AGATE
PASSAGE WORSHIP GROUP
MEETING
FOR WORSHIP FOR BUSINESS
MARCH
17, 2002
PRESENT: Norman Down, Barb Morrison, Craig Jacobrown, Deborah Anderson,
Barbara Wolf, Judy Brown, Gayle Henry, Ed Sheridan, Nancy Dodson,
Michael A. Moore, Bob Major, Betty Petra, Lorena Bruff
1.
The
meeting began with a silent inquiry on the topic: Are younger Friends. new members, and attenders given
appropriate responsibility in the Meeting?
2.
The
minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
3.
Calendar
Planning was as follows: 3/24/02
at Barbara Wolf’s house, 3/31/02 at Ed and Diana Sheridan’s house,
4/19/02 Bi-monthly potluck
and discussion at Judy Brown’s house at 5:30 p.m., topic to be how we
weave the spiritual and the political in our Quaker practice, 4/28/02 at
Judy Brown’s house (weekend of Pacific NW Quarterly), 5/26/02 at Bob
Major’s house.
4.
Finance
report by Nancy Dodson: total assets are presently 2,765.11.
Rent for the first six months of 2002 (54 hours for a total of
$351.54) and all other liabilities had been paid as of this date.
Bob Royce was reimbursed for the expense of printing the new
directories.
5.
Agate
Passage mailbox and answering machine will need to change hands because of Deborah Anderson’s impending move.
Bob Major agreed to pick up the mail at the Poulsbo P.O. to avoid
having to change all our addresses.
Michael Moore agreed to take responsibility for the Meeting phone
and answering machine. Meeting
will provide for a separate line and the Poulsbo phone number will
remain the same. Deborah
expressed her appreciation for having had the experience of representing
the meeting and, to some extent, Friends in general to people who
contacted the meeting through these channels.
6.
Monthly
Meeting Status: report University Friends Business Meeting on 3/10/02.(from
Ed Sheridan’s notes and comments)
Our request was favorably reviewed by U.F.M.’s Worship Group
Oversight Committee, and they recommended it at the 3/10/02 Business
Meeting. Judy, Elizabeth
and Ed were in attendence.
During
the discussion there were questions about the adequacy of our facilities
at Seabold for First Day activities for children and young adults, and
about our administrative procedures, e.g. bank account.
There were few substantive questions because Norm Pasche. The
clerk of their Worship Group Oversight Committee did a very thorough job
of describing our history and our earnest deliberations on this matter.
The discussion, in short was very favorable. Ed drew laughter when he described how he had commented that
we were beginning to feel like a 35 year old child who is still residing
with parents.
Our
request is now on the table, and it will be considered a second and
final time at U.F.M.’s Meeting for Business for Worship on April 12,
2002. If it is considered
favorably then, a recommendation will be made at the Pacific N Quarterly
Meeting on 4/26-4/28 in Ellensburg.
7.
Report and recommendations regarding our First Day Program for
children and young adults-Norm Down
The Potluck/discussion of our children and young people’s program
was attended. By 18-19 people. Norm
reviewed ideas and subjects which had been tried in the past including
journaling, conflict resolution, historical issues with Friends.
One of the difficulties of preparing is the wide range in ages from
pre-school to high school and the difficulty in anticipating needs for any
given date. Elizabeth had
used the school-in-a-box which
entailed having a pre-prepared lesson or activity with all necessary
materials in a box to bring to meeting and use when children attended.
The sense of the discussion had been that “If you prepare it,
they will come”. It was
also the feeling that this is a responsibility that should circulate among
as many members and attenders as possible, rather than being assigned to
an “education committee”. This
would permit a greater variety of ideas and make a stronger connection
between our young people and the adults in our group. Lisa has some
handouts with suggestions for the school-in-a-box which she can
share with anyone interested.
It
was agreed to circulate a calendar sign-up sheet.
8.
Topics
which will need to be discussed more fully at a later date include:
1.) suggestion to
develop an archive to document the history of our meeting with a volunteer
archivist. 2.) development of a biographical , living scrapbook of who we
are with photos, significant life events, etc. 3.) Norm has some
information on acoustics for meeting which he will share at the April
potluck meeting.
The meeting closed with a few moments of silence.
Lorena
Bruff, Recording Clerk
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