Durham Monthly Meeting of Friends convened on Sunday, May 12, 2011, at 12:20 P.M., with 14 people present.\u00a0\u00a0 Clerk Edwin Hinshaw read a gentle prayer by Mary Stewart of Longmont, California (1904).<\/p>\n
1. Susan Rice was approved as Recording Clerk for 2011, with thanks.<\/p>\n
2. Jo-an Jacobus reported that Durham Monthly Meeting now has a two-year contract with FairPoint Communications for a landline telephone.\u00a0 It will cost approximately $45 a month.\u00a0 It should be hooked up on May 20th<\/sup>.\u00a0 The phone number is:\u00a0 207.725.0411<\/strong> and we will be listed as Durham Meeting of Friends.\u00a0 It was agreed that we should have voice mail along with call forwarding and conference calling.\u00a0 It was also agreed that we should have a block on 900 and international calls.\u00a0 It was agreed as well that Clarabel Marstaller and Jo-an Jacobus would be our contacts with FairPoint.\u00a0 Despite our wishes to have a copy of the contract held by the Trustees, there is no contract with FairPoint, only a verbal agreement.\u00a0 Jo-an Jacobus will write a report of all the items agreed to by both parties and provide it to the Trustees so it may be held by them.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0 The Meeting would like to recognize our graduates for this year:<\/p>\n From high school:\u00a0 Kristopher Reed, Amanda Curtis, and Sarah Freshley.<\/p>\n From college:\u00a0 Keegan Brown and Nicholas Gorgone.<\/p>\n From graduate school:\u00a0 Wesley Marstaller.<\/p>\n A gift certificate from Quakerbooks of Friends General Conference (FGC) for each graduate was approved to go with our hearty congratulations.<\/p>\n 4. Katharine Hildebrandt, Treasurer, presented the Treasurer\u2019s report for April.\u00a0 Income for April was $4,761.92; expenses were $4,862.55.\u00a0 The report was accepted with thanks.\u00a0 (Report attached.)<\/p>\n New England Yearly Meeting of Friends sent us a $100 donation to help with costs for the wonderful Godly Play Workshop supported by FGC.\u00a0 We agreed to send that $100 to FGC along with $160 from Christian Education Committee and the fees taken in for the workshop.<\/p>\n Katharine has been researching all the Meeting\u2019s funds to determine which were given with restrictions.\u00a0 At this time the only fund that Katharine was able to determine has a restriction is the Goddard Fund, with a restriction on the principle.\u00a0 She requests that someone else do a similar check of all our trustees\u2019 and finance files to confirm this and to help establish the base amount of the Goddard Fund which is being held and invested by the New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Pooled Funds.<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0 David Reed reported for Trustees.\u00a0 Saturday May 21 will be clean-up day for the inside and outside of the Meetinghouse.<\/p>\n 6.\u00a0 Finance Committee reported:<\/p>\n A. The organ that is in the Meeting Room was donated to us by Friends Camp.\u00a0 Finance Committee encourages anyone who would like to thank Friends Camp for this gift to do so by making a contribution to the Meeting and we will gratefully send it to Friends Camp.<\/p>\n B.\u00a0 There was discussion about having people make their donations to the Meeting through automatic monthly transfers from their bank account to ours.\u00a0 For some people this might be a more regular, manageable way to make their contributions.\u00a0 This method of receiving donations was approved.\u00a0 The Finance Committee is being asked to announce this at Meeting and through the newsletter.\u00a0 They were also asked to create a form for automatic transfers that friends could give to their bank with our bank account and routing numbers included.<\/p>\n 7.\u00a0 Susan Rice reported that the Peace & Social Concerns dinner to benefit the Lisbon Area Christian Outreach Food Pantry will occur on Saturday June 25th<\/sup> at 5:30.\u00a0 It will be a pig roast with a locally grown pig.\u00a0 The menu will include vegetarian baked beans, cornbread, a variety of salads, and our famous Strawberry Shortcake.\u00a0 There was a discussion concerning serving pork as it excludes Muslims and Jews.\u00a0 It was decided to proceed with the menu as planned with a request for deeper discussion for future dinner menus. There will be a strong effort to invite people who live in the local area.<\/p>\n 8.\u00a0 Clarabel Marstaller reported for Christian Education Committee that June 12 will be Children\u2019s Sunday.\u00a0 It was requested that there be a second offering on that day to go to the United Society of Friends Women International children\u2019s projects.\u00a0 This was approved.<\/p>\n 9.\u00a0 Clarabel Marstaller reported on the Quarterly Meeting that gathered on April 30 at Friends Camp.\u00a0\u00a0 The July 24th<\/sup> Quarterly Meeting will be held at Portland Meeting and the program will be on the Friends World Committee on Consultation theme of \u201cSalt and Light\u201d.<\/p>\n 10.\u00a0 Daphne Clement gave a pastor\u2019s report which included special thanks for her support committee.\u00a0 A contemplative prayer group has started on Tuesday evenings at the Meetinghouse.\u00a0 She will begin to repaint our old sign.\u00a0 Hooray!<\/p>\n 11.\u00a0 Wendy Schlotterbeck gave a very full Youth Minister report.\u00a0 (Report attached.)\u00a0 We accepted this report with appreciation and admiration.<\/p>\n 12.\u00a0 A letter of greeting from Durham Monthly Meeting will be carried by Elizabeth Muench to the Intermountain Yearly Meeting.<\/p>\n 13. The minutes of the Monthly Meeting were approved during the meeting.<\/p>\n 14. The Meeting adjourned, continuing in the spirit of worship, at 2:10 P.M.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Susan Rice, <\/em>Recording Clerk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Durham Monthly Meeting of Friends convened on Sunday, May 12, 2011, at 12:20 P.M., with 14 people present.\u00a0\u00a0 Clerk Edwin Hinshaw read a gentle prayer by Mary Stewart of Longmont, California (1904). 1. Susan Rice was approved as Recording Clerk … Continue reading