Meetings for Worship see below: minutes of June meeting for business
First Days 10am Fourth Days 5:30pm
July 1
July 5 July 8
July 12 July 15
July 19 July 22
Friends, PYM Summer Sessions are only one month away and the best time to register online is now! Our Yearly Meeting and our Monthly Meeting benefit greatly when more people go to our Summer Sessions, participate in corporate discernment, and experience the particular sense of community that a residential yearly meeting encourages. Sessions are our time to live up to the Light as a larger community. Part worship, part worship-led business in the best traditions of our Quaker heritage, part workshops and interest groups that range from the intense to the intensely joyful - Sessions are both meaningful and – dare I say - a lot of fun.
· Please come and share your Light with our Yearly Meeting.
You can register online and it is an easy process.
Do not stay away for lack of funds – as financial support is available!
If you have questions, contact the Registrar or Sessions Coordinator at the PYM offices.
· July 29 - August 2, 2009 at DeSales University in Center Valley, PA
Online registration is now open!
Each Sunday morning when we are at home putting our Third Haven Meeting name tags on, we might remember to pick up one non-perishable food item and deposit the item in the marked container at the entrance to the Meeting House. The Neighborhood Service Center and the poor of Talbot County will thank you.
July 24 (Friday) 7 pm Jamie DuHoffman will lead a discussion on a book entitled 'The Hope in the Unseen' by Ron Suskinda, in the common room.
August 22 (Saturday) Quaker Quest Committee will meet at 10:30 in the common room.
Lila's Lineup Care Committee is seeking Friends who would be willing to put their names on a transportation resource list. The transportation resource list will be used by the week's care committee captain to find a Friend who can pick up Lila Line for First Day Meeting for Worship and/or return her to her residence at the Envoy Nursing Home in Denton. If you can help in any way, please contact Dee Rein dmr49@verizon.net 410-819-0529.
An opportunity for service has come to the meeting through Habitat for Humanity, which is asking us to consider choosing the level and type of participation suiting our meeting. We need a leader to coordinate this effort and to know if anyone would like to volunteer in general. Please contact Gwen Beegle at 410-820-7303 or gbeegle@goeaston.net.
Each Thursday evening from 5 to 5:30, there join us for a Silent Peace Vigil in front of the courthouse on Washington St. Weather conditions have not interfered with the vigil. Many signs are available or bring your own. Join this protest to support the cause of non-violence in the world.
Volunteers are needed to continue the library program at the Talbot County Detention Center. Contact Leigh Ann Dodge: 410-822-5998
If you haven't looked at the Third Haven website for a while, there are some new postings… http://www.thirdhaven.org/
REMINDERS
Worship and Ministry would like to remind all members and attenders of the list of recommended reading material on the web site.
To contribute to our meeting please address your contribution to Third Haven Monthly Meeting, and mail to Third Haven Treasurer, PO Box 2379, Easton, MD 21601
To contribute to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Annual Fund (mention Third Haven) mail to PYM Development Office, 1515 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
DATES FOR 2009
July 29 to August 2, 2009 for the PYM summer sessions at DeSales University.
June 27-July 4, 2009 - Friends General Conference "Wings of Joy. Fire of Love" is the theme for the 2009 held in Blacksburg, VA. If you are interested in attending, please speak to Susan Claggett about early sign ups and financial aid. She plans to drive there this summer.
COMPLETE TEXT MATERIAL - features coming events listed by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and other major Quaker organizations which may be found on the Third Haven Website, http://www.thirdhaven.org/ click on Complete Text Material on the home page. Find more information at www.pym.org
photo by Marsie Hawkinson
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Third Haven Friends Meeting
Meeting for Business
Minutes for the 6th Month 14th 2009
1. Call to order: John Schreiner, Clerk of Meeting, called to order the meeting for business at 11:45 AM after a brief period of silent worship.
2. Attending: Jim Bank, Mark Beck, Cynthia Browne, Molly Burgoyne, Lorraine Claggett, Susan Claggett, Tom Corl, Mary Cotton, Joe Davis, Jamie duHoffman, Doreen Getsinger, Tania Harrison, Marsie Hawkinson, Connie Lewis, John Schreiner, Candace Shattuck, Cathy Thompson, Norval Thompson, Sally Vermilye, Rob Wieland, John Winterbottom, Winslow Womack, Ralph Young, Frank Zeigler, Joyce Zeigler
3. Minutes: The minutes from the 5th month were approved.
4. Query: The query “Equality,” which generated many messages during meeting for worship, also caused more thoughts to be shared regarding the meeting’s failure to treat all people equally. There has been a shared discomfort expressed by THFM inability to show tolerance to others particularly those couples who have asked that their same sex union be recognized by the Meeting. Much discussion was generated about reopening this issue and questions were raised about the history of this and the previous minute approved by the Meeting on this subject. A Friend put forth the idea that the issue of same gender union under the care of the meeting has a become a clear “burr under our saddle” and the sense of the meeting was that not moving forward to become more forthright on this issue both is not in accord with the testimony of equality and would stand in the way of any outreach that sought diversity and breadth.
5. Quaker Quest: Please refer to the report and the minute. This report was sent out by Tom Corl ahead of meeting for business. A question was asked regarding how the $1200 requested for the project would be spent. All items are not yet budgeted but some monies will probably go to making signage for the project. The Meeting approved the report and the minute.
6. Treasurer’s Report: Please refer to the sheets titled Balance Sheet and Income and Expenses. Posted on Third Haven Website under committee reports: budget and finance. Please note that the Scholarship Fund is listed as a liability because those funds are not available for general purposes. Carriage Shed Sale Funds are back in liabilities because there are still items being sold and these monies will be dispersed between Fresh Start and the Scholarship Fund. Equity fund of about $62,000 represents about one year of operating expenses.
7. Annual Budget: Posted on Third Haven Website under committee reports: budget and finance. There is not much change from the previous month budget report. Property and Grounds will be adding additional expenses once estimates for driveway repair have been submitted and this will represent additional expenditures that are not currently in the budget. If all items budgeted for are utilized, we will anticipate a deficit of about $7,000 this year. (2009-2010? We spent time contemplating where line items could be trimmed but ultimately there was agreement that trimming small items would not make that big a difference. There was unity in regards to keeping the scholarship fund in as a line item this year. Members were reminded that if we approve the budget we make a commitment to try and give what we can to help THFM meet its budgetary requirements. The Meeting approved the budget as written.
8. Interim Report: In the interest of time, Cathy will include her report from Interim Meeting in the newsletter but it was not discussed at Business meeting today.
9. Overseers: Marsie Hawkinson reported that the Clearness committee for Joan Wetmore has met with Joan and wholeheartedly approves RECOMMENDS? her for membership at THFM. The committee consisted of Candace Shattuck, Marsie and Doreen Getsinger. Joan Wetmore’s membership was approved by the Meeting. Her welcoming committee will consist of John Schreiner, Rob Weiland, Frank Zeigler and Susan Claggett. The welcoming committees for Mike and Connie Pullen and for Aiyana Paterson-Zincand met and all are pleased to have these wonderful people in our midst.
10. 325th Anniversary: Mary Cotton gave an update on the upcoming anniversary celebration. She thanked First Day School and Paige Bethke for working so hard for the SQM in May. During the summer there will be training for docents by Orlando Rideout. People who would like to learn more of the history of THFM can take part in this. Oct. 4th is the day we will celebrate the anniversary but we hope to be able to keep something going on until Waterfowl Festival in November and perhaps man a table during the festival. Plans are for THFM to sponsor a film in the upcoming Chesapeake Film Festival in late September. The film will be chosen as a reflection of Quaker values with a discussion group held afterwards. We will be working on a commemorative poster and perhaps a display of gathered art and pictures from individual collections. Material will go out electronically to all during the summer months as plans continue to take shape. We will be looking into appropriate speakers and we hope James Turrell will be able to participate. A commemorative planting of a white oak is being considered as there was once a large white oak grove on the property.
11. First Day School: Please refer to the enclosed report. Susan Claggett has done a spectacular job with the children this year in keeping activities going and interest high. The entire Meeting commends all the work she has done. It was also noted that attendance is down somewhat. Some members asked how to be of help. She responded that teaching, making contact and talking to the children, and keeping in touch with the parents are important interactions for all of us.
12. New Business: A Friend suggested that the importance of addressing the issue of same sex union should not be overlooked, that time during the summer should be allocated to a committee to structure this topic for a called meeting. Friends decided that a special committee should be formed to address this issue and come back to the Meeting with a plan to go forward with new sensibilities. The committee will consist of John Schreiner, Molly Burgoyne, and others to be named. [Note: following the Meeting, Cynthia Browne, Tania Harrison, Tom Corl, and Winslow Womack came forward and asked to be included on the committee.]
Meeting for business was adjourned at 1:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted, Molly Burgoyne