Bennington Friends Meeting

Bennington Friends Meeting
Minutes for Worship for the Conduct of Business held at the
Senior Citizens Service Center
Bennington Vermont
December 23, 2012

Present: Timmy Bullock, Clerk, Juliet Wright, Recording Clerk, Auberta Galusha, Arnold, Ricks and Bain Davis.

The meeting for business cannot be understood in isolation; it is part of a spiritual discipline.

John Punshon, 1987, 2.85 Quaker Faith & Practice, Britain Yearly Meeting, 2005

Out of the silence the Clerk read the attached passage.

2012-65 Meeting for Business asks the clerk to be in touch with Cail Johnstone about what Poultney perceives as their needs as they establish their worship group.

2012-66 Meeting for Business asks the clerk to be in touch with David Black at Bennington College and ask how they might wish to build on our first time together. We are particularly interested to learn what aspect of Friends they would like to pursue.

2012-67 What can we do to make the experience of engagement in meeting as vital and deep as it can be? Meeting for business suggests that Ministry and Counsel develop a post potluck discussion in the new year.

2012-68 Meeting for Business asks the clerk to be in touch with the chaplain at Williams College about students who might welcome learning about the Bennington Friends Meeting. Juliet Wright will be in touch with Sandra Beer of Old Chatham Meeting and ask if she will elaborate on her question to Juliet at Powell House.

After a period of silence the meeting adjourned.

Timmy Bullock, Clerk
Juliet Wright, Recording Clerk

Ministry and Counsel
Sunday, December 9, 2012

Present were Priscilla Tracy, clerk, Timmy Bullock, clerk ex-officio, Beth Cheadle, and Auberta Galusha.

Pastoral concerns were discussed.

19-12 Ministry and Counsel suggests that as a meeting we ask ourselves whether we might undertake more Quaker Quest outreach.

20-12 Ministry and Counsel asks how, within our Meeting, we can be more nourishing to our attenders and members.