The current version, which was
updated on January 12, 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:
Our Meeting is now in the process
of locating a new meeting space for our Meeting for Worship/Business. Please
note the different meeting locations below.
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
February 7, 2010.
On the other First Days (Sunday) 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 If it is out of date, please do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. A contact person for meeting location updates is Sigrid Coats who can
be reached at 612-379-7398.
Meeting Location for will be at the St. Paul Area
Council of Churches building,
Programs scheduled starting January 3, 2010 are (or
were):
|
Date |
Topic |
Facilitator/Speaker |
Start/Introduce/Close |
|
Jan 3rd |
Meeting for Worship followed by
Potluck and Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business |
David Coats & Lyn Egolf
Grider, co clerks |
|
|
Jan 10th |
Worship Sharing – personal
reflections on care-giving experiences |
Sean Scott Sucker |
D. Perry Kidder |
|
Jan 17th |
Environmental Limits |
David Grider |
|
|
Jan 24th |
Personal Spiritual Journey |
Ralf Hilgendorf |
|
|
Jan 31st |
Personal Sharing |
Sigrid Coats |
|
|
Feb 7th |
Meeting for Worship followed by
Potluck and Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business |
David Coats & Lyn Egolf
Grider, co clerks |
|
|
Feb 14th |
Singing Loves Old Sweet Songs
– singing for your valentine |
David Coats will bring his guitar |
|
(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.
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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 2009 are David Coats and
Lyn Egolf Grider; the recording clerks are Michael Russelle and Ralph Jacobson;
and the treasurer is Frank Wood. Appointments to other organizations and
committee assignments include the following:
|
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) gatherings
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 31st 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.