MEETING FOR WORSHIP WITH ATTENTION TO BUSINESS, 1st month, 8th day, 2006

The meeting opened with reading and a time of silence.

New committees are organizing for the new year.

Corporation business was quickly disposed of: Karin is president, Marc is vice president and secretary, and Ginger is treasurer.

The Ministry and Oversight report was heard and accepted. The report triggered discussion of monthly potlucks and game nights. These will be organized by a small adhoc committee led by Leesa Whitson.

The treasurer’s report was heard and accepted. The finance committee will present the 2006 budget at the next Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business.

The house upkeep committee met this morning and divided up their jobs.

The publications committee (Gary) is continuing to work on updating the directory. The committee will meet soon.

The Quaker Education committee met this morning. They have planned a program for the fourth meeting this month, a discussion of what Penn Valley would like to learn about Quakerism this year.

The fifth program this month will be discussion peace and activism, including Penn Valley support of AFSC’s new Iraq activities.

The meeting discussed the possibility of sending a delegate to Mainstream Coalition’s Voices of Faith committee. Before deciding to, we will invite someone from their committee to give a program on their work.

The meeting ended with silence.