April 2013 Newsletter
(Fourth Month)
(Fourth Month)
Meeting for Worship
& First Day School
Sundays at 11:00 a.m.
Midweek Meeting for Worship, Wednesdays at 6:00
p.m.
Advices:
John Woolman said, “As
Christians all we possess are the gifts of God… To turn all the treasures we
possess into the channel of Universal Love becomes the business of our lives.”
The principle of stewardship applies to all we have and are. As individuals, we
are called to use our time, our various abilities, our strength, our money, and
our material possessions with care, managing them wisely and sharing them
generously.
From the indwelling Seed of God,
we discover our particular gifts and discern the service to which we are
called. In making choices about occupation or education, consider the way that
offers the fullest opportunity to develop your individual abilities and
contribute to the world community while providing for yourself and your family.
In daily work, manifest a spirit of justice and understanding, and thus give a
living witness to the truth.
Be ready to limit engagements,
to withdraw for a time, or even to retire from an activity that inhibits your
ability to follow a higher call. Try to discern the right moment to accept new
responsibilities as well as to relinquish responsibility that can pass to
others. Be open to your calling in different stages of life. Meetings need the
strength and vigor of young people as well as the experience and wisdom of
elders. Although they may not be able to contribute great financial support,
their energy and insight invigorate the community. As people begin careers and
families, they may need the spiritual and experienced help of the Meeting.
Later, when families are growing up and careers are established, greater participation
in the Meeting and greater financial support may become possible. Welcome the
approach of old age, your own and others’, as an opportunity for wisdom and
greater attachment to the Light.Meetings should be ready with material and
spiritual support for those suffering from unemployment or facing difficult
vocational decisions.
Queries:
How have I been faithful to the
leadings of the Spirit in choosing work or vocation?
What am I doing with my talents,
time, money, and possessions? Am I sharing them according to the Light I am
given?
Is my conduct at the workplace
consistent with my life as a Friend?
How does my daily work enhance
my spiritual life?
How does the Meeting help and
support members who are in job transitions?
After
a period of worship, Meeting for Business began at 1:02 pm with 20 people
present. The clerk opened with a reading from the PYM Faith & Practice, “Advices & Queries” for Third month on
“Meeting for Worship for Business.”
We reflected on the queries in silence.
Approval of Previous Month’s
Minutes
3-01:
Meeting approves the minutes of February 10, 2013, as presented.
Ad Hoc Naming Committee
Report
Naming
Committee convener Philip Gerrie confirmed that the follow-up task reported
last month had been accomplished. Since no other nominations are needed, we are
ready to lay down this year’s Naming Committee.
3-02:
With gratitude for their service, we lay down the ad hoc Naming Committee.
Nominating Committee
Sandra
Schwartz, Nominating Committee co-clerk, presented the following nominations,
which Meeting will now season for one month. Any concerns during that time should be brought to a
member of Nominating Committee. (For terms
commencing 5/1/13 and ending on 4/30 of the year shown, unless otherwise
indicated) (* indicates repeat appointment) (Some terms of service for
committee reappointments may need to be clarified next month.) Clerk: Stephen Matchett* 2014; Assistant
Clerk Krista Barnard* 2014; Recording Clerk: Blake Arnall* 2014;
Recorder: Bruce Folsom* 2014; FCLCA Representative/FCNL Contact: Paula
Stinson*/Sandra Schwartz 2014; AFSC Liaison: Charles Martin 2014;
Historian-Archivist: Bruce Folsom* 2014; Treasurer: Amy
Baker* 2014; CPQM Representative: Alice Sowaal* 2014; PYM
Representative: Rose Medellin* 10/1/13-9/30/14; COMMITTEES: CHILDREN’S
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: Kate Frankel*
Co-Clerk
2014; Leesa Greenlee (continuing to
2014)
Co-Clerk; Anne Collins 2015; Ian Singleton 2015; Chad
Stephenson 2015 (Neil Fullagar, Scott MacLeod continuing to 2014;
Dalton Tedford 2014 seeks release from service); HOSPITALITY & COMMUNITY:
Art Koch* 2014
Co-Clerk; Peter Rothaug (continuing to 2014) Co-Clerk; Anne Brodzky* 2014; Bob
Kovsky* 2014; Tony Williams* 2014; Dawn
Moore* 2015; John O’Connor 2015; Ian
Harris 2015; Ryan Murphy 2015 (Dalton Tedford,
Michelina Matarrese continuing to 2014); LIBRARY:
Bruce Folsom (ex oficio as Hist.-Arch.)*
Clerk* 2014; Krista Barnard 2015; (cubbie storm,
David Gregory, Dan Nakamura, Nancy Lewis continuing to 2014); MINISTRY & OVERSIGHT (incl. Mtg.
Clerk ex oficio): David Matchett
(continuing to 2014) Co-Clerk*; Markley
Morris (continuing to 2015) Co-Clerk
2014; Steve Leeds* 2016; Anne Brodzky* 2016; (Robert Kovsky
continuing to 2014; Rolene Walker, Marian Chatfield-Taylor continuing to 2015; Chad
Stephenson 2014 seeks release from service); NEWS: Eli Bishop (web
servant)* 2014; Catherine Fox 2015; (Kate McCarley (editor), Noel Schwerin
continuing to 2014); PEACE & SOCIAL
CONCERNS (incl. AFSC Liaison & FCLCA Rep/FCNL Contact ex oficio): Dirk Von Der Horst (continuing to
2014) Clerk; Larry Pettit* 2014; David
Hartsough* 2014; Jan Hartsough* 2014; John
O’Connor 2015; (Jay Cash, Ellen Flanders continuing to 2014; Nan Kaiser
2014 may be seeking release from service); PROPERTY
& FINANCE (incl. Treasurer ex oficio): Philip Gerrie* 2014
Clerk* (Carol Cruickshank, Larry
Pettit, Tim Schwartz continuing to
2014); WELCOMING: Ann Marie Snell
(continuing to 2014) Clerk*; Leesa Greenlee* 2014; Ruth
Sheldon 2015; Cheryl Hendrickson 2015; David
Hendrickson 2015 (Carol Cruickshank, Catherine Fox, Bob Maynard continuing
to 2014; cubbie storm 2014 may be seeking release from service)
Nominations remain to be brought for: SFFS Quaker Life Cmte.
Representative 9/1/13-8/31/15 (Sandra Schwartz continuing to 8/31/14); two
Ministry and Oversight Cmte. positions (one 2014 & one 2016)
3-03:
Meeting releases Dalton Tedford from Children’s Religious Education Committee
(at his request).
Chad
Stephenson’s request for release from his 2014 Ministry & Oversight term
was not acted on.
Rausch Street Working Group
Proposal
In
anticipation of the presentation of the Rausch Street Working Group’s revised
proposal, Stephen Matchett, meeting clerk, offered a brief summary of the
history of the Joseph Priestley bequest and Meeting’s process to date toward a
decision whether or not to accept the gift. He encouraged Friends to consider the proposal in a
worshipful manner and to seek together the will of the Spirit for the
Meeting. Rolene Walker, working
group co-convener, presented the proposal (copy attached to archive copy of
these minutes), which recommends that Meeting accept the bequest of 46-48
Rausch Street and name a Rausch Street Committee to oversee the property, the
committee’s charge to include renovating the upstairs unit (48 Rausch St.) to a
rentable state, funding the renovations through a line of credit taken out on
the Rausch St. building to be paid off using rental income, with the ultimate
goal the dedication of the building to Quaker purposes.
To
quote the proposal, the working group “believes this property is a gift, a long
term asset of our Meeting that will strengthen rather than dilute our ability
to support the work and projects of this Meeting. It is [our] 15-20 year vision
... that both units can be put to use by Quaker organization, projects, or
non-profits that further Quaker purposes.” Rolene clarified that, under number 1 in the “further detail”
section of the proposal, the reference to Meeting’s agreeing to keep the
current downstairs (46 Rausch St.) tenants “in place at their current rent … as
long as they both shall live” should have added “at the property,” and that the
proposal does contemplate imposing periodic rent increases as allowed on
rent-controlled property.
The
proposal outlines a four-phase project including “Phase I: Acceptance: Assume title of property, take out a line of
credit, draw up plans, line up contractors (2 months); Phase II: Renovation: Bring electrical, plumbing, and heating up to
date; bring basement egress to legal height, adapt layout of rooms, update all
appliances, redo flooring, shore up any structural issues (6-8 months); Phase III: Rental: Rent out upper unit
at market rate, keeping lower unit at existing rent (5 years for the upper
unit, 10-20 years for the lower unit); and Phase
IV: Rededication: The Fun Part.
As use of flats becomes available through line of credit payoff or
vacancy, offer the use of building to Quaker organizations that might need to
arrange housing as part of their operations. This could include AFSC internships, environmental activist
training camps, voluntary service organizations, international fellowships,
visiting Quakers, or housing as part of 65 9th St. building management compensation.”
Friends
raised numbers of questions and concerns, which Rolene and working group
co-convener Philip Gerrie attempted to address. The Rausch St. Committee, not Property & Finance, will
manage the property and rentals.
The working group also contemplates that the current downstairs tenants,
as long as they are able, will continue to perform on-site property management
tasks as they did for Joe Priestley, the former landlord, in exchange for their
very affordable rent, and that this will be part of their terms of
occupancy. While the renovation
work is going on, the working group proposes that the committee would give
monthly status and progress reports to Meeting. Some Friends expressed doubts that the proposed financing,
even with contingency amounts, would be sufficient to take care of all
anticipated and unanticipated costs, given the state of the building and the
number of issues left unadressed by the earlier inspection report. One Friend
shared discomfort with basing the financial projections on “market rate rental”
for the upper unit. What if the
market does not support the upper unit being rented? The working group’s response is that if the building becomes
a burden for the Meeting, it can be sold, and that the tenants are agreeable to
this as long as some provision is made to protect their occupancy. Other concerns included the potential
difficulty of moving out the upper unit tenants when the financial obligation
is met; the possibility that the lower unit tenants might request renovations
similar to those contemplated on the upper unit; and the cost of insuring the
building. All were discussed.
Some
Friends spoke of being persuaded that Meeting was being called to uphold Joe
Priestley’s decades-long commitment to provide housing to the current tenants,
who need our support. Additionally
Friends were inspired by the value of the gift for future generations. Others expressed the view that that
while this was Joe’s leading, it is not necessarily the Meeting’s, and that a
plan stating a commitment to taking care of the lower-unit tenants and at the
same time containing an escape hatch of selling the building if this doesn’t
work out was trying to have it both ways. Friends also expressed concern about
the financial health of our meeting as we struggle to meet current financial
needs, and the need to consider this if we are to take on a major long-term
obligation. Various Friends, while not opposing the working group’s
recommendation, urged that these and other concerns be taken seriously.
The
Clerk found the sense of the Meeting to be that we should accept the working
group’s proposal. While there were
Friends who felt a stop, these were fully aired and no Friend was moved to
stand in the way of acceptance, though two indicated they were standing aside
(one wishing to be recorded).
3-04:
Meeting approves taking title to 46-48 Rausch Street. We appoint a Rausch
Street committee, consisting of Amy Baker, Marian Chatfield Taylor Philip
Gerrie (co-clerk), Tim Schwartz, and Rolene Walker (co-clerk) who will serve
for terms of at least two years. This committee is charged with managing the
property on Meeting’s behalf. The committee’s immediate tasks are to include
negotiation of a lease with the current tenants of 46 Rausch Street, renovation
of 48 Rausch Street to a rentable state, securing funding for the renovation
through a line of a credit on the Rausch Street building, and paying off the
line of credit through rental income. The eventual goal is to dedicate the use
of the building to Quaker purposes. Bruce Folsom is recorded as standing aside
from this decision.
Ministry & Oversight
Committee
Chad
Stephenson, co-clerk of M&O, noted that participants in last month’s
committee-sponsored NonViolent Communication (NVC) workshop have scheduled a
series of NVC practice sessions, including one coming up on March 23 at 10 am.
A repeat of the workshop itself, led once more by Dorothy Henderson from Grass
Valley Meeting, is scheduled for April 20th.
Arthur Koch will be taking photos on the first two Sundays in April if you would like your picture added to our photo board. Similar photo sessions are planned for twice a year going forward, the first two Sundays each of April and October.
Τhe clearness committee seasoning Alice Sowaal’s & Owain Elliott’s request for marriage under Meeting’s care has recommended that Meeting grant the request, and M&O concurs. Meeting will now season this recommendation for one month, during which time Friends should bring any concerns to the clearness committee, consisting of Rolene Walker, David Ackerley, Marian Chatfield-Taylor and Tim Schwartz, or to any member of M&O.
Chad read an e-mail from Fred Adler, who, after a period of communication and discernment on the subject, requests release from his membership in San Francisco Meeting and the Religious Society of Friends. M&O has determined that no clearness committee is required, and recommends that we accept Fred’s request.
Arthur Koch will be taking photos on the first two Sundays in April if you would like your picture added to our photo board. Similar photo sessions are planned for twice a year going forward, the first two Sundays each of April and October.
Τhe clearness committee seasoning Alice Sowaal’s & Owain Elliott’s request for marriage under Meeting’s care has recommended that Meeting grant the request, and M&O concurs. Meeting will now season this recommendation for one month, during which time Friends should bring any concerns to the clearness committee, consisting of Rolene Walker, David Ackerley, Marian Chatfield-Taylor and Tim Schwartz, or to any member of M&O.
Chad read an e-mail from Fred Adler, who, after a period of communication and discernment on the subject, requests release from his membership in San Francisco Meeting and the Religious Society of Friends. M&O has determined that no clearness committee is required, and recommends that we accept Fred’s request.
3-05:
At his request, Meeting releases Fred Adler from membership.
Property & Finance
Committee
Philip Gerrie, clerk, reported on the kitchen
remodel. The contractor’s work is done. The kitchen alcove still needs to be
furnished to complete the original plan of a comfortable sitting and
conversation space, and the committee is considering options.
The committee has approved increased rental rates for outside groups’ use of the worship room and fellowship hall ($110 for 4 hours and $220 for 8 hours) and other spaces in the meeting house.
As a followup on the basement flood, Philip reported that the plumber discovered a spray can lodged in the drainage system under the sidewalk. This allowed us to make an insurance claim under vandalism. The insurance will now pay approximately $8,000 for water damage costs and the meeting will need to cover the $500 deductible.
The committee has approved increased rental rates for outside groups’ use of the worship room and fellowship hall ($110 for 4 hours and $220 for 8 hours) and other spaces in the meeting house.
As a followup on the basement flood, Philip reported that the plumber discovered a spray can lodged in the drainage system under the sidewalk. This allowed us to make an insurance claim under vandalism. The insurance will now pay approximately $8,000 for water damage costs and the meeting will need to cover the $500 deductible.
Amy
Baker and Markely Morris having been requested by Property & Finance and
Ministry & Oversight committees to develop guidelines for the display of
art in the meetinghouse, Amy reported on their recommendations, which Property
& Finance will be implementing. Art in the meetinghouse should reflect
Quaker values. No art will be hung in the worship space. To make more room for
artwork display, P&F will be consolidating wall space. This means moving
the photo board towards the bulletin boards and going from three bulletin
boards to two (in consultation with affected committees.). We don’t plan to own
the art or cover the liability for displaying it. The art is loaned to the meeting.
Exhibits can be organized at the request of the clerk by interested Friends.
These guidelines were reviewed and approved by the P&F committee at their
last meeting. The first exhibit will be of Art Koch’s series of “Light” photographs, the offer of which
prompted the drawing up of these guidelines.
Peace and Social Concerns
Committee
Jan
Hartsough,. committee co-clerk, reported that a new banner developed in
conjunction with the AFSC will be installed soon. One side will say “War is costly” (with an image of a drone)
the other side “Wage Peace” (with an image from the mural which was painted on
the side of our building, now covered up).
After
a period of announcements and sharing of joys and concerns, Meeting closed with
worship at 3:55 pm with 21 people in attendance.
Respectfully
submitted,
Blake
Arnall, Recording Clerk
Stephen
Matchett, Clerk of Meeting
.
Dear
Friends,
The
last few weeks have seen some changes. As many of you may have heard Kenya's elections went
quite smoothly and a new president - Uhuru Kenyatta was declared. I'm relieved and happy that for
the most part, peace prevailed.
However, I'm quite sad about the outcome. It boggles my mind that a nation can choose to elect
someone who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in the previous
elections five years prior. I don't trust that a man that is a
multi-millionaire has his finger on the pulse of a nation where close to 20% of
the population goes hungry. It makes me question whether I want to continue
living here.
On
a personal note, my office changed location to our home. I saw my first clients
there just before leaving and had positive feedback. It's nice to look forward to leading a much calmer
life as I will no longer have to face the chaos of Nairobi's traffic every
morning and evening getting to and from work.
Anand
and I decided to not be in Kenya for the elections and have come to London. The
main incentive was to attend his cousin's engagement party. We've also decided
to have a road trip to Scotland and are looking forward to seeing Ruth Fraser
in her new home.
Thank
you for your prayers. It feels that as of today, normal life is beginning to
resume in Kenya, which feels like a miracle!
Happy
Easter! May you feel blessed by renewal and the miracle of new life.
Heidi
Retreat
is May 24 - May 27, 2013
Registration
Deadline is May 19, 2013
The
Registration for the Annual Retreat is attached to this newsletter. It should also be available at
www.sfquakers.org/retreat2013.html
There
is a change in the price structure.
Costs to you are based on charges of using Quaker Center and charges of
meals. Fortunately, Chef Tod will
be charging us the same as last year, even though next year his charges will
likely be going up. Unfortunately,
Quaker Center has raised its prices to us. Several years ago, Quaker Center charged a lower price for
children, so long as a minimum number of adults attended. Now the same price is charged for
children as for adults and the minimum number approach has become more complex. We do get a price break for having a
lot of people but it does not depend on ages. Up to last year, charges to you reflected the previous Quaker Center price
structure but now we have to change too.
We
want you to attend the Retreat.
Financial assistance is available.
A
large difference between this year's cost to you and last year's cost is a good
reason to apply for financial assistance.
We will have to decide later how to apply our funds but maintaining our
tradition of family friendliness at the Retreat is a high priority.
April 2013 News from Ben
Lomond Quaker Center
Do you need easy access to the wisdom of weighty
Friends? The Quaker Center website
and Facebook page now have a Friend's "quote of the week". Visit
http://www.quakercenter.org/ and click on the link that will take you to the
original text. If you want these
messages to come to you each week, click "like" on our Ben Lomond
Quaker Center Facebook page where these quotes will also be posted with a link
to their original context.
Spaces
are still available to committed couples for our Couples Enrichment weekend, which will be offered by Kathy and
Jeff Richman from April 19-21. Come celebrate your relationship
journey together and deepen your communication in an environment of trust and
support. Please register at
http://www.quakercenter.org/programs/couplesenrichment/ by April 15th.
Join
us from May 31st - June 2nd, to learn more about Unity, the First Testimony.
Eric Moon will guide us in an exploration of the centrality of
"unity" in Friends' understanding of ourselves. We will share
practices of seeking and identifying unity and the possibility of God working
through us. More information and
registration can be found at http://www.quakercenter.org/unity-the-first-testimony/
AFSC News
Indefinite Solitary Confinement
The California State Assembly Public Safety
Committee recently held hearings on the impact of indefinite solitary
confinement on inmates. The Committee invited the AFSC’s Laura Magnani and some
inmate family members to testify. Still other family members, community groups
and formerly incarcerated people testified during the public comments period.
Subsequently, members of the mediation team that negotiated with the Department
of Corrections in response to last year’s inmate hunger strike met with
officials from the Department of Corrections to express concerns. Team members
came away from the meeting feeling that there is a new opening. In the
meantime, over 50% of inmates whose confinement to indefinite solitary has come
up for a hearing have been authorized for release to the general population
(even though most have not yet been released). While we feel this is good news,
we wonder why it has taken so long.
10th Anniversary of the Iraq War Commemorations
As we announced last month, Iraq Veterans
Against the War and the AFSC put on a number of events, including one at the
San Francisco Federal Building, to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Iraq
War. During the Federal Building event, veterans and others made moving
statements describing their experiences. The events received a great deal of
local media coverage.
Tamejavi
The Tamejavi Festival of cultural events in the
California Central Valley continues. The Series began on February 15 and
continues until May and includes programs of music, dance, theater and more in
various locations in Fresno, Madera and Visalia. Hundreds of people have been
turning out.
You are invited.
Global Day Against Military Spending
April 15th
is not only tax day but also a Global Day Against Military Spending. AFSC
has flyers for handing out in your community. If you are in the Bay Area,
join us at a BART stop near you in the early morning rush hours. Contact
Stephen McNeil at smcneil@afsc.org for more details.
pdf of the flyer here: http://oaklandquakers.org/AFSC/Flyers/GDAMS13.pdf
The upcoming Pacific Yearly Meeting session will be July 29 - Aug 3, 2013, at Mount Madonna Center, in Watsonville CA
The
upcoming College Park Quarterly Meeting sessions will be May 17 - 19 at
Ben Lomond Quaker Center and October 18 - 20 at Sierra Friends Center
Hello,
Dear Friends!
This
month, I wanted to use this space to thank Jim Pilliod for his years of devoted
service to the News Committee, and to our beloved community. He has been infallible in discharging
his duties; I have always known that I can count on him, even above and beyond
myself! He has been patient, kind,
and loving…a true friend, and Friend.
And I have been blessed to see and support his ministry at SF Pride, where he has shared the Love that is the Light with so many. I believe that the Light must have taken joy in Jim’s booth and Jim’s heart, and hope that if he chooses to continue this ministry in his new home, that we can find a way to support him, albeit from afar.
I will miss my monthly contact with Jim through our shared service on this committee, but am holding him and Pete in the Light as the move on to this next stage in their journey.
And I have been blessed to see and support his ministry at SF Pride, where he has shared the Love that is the Light with so many. I believe that the Light must have taken joy in Jim’s booth and Jim’s heart, and hope that if he chooses to continue this ministry in his new home, that we can find a way to support him, albeit from afar.
I will miss my monthly contact with Jim through our shared service on this committee, but am holding him and Pete in the Light as the move on to this next stage in their journey.
Peace,
Kate
Kate
Google
Groups for SF Quakers
This
is the group to send your late breaking announcements or share other news with
the meeting community. You can sign up via the web: http://groups.google.com/group/sfquakers.
You will need to create a free Google user ID and password, if you don’t
already have one.
Visit
http://groups.google.com/group/sfquakers/about
to join or learn more.
A
group for young adult Friends in San Francisco is at http://groups.google.com/group/youngsfmeeting
A
group for parents in the San Francisco Meeting is at http://groups.google.com/group/sf-crec-parents
A
Google Group for Bay Area Quakers is now available at http://groups.google.com/group/bayareaquakers.
The group is for Bay Area Quaker meetings, churches, and organizations, as well
as individual Friends, to share news of events and activities that would be of
interest to Quakers and the general public. Events do not need to be strictly
Quaker. For more information, contact Tom Yamaguchi, tomyamaguchi@mac.com
Help
on using Google Groups is also available at:
Submissions
to the newsletter are due by the next-to-last First Day (Sunday) of each month
in the News Committee mailbox at the meetinghouse, or by e-mail to news@sfquakers.org. This newsletter is
also available for reading or downloading on our website at http://www.sfquakers.org/news.html.
Members
of the News Committee are Kate McCarley (clerk, editor), Eli Bishop (web
servant), Jim Pilliod (production), and Noel Schwerin (distribution)
SAN FRANCISCO FRIENDS MEETING -- ANNUAL
RETREAT
Memorial Day Weekend
May 24-27, 2013
Quaker Center, Ben Lomond, California
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REGISTRATION
and PAYMENT FORM
Hello and welcome to the Annual Retreat Registration
Form. We want you to come to the
Retreat. For some of us, it is a
favorite expression of our Loving Community.
Names
of persons in your party and ages of any children
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email address:
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telephone(s):
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Charges
We pass through charges for use of Quaker Center facilities
at a per person per night rate and for organic vegetarian cooking by chef Tod
at a per meal rate. Day-only
attendance is $16/day.
You plan to stay at Quaker Center on the following nights
(circle and add notes if needed):
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Facilities Cost: ($40 per person per night, including
children)
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Each meal is charged at $11 for an adult, $5 for a child
5-11 and no charge for children under 5.
Circle
meals and
add notes if needed:
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Sat. Dinner
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Dinner
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Cost
of Meals: (Example: full weekend
at $88 per adult, $40 per child 5-11)
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Please add Facilities Cost and Cost of Meals: Total Charges
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PAYMENT AND REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY 19, 2013
The chef purchases food ahead of the event. It may be difficult to accommodate late
registrants. Dietary needs can be accommodated if discussed before May 19. Financial assistance is
available. We want you to attend
the Retreat. For inquiries,
cancellations, etc., please call or write to our Registrar, Ann Marie Snell at
(415) 810-5670 or hovie1700@mac.com.
Payment
Please mail this form and a check written to “San
Francisco Friends Meeting” to:
Ann Marie Snell
303 Ortega St.
San Francisco, CA
94122
an added donation will help
others to attend.
Service Requirements
The Retreat Community provides kitchen assistance to the
chef, table and clean-up services at meals, final Quaker Center clean-up and
our own program of worship and entertainment. Retreat attenders are expected to sign up for meal and final
clean-up services on arrival. In
addition, we ask for additional participation by “senior Retreat attenders,”
namely, Friends who are familiar with Quaker ways and who attended previous
Retreats. If you are a “senior
Retreat attender,” please join either the Meals committee, Liaison committee or
Final clean-up committee. Everyone
is welcome to join the Worship committee or the Program committee. Committees will be organized and email
exchanges will be started around the registration deadline.
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Meals committee. Three or more members will rotate
oversight of meals, seeing that chef assistance and table services are
provided by scheduled participants, ringing the bell, announcing the meal,
counting diners, etc.
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Liaison committee. Three or more members will schedule a
contact person to be available to deal with problems involving Quaker Center
or participants.
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Final clean-up committee.
Three or more members will provide oversight to ensure that Quaker
Center facilities are left in a satisfactory condition.
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Program committee.
Interested members will plan and put on the Talent Show, walks, trips,
talks, events, arts, crafts, etc.
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Worship committee.
Silent waiting worship can be supplemented with Bible studies and
other forms of enlightenment that members suggest.
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Additional Information
Please check the web page for additional information on what
to bring and what to expect:
http://www.sfquakers.org/retreat2013.html
(all events at 65 9th St., unless noted; *see details
elsewhere in newsletter)
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11a Meeting for Worship
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1
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2
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3
8:30a
SFFS Community Mtg for Worship†
6p
Meeting for Worship
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4
12p
Peace Vigil‡
7p
Potluck & Quaker Study
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5
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6
10:30a-1p Food Pantry
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7
9:30a
Bible Study
11a
Meeting for Worship, Community potluck following
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8
.
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9
7p
Property & Finance Mtg
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10
6p
Meeting for
Worship
7p
Ministry & Oversight Mtg
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11
12p
Peace Vigil‡
7p
Potluck & Quaker Study
|
12
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13
10:30a-1p Food Pantry
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14
11a
Meeting for Worship
1p Meeting for Business
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15
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16
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17
6p
Meeting for Worship
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18
12p
Peace Vigil‡
7p
Potluck & Quaker Study
|
19
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20
10:30a-1p Food Pantry
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21
9:30a Bible Study
11a
Meeting for Worship
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22
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23
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24
6p
Meeting for Worship
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25
12p
Peace Vigil‡
7p
Potluck & Quaker Study
|
26
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27
10:30a-1p
Food Pantry
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28
11a
Meeting for Worship
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29
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30
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1
6p Meeting for Worship
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2
12p Peace Vigil‡
7p Potluck & Quaker Study
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3
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4
10:30a-1p Food Pantry
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‡Federal
Building, Golden Gate Ave. and Larkin St. †San Francisco Friends School, 250
Valencia St.
