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Agate Passage Friends Meeting
for Business
THE MEETING OPENED WITH SILENCE AND THE CLERK READ A QUOTE FROM PACIFIC YEARLY MEETING FROM OUR FAITH AND PRACTICE. "As Friends we need to develop our spiritual lives so that we may become increasingly able to speak to "that of God" in those with whom we come in contact and to point out to them by our lives as well as our words that there is a power and a spirit within them that can make war impossible. We should show by our lives that they as well as we are responsible to this authority within, and none other." Attending: Judy Brown, Virginia Hoyte, Eric Hoyte, Lisa Down, Roberta Wilson, Ed Sheridan, Millie Royce, Bob Major, Beverley West, Paul Larsen, Bob Royce, Michael Moore, Kathryn Keve Approval of August Minutes: The minutes were approved as submitted with the clarification that since the last meeting, the September Mid-week Silent Worship has been changed to Wednesday September 20 at 7:30pm. It has yet to be decided whether to meet regularly on the 3rd or 4th Wednesday. There was some discussion as to whether the hosts or the worship group should decide the meeting day as opposed to doing this at Meeting for Business. Announcements: There is a peace action at Indian Island this coming Saturday, September 23. There will be carpools and buses available. Details of times, place, sponsors, and the website were passed around. Note: At the rise of Meeting, the Clerk asked for a volunteer to coordinate APFM participation in the annual Crop Walk on October 8. Sada Ross said she will do this. Old Business Roberta Wilson presented the latest First Day/Intergenerational Plan which is essentially Lisa Down’s proposal. Roberta thanked Lisa for all her work on this. The plan had been sent out by email and is attached. It was approved. Roberta will publish a year long schedule of the dates and intergenerational programs so that we have this information in advance and know what is happening on any given Sunday. Roberta asked if Quaker 101 will be continuing? Ed Sheridan said yes, we still plan on bringing in Asia Bennett for the next one. He will check her schedule. Judy Brown said she was inspired by the poetry portion of the children’s program to suggest one for adults to be held once a month at 9am before Meeting for Worship. She will bring her proposal in writing to the next Meeting for Business. Roberta also gave an update on Lt. Watada. She had heard him speak last night and saw how his thinking about his stance and conscientious objector status is evolving, and the effects of war and imperialism as he works with persons who question the Iraq war. Membership. Ed Sheridan Ed read a note sent by the Langley Hill Meeting requesting transfer of membership for Paul Larsen. Michael Moore and Ed highly recommend we accept the transfer and it was approved. A welcoming committee was selected: Judith Larsen, Virginia Hoyte and Judy Brown. Judy announced the return to our area and this meeting (APFM) of Jerry Rice, Alexis Karageorge and their daughter Sophia. New Business Kathryn asked if we would like to reprint the Quaker Peace Testimony leaflet, we are almost out. This was approved. Treasurer’s Report (attached) Contributions are about $700 behind budget but we do have enough money to cover our bills Further Discussion on Lt. Watada, the Minute, and Craig Jacobrown’s article Michael raised the question of any status concerns of nonprofits lobbying, engaging in political action, etc. in terms of what we send to the press for example. The comment was made we tend to express our stand in terms of our beliefs rather than lobby or promote candidates. As Quakers, we have traditionally taken some risks. There was a question whether the Minute was published. Bob Royce sent it to all the regional papers and as far as we know only the B. Review published it. Judy Brown will send a copy out again signed by her as Clerk. The Buzz (a local e-zine) and Bainbridge Islander were two suggestions. We discussed Craig’s article and agreed it is too long for newspapers or op-ed but Craig plans to submit it to Friends Bulletin or Friends Journal. Two corrections were offered. Lt. Watada’s first name was misspelled and one sentence in the last paragraph is not clear. These will be corrected before it is sent out. Judy asked if we would like to contribute to Lt. Watada’s defense fund. We decided on $50 from the Meeting and individual contributions were added to this amount. Kathryn noted that the newspapers rarely if ever cover the issue of conscientious objectors and volunteered to see if we could submit the article for publication with that in mind. Judy said it would need to be edited and Kathryn volunteered to work on it as Craig had put his energy into the longer version. The Meeting closed at 12:40 p.m. with a moment of sile. Virginia Hoyt, Recorder |
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