Agate Passage Friends Meeting

Bainbridge Island & Kitsap County 

Meeting for Business

February 20, 2005

Present:  Lorena Bruff, Millie Royce, Dorothy Rana Meadows, Jim Rana Meadows,  Bob Major, Lucy Johnson, Barbara Wolf,  Betty Petras, Judy Brown, Michael Moore, Clerk

Meeting opened with silence at 11:35 A.M.

The minutes of the January Meeting were corrected slightly and approved.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Betty Petras thanked the Meeting for the caring and concern and visits they offered Dana Hanford, her husband, prior to his recent death.

A letter was read from Evan Welkin asking for Agate Passage Meeting’s support in  a grant he is applying for to visit smaller Meetings on the eastern seaboard during the  summer of 2005.

Meeting approved supporting Evan in this endeavor.  It was decided to ask Evan for the addresses of the Meetings he wants to go to, and our Meeting, then, will write to these meetings and ask them to furnish room and board for him.   Meeting also approved a contribution to Evan’s project of $50.00 from Meeting funds.

The proposal from Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church that Agate Passage Friends Meeting  help sponsor a Bainbridge Island community forum with a Moderator and Panelists from Evangelicals, Moderates, etc. in May, 2005 on “The Role of Religion in the Public Square ”  was considered.  It was decided to offer our sponsorship to this project. 

Combined Meeting with Port Townsend Friends Meeting.  Agate Passage  Meeting suggested that neither  April 24 or May 8 which were suggested were likely dates for us. June 12 and June 26 were suggested as other possibilities.  It was mentioned that it would be nice, however to have the Port Townsend Friends join us here on Bainbridge rather than our going to them again on this particular time.

Plans for EASTER were suggested by Jim Rana Meadows.   It was suggested that we go to Battle Point Park for our Easter celebration and that part of the celebration be our sharing of what Easter means to us as persons.  Bob Major and Jim Rana Meadows volunteered to do the planning and organization.  Judy Brown will prepare some pots for growing seeds and Bob Major will plant them it is hoped with the children on March 6, 2005

THE STATE OF THE M EETING  report will be written by Judy Brown for the next Business Meeting, and approved at that time.

LIBRARY  Discussion at length followed as to how we could administer our library. No conclusions were reached. 

A NOMINATING COMMITTEE  was appointed.   They are Betty Petras,  Millie Royce,  Judy Brown and Ed Sheridan.  After discussion of whether we should try to have more committees, it was suggested that we leave this concern to the Nominating committee.

Elizabeth Zwick has reminded us that we will need a new representative to the Interfaith Council.

It was decided that we will meet both for worship and celebration at   Battle Point Park on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2005.

The Meeting closed with silence  at 1:05. p.m.

Recorded, 
February 20, 2005 by

Judy Brown,  Recording Clerk