Stony Run Friends Meeting
@stonyrunfriends.bsky.social
We're an unprogrammed Quaker Meeting in Baltimore City. Join us for worship, spiritual formation, & faith in action. We're an inclusive community of people from a variety of life experiences and spiritual backgrounds, and welcome all. stonyrunfriends.org
The Infinite a sudden Guest
Has been assumed to be —
But how can that stupendous come
Which never went away?
- Emily Dickinson
Has been assumed to be —
But how can that stupendous come
Which never went away?
- Emily Dickinson
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Infinite a sudden Guest
Has been assumed to be —
But how can that stupendous come
Which never went away?
- Emily Dickinson
Has been assumed to be —
But how can that stupendous come
Which never went away?
- Emily Dickinson
ERICA’s Shakera Rahimi & Daniel Jacoby join us to share personal experiences and programs providing critical support to immigrants to the US. We'll be gathering at 9:00 am in the Dining room and hope you can be there!
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
ERICA’s Shakera Rahimi & Daniel Jacoby join us to share personal experiences and programs providing critical support to immigrants to the US. We'll be gathering at 9:00 am in the Dining room and hope you can be there!
Epithalamia
Joan Naviyuk Kane
Butane, propane
and lungful of diesel.
I did not stand a chance.
...
Everything in exchange,
rain in a frozen season.
Our roof, roofs strung
with hot wire. Our love,
what was, an impression
of light, gaunt: there is
nothing to get.
Joan Naviyuk Kane
Butane, propane
and lungful of diesel.
I did not stand a chance.
...
Everything in exchange,
rain in a frozen season.
Our roof, roofs strung
with hot wire. Our love,
what was, an impression
of light, gaunt: there is
nothing to get.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Epithalamia
Joan Naviyuk Kane
Butane, propane
and lungful of diesel.
I did not stand a chance.
...
Everything in exchange,
rain in a frozen season.
Our roof, roofs strung
with hot wire. Our love,
what was, an impression
of light, gaunt: there is
nothing to get.
Joan Naviyuk Kane
Butane, propane
and lungful of diesel.
I did not stand a chance.
...
Everything in exchange,
rain in a frozen season.
Our roof, roofs strung
with hot wire. Our love,
what was, an impression
of light, gaunt: there is
nothing to get.
"PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia’s Old City, more and more young people are seeking respite from a clamorous technological age in the silent worship of a centuries-old faith."
The article continues at apnews.com/article/quak...
The article continues at apnews.com/article/quak...
November 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia’s Old City, more and more young people are seeking respite from a clamorous technological age in the silent worship of a centuries-old faith."
The article continues at apnews.com/article/quak...
The article continues at apnews.com/article/quak...
The Jazz Concert is this Saturday! We hope to see you here for some great jazz - and admission is free!
Find more information at stonyrunfriends.org/jazz-concert/
Find more information at stonyrunfriends.org/jazz-concert/
October 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Jazz Concert is this Saturday! We hope to see you here for some great jazz - and admission is free!
Find more information at stonyrunfriends.org/jazz-concert/
Find more information at stonyrunfriends.org/jazz-concert/
This day commemorates the histories, traditions, and perspectives of Indigenous peoples and their ancestors who inhabited America before European explorers came. We honor the Piscataway and Susquehannock nations and our contemporary neighbors, the Lumbee tribe.
image credit: Ermineskin Cree Nation
image credit: Ermineskin Cree Nation
October 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This day commemorates the histories, traditions, and perspectives of Indigenous peoples and their ancestors who inhabited America before European explorers came. We honor the Piscataway and Susquehannock nations and our contemporary neighbors, the Lumbee tribe.
image credit: Ermineskin Cree Nation
image credit: Ermineskin Cree Nation
As we continue to strive for justice and peace in our country, the Supreme Court remains a decisive arena, and our eyes are on the Court as they begin to hear arguments on cases that will shape our future. This guide from Democracy Forward can help us learn more:
democracyforward.org/peoples-guid...
democracyforward.org/peoples-guid...
October 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
As we continue to strive for justice and peace in our country, the Supreme Court remains a decisive arena, and our eyes are on the Court as they begin to hear arguments on cases that will shape our future. This guide from Democracy Forward can help us learn more:
democracyforward.org/peoples-guid...
democracyforward.org/peoples-guid...
Shedding
by Rumi
The tender-hearted
cry out
as the millstone
of sky grinder crushes
and transforms.
Love-making crushes
a thorn
into a rose.
The ground
grows emerald silk
for the feet.
A dervish sheds
personalities
like a snake
its old skin.
by Rumi
The tender-hearted
cry out
as the millstone
of sky grinder crushes
and transforms.
Love-making crushes
a thorn
into a rose.
The ground
grows emerald silk
for the feet.
A dervish sheds
personalities
like a snake
its old skin.
October 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Shedding
by Rumi
The tender-hearted
cry out
as the millstone
of sky grinder crushes
and transforms.
Love-making crushes
a thorn
into a rose.
The ground
grows emerald silk
for the feet.
A dervish sheds
personalities
like a snake
its old skin.
by Rumi
The tender-hearted
cry out
as the millstone
of sky grinder crushes
and transforms.
Love-making crushes
a thorn
into a rose.
The ground
grows emerald silk
for the feet.
A dervish sheds
personalities
like a snake
its old skin.
Join us tomorrow for World Quaker Day - we have a lot going on, including a Forum with BYM staff at 9:30am and a global food potluck after the later Meeting for Worship. We look forward to seeing you!
October 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Join us tomorrow for World Quaker Day - we have a lot going on, including a Forum with BYM staff at 9:30am and a global food potluck after the later Meeting for Worship. We look forward to seeing you!
Have a blessed and holy Yom Kippur!
October 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Have a blessed and holy Yom Kippur!
Homewood Friends Meeting is hosting an online event this Sunday 10/5 at 7 pm for World Quaker Day! Featuring José Moreno, a member of Homewood and staff at FCNL will speak, then answer questions. All are welcome and the event is free, but registration is required.
September 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Homewood Friends Meeting is hosting an online event this Sunday 10/5 at 7 pm for World Quaker Day! Featuring José Moreno, a member of Homewood and staff at FCNL will speak, then answer questions. All are welcome and the event is free, but registration is required.
Veteran Quaker organizer Eileen Flanagan will be in Baltimore at the the Ivy Bookshop on Tuesday at 6pm for a discussion on her new book, Common Ground. All are welcome and admission is free.
September 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Veteran Quaker organizer Eileen Flanagan will be in Baltimore at the the Ivy Bookshop on Tuesday at 6pm for a discussion on her new book, Common Ground. All are welcome and admission is free.
A guide has entered this life in silence.
His message is only heard in silence.
...
In this world and the next,
Don’t talk about this and that;
Let him show you everything,
shining as one . . . in silence.
- Rumi
Photo by Ronaldo de Oliveira on Unsplash.
His message is only heard in silence.
...
In this world and the next,
Don’t talk about this and that;
Let him show you everything,
shining as one . . . in silence.
- Rumi
Photo by Ronaldo de Oliveira on Unsplash.
September 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A guide has entered this life in silence.
His message is only heard in silence.
...
In this world and the next,
Don’t talk about this and that;
Let him show you everything,
shining as one . . . in silence.
- Rumi
Photo by Ronaldo de Oliveira on Unsplash.
His message is only heard in silence.
...
In this world and the next,
Don’t talk about this and that;
Let him show you everything,
shining as one . . . in silence.
- Rumi
Photo by Ronaldo de Oliveira on Unsplash.
“The leaf of every tree brings a message from the unseen world. Look, every falling leaf is a blessing.” -Rumi
Photo by Gary Yost on Unsplash.
Photo by Gary Yost on Unsplash.
September 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“The leaf of every tree brings a message from the unseen world. Look, every falling leaf is a blessing.” -Rumi
Photo by Gary Yost on Unsplash.
Photo by Gary Yost on Unsplash.
Within me, I carry God. Within God, I am carried.
- Julia Cameron
- Julia Cameron
September 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Within me, I carry God. Within God, I am carried.
- Julia Cameron
- Julia Cameron
Now that families are getting back "into the groove" of the school year, we are looking forward to welcoming Friends back to First Day School! Our regular schedule resumes this Sunday, and that includes our programs for our youth. We hope to see you this week!
September 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Now that families are getting back "into the groove" of the school year, we are looking forward to welcoming Friends back to First Day School! Our regular schedule resumes this Sunday, and that includes our programs for our youth. We hope to see you this week!
from Night Mirror by Li-Young Lee
abyss and shuttle,
a finished cloth
frayed by the years, then gathered
in the songs and games
mothers teach their children.
abyss and shuttle,
a finished cloth
frayed by the years, then gathered
in the songs and games
mothers teach their children.
August 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
from Night Mirror by Li-Young Lee
abyss and shuttle,
a finished cloth
frayed by the years, then gathered
in the songs and games
mothers teach their children.
abyss and shuttle,
a finished cloth
frayed by the years, then gathered
in the songs and games
mothers teach their children.
Please join us on 8/23 for a workshop on a Quaker model of "Engaging Constructively in Conflict" presented by members of BYM's Friends Supporting Friends Working Group.
The event is free, but registration is required. Register to save your space today at stonyrun.breezechms.com/form/d6f326
The event is free, but registration is required. Register to save your space today at stonyrun.breezechms.com/form/d6f326
July 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Please join us on 8/23 for a workshop on a Quaker model of "Engaging Constructively in Conflict" presented by members of BYM's Friends Supporting Friends Working Group.
The event is free, but registration is required. Register to save your space today at stonyrun.breezechms.com/form/d6f326
The event is free, but registration is required. Register to save your space today at stonyrun.breezechms.com/form/d6f326
Knoxville, Tennessee
by Nikki Giovanni
I always like summer
best
you can eat fresh corn
from daddy's garden
and okra
and greens
and cabbage
and lots of
barbecue
and buttermilk
and homemade ice-cream
at the church picnic ...
from Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement © 1970
by Nikki Giovanni
I always like summer
best
you can eat fresh corn
from daddy's garden
and okra
and greens
and cabbage
and lots of
barbecue
and buttermilk
and homemade ice-cream
at the church picnic ...
from Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement © 1970
July 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Knoxville, Tennessee
by Nikki Giovanni
I always like summer
best
you can eat fresh corn
from daddy's garden
and okra
and greens
and cabbage
and lots of
barbecue
and buttermilk
and homemade ice-cream
at the church picnic ...
from Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement © 1970
by Nikki Giovanni
I always like summer
best
you can eat fresh corn
from daddy's garden
and okra
and greens
and cabbage
and lots of
barbecue
and buttermilk
and homemade ice-cream
at the church picnic ...
from Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement © 1970
Join Jim Webner in an exploration of the prophetic imagination in our troubled times. Register at www.friendsincubator.org/event-list
July 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Join Jim Webner in an exploration of the prophetic imagination in our troubled times. Register at www.friendsincubator.org/event-list
The first lily of June opens its red mouth.
All over the sand road where we walk
multiflora rose climbs trees cascading
white or pink blossoms, simple, intense
the scene drifting like colored mist.
from Marge Piercy's More Than Enough
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42466/...
All over the sand road where we walk
multiflora rose climbs trees cascading
white or pink blossoms, simple, intense
the scene drifting like colored mist.
from Marge Piercy's More Than Enough
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42466/...
July 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The first lily of June opens its red mouth.
All over the sand road where we walk
multiflora rose climbs trees cascading
white or pink blossoms, simple, intense
the scene drifting like colored mist.
from Marge Piercy's More Than Enough
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42466/...
All over the sand road where we walk
multiflora rose climbs trees cascading
white or pink blossoms, simple, intense
the scene drifting like colored mist.
from Marge Piercy's More Than Enough
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42466/...
We continue to hold all of those suffering in Gaza in the Light. This short documentary by the American Friends Service Committee is a heartbreaking look into the lives of two Gaza natives and aid workers.
afsc.org/lifelines
afsc.org/lifelines
July 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We continue to hold all of those suffering in Gaza in the Light. This short documentary by the American Friends Service Committee is a heartbreaking look into the lives of two Gaza natives and aid workers.
afsc.org/lifelines
afsc.org/lifelines
Join us for 19 seconds of silence in commemoration of Juneteenth this Thursday. Learn more at stonyrunfriends.org/juneteenth-a...
June 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Join us for 19 seconds of silence in commemoration of Juneteenth this Thursday. Learn more at stonyrunfriends.org/juneteenth-a...
The man’s body is sacred and the woman’s body is sacred,
No matter who it is, it is sacred—
Each belongs here or anywhere just as much as the well-off, just as much as you,
Each has his or her place in the procession
"I Sing the Body Electric" by Walt Whitman www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45472/...
No matter who it is, it is sacred—
Each belongs here or anywhere just as much as the well-off, just as much as you,
Each has his or her place in the procession
"I Sing the Body Electric" by Walt Whitman www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45472/...
June 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The man’s body is sacred and the woman’s body is sacred,
No matter who it is, it is sacred—
Each belongs here or anywhere just as much as the well-off, just as much as you,
Each has his or her place in the procession
"I Sing the Body Electric" by Walt Whitman www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45472/...
No matter who it is, it is sacred—
Each belongs here or anywhere just as much as the well-off, just as much as you,
Each has his or her place in the procession
"I Sing the Body Electric" by Walt Whitman www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45472/...
Help represent Stony Run this year at Baltimore Pride! Take part in the parade on Saturday or help staff a booth at Pride in the Park on Sunday - contact Laura in the Meeting office if you need more information!
June 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Help represent Stony Run this year at Baltimore Pride! Take part in the parade on Saturday or help staff a booth at Pride in the Park on Sunday - contact Laura in the Meeting office if you need more information!