Second Month, 2001
QUERIES for the Second Month: MINISTRY
- Is the vocal ministry in your meeting exercised under the leading of the spirit?
- Are you sensitive to one another's needs and to God's promptings, whether your response be in silence or through the spoken word?
- Do you foster the use and growth of the spiritual gifts of your members?
CALENDAR NOTES
- G.E.A.R. (Gainesville Ecosystems at Risk) is
sponsoring the Second Annual Great Air Potato Roundup on February 3 at
Westside Park. They promise prizes, entertainment and free T-Shirts.
Call 334-2231 or visit www.natureoperations.org.
We hope to work with
them to clear our property of air potatoes.
- The forum on the SEYM Faith and Practice will
focus on the forms for the Death, Dying and Bereavement section that
are up for final approval at the annual SEYM gathering in April.
- Topic: "Improvisation on a Theme"; Readings by Patricia Loring
- Forum: Celebrating the 50th anniversary of
our Gainesville Meeting by focusing on the history of the Meeting.
MEETING NEWS
Thanks to Phil Klein and Phil Buskirk, auctioneers
extraordinaire. We made a record $500 plus, for the Guatemalan
Scholarship Fund and had a rousing good time doing it. At last month's
forum, Dr. Allan Burns of U of F told us of the low level of education
among the Mayans, especially the women. The Guatemalan Scholarship
Committee has increased their staff recently which will permit them to
personally deliver the checks.
We hold Jean Larsen in the LIGHT as she grieves the recent death of
her father.
Julia Porter and Thaddeus Papke have requested marriage under the care
of the Meeting.
Welcome back to our snowbirds, Judy Shea and Helen Westie.
Please hold Bob Ivey in the LIGHT as he recovers.
We were saddened to hear that James Clark Gillespie died on Jan 23rd
in Ocala. We're holding the family in the LIGHT. He is survived by
his mother, Sally, and sister, Emily. A Quaker Memorial Service will
be held in the spring.
Towards a new meetinghouse:
Potluck Sunday: Presented by the Building Committee will be two brief
presentations, one at 1:00-1:15 pm by Reuben Keppel on possible
nature-related uses of the Meeting land and one at 1:15-1:30 pm by
Jean Chalmers on the possibility of a Quaker school. Then we will
have break-out sessions where groups will use pre-cut images of
potential rooms in a variety of shapes and sizes (and specified square
footage) to try to pull together a floor plan for a basic
meetinghouse, with the idea that auxiliary uses will be in a separate
building.
Each breakout group will get a packet of the building plans submitted so far, a specifications sheet by Morrie Trimmer with particulars for one method of construction and a dollars-per- square-foot estimate. This will give us an idea of what our proposed plans would cost to build.
After the breakout sessions we will attempt to meld our visions into a
recommendation to present to the Meeting for Business. It promises
to be an exciting day. Jean Larson , Clerk of Building Committee.
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