We gather on the first Wednesday of each month to promote awareness of issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community and help make Stony Run a more welcoming space for all LGBTQ+ and gender non-binary people and their families. The working group’s activities have included explicitly affirming marriage equality; sponsoring transgender-affirming vocal training; participating in the annual PRIDE […]
BYM Peace & Social Concerns Networking Day: Saturday, April 12 from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM at Friends Meeting School in Ijamsville, MD. Come share and prepare for responding to efforts to disrupt the U.S. social safety nets and international aid. Learn more and register here.
BYM's Annual Apportionment Meeting: Saturday, April 12 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM online. We’ll consider apportionment, financial support, and stewardship of BYM, and how our budget supports our values. Learn more.
The Culture and Outreach Working Group reaches out to the wider community, welcoming visitors, and providing opportunities for them to become engaged in the life of the Meeting. To help newcomers feel included, we share in person and online the way we worship and the ways our experience and values lead us to be involved […]
The Finance Committee prepares an annual operating and outreach budget for consideration and approval at Monthly Meeting for Business, and authorizes check signers to ensure that bills are promptly paid.
The Property Committee is concerned with management, care and improvement of the meetinghouse and grounds. All are welcome.
The Committee for Support and Supervision (CSS) supervises and sets work priorities for the office staff, develops the office budget, including the Facilitator’s and Operations Coordinator’s salaries and benefits, and oversees the daily operation of the office and the annual evaluation of staff.
Meeting time: 3rd Sunday at 9:15 AM, except 11:15 in July and August Library Committee purchases publications by and about Friends, books for inspirational reading, materials which supplement the First-Day School curriculum, and carefully selected children's books. All are welcome.
The Religious Education Committee has responsibility for programs for the children and teens on Sunday mornings and for special activities at other times. They also provide and/or support intergenerational activities, and have provided occasional adult sessions on the Quaker way, and on the Bible. They maintain a small library of curriculum resources to help teachers plan lessons, […]
The Funds Review and Use Committee (FRAUC) considers proposals for grants from Meeting constituents and makes grant decisions in accordance with FRAUC's guidelines. FRAUC also monitors the Meeting’s various non-budget funds and recommends, for Meeting approval, appropriate long-term or short-term uses of available non-budget funds.Â
The Burial Ground Committee meets on the 4th Thursday AS NEEDED. Please contact the Clerk to confirm the next meeting time. The Burial Ground Committee is responsible for the care and maintenance of the historic Friends Burial Ground at 2506 Harford Road. The committee employs custodial staff, arranges for the selection of lots, makes needed arrangements when […]
The work of the Peace and Justice Committee is one way we turn our faith into actions for change. Many of the local, state, national and international organizations the Meeting supports financially and through volunteer hours began with this committee. The committee calls Friends to keep the peace testimony a living concern and to respond to problems […]
The Community, Care and Clearness (CCC) Committee has the responsibility for community care of the Meeting, welcomes visitors, receives membership requests, and forms clearness committees, especially for membership and marriage. Together with Ministry and Counsel it helps families plan Memorial Meetings for Worship. CCC plans occasional community-building activities, keeps in touch with out-of-town members, and helps the […]
