Bennington Friends Meeting

Bennington Friends Meeting
Meeting for Worship on the Occasion of Business
Held at the Senior Citizens Service Center,
Bennington, Vermont
May 10, 2015

Present were Timmy Bullock, Juliet Wright, Arnold Ricks, Bain Davis, Eliza Navias-Bell, Auberta Galusha, and Roc Kauffman

Silence itself, of course, has no magic…may be [only] a dead form. But it may be an intensified pause, a vitalized hush, a creative quiet, an actual moment of mutual and reciprocal correspondence with God.

Rufus Jones

Out of the silence, the clerk read the above quotation from Rufus Jones.

The recording clerk read the minutes for meeting for business April 19, 2015. They were approved and are appended.

2015-14 Timmy Bullock reported on behalf of ministry and counsel. The minutes are appended.

2015-15 Meeting for business approves the idea of having a retreat at McWaters Park in North Bennington in order to learn and work with permaculture gardening principles. The clerk will be in touch with Avery Wood to see if she would be willing to focus the retreat. Two dates will be considered, either Saturday, August 29, or Saturday, September 19.

2015-16 Jean and Christopher McCandless and their son Jonathan from Burlington Monthly Meeting and Carl Williams from Plainfield Monthly Meeting will be visiting with the Bennington Meeting on Sunday, June 28, to speak to the program and focus of this year’s New England Yearly Meeting in Castleton, Vermont.

2015-17Arnold Ricks reported on behalf of Finance Committee. The minutes are approved and are appended.

2015-18 Meeting for business approves sending $300.00 from Friendly Grants to BROC’s gardening project for clients.

2015-19 Timmy reported on behalf of our hosting Quarterly Meeting in December. The clerk will be in touch with Ann Buffam to discuss planning for the event.

Timmy Bullock, clerk
Juliet Wright, recording clerk

Minutes for Ministry and Counsel

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Present were Priscilla Tracy, Timmy Bullock, clerk ex-officio, Auberta Galusha, and Juliet Wright

Pastoral concerns discussed

15-9 Ministry and Counsel suggests considering a retreat at McWaters Park in North Bennington in order to learn and work with permaculture gardening principles.