You are welcome here.
Sandy Spring Friends Meeting (Quakers) is a warm and welcoming community where we support each other in our shared journeys of the Spirit. When we gather in worship, we seek the indwelling Spirit through receptive silence, listening for the piece of the Divine that resides in everyone. We have been worshiping together since 1753. All are welcome to worship among Friends!
ZOOM MEETING ACTIVITIES
9am and 11am Meetings for Worship on First Days, and Meetings for Worship for Business
From the Internet: https://zoom.us/j/196138896?pwd=V0Jtb1VqbVo5cW9NM2hYNW9kK1F4Zz09
Phone call in #: 301.715.8592
Meeting ID: 196 138 896 Password: 021789
6:30pm Virtual Potluck on Fifth Days and 7:30pm Meeting for Worship
From the Internet: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87919885442?pwd=TUlhcWluSmM4RjUrdEt2c2xmS2dZUT09
Bible Study on Second & Fourth First Days at 9am
From the Internet: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85899391592?pwd=A6g1Xd6WZfZIzbBmONh6bX5DZNc3mH.1
Phone call-in #: 301.715.8592
Meeting ID: 858 9939 1592 Password: 151244
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, & PEOPLE OF COLOR’S LIVES MATTER
Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting stands in solidarity with and honors the sacredness of Black, Brown and non-white people. We condemn all racist violence, including law enforcement, generational, and cultural violence, and join in the call for radical social transformation.
As Quakers we believe each human being is endowed with an inner and divine Spirit that leads us to live our lives in ways that speak our faith. We know that we have much work to do in rectifying and healing injustice. All citizens of our world must examine the vision they hold and ask whether that vision contributes to systemic and endemic racism. We seek to have Love be our first motion, whereby we see that of God in everyone.
Friends often feel anger, horror, fear and shame for the long standing violence and oppression towards people of color. We call for equity in our justice, prison, economic, educational, housing, immigration and health systems. We grieve for the innocent people of color impacted by racist violence. The list is long. It includes:
Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha; Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha; Andre Anchondo; Keenan Darnell Anderson; Amaud Arbery; Deah Shaddy Barakat; Arturo Benavides; Leonardo Campos; Angela Michelle Carr; Cindy Cho; Kyu Song Cho; James Cho; Elio Cumana-Rivas; Daoyou Feng; Maria Flores; Raul Flores; George Floyd; Jerrald De’Shaun Gallion; Jorge Calvillo García; Hyun Jung Grant; Ronald Hardin Green; Ashley Loring HeavyRunner; Adolfo Cerros Hernández; Luis Alfonzo Juarez; Lonette Keehner; Suncha Kim; Srinivas Kuchibhotla; Christian LaCour; Maria Eugenia Legarreta Rothe; Anolt Joseph “A.J.” Laguerre Jr.; Donovan Lewis; Amir Locke; Maribel Campos Loya; Alok Madasani; Ivan Filiberto Manzano; Gloria Irma Márquez; Trayvon Martin; Sonya Massey; Anthony McClain; Elijah McClain; Kendrec McDade; Daniela Mendoza; Sofia Mendoza; Elsa Mendoza Marquez; D’vontaye Mitchell; Earl Moore. Jr.; Dhriti Narayan; Jordan Neely; Tyre Nichols; Soon Chung Park; Sara Esther Regalado Moriel; Tamir Rice; Javier Rodriguez; Teresa Sanchez; Jimmy Smith-Kramer; Xiaojie Tan; Breonna Taylor; Aishwarya Thatikonda; Reginald Thomas; Juan Velazquez; Jayland Walker; Daunte Wright; Yong Ae Yue
None of us will be united or free until this work is done and we create a society which acts on the fundamental truth that all people are created equal.
If the society is a just society, if it is one which places a premium on social justice and human rights, then racism and intolerance cannot survive.” –Bayard Rustin
There are many Quaker organizations supporting Friends to protest and act. These links may be helpful:
https://www.bym-rsf.org/what_we_do/committees/racismwg/wgrreps.html#2021
https://www.bym-rsf.org/what_we_do/committees/indian/
https://www.bym-rsf.org/what_we_do/committees/campdiversity/
https://www.bym-rsf.org/what_we_do/committees/gdl/
https://www.fgcquaker.org/services/help-your-meeting-challenge-racism
https://www.fcnl.org/dismantling-racism-and-militarism-us-foreign-policy