Eleventh Month, 2002

QUERIES for the Eleventh Month: SELF-DISCIPLINE

• Do you keep to simplicity and moderation in your speech, your manner of living and your pursuit of business or vocation?
• Are you careful to keep your business and your outward activities from absorbing time and energy that should be given to spiritual growth and the service of your religious society?
• Are you punctual in keeping promises, just in payment of debts and honorable in all your dealings?
• Do you act responsibly concerning intoxicants, tobacco, and drugs, recognizing their potential danger to individuals and to society?

CALENDAR NOTES

• Middle East Forum: Zoharah Simmons , who worked for the AFSC for over twenty years and is on the U of F faculty religion.department, reports on the International Quaker Working Party to the Middle East in June-July, 2002.
• Meeting Anniversary Party: HELP US CELEBRATE OUR MEETING'S FIFTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY. We had such a good time last year at our fiftieth anniversary party that we decided to do it again! Festive Potluck, Cake, Music by Annie and David, games. Everyone is invited to bring a gift for our New Meetinghouse Building Fund.
• Quaker Study Group: Nurture body and soul among Friends at this meeting at the Buskirks. This session concludes our course on John Woolman with excerpts from Chapters 10 and 12, and Remarks on Sundry Subjects, Concerning the Ministry, and As Others Saw Woolman. These selections have to do with prayer and the reasons he felt called to go to England.
• Bible Study If you have a chance to do so before November 24, please read the first three chapters of the Gospel of John, paying special attention to Jesus' baptism. If you don't get it read, come anyway.
  Don Smith
• Forum: Our new DVD will be used to show this film by architect Bill McDonough.
• Wedding: The Clearance Committee of Bloomington, Indiana Monthly Meeting has notified our Ministry and Oversight Committee that Marlane Browning and Dave Pluskonka are clear to be married December 22 under the oversight of Gainesville Friends Meeting. The wedding will be at the Thomas Center at 4 o'clock p.m. We encourage attendance by our members in order to facilitate a genuine Quaker experience for the bridal couple.