Warrington (Warrington Quarterly Meeting)
Quarterly Meeting Minutes:
- 15, Second Month, 2009
- 16, Eleventh Month, 2008
- 17, Eighth Month, 2008
- 19, Fifth Month, 2008
- Spiritual State of Our Meeting - 2007
- 17, Second Month, 2008
- 18, Eleventh Month, 2007
- 20, Eighth Month, 2007
- 20, Fifth Month, 2007
- 18, Second Month, 2007
- 19, Eleventh Month, 2006
- 19, Second Month, 2006
Baltimore Yearly Meeting
of the
Religious Society of Friends
Warrington Quarter
carlisle frederick
gettysburg menallen pipe creek
warrington york
http://www.bym-rsf.org/quakers/meetings/warringtonq.shtml
Clerk: Andy Hoover
Recording Clerk/Treasurer: Leada Dietz
15, Second Month, 2009 Number 885
WQ 09-01 Friends of Warrington Quarter gathered at
York Monthly Meeting, York, PA, on 15, Second Month, 2009 for the 885th Meeting of Warrington Quarter.
Meeting began with a period of silent worship.
WQ 09-02
Attendance
The following Friends were present:
Carlisle: Amy
Hurley, Andy Hoover, Joan Anderson
Frederick: Ian
Clarke
Gettysburg:
Cristina Puig-Lugo, Margaret Stambaugh
Menallen/Huntingdon: Mary Gemmill, Mike Gemmill
Pipe Creek: Susan Thompson
Warrington: Faith Basehore
York: Amy Hooper, Deb Spinelli, Ed Norton, Fran
Norton, Fred Palmer, Lamar Matthew, Leada Dietz, Wim Neij
WQ 09-03 Query
After reading excerpts from The Life of William Savery
by Francis Taylor, we considered the following queries:
Is there a sense in which we
share meeting not only with the Friends that we can see and touch, but also
with Friends who have gone before us and who come after us? Are we accountable
to and for the historical testimony of Friends? How do we introduce this kind
of Quaker history (two and one half hour sermons, more than six hours of
meeting in one day, warnings against reading novels, traveling ministers who
could speak to people's conditions, plain dress, quietism) to newcomers and
still claim the past as somehow more than a curiosity and in any way relevant
to who we are today? In what ways have we progressed beyond these earlier
Friends? In what ways haven't we?
Responses included sharing with
students in First Day School the impact early Friends had on current social
norms such as casual dress arising from Quaker belief that clothing should be
utilitarian and standardization of price instead of bargaining. Our distractions today seem more prevalent
and invasive and enrich our lives less.
They also make it easier to share the message through the many forms of
communication available and may enhance the specialness and power of the
silence. The importance of experiencing quiet as a young person and learning to
take yourself on in that way with the opportunity to feel God and feel that you
have a calling is important to individual spirituality. Do we experience enough of these
opportunities and invite others to share them for their life changing potential
today?
Job Scott, Elias Hicks, and
Lucretia Mott all spoke in York. Has
our current aversion to lengthy messages replaced early Friends’ messages with
an idolatrous worship of the silence itself?
How does that prevent us from hearing God through each other? What impact has becoming more universalist
and avoiding Biblical language had on us and our message to the world?
WQ 09-04 Monthly
Meeting Quarterly Reports
Monthly Meeting Quarterly Reports
from the following individual Monthly Meetings were submitted and read:
Carlisle: Received. Additionally, there will be a memorial
service for Burleigh Anderson at 2 pm on 3-8-09 at the Carlisle Meetinghouse.
In either April or May, Carlisle plans to host Friendly Folk Dancing
Frederick: Received .
Gettysburg: Received
Menallen: Received. Additionally, they have almost completed the
Partners for Sacred Places program and will soon begin a fund raising program
to be called Friends of Quaker Valley to help support the five burial grounds
and three meetings under their care.
Pipe Creek: Received.
Warrington: report to be
forwarded, update as follows: Faith’s
mother is recovering from hip replacement surgery and would welcome cards and
letters.
York: Received
WQ 09-05 Treasurer’s Report: No
report
WQ
09-06 Business
1. After the
second reading by the Nominating Committee of the names of Andy Hoover for
Clerk and Leada Dietz for Recording Clerk/Treasurer, each for a two-year term,
the meeting approved.
2.
BYM Ministry and Pastoral Care Committee is sponsoring two all day Pastoral
Care workshops, at Frederick Monthly Meeting on 4-18-09 and in Richmond on
4-25-09. More information and
registration at http://www.bym-rsf.org/quakers/news/caring.shtml
or contact Virginia Schurman at 410.527.3919
3.
Quaker Quest will be held at York Monthly Meeting a Saturday in late May
or early June—will let you know the date as soon as we do. Friends from other meetings are welcome to
attend.
4.
Glennor Shirley, head of Maryland’s prison library system is seeking
people interested in educational programs for inmates, especially book
discussion groups. More information at http://prisonlibrarian.blogspot.com/
If interested, contact gshirley@msde.state.md.us
or 410-767-0493, or Drew Leder at dleder@loyola.edu
5.
Outreach: Discussion was begun on the possibility of the
Quarter hosting their own peace and social and environmental justice festival.
6.
Lamar Matthew (York)
shared a brochure from Bucks Quarter in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and offered
to create one for Warrington Quarter.
7.
The following details and contacts on Home Funerals and Green Burial
were provided for information:
What is 'A Natural Undertaking'
A Natural Undertaking
is a service that empowers families to be in attendance at the passing of a
loved one and afterwards in the setting of their own home. The goal is to allow
family members to participate as much or as little as they want, making use of
some funeral home services if they choose, while avoiding unnatural,
unnecessary, expensive and harmful practices such as embalming.
A
home funeral is one that is held in a private home after the deceased has been cared
for and surrounded by loved ones for a period of I to 3 days. Caring for loved
ones is legal in most states. Family and friends may want to look into
practices for a vigil or wake in their own spiritual traditions.
After death a
powerfully intimate and precious relationship exists between the physical body
and the spirit while the life forces of the deceased disengage. Appropriate
surroundings and presence of friends can support and deepen this process. Also,
this time allows loved ones to experience the transition in a way that is less
sudden and traumatic, in a setting that is private and familiar. Natural
emotions and quiet remembering can take place without the complex interruptions
of an unfamiliar ceremony.
Services Offered
Consulting services are offered either on an hourly basis
or on a fee basis when guiding families and friends through the entire process
including various levels of participation including but not limited to:
- Preparing the way:
planning for an anticipated death
- Caring for and preparation
of the body
- Guiding family members to
care for their loved one's body
- Obtaining and preparing
the casket
- Helping
the family set up a vigil
- Providing and managing dry
ice
- Guiding family and friends how to continue to care
for the body for up to three days
For more info, see http://www.naturalundertaking.org
Welcome to the
Green Burial Council
Since 2005, the Green
Burial Council has been working to make burial sustainable for the planet,
meaningful for the families, and economically viable for the provider. And in
that short period of time, we've emerged as the "gold standard" among
consumers, land trusts, park service agencies as well the cemetery/funeral
profession.
How are we doing it?
By
developing a certification program that is bringing about a new ethic in
deathcare rooted in transparency, accountability and ecological responsibility;
By
building out an international network of "approved providers" who are
committed to reducing toxins, waste, and carbon emissions that have been
associated with conventional end-of-life rituals; and
By
bringing conservation organizations together with cemetery operators, funeral
establishments, and cremation companies to create burial programs that
facilitate the restoration, acquisition and stewardship of natural areas.
To be kept posted about the
latest in green burial, and to learn about certified providers in your area,
write to us at info@greenburialcouncil.org.
If you have a situation requiring immediate attention, please call us toll-free
at 888-966-3330.
http://www.greenburialcouncil.org
WQ 09-06 Minute of
Appreciation
The Quarter would like to thank our
host, York Monthly Meeting, for their hospitality in hosting today’s session.
WQ 09-07 Meeting closed with a period of silent worship. Friends of Warrington Quarter will meet
again Third First Day, 17, Fifth Month, 2009 (5-17-2009), at Warrington Monthly
Meeting, Wellsville, PA, if so favored.
Clerk: Andy Hoover (Carlisle Monthly Meeting)
Recording Clerk/Treasurer: Leada Dietz (York Monthly Meeting)
Baltimore Yearly Meeting
of the
Religious Society of Friends
Warrington Quarter
carlisle frederick
gettysburg menallen pipe creek
warrington york
http://www.bym-rsf.org/quakers/meetings/warringtonq.shtml
Clerk: Andy Hoover
Recording Clerk/Treasurer: Ed Sonnenberg
16, Eleventh Month, 2008 Number
884
WQ 08-57
Friends of Warrington Quarter gathered at Pipe Creek Meeting
House,
Union Bridge, MD 16th day of Eleventh Month, 2008 for the 884th
Meeting of Warrington Quarter. Meeting began with a period of silent
worship.
WQ 08-58 Attendance
The following Friends were present:
Carlisle: Andy Hoover, Joan Anderson, Ed Sonnenberg
Frederick/Shepherdstown:
Ian Clarke
Gettysburg: Margaret
Stambaugh
Menallen/Huntingdon: Barclay Brooks
Pipe Creek: Tony Breda, Walter Calahan, Larry Fisher, Gwen
Handler, Laurel
Hummel, Frank Reitemeyer, Jim Slingluff, Emily & C.J. Swet,
William Swetchannik, T.R. &
Laura Wailes, Wilbur Wright
Warrington: Faith Basehore
York: Leada Dietz, Lamar Matthew, Wim Neij
Guest: Ann Whittaker (Baltimore Yearly Meeting,
in her own capacity)
WQ 08-59 Monthly
Meeting Quarterly Reports
Monthly Meeting Quarterly Reports
from the following individual Monthly Meetings were submitted and read:
Carlisle: Received
Frederick: Received
Gettysburg: Received
Menallen: Received
Pipe Creek: Received
Warrington: Received
York: Received
WQ 08-60 Treasurer’s
Report
The Treasurer reports that Warrington
Quarter’s finances are in good order. All
apportionments from Monthly Meetings for 2008 have been received, as well as
all past due apportionments. The Quarter began the year with a balance of $485.95. Income received for the year totaled $155.00. Expenses for the Quarter totaled $149.76. The Quarter ends the year with a checking
account balance of $491.19.
WQ 08-61
Clerk requested that Friends reflect on the following BYM
proposed Advices and Queries on Stewardship and the “voices” on the matter and
asked for their reflections:
Stewardship of Personal Resources: Advices
“To turn all we possess into the channel of universal love becomes the
business of our lives” - this, in the words of John Woolman, is the meaning of
Quaker stewardship.
This applies to all that we have and are, as individuals, as members of
groups, and as inhabitants of the earth. As individuals, we are obliged to use
our time, our various abilities, our strength, our money, our material
possessions, and other resources in a spirit of love, aware that we hold these
gifts in trust, and are responsible to use them in the Light.
Investment of assets and consumption of resources require our careful
stewardship. As friends, we can direct our investments toward socially
desirable ends, avoiding speculation and activities wasteful or harmful to
others. We should seek to participate constructively and without greed in the
economic life of the community and to refrain from undue accumulation of wealth
as well as irresponsible borrowing.
Stewardship of Personal Resources: Queries
Do we regard our time, talents, energy, money, material possessions and
other resources as gifts from God, to be held in trust and shared according to
the Light we are given?
What are we doing as individuals and as a meeting to nurture our gifts?
How do we encourage the members of the larger community to be careful
stewards of their gifts?
Stewardship of Personal Resources: Voices
To turn all we possess into the channel of universal love becomes the business
of our lives.
John Woolman
Of the interest of the public in our estates: Hardly any thing is given us
for our selves, but the public may claim a share with us. But of all we call
ours, we are most accountable to God and the public for our estates: In this we
are but stewards, and to hoard up all to ourselves is great injustice as well
as ingratitude.
John Woolman, 1720 (quoted by North Pacific YM)
As Christians, all we possess is the gift of God, and in the distribution of
it we act as his stewards; it becomes us therefore to act agreeably to that
divine wisdom which he graciously gives to his servants.
John Woolman, “A Word of Remembrance and Caution to the
Rich”
In reading those short last essays of John Woolman, which are little treatises
on economics, I have been struck by his intuition that wrong roads were being
taken by his contemporaries, upon which we their descendants should find our
direction almost irreversibly fixed. Unrighteous use of other human beings,
unrighteous use of one's own powers, irresponsible use and waste of land and
other natural resources - he touches on them all. It is evident that he was
convinced that the spiritual life of men and women is deeply conditioned by
their economic life.
Mildred Binns Young, What Doth The Lord Require of Thee?
For some there is a danger that care for the future may lead to undue
anxiety and become a habit of saving for its own sake, resulting in the
withholding of what should be expended for the needs of the family or devoted
to the service of the Society. The temptation to trust in riches comes in many
forms, and can only be withstood through faith in our Father and his providing
care.
London Yearly Meeting, 1945
To “stretch beyond one’s compass” grasping at shadows, and encumbering
oneself with more than is needed for simple, wholesome living, is at variance
with all our best traditions.
Caroline Stephens, Quaker Strongholds
WQ 08-62 Business
Agenda
1) Monthly Meeting Reports
2) Report of Nominating Committee
3) Major Projects
4) Outreach
5) Interim
Meeting-Peace and Social Concerns
6) Advice on
Preparing Quarterly Reports
WQ 08-63 Report of Nominating Committee
Margaret Stambaugh presented the report of the Nominating
Committee. Andy Hoover has accepted the
nomination as Clerk of the Quarter and Leada Dietz as Recording Clerk/Treasurer
of the Quarter. Friends gathered accepted
the nominees. The nominations will be
laid over for final consideration until the next meeting of Warrington Quarter
on 15 Second Month 2009 per custom.
WQ 08-64 Major
Projects
Clerk requested to hear from Monthly Meetings
about any major projects that Meetings have been, or are, engaged in.
Carlisle Friends stated that their mortgage
on the Meetinghouse has been retired. A
major annual endeavor of Carlisle Friends is their participation in Carlisle
Cares. Carlisle Cares is a project of
several religious communities in Carlisle to provide overnight overflow housing
for the homeless. Carlisle Friends have
been opening their meetinghouse for several years to provide overnight
accommodation for men and women in conjunction with this worthwhile cause.
Frederick Friends are looking at ways to
“green” their meetinghouse. Frederick
Friends have a healthy population of young Friends and a major obligation is
providing First Day education.
York Friends are investigating adding
additional building space.
WQ 08-65 Outreach
Friends exchanged information about what
their respective Meetings have been doing in regards to outreach in their communities. Meetings have been hosting speakers,
festivals, yard sales, and open houses all in an effort to make themselves more
visible and to engage their communities.
Maintaining a web presence was another route that Meetings have been
using. York Friends will be hosting
Quaker Quest next year and invite Monthly Meetings to participate. Information will be announced as it becomes
available. Check with Leada Dietz for
further information. Clerk stated that Quarterly Meeting can also
be used as a venue to exchange ideas for outreach.
Ann Whittaker stated that Meetings can
contact her at BYM for information on outreach (adm@bym-rsf.org)
and/or to inform other Friends what their Meeting is doing by publishing news
in the Interchange.
WQ 08-66 Interim
Meeting-Peace and Social Concerns
Leada Dietz reported from BYM Peace and
Social Concerns Committee. Through
Warrington Quarter’s sponsorship, the Committee joined, on behalf of the
Yearly Meeting, the National Religious Coalition Against Torture (NRCAT). This
temporary arrangement was formalized by Yearly Meeting at Interim Session last
fall. Baltimore Yearly Meeting is now a Participating Member of NRCAT, and a
member of our committee represents the Yearly Meeting to that organization.
The Committee calls upon Meetings and
individual Friends to act out of our beliefs and to prayerfully consider
supporting and creating awareness of the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
(www.peacetaxfund.org).
WQ
08-67 Advice on Preparing Quarterly
Reports
Clerk
shared the following minute approved by Carlisle Friends November 8, 1998 as a closing
reflection on the preparation of Quarterly reports:
Carlisle Friends
unite in understanding that Quarterly Meeting, whatever it may undertake,
should focus its main efforts on developing a sense of unity among Friends
across Monthly Meetings, strengthening Friends’ public witness, and helping Monthly
Meetings discern and cultivate gifts (of ministry and otherwise) among their
members.
There may
be many ways to support these efforts, but we believe that it will be helpful
to ask Meetings to report on a regular basis about specific developments,
whether encouraging or problematical.
To this end, we suggest that the following queries be considered when
submitting reports to the Quarter from Monthly Meetings within Warrington
Quarter:
1) What
fresh openings have occurred in your Meeting during the past quarter year?
2) What
has your Meeting done during the past three months that has strengthened your
witness to your community?
3) Where
is your Meeting languishing? Who or
what is missing in your Meeting?
WQ 08-68 Announcements
The 49th Annual Nazareth
to Bethlehem Christmas Peace Pilgrimage is planned for Saturday, December 13th. The Pilgrimage began in 1960 as a
Christian witness for peace. All persons of any age are welcome to join the
Pilgrimage, symbolic of the journey of Mary and Joseph. In the 10-mile trek
from Nazareth to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and in the rally, we seek to reflect
the non-violent life of Jesus Christ and his truth of forgiving love. Walk with
your family and friends and make new friends with others who seek a more
peaceful world. For more information
visit: http://www.peacewalk.org/.
Carlisle Meeting has 4 or 5 very heavy 11 foot benches (benches painted
white with brown ends) it would like to offer.
WQ 08-69 Minute of
Appreciation
The Quarter would like to thank
our host, Pipe Creek Meeting, for hosting today’s session.
WQ 08-70
Meeting closed with a period of
silent worship. Friends of Warrington
Quarter will meet again Third First Day, Second Month, 2009 (February 15th,
2009) at York Monthly Meeting, York, PA, if so favored.
Clerk: Andy Hoover (Carlisle Monthly Meeting)
Recording Clerk/Treasurer: Ed Sonnenberg (Carlisle Monthly Meeting)
Baltimore Yearly Meeting
of the
Religious Society of Friends
Warrington Quarter
carlisle frederick
gettysburg menallen pipe creek
warrington york
http://www.bym-rsf.org/quakers/meetings/warringtonq.shtml
Clerk: Andy Hoover
Recording Clerk/Treasurer: Ed Sonnenberg
17, Eighth Month, 2008 Number
883
Baltimore Yearly Meeting
of the
Religious Society of Friends
Warrington Quarter
carlisle frederick
gettysburg menallen pipe creek
warrington york
http://www.bym-rsf.org/quakers/meetings/warringtonq.shtml
Clerk: Andy Hoover
Recording Clerk/Treasurer: Ed Sonnenberg
16, Eleventh Month, 2008 Number
884
WQ 08-57
Friends of Warrington Quarter gathered at Pipe Creek Meeting
House,
Union Bridge, MD 16th day of Eleventh Month, 2008 for the 884th
Meeting of Warrington Quarter. Meeting began with a period of silent
worship.
WQ 08-58 Attendance
The following Friends were present:
Carlisle: Andy Hoover, Joan Anderson, Ed Sonnenberg
Frederick/Shepherdstown:
Ian Clarke
Gettysburg: Margaret
Stambaugh
Menallen/Huntingdon: Barclay Brooks
Pipe Creek: Tony Breda, Walter Calahan, Larry Fisher, Gwen
Handler, Laurel
Hummel, Frank Reitemeyer, Jim Slingluff, Emily & C.J. Swet,
William Swetchannik, T.R. &
Laura Wailes, Wilbur Wright
Warrington: Faith Basehore
York: Leada Dietz, Lamar Matthew, Wim Neij
Guest: Ann Whittaker (Baltimore Yearly Meeting,
in her own capacity)
WQ 08-59 Monthly
Meeting Quarterly Reports
Monthly Meeting Quarterly Reports
from the following individual Monthly Meetings were submitted and read:
Carlisle: Received
Frederick: Received
Gettysburg: Received
Menallen: Received
Pipe Creek: Received
Warrington: Received
York: Received
WQ 08-60 Treasurer’s
Report
The Treasurer reports that Warrington
Quarter’s finances are in good order. All
apportionments from Monthly Meetings for 2008 have been received, as well as
all past due apportionments. The Quarter began the year with a balance of $485.95. Income received for the year totaled $155.00. Expenses for the Quarter totaled $149.76. The Quarter ends the year with a checking
account balance of $491.19.
WQ 08-61
Clerk requested that Friends reflect on the following BYM
proposed Advices and Queries on Stewardship and the “voices” on the matter and
asked for their reflections:
Stewardship of Personal Resources: Advices
“To turn all we possess into the channel of universal love becomes the
business of our lives” - this, in the words of John Woolman, is the meaning of
Quaker stewardship.
This applies to all that we have and are, as individuals, as members of
groups, and as inhabitants of the earth. As individuals, we are obliged to use
our time, our various abilities, our strength, our money, our material
possessions, and other resources in a spirit of love, aware that we hold these
gifts in trust, and are responsible to use them in the Light.
Investment of assets and consumption of resources require our careful
stewardship. As friends, we can direct our investments toward socially
desirable ends, avoiding speculation and activities wasteful or harmful to
others. We should seek to participate constructively and without greed in the
economic life of the community and to refrain from undue accumulation of wealth
as well as irresponsible borrowing.
Stewardship of Personal Resources: Queries
Do we regard our time, talents, energy, money, material possessions and
other resources as gifts from God, to be held in trust and shared according to
the Light we are given?
What are we doing as individuals and as a meeting to nurture our gifts?
How do we encourage the members of the larger community to be careful
stewards of their gifts?
Stewardship of Personal Resources: Voices
To turn all we possess into the channel of universal love becomes the business
of our lives.
John Woolman
Of the interest of the public in our estates: Hardly any thing is given us
for our selves, but the public may claim a share with us. But of all we call
ours, we are most accountable to God and the public for our estates: In this we
are but stewards, and to hoard up all to ourselves is great injustice as well
as ingratitude.
John Woolman, 1720 (quoted by North Pacific YM)
As Christians, all we possess is the gift of God, and in the distribution of
it we act as his stewards; it becomes us therefore to act agreeably to that
divine wisdom which he graciously gives to his servants.
John Woolman, “A Word of Remembrance and Caution to the
Rich”
In reading those short last essays of John Woolman, which are little treatises
on economics, I have been struck by his intuition that wrong roads were being
taken by his contemporaries, upon which we their descendants should find our
direction almost irreversibly fixed. Unrighteous use of other human beings,
unrighteous use of one's own powers, irresponsible use and waste of land and
other natural resources - he touches on them all. It is evident that he was
convinced that the spiritual life of men and women is deeply conditioned by
their economic life.
Mildred Binns Young, What Doth The Lord Require of Thee?
For some there is a danger that care for the future may lead to undue
anxiety and become a habit of saving for its own sake, resulting in the
withholding of what should be expended for the needs of the family or devoted
to the service of the Society. The temptation to trust in riches comes in many
forms, and can only be withstood through faith in our Father and his providing
care.
London Yearly Meeting, 1945
To “stretch beyond one’s compass” grasping at shadows, and encumbering
oneself with more than is needed for simple, wholesome living, is at variance
with all our best traditions.
Caroline Stephens, Quaker Strongholds
WQ 08-62 Business
Agenda
1) Monthly Meeting Reports
2) Report of Nominating Committee
3) Major Projects
4) Outreach
5) Interim
Meeting-Peace and Social Concerns
6) Advice on
Preparing Quarterly Reports
WQ 08-63 Report of Nominating Committee
Margaret Stambaugh presented the report of the Nominating
Committee. Andy Hoover has accepted the
nomination as Clerk of the Quarter and Leada Dietz as Recording Clerk/Treasurer
of the Quarter. Friends gathered accepted
the nominees. The nominations will be
laid over for final consideration until the next meeting of Warrington Quarter
on 15 Second Month 2009 per custom.
WQ 08-64 Major
Projects
Clerk requested to hear from Monthly Meetings
about any major projects that Meetings have been, or are, engaged in.
Carlisle Friends stated that their mortgage
on the Meetinghouse has been retired. A
major annual endeavor of Carlisle Friends is their participation in Carlisle
Cares. Carlisle Cares is a project of
several religious communities in Carlisle to provide overnight overflow housing
for the homeless. Carlisle Friends have
been opening their meetinghouse for several years to provide overnight
accommodation for men and women in conjunction with this worthwhile cause.
Frederick Friends are looking at ways to
“green” their meetinghouse. Frederick
Friends have a healthy population of young Friends and a major obligation is
providing First Day education.
York Friends are investigating adding
additional building space.
WQ 08-65 Outreach
Friends exchanged information about what
their respective Meetings have been doing in regards to outreach in their communities. Meetings have been hosting speakers,
festivals, yard sales, and open houses all in an effort to make themselves more
visible and to engage their communities.
Maintaining a web presence was another route that Meetings have been
using. York Friends will be hosting
Quaker Quest next year and invite Monthly Meetings to participate. Information will be announced as it becomes
available. Check with Leada Dietz for
further information. Clerk stated that Quarterly Meeting can also
be used as a venue to exchange ideas for outreach.
Ann Whittaker stated that Meetings can
contact her at BYM for information on outreach (adm@bym-rsf.org)
and/or to inform other Friends what their Meeting is doing by publishing news
in the Interchange.
WQ 08-66 Interim
Meeting-Peace and Social Concerns
Leada Dietz reported from BYM Peace and
Social Concerns Committee. Through
Warrington Quarter’s sponsorship, the Committee joined, on behalf of the
Yearly Meeting, the National Religious Coalition Against Torture (NRCAT). This
temporary arrangement was formalized by Yearly Meeting at Interim Session last
fall. Baltimore Yearly Meeting is now a Participating Member of NRCAT, and a
member of our committee represents the Yearly Meeting to that organization.
The Committee calls upon Meetings and
individual Friends to act out of our beliefs and to prayerfully consider
supporting and creating awareness of the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
(www.peacetaxfund.org).
WQ
08-67 Advice on Preparing Quarterly
Reports
Clerk
shared the following minute approved by Carlisle Friends November 8, 1998 as a closing
reflection on the preparation of Quarterly reports:
Carlisle Friends
unite in understanding that Quarterly Meeting, whatever it may undertake,
should focus its main efforts on developing a sense of unity among Friends
across Monthly Meetings, strengthening Friends’ public witness, and helping Monthly
Meetings discern and cultivate gifts (of ministry and otherwise) among their
members.
There may
be many ways to support these efforts, but we believe that it will be helpful
to ask Meetings to report on a regular basis about specific developments,
whether encouraging or problematical.
To this end, we suggest that the following queries be considered when
submitting reports to the Quarter from Monthly Meetings within Warrington
Quarter:
1) What
fresh openings have occurred in your Meeting during the past quarter year?
2) What
has your Meeting done during the past three months that has strengthened your
witness to your community?
3) Where
is your Meeting languishing? Who or
what is missing in your Meeting?
WQ 08-68 Announcements
The 49th Annual Nazareth
to Bethlehem Christmas Peace Pilgrimage is planned for Saturday, December 13th. The Pilgrimage began in 1960 as a
Christian witness for peace. All persons of any age are welcome to join the
Pilgrimage, symbolic of the journey of Mary and Joseph. In the 10-mile trek
from Nazareth to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and in the rally, we seek to reflect
the non-violent life of Jesus Christ and his truth of forgiving love. Walk with
your family and friends and make new friends with others who seek a more
peaceful world. For more information
visit: http://www.peacewalk.org/.
Carlisle Meeting has 4 or 5 very heavy 11 foot benches (benches painted
white with brown ends) it would like to offer.
WQ 08-69 Minute of
Appreciation
The Quarter would like to thank
our host, Pipe Creek Meeting, for hosting today’s session.
WQ 08-70
Meeting closed with a period of
silent worship. Friends of Warrington
Quarter will meet again Third First Day, Second Month, 2009 (February 15th,
2009) at York Monthly Meeting, York, PA, if so favored.
Clerk: Andy Hoover (Carlisle Monthly Meeting)
Recording Clerk/Treasurer: Ed Sonnenberg (Carlisle Monthly Meeting)
WQ 08-45
Friends of Warrington Quarter gathered at the historic Huntingdon Meeting
House,
York Springs, PA 17th day of Eighth Month, 2008 for the 883rd
Meeting of Warrington Quarter. Meeting began with a period of silent
worship.
WQ 08-46 Attendance
The following Friends were present:
Carlisle: Andy Hoover, Ed Sonnenberg
Frederick/Shepherdstown:
Tori Bolton, Sue deNeer, Emily & Ian Clarke, Andrea
McCluskey, Ruth
Snyder
Gettysburg: Margaret
Stambaugh
Menallen/Huntingdon: Barclay Brooks, Chris Fee, Kate McCaffrey
Pipe Creek: Tony Breda, Tr. & Laura Dailes, Larry
Fisher, Gwen Handler, Dottie
McAdams
Warrington: Faith Basehore
York: Leada Dietz, David Fitz, Tracy Hardar, Lamar
Matthew, Wim Neij, Tim
Williams
WQ 08-47 Monthly
Meeting Quarterly Reports
Monthly Meeting Quarterly Reports
from the following individual Monthly Meetings were submitted and read:
Carlisle: Reported
Frederick: Received
Gettysburg: Received
Menallen: Received
Pipe Creek: Received
Warrington: Received
York: Received
WQ 08-48 Treasurer’s
Report
The Treasurer reports that
Warrington Quarter’s finances are in good order. The Quarter has a checking account balance of $640.95.
WQ 08-49 Business
Agenda
1) Query on outreach
2) Nominating Committee
3) Ideas for the Quarter-M&C hour before meeting for
worship? Retreat Ideas?
4) Financial needs of monthly meetings
WQ 08-50 Query on Outreach
Following the reading of Baltimore Yearly Meeting’s query on
Outreach, Clerk solicited Friends’ reflections. Among the reflections offered:
- The
world needs to hear the Quaker message and we need to do a better job of
getting it out.
- Let
our lives speak by sharing and witnessing to our concerns.
- Friends
need to express their faith in words and in deeds.
- The
Faith & Practice Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting is making
available to Monthly Meetings revision packets on the queries. Friends are encouraged to read and
offer suggestions, either individually or as a Monthly Meeting.
WQ 08-51 Nominating
Committee
The Nominating Committee for the Quarter to
search for a new Recording Clerk and Treasurer will be comprised of:
Recording Clerk: Andy Hoover
Ian Clark:
Frederick Meeting
Margaret Stambaugh (conveener): Gettysburg Meeting
Barclay Brooks: Menallen Meeting
Tony Brady:
Pipe Creek Meeting
Lamar Matthew: York Meeting
Faith Basehore: Warrington Meeting
Joan Anderson: Carlisle Meeting
WQ
08-52 Ideas for the Quarter
Clerk has asked Friends to consider a
proposal for having a Ministry & Counsel hour before Meeting for Worship. Clerk would also like to generate ideas for
future retreats.
WQ
08-53 Financial Needs of Monthly
Meetings
Clerk asked Friends to consider whether there
is a need to establish a network to assist Monthly Meetings in need of
financial assistance outside of Yearly Meeting channels. What are the practicalities and how would it
be administered?
Menallen Meeting has contacted Partners for
Sacred Places for guidance for meetinghouses under its care. Pipe Creek Meeting is beginning initial
investigations into replacing its flooring and may require assistance.
One Friend spoke in favor of a Quarterly fund
in that it would foster community building among the Meetings of the Quarter
and raise awareness of the needs of the Monthly Meetings.
WQ 08-54 Announcements
Carlisle Meeting has benches it would like to offer to Meetings.
Leada Dietz (York Meeting) reports that the Peace & Social Concerns
Committee of BYM calls upon Quakers to hold fast to our peace testimony and to
take action as F/friends are led, in the spirit of Jesus’ teachings, as we are
held in the light with the steadfast belief that there is that of God in
everyone. As one expression of this, we
ask Baltimore Yearly Meeting to send the accompanying letter to Mr. George W.
Bush, Ms. Nancy Pelosi, Senator Harry Reid, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice,
and Senators Obama and McCain. (Copies of the letter were made available on the
front bench).
Copies of a Petition against the paying of taxes for war were made
available on the front bench.
The Network of
Spiritual Progressives (www.spiritualprogressives.org)
is
seeking to have the advanced industrial countries of the world use their
resources to eliminate once and for all global poverty, homelessness, and
hunger; provide quality education and health care for all; and repair the
global environment. As an initial commitment, it wants the U.S. to donate at
least 1-2% of its Gross Domestic Product each year for the next twenty (though
the amount may be less if other countries join in the effort, more if they do
not).
WQ 08-55 Minute of
Appreciation
The Quarter would like to thank
our host, Huntingdon/Menallen Meeting, for hosting today’s session.
WQ 08-56
Meeting closed with a period of
silent worship. Friends of Warrington
Quarter will meet again Third First Day, Eleventh Month (November 16th),
2008 at Pipe Creek Monthly Meeting, Union Bridge, MD, if so favored.
Clerk: Andy Hoover (Carlisle Monthly Meeting)
Recording Clerk/Treasurer: Ed Sonnenberg (Carlisle Monthly Meeting)
Baltimore Yearly Meeting
of the
Religious Society of Friends
Warrington Quarter
carlisle frederick
gettysburg menallen pipe creek
warrington york
http://www.bym-rsf.org/quakers/meetings/warringtonq.shtml
Clerk: Andy Hoover
Recording Clerk/Treasurer: Ed Sonnenberg
19, Fifth Month, 2008 Number
882
WQ 08-38
Friends of Warrington Quarter gathered at Frederick Meeting
House,
Frederick, MD 18th day of Fifth Month, 2008 for the 882nd
Meeting of Warrington Quarter. Meeting began with a period of silent
worship.
WQ 08-39 Attendance
The following Friends were present:
Carlisle: Joan Anderson, Andy Hoover, Amy Hurley, Ed
Sonnenberg
Frederick/Shepherdstown:
Carol Ahlum, Tori Bolton, Sue deNeer, Howard Fezell, Joan Fisher, Ruth Snyder,
Helen & Ian Tasker, Jim Wagner, Gail Whitehead, Francy William
Gettysburg: Margaret
Stambaugh
Menallen/Huntingdon: Mary & Mike Gemmill
Pipe Creek: Emily & C.J. Swet, William Swetcharik
Warrington: Faith Basehore
York: Lamar Matthew, Wim Neij
WQ 08-40 Monthly
Meeting Quarterly Reports
Monthly Meeting Quarterly Reports
from the following individual Monthly Meetings were submitted and read:
Carlisle: Received
Frederick: Received
Gettysburg: Received
Menallen: Received
Pipe Creek: Received
Warrington: Received
York: Received
Sheperdstown Allowed Meeting: Friends from Sheperdstown Allowed
Meeting (Shepherdstown, West Virginia), under the care of Frederick Monthly
Meeting, report that attendance at Meeting is becoming more consistent. The Meeting is looking to strengthen and
formalize its business meetings.
WQ 08-41 Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer reports that
Warrington Quarter’s finances are in good order. The Quarter has a checking account balance of $545.95. 2008 apportionments are being accepted.
WQ 08-42 Business
Agenda
1) Nominating Committee for New Officers
2) State of the Quarter Report
3) Website/Meeting Retreat
Nominating Committee
for New Officers
Clerk has requested that Quarterly Meeting representatives
report to their respective Monthly Meetings seeking the name of a person
willing to serve on the nominating committee for Quarterly Meeting.
State of the Quarter
Report
Clerk presented the “State of Warrington Quarterly Meeting
Report” (appended) and asked for Friends’ considerations. Some of the thoughts expressed:
1)
Proposal to establish a fund that Monthly Meetings of the
Quarter can draw from
2)
Importance of Quarterly meeting as a setting to meet and learn
from seasoned Friends and to meet new Friends and enjoy one another’s
camaraderie
3)
Concern for Frederick Monthly Meeting’s relationship with the
Quarter. Frederick has not formally
visited the issue.
4)
Suggestion to use the issues in the State of the Quarter
Report as points for discussion in future Quarterly meetings.
5)
Hold quarterly Meeting three times a year if quarterly is
proving to be burdensome
Website/Meeting
Retreat
Friends of the Quarter may want to consider setting up a Warrington
Quarter Blog.
Mary Gemmill of Menallen will investigate the possibility of Menallen
Meeting hosting the August gathering of Warrington Quarter at historic
Huntingdon Meetinghouse in York Springs, PA.
A sleep over/camping event would be planned for Saturday evening, August
16th, with Meeting for Worship and Business Meeting on Sunday,
August 17th. Stay tuned for
details.
WQ 08-43 Minute of
Appreciation
The Quarter would like to thank
our host, Frederick Meeting, for their hospitality in hosting today’s session.
WQ 08-44 Meeting closed
with a period of silent worship.
Friends of Warrington Quarter will meet again Third First Day, Eighth
Month (August 17th), 2008 at Huntingdon Monthly Meeting, York
Springs, PA, if so favored.
Clerk: Andy Hoover (Carlisle Monthly Meeting)
Recording Clerk/Treasurer: Ed Sonnenberg (Carlisle Monthly Meeting)
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