Minutes
Bennington Friends Meeting
Meeting for Worship for the Conduct of Business held at the
Senior Citizens Service Center, Bennington, Vermont
August 15, 2010
Leadings come to individuals, but the group discerns whether they are genuine.
Silence and Witness: The Quaker Tradition –Michael L. Birkel
Present: Timmy Bullock (Co-Clerk), Beth Cheadle (Co-Clerk), Bain Davis, Auberta Galusha, Ruth Hawes, Maurice Kahn, Peggy Kahn, Arnold Ricks, Janet Spitz, Priscilla Tracy.
Out of the silence at the beginning of the Meeting Clerk Timmy Bullock read the above passage from Michael Birkel.
2010-41 In response to Ministry and Counsel minute 19.10, the Meeting felt unity as to proceeding with discussion of the nature of our core of spirituality, looking to consideration of implications for practice.
2010-42 Bain Davis reported briefly on Jubilee sessions of New England Yearly Meeting held at Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I., on the occasion of the 350th Yearly Meeting.
Minutes were approved as we proceeded.
The Meeting closed in silence.
Timmy Bullock, Co-Clerk
Arnold Ricks, Acting Recording Clerk