Notes from Monthly Meeting for Business – 2/22/06

Meeting approved a request from New England Yearly Meeting to use our Meetinghouse on Saturday, April 29^th, for a Clerking Workshop. Our Ministry and Counsel Committee is working on a draft of our annual State of Society Report to present to Monthly Meeting next month. Ministry and Counsel is also conducting another series of classes on Quakerism, at 4PM on the last Sundays of February, March and April, with each one followed by a potluck supper; childcare will be provided. Peter  will donate a telephone answering machine for us to use at the Meetinghouse, with a message about our Meetings for Worship and First Day School, also including instructions to call the Parsonage phone number for further information or if in need of help. Nominating Committee presented a draft job description for a Finance Committee; Meeting approved of allowing the Nominating Committee to seek people to serve on the new Finance Committee. The new 2006 Directory of Allen’s Neck Friends Meeting will be available soon; see Sharon if you have any additions or corrections to the working draft which wil be posted at the Meetinghouse for the next couple of weeks.

Ministry and Counsel will present three more sessions on Quakerism, at 4PM on the last Sunday in February, March and April, each to be followed by a potluck supper. Childcare will be provided. For the second session, on March 26^th, Marnie, pastor of Smithfield Monthly Meeting in Rhode Island, will be the guest speaker. We hope that everyone will come and learn more about Quakerism!

We Hold in the Light:

Wilfred  recovering from illness

Carol recovering from recent surgery

2006 Weed Lecture and Quaker Studies Workshop

at Beacon Hill Friends House

March 18-19, 2006

On Saturday, March 18^th, Deborah F. will lead a Quaker Studies Workshop, "Weaving the Blessed Community, Sharing Our Journeys." Then on Sunday the 19^th, Deborah will present the 2006 Weed Lecture, "Being Faithful as Friends: Individually and Corporately". (See the bulletin board in the front entry hall at our Meetinghouse for futher details.)

We are looking for someone new to maintain our Meeting’s website. Please speak to the Newsletter and Website Committee or the Nominating Committee if you are interested.

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