Eleventh Month, 2003
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 society?
CALENDAR NOTES
- The first forum this month will be a video
and discussion of
Rufus Jones, Quaker, mystic and co-founder of the American
Friends Service Committee
- Help us celebrate our Meeting's Fifty-Second
Birthday! Potluck, Birthday Cake, Games and Fellowship.
Everyone is invited to bring a gift fro our New Meetinghouse Building Fund.
- Our bible study will conclude the study of
Galatians: the charter of Christian liberty using Merrill
Tenney's Devotional Method. Moderated by Don Smith.
- SEYM half yearly meeting: Share
Thanksgiving weekend with other Quaker families in Wekiwa Springs
State Park. Programs for children of all ages. Theme: All God's
Critters. Get more details here
or see the flyer on bulletin board in the kitchen.
- SEYM Faith and Practice Committee is asking
our Meeting's assistance with their ongoing revisions of Faith and
Practice.
- Please look over the propose3d forms to accompany the already
accepted section on Death and Dying, and give comments and suggestions
(in writing if lengthy) to the clerk or any member of Ministry and
Oversight.
- Please read the proposed section, "Queries and Advices".
- Please attend this threshing session.
Our comments and suggestions are important. Copies are available on
the long table at the meetinghouse. For more copies please contact
Laura Winefordner.
- Quaker study group. Nurture body and soul in
a Friendly setting. Brainstorming topics and pamphlets for future
discussion.
In the Lord I put my trust
Psalm 11:1
Towards a new meetinghouse
We are on our way. The City has approved our floor plan,
elevations, location on the site, drainage and parking plans. The
building committee estimates that we may be high but close to the
budget. The Building Committee authorized me to contact the architect
authorizing him to complete the architectural drawings. He was also
to urge the contractor to work with the architect and help to bring
the cost as close to budget as possible. It would appear that we
might be applying for a building permit in early spring if everything
goes as planned.
Morrie Trimmer, Clerk of the Building Committee
Joan Andrews, editor
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