The current version, which was
updated on August 18, 2010, describes certain aspects of Prospect Hill Friends
Meeting. A brief, and yet quite complete, description exists in a brochure distributed
to visitors and other interested persons. A copy of the text within that
brochure has been posted as a separate web page titled About Prospect Hill Friends
Meeting. Prospect Hill Friends Meeting also maintains a small library. A
listing of the library
catalog is also posted; members and attenders of the Meeting are encouraged
both to use the catalog to request to borrow books and also to suggest other
appropriate titles.
Topics at the current site include, but are not
limited to, those in the following list; each is linked to the appropriate
section on this web page:
On the first First
Day (Sunday) of each month, the (unprogrammed) Meeting for Worship starts at
4:00 p.m. This is followed by a potluck at 5:00 p.m. and the Monthly Meeting
for Worship with Attention to Business at 6:00 p.m. Next Monthly Meeting for
business is scheduled for September 5, 2010.
On the other First Days (Sundays) of the month
there is a program which starts at 4:00 p.m. This is followed by the
(unprogrammed) Meeting for Worship which begins about 4:45 p.m. The programs
are varied; usually related programs are spaced about one month apart. It is
intended that the following list be updated frequently. If it is out of date,
please do regard it as an indication of the types of programs at Prospect Hill
Friends Meeting. Meeting Location for will be at the St. Paul Area Council of
Churches building,
Programs scheduled starting Aug 22, 2010 are (or
were):
|
Date |
Topic |
Facilitator/Speaker |
Start/Introduce/Close |
|
Aug 22nd |
Elizabeth Watson’s pamphlet:
This I know Experimentally |
Barbara Simmonds |
|
|
Aug 29 |
Spiritual Journey |
Sean Scott Sueker |
|
|
Sep 5 |
Meeting for Worship followed by
Potluck and Business Meeting |
David Coats & |
|
|
Sep 12 |
Spiritual Convergence of
Agriculture, Global Warming, and Human Rights |
Betsy Proechel and David Grider |
|
(tba = to
be announced na = not
assigned)
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Prospect Hill Friends Meeting is
part of Northern Yearly Meeting. The latter is part of Friends General
Conference. More information about Northern Yearly Meeting is available at the Northern Yearly Meeting
website. However, please click here if you desire for more information about Friends General Conference.
Northern Yearly Meeting does not have Quarterly
Meetings. Some of those functions are met by the Metro Friends Coordinating
Committee which has representatives from the four Monthly meetings in the
Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Their programs are listed as appropriate on
their own page.
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(Please note: The Third Friday gathering in December usually is replaced
by the
These programs enable the members of the Meeting to
get to know one another better. The potluck at the outset, serves to produce an
informal, friendly aura. A somewhat related function is provided by the reading group.
Our Third Friday Gathering in June will be on
Saturday, June 19th. This yearly Slumgullion
Gathering will be at the Woods’ cabin, just north of
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Prospect Hill Meeting uses the
calendar year as its fiscal year. All Meeting appointments are also scheduled
for the calendar year. The co-clerks for calendar year 2010 are David Coats and
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Ad Hoc Committees |
Audit and Budget Committee |
FCNL Representative |
|
QEW Representatives |
Metro Friends Representatives |
Newsletter Editors |
|
Nominating Committee |
NYM Representatives |
Program Committee |
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Prospect Hill Friends Meeting has
in the past, sponsored a reading group which met at various members' homes. The
books read are quite varied. For example, we once read material related
to the Faith and Practice description being created by Northern Yearly Meeting
and then parts of the books Dakota: A Spiritual Geography and The
Cloister Walk, both by Kathleen Norris.
The reading group has as its primary purpose to
explore in a leisurely fashion the book or topic being considered. However, it
also serves to allow the members of the Meeting to become better acquainted
with one another and with the current faiths and practices of the other members
of the Meeting. The third Sixth Day (Friday) Gathering
also serve a similar function.
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The members and attenders of
Prospect Hill Friends Meeting have been active in a number of Quaker related
organizations. These include:
These
programs, produced for radio, are prepared by Mark Judkins Helpmeet under the
care of Eau Claire Friends Meeting as a Northern Spirit Radio Project. The
intent of these programs is to provide religious and spiritual radio
programming with an aim to identify and nurture progressive living, to create a
culture of mutual growth for those working hard to heal the world, and the
religious communities who support such work. They intend to shine the Light
where folks too seldom look, and encourage joy and energy for the physical work
bringing Divine Love to the planet.
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The location of Prospect Hill Friends Meetings for
Worship and Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business for the months of
January thru December
will be at the St. Paul Council of Churches Headquarters,
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If you are away from home, check out locations of other meetings at (Quakerfinder).
Please send email to: jwescottmn@gmail.com regarding any
comments or questions about this web site.