Minutes for Meeting for Business Nov. 19, 2017
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Meeting for Worship on the Occasion of Business
Held at the Senior Citizens’ Service Center,
Bennington, VT
November 19, 2017
Present were Timmy Bullock, Juliet Wright, Priscilla Tracy, Lucee McKee, Auberta Galusha and Arnold Ricks.
“…It is in worship and business meetings that Friends practice the disciplines of listening together for the inward leadings of their shepherd. Without these basic patterns of listening and responding to God the rest of gospel order would not be possible. […] Meetings for worship and church business are simultaneously both the manifestations of faithful living and the avenues which bear the life-giving sap from the vine to the branches and thus allow the fruit of faithful living to appear.
Gospel order. A Quaker Understanding of Faithful Church Community
Sandra Cronk, Pendle Hill Pamphlet 297, p9-10
Out of the silence, the clerk read the above quote.
The minutes for meeting for business for September 17, 2017 were read and approved.
2017-39 Meeting for business approves holding another Friendly Bible Study on the evening of Friday, April 20th, and after meeting on Sunday April 22, April 29th, May 6 and May 13. We are agreed that we will use the Book of James as our text.
2017-40 Meeting for business approves not having a Christmas party this year.
2017-41There will be three clearness committees as follows:
1. Eliza Navias-Bell, Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Juliet’s. Committee members are Juliet Wright, Timmy Bullock and Joseph Tracy
2. Helen Fields, Saturday, December 2, 2017, at the Davis house. Committee members are Priscilla Tracy, Marj Davis and Timmy Bullock.
3. Dorothea Izzo, Sunday, December 17, 2017, at the Senior Center, at the rise of meeting, instead of meeting for business. Committee members are all of ministry and counsel and Arnold Ricks.
2017-42 The clerk will be in touch with Mary Grundy about the possibility of presentation at March Quarterly meeting that has a focus of bible studies in relation to the care of the earth.
2017-43 Auberta Galusha reported on behalf of Interfaith Council.
Minutes for Ministry and Counsel
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Present were Priscilla Tracy, Timmy Bullock, clerk ex-officio, Auberta Galusha, Juliet Wright, Eliza Navias-Bell and Dorothea Izzo
Pastoral concerns discussed.
17-20 Ministry and counsel recommends holding Friendly Bible Study on the evening of Friday, April 20th, Sunday April 22, April 29th, May 6 and May 13, after meeting. We are proposing using the book of James as our text.
17-21 Ministry and counsel is recommending that we not have a Christmas Party this year.
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