Minutes for Meeting for Business August 18, 2013
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Bennington Friends Meeting
Meeting for Worship on the Occasion of Business
Held at the Senior citizens Service Center,
Bennington, Vermont
August 18, 2013
Present Timmy Bullock, Clerk, Beth Cheadle, Eliza Navias-Bell, Arnold Ricks, Auberta Galusha, Dorothea Izzo, Priscilla Tracy and Juliet Wright.
“Is your love for your neighbor so strong that you are as eager to understand as to be understood?”
Query from San Francisco Meeting for Meeting for Business, 1961
Out of the silence, the clerk read the above quotation from Query from San Francisco Meeting for Meeting for Business.
The recording clerk read the minutes for meeting for business for July 21, 2013, which were approved.
2013-27 Priscilla Tracy reported on behalf of Ministry and Counsel.
2013-28 Meeting for business approved, with some changes, the letter to the names on the directory.
2013-29 Meeting for business has asked the clerk to be in touch with Noah Baker-Merrill about leading our annual retreat. In our concern for the environment, we are seeking help in discerning the way to develop both our witness as Friends and in the setting of our goals.
2013-30 Arnold Ricks reported on behalf of Finance Committee. The report was approved. Meeting for business authorizes the disbursal of the remaining amounts of the contributions to FCNL, GBICS and the Greater Bennington Peace and Justice Center.
2013-31 Auberta Galusha reported on behalf of Interfaith Council.
After a brief period of silent worship, the meeting adjourned.
Minutes for Ministry and Counsel
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Present were Priscilla Tracy, Timmy Bullock, clerk ex-officio, Auberta Galusha, Beth Cheadle and Juliet Wright
Pastoral concerns were discussed.
13-13 The clerk will contact New England Yearly Meeting and One World Conservation in our continued effort to shape a retreat around environmental questions.
13-14 A draft of the letter to be mailed to the names on the directory will be brought to meeting for business.
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Aug 19 2013