quaker Shenanigans: White Supremacy Culture in Business Meeting Workshop, March 7 - 10:00 am to Noon

  How can we know when we are caught up in the ways of our dominant culture and when we are being true to the Spirit in our Friends processes? In this workshop sponsored by BYM Reparations Action Working Group, we will disentangle Quaker business practices grounded in foundational spiritual principles from those that reflect White, middle-class, college-educated cultural norms. Michael Levi and Jade Eaton, both members of Adelphi Friends Meeting, will facilitate this workshop, which is based on a much longer workshop that they presented last year through FGC.  Jade and Michael have both served as clerk of Adelphi, of the Board of Trustees of Friends Community School, and a variety of committees. They find Business Meeting vital to the health of monthly meetings and the Religious Society of Friends.

  Register for the Workshop https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/YUuJWxeCQWybb3-7LjUviw#/registration

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• Meeting for Worship + Child Care

  • When
    March 08, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  • Child care for children with paid providers is available at the Meetinghouse: Toddlers-Pre-K in the CC room. K-6 (in FDS or in the Playground). 
  • In person: At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) is usually offered on the first and third Sunday of the month with adjustments for holidays. Check the weekly bulletin for updates to the schedule.

  Youth care is available on non-holiday weekends for children over 5 years of age on non-First Day School Sundays (usually the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of a month) during Meeting for Worship. We seek a core group who could volunteer three or four times per year. Volunteers pair with a paid childcare provider to supervise play for a group either under 5 or 5+. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Childcare is available on non-holiday weekends from 10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for children under 5 years of age. Paid caregivers will provide this service.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• Gender Spectrum Worship Sharing & Discussion

  • When
    March 08, 2026
  •  
    12:30 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  On Sunday, March 8 at 12:30 in the Meeting House after worship, the Peace and Social Justice Committee invites you to a Gender Spectrum Worship Sharing and Discussion. This is an empathy-based, query-driven session designed to help participants understand the experience of being a gender and sexual minority and to better appreciate what these individuals might need from the community. In these times of polarization and sensitivity, we hope to create a safe space to allow people to ask questions, stumble, and be wrong where they will not be judged.

  • This event supports our ongoing “commit[ment] to deepening our understanding… of trans, nonbinary, and gender expansive individuals and communities,” as stated in our Minute from July 2025 (see https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Belief-Statements-(Minutes).
  • It will be led by Danielle Carnes, a member of Friends Meeting of Washington who served with the U.S. Agency for International Development from 2016 to July 2025. She has worked to improve the lives of trans people around the world and to help advance understanding of empathy and gender diverse communities.
  • Free resources are on our website. https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Library#pflag
  • To obtain more information about this event, use our Contact Us form. 

  
  

  
  

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• Carolina Friends School travel learning

  • Start
    March 10, 2026
  • End
    March 15, 2026
  • Location
    Charleston SC & Savannah GA

  Travel Experiences in the South and Abroad

              Carolina Friends School invites BFM friends and attenders to join other thoughtful adult F/friends in upcoming transformational travel learning. Based in Durham, NC the school opened in 1964 as one of the South's first intentionally racially integrated schools.

  • Upcoming opportunities organized by the school include “The Coastal Journey,” which explores civil rights history and contemporary racial justice issues in Charleston and Savannah. 
  • • The dates are March 10-15.  
  • Another opportunity is “The Quaker Journey” that explores the early history of Quakerism, retracing the steps of George Fox and Margaret Fell, in the beautiful Lake District of northern England. 
  • • The trip will occur August 2-9. 
  • For more information about these and other other intentional travel and wellness programs, visit www.cfsnc.org/AdultEnrichment.

  
  

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• Mid-week Meeting for Worship

  • When
    March 11, 2026
  •  
    8:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    at home & email

  Over-zoomed? Join BFM Friends’ “low tech” email mid-week worship on Wednesdays from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. Each of us worships in our homes without video or audio. While some simply join in spirit, those wishing to touch base with the others receive emails at the start and end of worship.

  At rise of meeting, email participants are invited to worship-share via reply-all with the evening’s email group. To participate, please use our Contact Us form.

  
  

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• BYM Networking Day

  • When
    March 14, 2026
  •  
    9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Friends Meeting School in Ijamsville, MD

  Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) invites Quaker Friends from all area meetings to come together to share how way is opening for us to confront the challenges of our troubled era at our annual Networking Day.  On Saturday, March 14, from 9:30 AM to 3 PM, we will focus on the theme: "How Are We Meeting the Moment? Discernment, Clearness & Faithful Action in Grim Times."  In addition to general opening and closing sessions and shared lunch (provided), members of local meetings will facilitate workshops to share about what can be done on some of our most pressing issues:  Immigration; Palestine; Nuclear War; and US Democracy.  The workshops are described with the schedule below.  Register at https://forms.gle/eDLyuhk5zQb2rfEH6

  2026 BYM PEACE AND SOCIAL CONCERNS NETWORKING DAY
  How Are We Meeting the Moment? Discernment, Clearness & Faithful Action in Grim Times
  Location: Friends Meeting School, 3232 Green Valley Road, Ijamsville, MD Workshops
  ❖ Immigration – Concerns and Friendly Action
  ❖Just Peace in Palestine: Becoming an Apartheid-Free Community

  Afternoon workshops

  ❖ Militarism: Friends Peace Testimony and the new Nuclear Arms Race
  ❖ Discerning and Responding to Harms Caused by Actions of our Government

  WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

  Processing Immigration Concerns and Taking Friendly Action – Erinn Mansour (Patapsco)
  BECOMING AN APARTHEID-FREE COMMUNITY – Laurie Gagne and Mary Leonard (Adelphi). 
  FRIENDS’ PEACE TESTIMONY AND THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE – Leslie Sussan (Bethesda), Stan Becker (Homewood), Jim Wagner (Frederick) from BYM Anti-militarism Working group.
  DISCERNING AND RESPONDING TO THE HARMS CAUSED BY THE ACTIONS OF OUR CURRENT GOVERNMENT – facilitated by Helen Doerr (Shepherdstown)

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• Sidwell Friends Family Day

  • When
    March 15, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Today is Sidwell Friends Family Day. We welcome SFS families to our worship and First Day School. 

  • Child care (Toddler - Pre-K) and First Day school (K-8) will be available. More information is at https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Children. 
  • Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link. 
  • Potluck will follow worship at 12:15. All are welcome!

  
  

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• Meeting for Worship + FDS + Child Care + Sidwell Friends Family Day

  • When
    March 15, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  • Child care for children with paid providers is available at the Meetinghouse: Toddlers-Pre-K in the CC room. K-6 (in FDS or in the Playground). 
  • In person: At 12:15, join us for potluck lunch!
  • First Day School (FDS) will be held, please sign in at 11:00.
  • This is Sidwell Friends Family Day -- welcome to our visitors!

  Childcare is available from 10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for children under 5 years of age. Paid caregivers will provide this service.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• Potluck Lunch

  • When
    March 15, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    BFM Groome Building

  All are invited to attend Potluck in the Groome Building following the Rise of Meeting (about 12:15 on the 3rd Sundays Sept-May). Each month a different committee will host the potluck. Please join old friends and make new ones. All are welcome. To warm food or keep it cool, bring it to the Groome Building kitchen staff from 10:30 onwards.    

  • Bring a simple salad, fruits, main dish, or dessert if you think of it. If not, come anyway: potlucks never run out of food. 
  • Please label any dishes you bring and include info that might be critical to some (non-vegan, contains nuts, gluten-free, etc.). 
  • Sometimes a table will be reserved for a special discussion or for Friendly Conversations.  Feel free to join in!
  • To volunteer to help with set-up +/or clean-up, please use our Contact Us Form.

  • The next session of Friendly Conversations will take place during potluck on Sunday, March 15.  The aim is to foster deeper connections and strengthen our community's ability to engage in difficult conversations in a safe and intimate setting.   The queries for this month’s conversations center on reparations:

    1.  How can we, as a meeting, move from acknowledgement of past wrongs to tangible, reparative action?

    2.  How can this work be a transformative spiritual journey for our meeting, rather than simply a financial transaction?

    We look forward to embarking on this journey of deeper connection and stronger community dialogue with you!

    
    

  
  

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• Friendly Conversations during Potluck

  • When
    March 15, 2026
  •  
    12:15 PM
  • Location
    Potluck in SFS Groome building

  The Change Group invites you to participate in “Friendly Conversations” during monthly potluck.

  • The aim is to foster deeper connections and strengthen our community's ability to engage in difficult conversations in a safe and intimate setting.
  • We are bringing together small groups of Friends that will meet during our monthly potlucks with this essential goal: to enhance our skills in dialogue and deepen our relationships as a Meeting.
  • By creating an intimate space, Friends can deepen relationships and strengthen the sense of community while practicing and applying essential conversation skills.

            Join us at today's potluck lunch.  T Each month, there will be simple queries to guide our conversation.

              If you are interested in participating or would like to know more, please contact Michael W. (see your  Directory) or use our Contact Us Form.  We look forward to embarking on this journey of deeper connection and stronger community dialogue with you!

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• Mid-week Meeting for Worship

  • When
    March 18, 2026
  •  
    8:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    at home & email

  Over-zoomed? Join BFM Friends’ “low tech” email mid-week worship on Wednesdays from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. Each of us worships in our homes without video or audio. While some simply join in spirit, those wishing to touch base with the others receive emails at the start and end of worship.

  At rise of meeting, email participants are invited to worship-share via reply-all with the evening’s email group. To participate, please use our Contact Us form.

  
  

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• Learning more about Ramallah Friends School

  • When
    March 19, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

  Friends United Meeting invites all who have given to, visited, supported, or expressed interest in Ramallah Friends School, or who would like to learn more about its work and the future to an online event on Thursday, March 19, 2026  at  12:00 noon Eastern US

  • The facilitator will be Rania Maayeh, Head of School. She will provide a thoughtful and direct update on the life of the school and the realities it is navigating at this time.

  Located in the West Bank in Palestine, Ramallah Friends School serves over 1600 students in one of the most volatile regions of the world, where daily life is often shaped by uncertainty and stress. For more than 150 years, Quakers and other friends around the globe have supported the school through prayer, presence, and financial partnership. 

  • During this online event, you will have the opportunity to learn more about the school’s current challenges and priorities, to pray for its students and staff, and to consider how you might continue or begin supporting this important work.

  Click here to register online.  

  Make a donation at this link. 

  
  

  
  

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• BYM Interim Meeting

  • When
    March 21, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom and at Patapsco Friends Meeting

  Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM) Interim Meeting

  Saturday, March 21, 2026 from 11:00 - 4:00

  Register Now

  Held in-person AND online via Zoom. Business begins at 12:30pm.

  Patapsco Friends Meeting, 2331 Calvin Cir, Ellicott City, MD and online

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  • Agenda & Supporting Documents

  
  

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• Meeting for Worship + Child Care

  • When
    March 22, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  • Child care for children with paid providers is available at the Meetinghouse: Toddlers-Pre-K in the CC room. K-6 (in FDS or in the Playground). 
  • In person: At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) is usually offered on the first and third Sunday of the month with adjustments for holidays. Check the weekly bulletin for updates to the schedule.

  Youth care is available on non-holiday weekends for children over 5 years of age on non-First Day School Sundays (usually the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of a month) during Meeting for Worship. We seek a core group who could volunteer three or four times per year. Volunteers pair with a paid childcare provider to supervise play for a group either under 5 or 5+. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Childcare is available on non-holiday weekends from 10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for children under 5 years of age. Paid caregivers will provide this service.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• Mid-week Meeting for Worship

  • When
    March 25, 2026
  •  
    8:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    at home & email

  Over-zoomed? Join BFM Friends’ “low tech” email mid-week worship on Wednesdays from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. Each of us worships in our homes without video or audio. While some simply join in spirit, those wishing to touch base with the others receive emails at the start and end of worship.

  At rise of meeting, email participants are invited to worship-share via reply-all with the evening’s email group. To participate, please use our Contact Us form.

  
  

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• Quakers joining the No Kings Day--local locations

  • When
    March 28, 2026
  •  
    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Silver Spring, MD or Arlington, VA

  No Kings Day, March 28

  Across the United States millions will join together for morally grounded, non-violent direct actions to protest the rise of authoritarianism and protect democratic values.  https://www.nokings.org/

  • Sandy Spring Friends Meeting is coordinating Quaker Friends along the Georgia Avenue corridor from Silver Spring to Olney. 
  • You can join them as an event volunteer in “Step Out, Stand Up” specifically for the protest at Georgia Ave and Plyers Mill from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
  • • The role involves walking the protest line with a partner, helping keep the event positive and safe, and de-escalating conflicts as needed.  Training, vests and whistles provided.  
    • To learn more contact Ned Stowe of Sandy Spring Friends Meeting, 21214dettmering@gmail.com.   
  • Langley Hill Friends and FMW will be in segment 24 “Hands across Arlington" -- on Glebe Rd just south of its intersection with Route 50 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. 
  • • They are joining the human chain of conscience along Glebe Rd from North to South Arlington. You can bring signs and flags. 
    • RSVP on Mobilize: Sign Up HERE!. Sign Up for Your Spot on the Route HERE  (Segment 24). Email  Jessica Mott at lhpandio@gmail.com if you have signed up. 
    •  Read this Informational Doc –  a must do!

  
  

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• Meeting for Worship + Child Care

  • When
    March 29, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  • Child care for children with paid providers is available at the Meetinghouse: Toddlers-Pre-K in the CC room. K-6 (in FDS or in the Playground). 
  • In person: At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) is usually offered on the first and third Sunday of the month with adjustments for holidays. Check the weekly bulletin for updates to the schedule.

  Youth care is available on non-holiday weekends for children over 5 years of age on non-First Day School Sundays (usually the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of a month) during Meeting for Worship. We seek a core group who could volunteer three or four times per year. Volunteers pair with a paid childcare provider to supervise play for a group either under 5 or 5+. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Childcare is available on non-holiday weekends from 10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for children under 5 years of age. Paid caregivers will provide this service.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• Coordinating Gathering (hybrid)

  • When
    March 29, 2026
  •  
    12:45 PM
  • Location
    Meetinghouse & via Zoom

  Representatives of BFM committees meet the week before Meeting for Business to discuss the upcoming Business agenda. These meetings are open to all who wish to attend and are in-person as well as via Zoom.  See the  Zoom access in your weekly bulletin or request it using our Contact Us form.  They normally meet the last Sunday of the month, except for major holiday conflicts. And during June/July, they meet only once (usually the week before the mid-July business meeting). 

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• Mid-week Meeting for Worship

  • When
    April 01, 2026
  •  
    8:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    at home & email

  Over-zoomed? Join BFM Friends’ “low tech” email mid-week worship on Wednesdays from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. Each of us worships in our homes without video or audio. While some simply join in spirit, those wishing to touch base with the others receive emails at the start and end of worship.

  At rise of meeting, email participants are invited to worship-share via reply-all with the evening’s email group. To participate, please use our Contact Us form.

  
  

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• Easter Meeting for Worship + FDS + Child Care

  • When
    April 05, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  • Child care for children with paid providers is available at the Meetinghouse: Toddlers-Pre-K in the CC room. K-6 (in FDS or in the Playground). 
  • Easter Sunday is a children's Easter egg seek at 11:00 am!
  • In person: At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) is usually offered on the first and third Sunday of the month with adjustments for holidays. Check the weekly bulletin for updates to the schedule.

  Youth care is available on non-holiday weekends for children over 5 years of age on non-First Day School Sundays (usually the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of a month) during Meeting for Worship. We seek a core group who could volunteer three or four times per year. Volunteers pair with a paid childcare provider to supervise play for a group either under 5 or 5+. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Childcare is available on non-holiday weekends from 10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for children under 5 years of age. Paid caregivers will provide this service.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• Children's Easter Egg Seek

  • When
    April 05, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  It is that time of the year again, the Annual Easter Egg Seek. Please bring your children and invite your neighbors/friends to this annual occasion sponsored by the Child Care Committee.

  If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this event, or Child Care in general please use the Contact Us form.   

  • Child care for Toddlers-Pre-K with paid providers is available in the CC room.  
  • At 12:15, join us for social hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • First Day School (FDS) is offered on the first and third Sunday of the month for K-6.
  • Check the weekly bulletin for updates to the schedule.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. 

  For details & a link to the registration form, see our website. 

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• Mid-week Meeting for Worship

  • When
    April 08, 2026
  •  
    8:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    at home & email

  Over-zoomed? Join BFM Friends’ “low tech” email mid-week worship on Wednesdays from 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. Each of us worships in our homes without video or audio. While some simply join in spirit, those wishing to touch base with the others receive emails at the start and end of worship.

  At rise of meeting, email participants are invited to worship-share via reply-all with the evening’s email group. To participate, please use our Contact Us form.

  
  

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• Answering the Call to Radical Faithfulness

  • When
    April 12, 2026
  •  
    9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Location
    Groome Building Room 211

  Please join us at our April ARE event: “Answering the Call to Radical Faithfulness: A supportive discussion on how our spirituality is supporting and guiding us through these times."

  • It will be held in the Groome Building in Room 211 on April 12 at 9am. 

  
  

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• Meeting for Worship + Youth/Child Care

  • When
    April 12, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  • Child care for children with paid providers is available at the Meetinghouse: Toddlers-Pre-K in the CC room. K-6 (in FDS or in the Playground). 
  • In person: At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) is usually offered on the first and third Sunday of the month with adjustments for holidays. Check the weekly bulletin for updates to the schedule.

  Youth care is available on non-holiday weekends for children over 5 years of age on non-First Day School Sundays (usually the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of a month) during Meeting for Worship. We seek a core group who could volunteer three or four times per year. Volunteers pair with a paid childcare provider to supervise play for a group either under 5 or 5+. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Childcare is available on non-holiday weekends from 10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for children under 5 years of age. Paid caregivers will provide this service.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• Meeting for Worship + FDS + Child Care

  • When
    April 19, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  • Child care for children with paid providers is available at the Meetinghouse: Toddlers-Pre-K in the CC room. K-6 (in FDS or in the Playground). 
  • In person: At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) is usually offered on the first and third Sunday of the month with adjustments for holidays. Check the weekly bulletin for updates to the schedule.

  Youth care is available on non-holiday weekends for children over 5 years of age on non-First Day School Sundays (usually the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of a month) during Meeting for Worship. We seek a core group who could volunteer three or four times per year. Volunteers pair with a paid childcare provider to supervise play for a group either under 5 or 5+. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Childcare is available on non-holiday weekends from 10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for children under 5 years of age. Paid caregivers will provide this service.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• AIM Candidate Forum

  • When
    April 22, 2026
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Harvest Intercontinental Church, Olney, MD

  Come to our AIM Candidate Forum to bring County priorities identified through our listening sessions to the forefront. (AIM = Action in Montgomery) 

  • Set for April 22, 7:00-9:00 p.m, at the Harvest Intercontinental Church, 16227 Batchellors Forest Rd, Olney.
  • Candidates for Montgomery County Executive and County Council will be asked how they plan to address our top issues, such as immigration and well being, housing and cost of living, and healthy homes and climate equity.
  • If you might like to volunteer to help with the set-up of the forum, or just to learn more about and become a more active participant in AIM, contact Alex B. or Leslie S. (see your Directory) or use our Contact Us form. 
  • More information is at https://www.actioninmontgomery.org/. 

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• Meeting for Worship + Youth/Child Care

  • When
    April 26, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  • Child care for children with paid providers is available at the Meetinghouse: Toddlers-Pre-K in the CC room. K-6 (in FDS or in the Playground). 
  • In person: At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) is usually offered on the first and third Sunday of the month with adjustments for holidays. Check the weekly bulletin for updates to the schedule.

  Youth care is available on non-holiday weekends for children over 5 years of age on non-First Day School Sundays (usually the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of a month) during Meeting for Worship. We seek a core group who could volunteer three or four times per year. Volunteers pair with a paid childcare provider to supervise play for a group either under 5 or 5+. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Childcare is available on non-holiday weekends from 10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for children under 5 years of age. Paid caregivers will provide this service.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• Coordinating Gathering (hybrid)

  • When
    April 26, 2026
  •  
    12:45 PM
  • Location
    Meetinghouse & via Zoom

  Representatives of BFM committees meet the week before Meeting for Business to discuss the upcoming Business agenda. These meetings are open to all who wish to attend and are in-person as well as via Zoom.  See the  Zoom access in your weekly bulletin or request it using our Contact Us form.  They normally meet the last Sunday of the month, except for major holiday conflicts. And during June/July, they meet only once (usually the week before the mid-July business meeting). 

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• BYM Spring Spiritual Formation Retreat

  • Start
    May 01, 2026
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • End
    May 03, 2026
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    Shepherd's Spring Retreat, Global Village & Camp Center, Sharpsburg

  BYM Spring Spiritual Formation Retreat

  Friday, May 1 at 4:00 through Sunday, May 3 at 1:00 pm

  Shepherd's Spring Retreat, Global Village & Camp Center, 16869 Taylors Landing Rd, Sharpsburg, MD 21782

  • The retreat will begin with supper on Friday, May 1, followed by an opening circle. There will be two sessions on Saturday (morning and afternoon) with an evening of festive fellowship and singing. Our Sunday morning session will be followed by Meeting for Worship and lunch. 
  • Registration opens in March.
  • Low-cost camping option available!
  • Retreat participants will receive a detailed welcome email and pre-retreat exercise about one week before the retreat. If you have questions as the retreat nears, please contact the program registrar, Amy Schmaljohn at amy@schmaljohn.com.
  • Spiritual nurture funds are available through both local Meetings and through the Yearly Meeting. The retreat welcomes all of us who seek a deeper life in and with Spirit.
  • Details at https://www.bym-rsf.org/events/ymeventscal.html/event/2026/05/02/spring-spiritual-formation-retreat/534445

  
  

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• BYM Family religious education retreat

  • When
    May 02, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Alexandria Friends Meeting

  From BYM: Our Religious Education Committee will hold a Family Friendly Religious Education Retreat Saturday, May 2, 11 am - 6 pm at Alexandria Friends Meeting. 

  • Connection and Play! Hosted by the Baltimore Yearly Meeting RE committee 
  • We will enjoy good food, connection, intergenerational games, Faith & Play storytelling, interest groups and discussion.
  • (Childcare provided for younger children. Activities and games for older kids) 
  • Alexandria Friends Meeting, 8990 Woodlawn Road, Alexandria, VA 22309 
  • BYO Picnic lunch & retreat activities. Dinner is provided by BYM RE committee
  • Register here: https://forms.gle/km4n2UNUgDEVgJbMA. 
  • Registration expires April 5

  
  

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• Meeting for Worship + FDS + Child Care

  • When
    May 03, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  • Child care for children with paid providers is available at the Meetinghouse: Toddlers-Pre-K in the CC room. K-6 (in FDS or in the Playground). 
  • In person: At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) is usually offered on the first and third Sunday of the month with adjustments for holidays. Check the weekly bulletin for updates to the schedule.

  Youth care is available on non-holiday weekends for children over 5 years of age on non-First Day School Sundays (usually the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of a month) during Meeting for Worship. We seek a core group who could volunteer three or four times per year. Volunteers pair with a paid childcare provider to supervise play for a group either under 5 or 5+. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Childcare is available on non-holiday weekends from 10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for children under 5 years of age. Paid caregivers will provide this service.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• Sidwell Friends Reunion Sunday at BFM worship

  • When
    May 03, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    Meetinghouse

  On May 3, as part of the Sidwell Friends Reunion Weekend, alumni will visit Bethesda Friends for 11:00 worship and potluck lunch. 

  • For alumni, it's a time to remember their shared experiences and values as well as revisit the tradition of deep connection in the Meeting house. 
  • Welcome to our special visitors!

  
  

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• Meeting for Worship + Youth/Child Care

  • When
    May 10, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  • Child care for children with paid providers is available at the Meetinghouse: Toddlers-Pre-K in the CC room. K-6 (in FDS or in the Playground). 
  • In person: At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) is usually offered on the first and third Sunday of the month with adjustments for holidays. Check the weekly bulletin for updates to the schedule.

  Youth care is available on non-holiday weekends for children over 5 years of age on non-First Day School Sundays (usually the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of a month) during Meeting for Worship. We seek a core group who could volunteer three or four times per year. Volunteers pair with a paid childcare provider to supervise play for a group either under 5 or 5+. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Childcare is available on non-holiday weekends from 10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for children under 5 years of age. Paid caregivers will provide this service.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• Meeting for Worship + Child Care

  • When
    May 17, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  • Child care for children with paid providers is available at the Meetinghouse: Toddlers-Pre-K in the CC room. K-6 (in FDS or in the Playground). 
  • In person: At 12:15, join us for Potluck Lunch!
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) will NOT be held today as there will be a PDS picnic at the Ingram Farm

  Youth care is available on non-holiday weekends for children over 5 years of age on non-First Day School Sundays (usually the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of a month) during Meeting for Worship. We seek a core group who could volunteer three or four times per year. Volunteers pair with a paid childcare provider to supervise play for a group either under 5 or 5+. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Childcare is available on non-holiday weekends from 10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for children under 5 years of age. Paid caregivers will provide this service.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• Friendly Conversations during Potluck

  • When
    May 17, 2026
  •  
    12:15 PM
  • Location
    Potluck in SFS Groome building

  The Change Group invites you to participate in “Friendly Conversations” during some of our monthly potlucks.

  • The aim is to foster deeper connections and strengthen our community's ability to engage in difficult conversations in a safe and intimate setting.
  • We are bringing together small groups of Friends that will meet during our monthly potlucks with this essential goal: to enhance our skills in dialogue and deepen our relationships as a Meeting.
  • By creating an intimate space, Friends can deepen relationships and strengthen the sense of community while practicing and applying essential conversation skills.

            Join us at today's potluck lunch.  T Each month, there will be simple queries to guide our conversation.

              If you are interested in participating or would like to know more, please contact Michael W. (see your  Directory) or use our Contact Us Form.  We look forward to embarking on this journey of deeper connection and stronger community dialogue with you!

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• RE & FDS family picnic

  • When
    May 17, 2026
  •  
    2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Ingram farm

  A gathering at the Ingram farm on Sunday, May 17 from 2:00 through a 5:00 potluck dinner for families with children of any age, as well as members of the Religious Education and Child Care committees.  Lots of fun activities and a time to relax in a rural setting . Please use our Contact us form for more information. 

  
  

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• Meeting for Worship + Youth/Child Care

  • When
    May 24, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  • Child care for children with paid providers is available at the Meetinghouse: Toddlers-Pre-K in the CC room. K-6 (in FDS or in the Playground). 
  • In person: At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) is usually offered on the first and third Sunday of the month with adjustments for holidays. Check the weekly bulletin for updates to the schedule.

  Youth care is available on non-holiday weekends for children over 5 years of age on non-First Day School Sundays (usually the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of a month) during Meeting for Worship. We seek a core group who could volunteer three or four times per year. Volunteers pair with a paid childcare provider to supervise play for a group either under 5 or 5+. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Childcare is available on non-holiday weekends from 10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for children under 5 years of age. Paid caregivers will provide this service.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• A women's retreat at Wellspring

  • Start
    May 29, 2026
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • End
    May 31, 2026
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • Location
    Wellspring Retreat Center, Germantown MD

  Walking the Heroine’s Journey in Edge Times is the theme of a women's retreats in Germantown, MD sponsored by the Friends of Silence. Retreat leaders bring years of experience to bring years of dedicated learning, practice, mentoring, and leadership in retreats, dance, and drumming.

  Join the group to:

  • Wander the sacred land of Dayspring listening for the wisdom of the wild inhabitants of woods, stream, and fields.
  • Listen to ancient stories rising out of the heart of the Sacred Feminine.
  • Gather for council and ceremony woven with the heartbeats of our drums and the power of dancing in sacred circles.
  • Details and registration at https://friendsofsilence.net/heroines-journey-2026

  
  

  
  

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• Meeting for Worship + Youth/Child Care

  • When
    May 31, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  • Child care for children with paid providers is available at the Meetinghouse: Toddlers-Pre-K in the CC room. K-6 (in FDS or in the Playground). 
  • In person: At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) is usually offered on the first and third Sunday of the month with adjustments for holidays. Check the weekly bulletin for updates to the schedule.

  Youth care is available on non-holiday weekends for children over 5 years of age on non-First Day School Sundays (usually the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of a month) during Meeting for Worship. We seek a core group who could volunteer three or four times per year. Volunteers pair with a paid childcare provider to supervise play for a group either under 5 or 5+. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Childcare is available on non-holiday weekends from 10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for children under 5 years of age. Paid caregivers will provide this service.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• Meeting for Worship + FDS + Child Care

  • When
    June 07, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  • Child care for children with paid providers is available at the Meetinghouse: Toddlers-Pre-K in the CC room. K-6 (in FDS or in the Playground). 
  • In person: At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS): This is the last FDS for this school year. We will start up again in mid-September.

  Youth care is available on non-holiday weekends for children over 5 years of age on non-First Day School Sundays (usually the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of a month) during Meeting for Worship. We seek a core group who could volunteer three or four times per year. Volunteers pair with a paid childcare provider to supervise play for a group either under 5 or 5+. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Childcare is available on non-holiday weekends from 10:45 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for children under 5 years of age. Paid caregivers will provide this service.

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• ARE: Invited talk on life in Palestine

  • When
    June 07, 2026
  •  
    12:30 PM
  • Location
    Meetinghouse and via Zoom

  ARE invites us to join Ann Procter on 12:30 on Sunday, June 7, to meet her friend and colleague, Morgan Cooper Totah, who will be visiting from Ramallah. For more than two decades Morgan has lived in Ramallah with her husband Saleh Totah whose family is among the founding families of the city of Ramallah. 

  • Morgan will share what life is like for her, Saleh, and their children in Occupied Palestine. 
  • Morgan’s social enterprise, Handmade Palestine, works with artisan groups across the West Bank – and, at one time, in Gaza – to bring their handicrafts to international markets. Morgan will have some of HP’s beautiful wares with her. Profits from sales of Handmade Palestine go toward planting trees in Palestine through Morgan and Saleh’s Mashjar Juthour property in the hills surrounding Ramallah. Please see https://handmadepalestine.com/pages/about-us for more information.

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• Meeting for Worship + Youth/Child Care

  • When
    June 14, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  Youth/Child care summer schedule: 
  

  • Toddlers-Pre-K with paid providers in the Meetinghouse CC room. 
  • Youth care (K-6) with volunteers on the playground. 
  • At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) (K-6) will resume in mid-September.

  Youth Care: We seek a core group who can volunteer three or four times per year with a paid childcare provider to supervise play for Youth care. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• Meeting for Worship + Youth/Child Care

  • When
    June 21, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  Youth/Child care summer schedule: 
  

  • Toddlers-Pre-K as well as Youth care (K-6) is offered with paid providers and adult volunteers in the child care room and/or on the playground. 
  • At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) (K-6) will resume in mid-September.

  Youth Care: We seek a core group who can volunteer three or four times per year with a paid childcare provider to supervise kid's summer play. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• Meeting for Worship + Youth/Child Care

  • When
    June 28, 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    In person and via Zoom

  Bethesda Friends worship together each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Please click here for details. 

  1. We worship indoors at SFS Lower campus.
  2. Concurrently, we also worship via Zoom.

  Please click here for details and to ask for the Zoom link.

  Youth/Child care summer schedule: 
  

  • Toddlers-Pre-K as well as Youth care (K-6) is offered with paid providers and adult volunteers in the child care room and/or on the playground. 
  • At 12:15, join us for coffee hour in the Meetinghouse Library.
  • Via Zoom: Stay on the link for an after-Meeting chat at 12:15.

  First Day School (FDS) (K-6) will resume in mid-September.

  Youth Care: We seek a core group who can volunteer three or four times per year with a paid childcare provider to supervise kid's summer play. This is an opportunity to get to know our wonderful children and support their parents during Worship. Crafts and game activities are provided. You can sign up via signup genius:

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445A8A929A2FB6-bfmchildcare

  Please note that all children must be signed in and signed out at the child care room by their parent or caregiver. For new and visiting families, parents will be asked to fill out a very short registration form. The BFM Youth Safety Policy requires that all young people (infant to 18 years old) must be supervised by a parent, teachers, or child care staff at all times.

  For details, see: https://www.bethesdafriends.org/Religious-Education-K-8

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• Carolina Friends School travel learning

  • Start
    August 02, 2026
  • End
    August 09, 2026
  • Location
    Savannah GA

  Travel Experiences in the South and Abroad

              Carolina Friends School invites BFM friends and attenders to join other thoughtful adult F/friends in upcoming transformational travel learning. Based in Durham, NC the school opened in 1964 as one of the South's first intentionally racially integrated schools.

  • Upcoming opportunities organized by the school include “The Quaker Journey” that explores the early history of Quakerism, retracing the steps of George Fox and Margaret Fell, in the beautiful Lake District of northern England. 
  • • The trip will occur August 2-9. 
  • For more information about these and other other intentional travel and wellness programs, visit www.cfsnc.org/AdultEnrichment.

  
  

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• Friendly Conversations during Potluck

  • When
    September 20, 2026
  •  
    12:15 PM
  • Location
    Potluck in SFS Groome building

  The Change Group invites you to participate in “Friendly Conversations” during some of our monthly potlucks.

  • The aim is to foster deeper connections and strengthen our community's ability to engage in difficult conversations in a safe and intimate setting.
  • We are bringing together small groups of Friends that will meet during our monthly potlucks with this essential goal: to enhance our skills in dialogue and deepen our relationships as a Meeting.
  • By creating an intimate space, Friends can deepen relationships and strengthen the sense of community while practicing and applying essential conversation skills.

            Join us at today's potluck lunch.  T Each month, there will be simple queries to guide our conversation.

              If you are interested in participating or would like to know more, please contact Michael W. (see your  Directory) or use our Contact Us Form.  We look forward to embarking on this journey of deeper connection and stronger community dialogue with you!

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• Friendly Conversations during Potluck

  • When
    November 15, 2026
  •  
    12:15 PM
  • Location
    Potluck in SFS Groome building

  The Change Group invites you to participate in “Friendly Conversations” during some of our monthly potlucks.

  • The aim is to foster deeper connections and strengthen our community's ability to engage in difficult conversations in a safe and intimate setting.
  • We are bringing together small groups of Friends that will meet during our monthly potlucks with this essential goal: to enhance our skills in dialogue and deepen our relationships as a Meeting.
  • By creating an intimate space, Friends can deepen relationships and strengthen the sense of community while practicing and applying essential conversation skills.

            Join us at today's potluck lunch.  T Each month, there will be simple queries to guide our conversation.

              If you are interested in participating or would like to know more, please contact Michael W. (see your  Directory) or use our Contact Us Form.  We look forward to embarking on this journey of deeper connection and stronger community dialogue with you!

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