Committee Reports:
2011:
- Clerk's Report: "In summary, the year 2011 offered some challenges, but mainly opportunities for us to enrich their spiritual lives and become a more connected part of our religious community."
- American Friends Service Committee: "The world is evolving: non-violent protests have swept the entire world throughout the past year. AFSC is uniquely qualified to support those who are struggling to bring peace, integrity, and equality to their communities."
- Budget and Finance:
- Communications: "Our goals are to keep the meeting informed of future events, to provide a place for vital meeting information, and to record the current history of Third Haven."
- Nominating: "We have ultimately trusted the process of discernment and feel that all who have chosen tasks to do will serve faithfully and well."
- Overseers: "Overseers goals include providing oversight to the ministry of the life of the meeting and acting as a conduit for clearness, especially in cases of membership, unions (marriage/commitment) or personal discernment. All members and attenders are encouraged to allow Overseers to be of service in times of need."
- Scholarship: "Third Haven has a distinguished past on which we can all look back with pride. Our scholarship recipients have more than justified our faith in them. By helping them reach their dreams, we help to ensure that our future is just as bright."
- Testimonies & Concerns: "This year we were charged with facilitating the Meeting's designation of the John Shoffner bequest. Of the bequest, $11,772.00 went toward the creation of the Shoffner International Education Fund, invested in Friends Fiduciary, with 5% of the fund to be used on cooperative T&C-First Day School projects."
- Worship & Ministry: "Third Haven is blessed with a rich and nurturing meeting for worship, and a vital and growing Meeting community. The Worship and Ministry Committee is grateful for the opportunity to nurture and support the meeting for worship and the Spiritual life of the Third Haven Friends Meeting community."
2010:
- Recorder's Report: "+7 Net Change in number of members"
- PYM Interim Meeting Report: "Friends gathered at 9:30 am for opening worship and welcome."
- American Friends Service Committee: "In a time of financial uncertainty, AFSC relies more than ever on reliable support from Quakers. While all of us have an individual responsibility to work in support of the Testimonies within our own lives, supporting AFSC offers us an opportunity to foster peace all around the world."
- Friends Committee on National Legislation: "More clearly than ever before, Friends recognize that the critical and interconnected issues of energy and environment relate not only to climate change, but also to war, military spending, the nation's budget, and the capacity of the United States to meet domestic human needs and invest in the well-being of vulnerable populations abroad."
- Budget and Finance:
- Communications: "During the past year our group has provided a new paper directory, weekly e-mail announcements, monthly newsletters, but most importantly revitalized the Third Haven Website ThirdHaven.org. This was accomplished by our newest member, Tatiana H. Harrison."
- First Day School: "Theme for year was 'Building Bridges to others'".
- Hospitality: "Hospitality Committee sincerely thanks all friends who have provided both food and generous effort on First Days and for special occasions."
- Overseers: "During the year 2010 the Overseers Committee, attended to pastoral care, keeping in touch with members via a calling tree by dividing the membership directory alphabetically, publishing that in the directory and online, and also responding to answering machine and website messages."
- Property and Grounds
- Scholarship: "Third Haven has a distinguished past on which we can all look back with pride. By helping our young people reach their dreams, you help to ensure that our future is just as bright."
- Testimonies & Concerns: "The Purpose of the T&C committee is to help its members and the members and attendees of the Meeting to intentionally enact the major testimony of Friends' practice of 'letting one's life speak' one's spiritual belief."
- Worship & Ministry: "THFM Worship and Ministry Committee supports the spiritual enrichment of the Meeting community. The Committee strives to deepen and strengthen meeting for worship."
2009:
- Membership Recorder: "We began 2009 with 140 members, including sixteen minors. Over the course of the year, we added six new members (including one by transfer) and lost four through death, for a net gain of two members. Total at year end: 142 members."
- Overseers: "During the year 2009 the Overseers Committee, attended to pastoral care, keeping in touch with members via a calling tree by dividing the membership directory alphabetically, publishing that in the directory and online, and also responding to answering machine and website messages."
- Worship & Ministry: "Worship and Ministry Committee meets to support the spiritual enrichment of the Meeting community and with caring guidance it strives to deepen and strengthen meeting for worship."
- Testimonies & Concerns:
- First Day School: "Attendance averaged 13 children, with over 30 visitors, in First Day School this year."
- Library & Outreach: "The Library and Outreach Committee had an active year supporting the activities and needs of the Third Haven community."
- Hospitality: "We have been blessed with many hospitality offerings throughout the year."
- Property & Grounds: "This year has been focused on maintenance our property and grounds and improvements in specific areas."
- Nominating: "Our Meeting is enriched when all members and regular attenders actively participate in the business life of the meeting."
- Communications: "Our goals are to keep the meeting informed of future events, to provide a place for vital meeting information, and to record the current history of Third Haven."
- Scholarship: "The Scholarship Committee has been busy this svmmer, and five $500 scholarships have been awarded to Third Haven members and their families."
- Committee of Clerks
- Trustees
- Talbot Association of Clergy and Laity (TACL)
2008:
- Membership Recorder: "The function of the Membership Recorder is to record membership information for the Monthly Meeting and to serve as a conduit for that information to the Yearly Meeting."
