Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (C)
MIDYEAR MEETING
2010
Dates: March 27 & 28, 2010
Topic: Living with
Gratitude
Presenter: Bill Deutsch
Place: Bear Creek
Meetinghouse, near Earlham, Iowa
1 mile north
and 1/4 east of Interstate 80, Earlham Exit 104
SCHEDULE
March 27 (Saturday)
9:00
Registration and Overnight assignments
Refreshments‑ You may bring non‑sugar snacks
10:30 Meeting
for Worship
11:30 Bear Creek
Friends WELCOME YOU!
Announcements
11:45 Lunch
1:30
Session 1
Gratitude: Having and Being
3:30 Interim
Committee
Peace and Social Concerns Committee
Other Interest Groups
5:30 Supper
7:30
Session 2
Sharing our Stories of Gratitude
9:00 After evening Meeting‑ singing (bring your instruments)
March 28 (Sunday)
7:30 Breakfast
9:00
Session 3 Going Forth with
Gratitude
10:30 Meeting
for Worship
12:00 Lunch
So that all may attend, no fees have been established; however, we
encourage donations to help offset costs. Friends wishing to help
with meals are invited to bring fruit.
Friends are reminded that use of any fragrances should be
avoided. See guidelines from the yearly meeting sessions.
Telephone for the weekend is
Herbert Standing, 515‑758‑2338
Contact for Junior Yearly Meeting/Young Friends Midyear co-clerk
Jackie Leckband: newharmony@earthlink.net,
515-758-2232
Child Care (infant‑school age) will be provided during the hours:
Saturday
10:00‑11:30 am
1:30‑5:30 pm
7:00‑9:00 pm
Sunday
9:00‑ 11:30 am
It is helpful if children bring books and toys to share.
The Junior Yearly Meeting Committee will be planning activities for elementary
and junior high school age young Friends. Bring appropriate clothes for outdoor
activities. High School and college age young Friends will attend the scheduled
sessions.
The AFSC Program Committees of our Yearly Meeting will again sponsor a craft,
white elephant, and food sale. This
is a fund raiser that depends on Bringing and Spending for its success!
RESERVATIONS FORM
RETURN TO:
Wanda Knight ,1203 N. E. Street, Apt. 2103, Indianola IA, 50125.
Email:
rwknight@wesleythevillage.net
If reservations have not been mailed by March 15, you
may telephone Wanda at 515-961-0863 or
email at the above address.
Advance registration helps planning
Name(s)________________________________________________
Address_________________________________________________
Adults___ Young People ___ Ages____
We will be present for _____ meals.
Vegetarian yes___
Sat noon___ Sat eve____ Sunday morn___
Sunday noon___
A vegetarian option will be offered at each meal.
Those with other dietary needs are welcome to bring their own food.
A small cooler and microwave will be available.
Please arrange hospitality: (
) in Earlham ( ) in
Des Moines
We will make our own arrangements:( )
Camping ( ) Motel*
Area Motels and cabins:
Area Motels : (Tell them you are with Bear Creek Friends)*
DeSoto (7 miles) :Edge Towner (515) 834‑2641
DeSoto (7 miles): Countryside Inn (515) 834-9140
Stuart (11 miles) : Edge Towner (515) 523‑1122
Stuart (11 miles): Super 8 (515) 523-2888
Stuart(11 miles) (515) 523-9000 phone reserve, may give discount
DeSoto (4 miles) KOA Campground (515) 834-2729
4 mini cabins, heated, bring your own bedding, shared
bath not in cabins
* If Friends require financial assistance to stay in a motel, the Midyear
Planning Committee may be able to help.
Bill Deutsch lives near Decorah, Iowa with his family on a small farm where they
grow and sell cut flowers, and practice many homesteading skills.
He served Iowa Yearly Meeting for almost ten years as Clerk, and provided
programming for Junior Yearly Meeting for nearly that long.
Bill also served for six years on the FRIENDS JOURNAL governing board.
Having recently earned an MSW, Bill currently provides therapeutic
counseling services to Latinos in 7 counties in northeast Iowa, and in
Marshalltown. He and his family are
members of Decorah Friends Meeting. His most steady spiritual practice is in
being grateful.