{"id":5977,"date":"2023-05-01T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=5977"},"modified":"2023-05-17T11:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T15:38:38","slug":"womans-society-zoom-meeting-minutes-march-20-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durhamfriendsmeeting.org\/?p=5977","title":{"rendered":"Woman\u2019s Society Zoom Meeting Minutes. March 20, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Present<\/strong>: Dorothy Curtis, President, Nancy Marstaller, Treasurer, Susan Gilbert, Secretary,
Kim Bolshaw, Dorothy Hinshaw<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cards<\/strong>: For Friends. Kim will check the current copy of the Advocate magazine in the
Meeting House for names and addresses of Friends ministering in the field, reviving the
tradition of Durham Friends sending them birthday cards. The cards will be available for
group signing after Meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program and Devotions<\/strong>: Dorothy, Nancy and Kim took turns reading Nikki Holland\u2019s
contribution to Blueprints, Ministering Like a Scuba Diver\u2019\u2019. Scripture:<\/code>But seek first
his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well\u2019\u2019
(Matthew 6:33). Nikki lives in Belize City, where she is Director of Friends United
Meeting\u2019s ministries in Belize. There, learning to scuba dive over the coral reef motivated
her to bring the peace, joy and wonder she found underwater to her life and ministry. She
draws parallels between lessons of safe diving and her everyday life: “Always Keep
Breathing. Stay calm. Care for your equipment. Understand your responsibility. Buddy up.
Rest. Listen to your body. Equalize.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minutes:<\/strong> Susan read the minutes from the 2.20.2023 meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treasurer\u2019s Report<\/strong>: Nancy has given Dorothy Curtis the money for her upcoming trip to
the USFWI Triennial in Nakuru, Kenya July 2 – 8. She made a correction to the 2.20.\u201923
minutes: Checking bal. $2314.72, with $2203.67 for triennial expenses, leaving $111.05
available. We decided to send $50 each to Wayfinder Schools and Sexual Assault Services
of Midcoast Maine. The Woman\u2019s Society would appreciate donations by Friends to be
contributed to worthy causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayers: For Friends<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tedford Meal<\/strong>: On March 6, Dorothy and Kim provided chicken nuggets, salad, mashed
potatoes, oranges, milk and chocolate cake. The April 3 meal will be prepared by Team E,
Nancy Marstaller, team leader. Volunteers to contribute food or donations are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Business<\/strong>: Marian Baker, a NH Friend active in the United Society of Friends
Women International is bringing the message to our Meeting on April 2. Kim told us of her
trip to Cuba. Fritz Weiss presented to Velasco Meeting the gift of a group – created wall
quilt, put together and finished by Dorothy Curtis. Nancy\u2019s creation of a 5 block printed
prayer flag with birds, owl and bee was given and hung in the Velasco Meeting House
window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dorothy Curtis ended the meeting with the poem, \u201cJoy of Life\u201d by an unknown author:
The joy of life is living it and doing things of worth,
In making bright and fruitful all the barren spots of earth.
In facing odds and mastering them and rising from defeat,
And making true what once was false, and what was bitter, sweet.
For only he knows perfect joy whose little bit of soil
Is richer ground than what it was when he began to toil.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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