The Baltimore Ethical Society

The Baltimore Ethical Society is a humanistic religious fellowship. We focus on human lives and relationships and explore what it means to live ethically as individuals, family members, and participants in the larger community. We have no creeds and no doctrines, but we are united by our belief in the worth and dignity of each individual and our commitment to working together to create a more just, humane, and peaceful world.

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28 January 2013 ~ From Our Leader

A Musical Message

by Hugh Taft-Morales, BES Leader Wanted: Musicians to share their gifts at Sunday morning gatherings – no experience necessary! I have been playing my folk songs now and then at Baltimore Ethical Society for almost three years, and I always enjoy it. For me music is a path to my heart, an exercise for the [...]

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22 January 2013 ~ News

Historical Book Published

NYU Press has just published Lotion, Potions, Pills, and Magic: Health Care in Early America by BES member Elaine Breslaw, and the Pratt Library downtown will host Breslaw reading and discussing the book on March 26 at 6:30. A history professor at Morgan State University for 29 years, Breslaw, now retired, has also taught on [...]

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16 January 2013 ~ President's Column

Time and Talent

BES President, Emil Volcheck

by Emil Volcheck, BES President The Baltimore Ethical Society asks us, its members, for our “time, talent, and treasure” to support the mission of the Society and the community we have built. Our recent pledge campaign focused on the “treasure” needed to allow our society to keep a roof over our heads and afford the [...]

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26 December 2012 ~ From Our Leader

Reallocate to Recreate!

by Hugh Taft-Morales, BES Leader Now THAT was a rally! As I drove home on November 8 from the Reallocate to Recreate gathering in the War Memorial Building, I was “fired up!” Chants of “Reallocate, Recreate!” rang through my head. Political dignitaries, movers and shakers had just united for words of inspiration and song in [...]

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17 December 2012 ~ Happenings

HumanLight Celebration

Come to the 3rd annual Baltimore HumanLight gathering hosted by the Baltimore Coalition of Reason on December 23! This is a family-friendly event with potluck dinner, song, ceremony, and community, where we will celebrate the season in humanist style. The celebration will take place at the Baltimore Ethical Society, where doors will be opened at [...]

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