Bennington Friends Meeting
Meeting for Worship on the Occasion of Business
Held at the Senior citizens Service Center,
Bennington, Vermont
February 17, 2013
Look ahead. You are not expected to complete the task. Neither are you permitted to lay it down.
-The Talmud, quoted in AFSC mailing, November 2004
Present Timmy Bullock, Clerk, Auberta Galusha, Eliza Navias-Bell, Joseph Tracy, Priscilla Tracy, Arnold Ricks.
Out of the silence the Clerk read the above passage from the Talmud.
2013-01 Following up the Meeting’s request of the Clerk (2012-68), Timmy Bullock reported that she spoke with the Secretary in the Chaplain’s office at Williams College, noting our Meeting’s location and time of worship, and extended a welcome to students who might be interested in attending.
2013-02 Priscilla Tracy as Clerk of Ministry and Counsel presented the minutes of its January and February meetings, which are appended.
2013-03 The Clerk suggested that we consider and respond to Ministry and Counsel’s proposal that for a discussion we reflect on a particular Friends testimony. Affirming the recommendation, the Meeting decided on simplicity as the first topic, to be considered after potluck on the first Sunday in March.
2013-04 Reporting for the Finance Committee, Arnold Ricks presented the proposed Meeting budget for 2013, which is appended. It is the same as our budget for 2012, except that our allocation to GBICS [Greater Bennington Interfaith Community Services] will be $60.00 only, without a line for GBICS rent ($200 in 2012). This was accepted as presented.
After a period of silence the Meeting adjourned.
Timmy Bullock, Clerk
Arnold Ricks, Acting Recording Clerk
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Minutes for Ministry and Counsel
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Present were Priscilla Tracy, Timmy Bullock, clerk ex-officio, Auberta Galusha and Juliet Wright
5-13 Ministry and Counsel recommends continuing the post potluck discussions by asking Friends to reflect on a particular Friends testimony that speaks to how specific life experiences past and present make manifest this testimony in one’s life.