Minutes for Ministry and Counsel
August 12, 2018
Present were Timmy Bullock, ex-officio, Priscilla Tracy, Auberta Galusha and Juliet Wright
Pastoral concerns discussed.
18-9 Ministry and Counsel recommends considering an article by Ursela Scott and Elspeth Inglis that was written for the Bennington Banner in 1992 as a submission to the Bennington Banner Speaking of Religion Column, with perhaps an introductory paragraph.
18-10 Ministry and Counsel recommends exploring the use of the Old First Church Barn if Poultney joins us for our October 20th Retreat.
18-11 Ministry and Counsel recommends a continued exploration of uses for the Frances Ross legacy gift: at this point recommendations center around the library, environmental concerns, and food insecurity. However, Ministry and Counsel recommends deferring discussion of the Frances Ross Legacy until meeting for business in September.
18-12 Considerable discussion took place on the distinction between what’s appropriate to a threshing session and what’s more appropriate to meeting for business; also discussed was how we can better hold ourselves to the right ordering of a meeting for business. ”
18-13 Ministry and Counsel recommends considering moving meeting for business to the fourth Sunday of the month. The reason of particular concern is having a preliminary information on the agenda made available to meeting.