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410.649.3211 • friendsbalt.org/admission
BA LT I M O R E • 178 4� e world needs what our children can do.
ADMISSION LATTE AND LEARNTues., November 10,
9 to 11 a.m.
ADMISSION LUNCH AND LEARNThurs., December 3,
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Diversity of race, religion, economics, gender and most of all, thought.
Get a feel for Friends School life. Observe classes
and talk with students, teachers and current
parents. Then enjoy a light bite while hearing from
Friends’ Head of School Matt Micciche. A benefit for the community-building work of Stony Run Friends (Quaker) Meeting
Sat., Oct. 247:30p.m.Stony Run Friends Meetinghouse5116 N. Charles St.Baltimore, MD 21210
Top photo by Carlyle Smith;left photo of Todd Marcus byGary Young
Todd MarcusJazz Quintet
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The Performers
Greetings, Friends! You are about to hear the unforgettable power and beauty of the Todd MarcusJazz Quintet’s music.
TODD MARCUS has brought together a jazz quintet
that Baltimore music fans rank on a par with the best
performers in New Orleans. One of the few jazz artists
in the world who uses the bass clarinet as his exclusive solo
instrument, Todd was inspired by jazz great artists such as
Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and
John Coltrane. He and his jazz quintet delight appreciative
audiences with their special brand of what he calls “modern
straight-ahead jazz” that’s both fiery and intense, but also
with “a strong lyrical sensitivity.”
Though not a native Baltimorean, Todd studied at Loyola
College while also volunteering for Habitat for Humanity in
West Baltimore’s Sandtown-Winchester community. He later
moved into that troubled neighborhood, running Newborn
Holistic Ministries, serving the area's many needs. Says
Marcus, “Being a part of my community has allowed me to
specifically deal with ongoing issues that stem from systemic
racism and poverty. And at the same time, my music has
allowed me to try to create some beauty that hopefully unites
people across all races....”
Supporters of Stony Run Friends Meeting’sCommunity-Building Work
Michael and Amy Aquilino
Deborah Bedwell
Adrian Bishop and Rosalie Dance
Meg Boyd Meyer and Arthur Meyer Boyd
Frank and Barbara Brocato
John and Sue Carnell
Bruce and Becky Copeland
Johanna and Bob deRose
Norm, Kathy and Ned Forbush
Lillian Freudenberger
Fred Hinze and Georgia Coleman
Julie Craft and Blaine Keener
Jen Hobbins
Bob and Ann Marie Ketron
Wendell and Sally Leimbach
David Macfarlane
Barbara and Chuck Mallonee
Fred and Diana Motz
Myles Perkins and Christina Lindgren
Diane Proctor
Marjorie and Roberta Scott
Harrison and Ruthanne Smith
Joan and Eric Thompson
Ann and Jim Venable
Janet Shepler and Michael Vermehren-Shepler
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This Evening’s Program
7:30 - 8:15Music
8:15 - 8:30Brief Intermission
8:30 - 9:15Music
9:15 - 10:00Sweet & Savory Reception
PERFORMANCE IN THE MEETING ROOM
RECEPTION IN THE DINING ROOM—LOWER LEVEL
This concert was organized by the Friends of Stony Run’s Event Planning
Subcommittee: Margaret Allen (Clerk), Deborah Bedwell,
Adrian Bishop, Marcie Jones Brennan, Alice Cherbonnier, Betsy Forbush,
Lynn Jordan, John Merrill, Sandra Morton,
Phil Perkins, Rebecca Snyder.
The committee thanks everyone who supported this effort.
Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends, Stony Run
5116 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21210• (443)703-2590
Email: [email protected] • www.StonyRunFriends.org
Stony Run’s Community-BuildingWork includes Direct Support for these Organi-
zations and Initiatives
Central Maryland Ecumenical Council
Right Sharing of World Resources
GEDCO • CARES Food Bank
McKim Center
Clay Pots Ministry
Amazing Grace Ministries
Stony Run Supports theseQuaker Affiliates
that Work to Build Strong Communities
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Baltimore Yearly Meeting/BYM Camping Program
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
Friends General Conference (FGC)
Friends World Committee on Consultation (FWCC)
Friends Council on Education (FCE)
Quaker United Nations Program (QUNO)
Friends Journal
Friends Center in Ramallah
Friends Peace Teams
Quaker Earthcare Witness
Ranked among the nation’s top psychiatric hospitals for 2015-2016 by U.S. News & World Report, Sheppard Pratt Health System is dedicated to improving quality of life through mental health, special education, and substance use services for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults.
Our patient-centered treatment approach, combined with our legacy of clinical excellence, sets us apart from other health systems on both a local and national level.
410.938.3000 sheppardpratt.orgBaltimore, MD 21204
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3600 O'Donnell St., Suite 4Grain Bldg
Baltimore, MD 21224www.ccabalt.com
Charles L. Maskell, Jr.Managing [email protected](410) 537-5988
www.ober.com
Ober|Kaler is a proud supporter of Stony Run Friends Meeting.
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The Forbush School at Glyndon Nursery Program, Part of the Sheppard Pratt Health System
Sheppard Pratt Health System
is pleased to support
Stony Run Friends Meeting
and the Todd Marcus Jazz Quintet
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Sponsored by Nancy Berger
For over 190 years, Stony RunFriends Meeting has supportedthe McKim Free School and now
the McKim Community Center. That means that over10,000 children’s lives are better becauseof YOU.
When McKim opened at 1120 E. BaltimoreStreet in 1833 it was the first such school inBaltimore City and one of the first in the U.S.The idea for the school originated with aQuaker merchant, John McKim, who wantedto help Baltimore's poor youths.
Today, with support from such sources as the Abell, Annie E. Caseyand Weinberg Foundations, United Way, Presbyterian Churches of Baltimore, and Stony Run Friends Meeting, McKim offerseducational and constructive activities for young people who live inthe area. Volunteers and interns assist with the after-school programand summer camp, lead enrichment workshops and help with sportspractices and competitions. McKim is also a site for the SeniorCitizen Eating Together Program and a chapter of NarcoticsAnonymous.
The McKim School is near the Old Town Friends Meeting House at
1201 East Fayette St., Baltimore's oldest religious building. Its members
included such influential Quakers as Philip E. Thomas, first President
of the B&O Railroad, and Johns Hopkins. This building and the
McKim School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Please support the MCKIM COMMUNITy AssOCIATION
1120 E Baltimore Street • Baltimore, MD 21202
(410)276-5519 • http://www.mckimcenter.org
McKimD
o you have great family memories of hiking through thewoods or strolling through the meadows at OregonRidge? Do you still enjoy the natural resources that the
Park offers? Do you see yourself as a protector of the Park anda cheerleader for environmental education and wellness? Ifyour answer is “YES,” we have great opportunities for you.
Currently, there are a number of Committee Chair openings onthe Council board. We are looking for people whose talents andinterests match the committees’ responsibilities. Please contactCouncil President Pat Gingher for more information via email [email protected] or by phone at 410-887-1615.
If you enjoy writing and trolling the Internet, and have a visionfor what other resources could be available in this wonderfulpark, you may enjoy working on one of two committees:community fundraising and grant writing. Enthusiasm is a mustfor fundraising, and an interest in writing and research is neededfor grant writing. Funds and grants can come from a variety ofplaces: foundations, businesses, and/or private individuals. If youhave a few hours a month to donate to help on one of thesecommittees by seeking out funding and grant sources, pleaseemail or call the Nature Center.
OREGON RIDGE NATURE CENTER13555 Beaver Dam Road • Cockeysville, MD 21030
(410)887-1815 • oregonridgenaturecenter.org
Be a Partner with Oregon Ridge Nature Center!
Wellness Hike • Tues., Oct. 27 • 6 p.m.Join Dr. Heidi Schreiber-Pan on a Wellness Hike around Oregon
Ridge Park to learn first-hand how a peaceful walk through the
woods can help diminish stress and worry. RSVP (410)887-1815.
This ad sponsored by David Pruitt and Laurel Kiser, Helen Riley, and Friends of McKim
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Acting on our faith toassure human rights
at home!Join Interfaith Action for Human Rights’efforts in Maryland to reduce prison solitary confinement, reinvesting fundssaved into more effective and humaneprograms.
Go to www.interfaithactionhr.org to joinour advocates list and to donate to ourwork. For more information, call202-669-7700 or 410-362-2604.
Stony Run, Patapsco and Annapolis Friendsserve in leadership at IAHR.
Planting trees andadvocating forstreams and rivers.Find out how youcan get involved inyour community.
MOUNT VERNON ASSOCIATES, INC.A Quaker-owned business
575 S. Charles Street #401Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 377-9780
Socially Responsible Investment ManagementFor Individual and Endowment Portfolios
Is pleased to support
STONY RUN FRIENDS MEETING
and
Todd Marcus Jazz Quintet
In a benefit forCommunity-Building
The InternationalRescue Committee
(IRC)Each year, thousands of refugees areinvited by our government to seeksafety and freedom. Forced to flee conflict or persecution, many have survived for years against incredibleodds. They step off the plane with nextto nothing but their dignity, hope, anddetermination. In Baltimore, the IRChelps rebuild their lives.
Located at the Baltimore Resettlement Center
3516 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, Md. 21224410-327-1885
More Information: [email protected]
Sponsored by Suzanne O’Hatnick
Sponsored by Suzy Filbert
Thanks Madison Bell and the members of Stony Run
Friends Meeting for their support in helping
us reach at-risk populations in Southwest Baltimore and beyond.
Thank you!
Clay Pots...A Place to Grow 1635 W. Pratt Street | Baltimore, MD 21223
claypotsbaltimore.com
Sponsored by Madison Smartt Bell
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South Penn Eye Careis pleased to support
Stony Run Friends Meeting’s
Community-Building Initiatives
332 140-Village Drive
Westminster, Maryland 21157
410-848-3860
—A Quaker-owned business—
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Families who spend time outdoors are healthier! Boost your out-of-door routine through Irvine Nature Center. Membership includes tons of free programs for children and families, and discounts on green birthday parties and camps.
Support Irvine Nature Center through membership! Families are just $75. Visit www.ExploreNature.org.
Spend Family Time Outside
Irvine Nature Center is pleased to support Stony Run Friends
11201 Garrison Forest Road Owings Mills, MD 21117 443-738-9200www.ExploreNature.orgSponsored by Clinton and Kathryn Pettus
Sponsored by Lynn and Terrel Jordan
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13801 York Rd. Cockeysville, MD 21030
TTY/Voice - Maryland Relay Service 1.800.201.7165
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To request a free information kit please call443.578.8008 or visit www.Broadmead.org
Photo by Broadmead resident: Erroll Hay
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Concentrating in the practice of estates and trusts law
Ruxton Towers, Suite 1148415 Bellona Lane • Towson, Maryland 21204
410-825-8550 • 410-825-8554 Faxwww.ccl-law.com
A Quaker-owned business
Cristin C. Lambros, LLC
Sponsored by Jean Liang and Carl Stafstrom
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Join Us!FCNL Annual Meeting
Nov. 12-15, 2015Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
Washington Court Hotel • Washington, DC.
At FCNL’s Annual Meeting, participants willdecide on our community's lobbying priori-ties. The meeting is also a time to shareour expanding work with young adults andour new efforts to support advocacyaround the country. FCNL's Annual Meet-ing begins with policy briefings, lobby trainings and advocacy to support diplo-matic negotiations with Iran—at the verymoment when that advocacy can make abig difference with Congress. Please joinus in this important effort.
Visitfcnl.org/events/annual_meeting/am14/
Questions? Call the registrar at 1-800-630-1330
Proudly supporting Stony Run
Providing principled approaches in
organization change
Richard Thayer
[email protected](443)845-5717
A Quaker-owned business
Sponsored by Phil Perkins and Margaret Allen
Out of School TimeViolence Prevention
Youth Programs
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Quakers have supportedrefugee aid around the worldfor hundreds of yearsOur efforts then & now include:
—relief work by British & US Quakers in Europe after WWII, who accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Quakers worldwide
—Friends Peace Teams in Africa, including the African Great LakesInitiative led by a Baltimore Quaker since 1993
—Quaker support for Catholic-led humanitarian aid for Hispanicchildren escaping violence and instability in Central America
—help now for people fleeing to Europe from terror, civil war, andhuman rights abuses in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Africa
Please join Quakers and others supporting refugee relief in theAmericas, Europe, Africa, or Asia/Pacific, and addressing rootcauses of mass migrations by troubled peoples from totalitarianregimes or failed states. Thank you to all of you already providinghelp, energy, and support.
Check out Friends Committee on National Legislation (www.fcnl.org) for information and a list of reputable aid organizations
assisting with the Middle East humanitarian crisis.
OTHER RESOURCES:www.stonyrunfriends.org (also on Facebook)
www.afsc.org • www.fcnl.orgwww.unrefugees.org • www.quakersintheworld.com
www.doctorswithoutborders.orgFacebook: USA for UNHCR (a charitable arm for the UN's refugee agency;
deductions to USA for UNHCR are tax-deductible)
Sponsored by Lynn and Terral Jordan
AGM is pleased to support the community-
building efforts of Stony Run Friends Meeting
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John and Peggy Steele
are pleased to support
the community-building efforts
of
Stony Run Friends Meeting
Tim and Joyce Hearn
are pleased to support
the community-building efforts
of
Stony Run Friends Meeting
“No one has ever
become poor
by giving.”
ANNE FRANK
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Byron and Betsy Forbush
are pleased to support
the community-building efforts
of
Stony Run Friends Meeting
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal,
or acts to improve the lot of others, or
strikes out against injustice, he sends
forth a tiny ripple of hope.”
ROBERT F. KENNEDY
THANK YOUfor Supporting Community-Building
Stony Run Friends Meeting thanks everyone who has helped make possiblethis successful fall fundraiser supporting our theme of “Community-Building.” Our program sponsors include Quaker business owners, StonyRun Friends Meeting members and attenders, and a wider circle of friendsof Stony Run.
The need for Community-Building resonated with our Meeting this yearafter the sad death in April of Sandtown-Winchester resident Freddie Graywhile in police custody. Spontaneous protests and civil unrest erupted inBaltimore City, and a State of Emergency was declared. Elsewhere in theU.S., fatal police shootings of unarmed African-American males has turnedmany other names into household words: Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown,Eric Garner, Walter Scott, and Tamir Rice. Then came the mass killing ofnine people in Charleston, SC, during a prayer service at one of the coun-try’s oldest African-American churches. The gunman was a white suprema-cist hoping to incite a “race war.”
Like people of all faiths and denominations, Friends here at Stony Run havebeen dispirited and outraged by this senseless violence and have soughtways to heal our society’s wounds. We Quakers do not have quick or easyanswers to these shocking events, or to other human rights abuses aroundthe world. We look to our faith to guide us as we strivet to live life in thespirit of love and truth and peace, answering "that of God” in everyone.
We are delighted that the leader of this year's jazz quintet, Todd Marcus, isco-leader of Newborn Holistic Ministries, which is involved with the revitalization and renovation of Baltimore’s Sandtown-Winchester andUpton neighborhoods.
Concert proceeds will benefit Stony Run Friends Meeting’s continued workin the community.
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Amy RakusinPhil Fratesi
presenting Compassionate Listening workshops for individuals, groups and organizations
“An enemy is one whose story we have not heard.”—Gene Knudsen Hoffman
Quaker and co-founder of Compassionate Listening
410.472.3060 [email protected] [email protected]
We are pleased to support Stony Run Friends Meeting
—A Quaker-owned business—
Thanks!Please join Stony Run FriendsMeeting in thanking these twocompanies for their wonderful
in-kind support of this concert:
RUTLAND BEARDFLORIST
7627 Bellona AvenueRuxton, Maryland 21204
800-410-6330• 410-321-1737
SERIOUS GRIP& ELECTRICSound System(410) 242-6124
Martha’s PlaceMartha’s Place is a Maryland state-certified recovery program forwomen overcoming drug addiction and homelessness. Martha’s Placeborders Baltimore’s communities of Sandtown-Winchester and Uptonand offers both six-month transitional housing as well as long-termSingle Room Occupancy (SRO) housing.
The transitional housing program teaches women the skills necessary toovercome their drug-dependency while simultaneously developing theskills necessary for independent living. Residents participate in individualand group counseling, attend daily Narcotics Anonymous meetings, obtainemployment, participate in money management training, pay modest rent,complete house chores, and obtain a sponsor. Those who complete thetransitional program can apply for residency at one of Martha’s Place’sfour long-term SRO homes.
While national recovery rates from drug addiction are commonly listed ata 30% success rate, Martha’s Place has operated its six-month transitionalphase with a successful recovery rate of nearly 50% since opening in 2000and its long-term SRO phase with a successful recovery rate of 75% sinceopening in 2005.
Volunteers are critical to the success of Martha’s Place. To volunteer, [email protected].
To support Martha’s Place with a donation, please make checks to: “NewbornHolistic Ministries” with “Martha’s Place” in the memo section and mail to:Martha’s Place, P.O. Box 12764, Baltimore, MD 21217.
Martha’s Place is a program of the 501(c)3 nonprofitNewborn Holistic Ministries which was founded in 1996 bylife-long community resident Elder C.W. Harris. Newbornfollows a mission to preserve and enrich life in itscommunities by providing services that will enable residentsto meet their material, social, and spiritual needs.
Sponsored by Alice Cherbonnier, Don and Gail Gann, John Merrill and Julia Barker, Bill and Sandi Morton
Welcome,Visitors!
Stony Run Friends Meeting isdelighted that you have joined
us for this concert tonight.
Please join us for Meeting for Worship
on First Days (Sundays) at 9:30 a.m. or 11 a.m.
Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends, Stony Run
5116 North Charles StreetBaltimore, MD 21210
(443) 703-2590stony run friends meeting
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Urban Atlantic builds peaceful communities
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Esperanza Center
The Esperanza Center is an immigrant resource center that offers hope, compassion-ate guidance and essential services to peoplewho are new to the U.S. The dedicated staffand volunteers provide services and referrals,ESL education, citizenship classes, healthcare,and low-cost immigration legal services tothousands of immigrants each year.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
CASH AND IN-KIND DONATIONS WELCOME
Esperanza Center430 South BroadwayBaltimore, Md. 21231
Sponsored by Pam and Eric Young and Suzy and Bill Filbert
Episcopal Refugee & Immigrant Center Allianceis an independent program of the Episcopal Cathedral
of the Incarnation providing direct assistance to refugees, asylum seekers and ‘asylees’ in Baltimore.
ERICA offers all-free services, including zero-interest loans, emergency financial assistance, education workshops, mentoring & ‘problem solving’ and local advocacy for “new Americans.”
[email protected] www.erica-baltimore.org
Sponsored by Bill and Mary Miles
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The Religious Society of Friends was founded by George Fox inEngland in 1652. Early Friends, also called Quakers, werepersecuted as nonconformists by the Church of England. Many
of them sailed to America in quest of religious freedom, with somelanding in Maryland in 1656. By 1700, there were 3,000 Friends inMaryland. Meetinghouses, as we Quakers call our places of worship,sprang up first on the waterways of the Eastern and Western shores ofChesapeake Bay.
Though early Quakers worshipped in silence, they did not withdrawfrom the world; instead, they made their livelihood in the hustle andbustle of a booming port city. Early Quaker names in this regioninclude Ellicott (flour mills in what would become Ellicott City),McKim (cotton mill), Tyson (grist mills), Hopkins (university andhospital founder) and Sheppard (hospital founder). Philip E. Thomasand his brother Evan were among the founders of the Baltimore andOhio Railroad. Other Quakers, such as the Fell brothers, RandolphWinslow, M.D., and Benjamin Lundy, established shipping andimporting companies, counting houses, medical practices, printinghouses, banks, and insurance companies. There were manufacturersand craftsmen too: the potter Maulden Perine, the cabinetmakers JohnNeedles and Gerrard Hopkins, and the silversmith Samuel Kirk.
Early Quakers were guided by a set of religious principles andpractices that included strictures against activities such as betting andgambling, capital punishment, slavery, and all forms of war. Theystood for integrity in business, penal reform, plainness of dress andlanguage, relief of suffering, social order, and temperance. In theirearliest business meetings (and through their wills), Friends expresseda concern for education, the orphaned, the ill, the elderly, and the poor.Forty Quaker women founded the Baltimore branch of the Y.W.C.A. In1840, Quaker women started the Association of Female Friends for theRelief of the Sick and Helpless Poor. From the estates of Jonathan K.Taylor and Joseph C. Town send came money to establish homes for theelderly that preceded Broadmead, a flourishing retirement communityestablished by Stony Run Friends Meeting in Cockeysville, Maryland,in 1979.
As early as 1795, Baltimore Quakers were working to secure full rightsfor Native Americans. Philip E. Thomas assisted the Iroquois and SixNations Tribes in securing 52,000 acres in New York State in 1839.Quakers likewise sought to ameliorate injustices done to Africansbrought to America as slaves. Elisha Tyson was tireless in his work tofree and assist Blacks. (At his death in 1824, it was reported that 10,000Blacks walked behind the hearse as his body was taken to FriendsBurial Ground on Aisquith Street.) Today’s Quakers continue to workfor the civil rights and human rights of all people.
In response to a concern that there should be a means to vouchsafe a“guarded education” of all children, male and female, Friends Schoolof Baltimore was established in 1784. McKim's School, the first freeschool in Baltimore to educate indigent youth, was opened in 1821.Martha Ellicott Tyson was a founder of Swarthmore College inSwarthmore, Pa. M. Carey Thomas founded Bryn Mawr School inBaltimore and became the first female president of Bryn Mawr Collegein Bryn Mawr, Pa. Because women were refused degrees from JohnsHopkins University, she and four other Baltimore women pledged toraise $500,000 for Hopkins if the medical school would agree to admitwomen on an equal basis to men. They raised the money, and thewomen were admitted. These institutions survive today, and weQuakers continue to be active in their operations.
We have also long been active in opposing war and striving toeliminate the causes of war. We urged conscientious objection andalternative service in both World Wars and during the Korean andVietnam conflicts, and also organized relief services. Through the workof Friends Committee on National Legislation and the AmericanFriends Service Committee, we seek to influence the political processtoward peace and social justice. We also bear witness on behalf of thesegoals by participating in vigils and peaceful demonstrations, meetingwith political leaders, and speaking out publicly.
We Quakers believe that we can experience God directly in our liveswithout relying on paid clergy. We seek to adhere to the authority ofconscience over creed or law. We worship together in silence, seekingdivine guidance; when we are moved to do so, we stand to break thesilence and speak.
We welcome visitors to Meeting for Worship at Stony Run Friends
Meeting, 5116 North Charles Street, on First Days (Sundays) at 9:30 a.m.
or 11:00 a.m. Please visit www.stonyrunfriends.org for more information.
About the Society of Friendsand the Role of Friends in Baltimore
