Notes from Monthly Meeting for Business 3/22/06 The Associated Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs has notified our treasurer, Dick, that the Choctaw Friends Center, where we have been sending tuition for a student, has been closed and all the students have been enrolled in public school. An Alternative to Violence Program is being planned for a Saturday in June. Tracy from Portland Meeting, Maine will be here to lead a workshop for Allen’s Neck, Westport and Inter-Church Council. Meeting approved of Nominating Committee’s selection for the new Finance Committee: Deborah, Bill and Bob. Nominating Committee is searching for one more person. A Pastors and Elders Gathering will be held in Narragansett, Rhode Island on Tuesday, April 18 through Thursday, April 20. Peter will be attending and invites others to join him. Meeting approved of paying for Peter’s trip to Tacoma, Washington for a workshop this summer instead of paying for him to attend Yearly Meeting. The new 2006 Directories are available. When returning books to the library, place them in the new state-of-the-art, plastic bin book receptacle. |
Pam Humphrey at home after surgery
.Albert Hill December 18, 2005 |
Allen’s Neck Monthly Meeting State of Society Report - 2005
We face challenges -
We are a Quaker Meeting, yet to many we are a rural community church. Sunday worship grows. Can we integrate new families and retain our identity?
We remain a pastoral meeting, while pastoral work spreads among members. We like our pastor’s help to see that we’ve all a stake in pastoral work and care.
Our worship looks for balance between silence and programmed time. Both have improved as a result. Many of us feel the Spirit of God is moving amongst us.
First Day School flourishes. Where will we put all these kids? A good problem to have.
The Meeting lost three treasured elderly long time members. Pastoral care rose to this difficult occasion and we learned much from it.
Outreach continues, locally and globally. We continue to nurture leadership and look to the future, yet cherish our past.
Stanley Stopka, Clerk
State of Society Reports are Quaker Versions of the State of the Union Address. At the end of each year Ministry and Counsel of each meeting considers the condition of the Meeting during the past 12 months. "The report should be a searching self-examination by the meeting and its members of their spiritual strengths and weaknesses and of the efforts made to foster growth in the spiritual life. Reports may cover the full range of interest and concerns but should emphasize those indicative of the spiritual health of the meeting." (Faith and Practice, p.244) The report is presented to Monthly Meeting for its approval; then it is sent to Sandwich Quarterly Meeting where all of the State of Society reports of the Sandwich Quarter are read aloud to those in attendance. These reports are kept in Sandwich Quarterly Meeting Minutes. Another copy is sent to New England Yearly Meeting Ministry and Counsel while a third copy remains in the Allen’s Neck Monthly Meeting Minutes.
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