Meeting for Worship With Attention to Business
Tenth Month, Eighth Day

From the treasurer: Heard a letter from the KC Interfaith Peace Alliance, thanking PVM for its membership donation and its fine representative, Brenda Funk. Budget: we have spent $9,980.77 of the $12,286 budgeted but have only taken in $8, 095. The Meeting also discussed and approved plans for its invested funds. From the Ministry & Oversight Committee: The nominating committee has been sent into motion. As it considered the request of Pat Miller in regard to the format of Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business, the commit- tee realized that in order to carry the spirit of Meeting for Worship into business meetings, there may be a need for the meeting to discuss the issue again, perhaps in a special query. Penn Valley Meeting welcomed with enthusiasm Cathy Gardner into membership after hearing her inspirational letter and the report of the clearness committee. First Day School needs a table and chairs for use upstairs for younger children. Program Committee invites all to the after meet- ing farewell for Genia Simmons, who is moving to Texas, on October 29. You could bring a KC item, something for jewelry making, and/or a nice card as a token of remembrance. The House & Upkeep Committee is shopping for a new electric stove which should be installed soon in the kitchen. Peace & Social Concerns Committee: In another well written and detailed report, its Clerk presented a certificate for PVM's membership in Move-up, expressed concern about atten- dance at meetings and the committee relationship to the meeting as a whole. Other: PVM approved $50 to be taken from the VOPS fund per a request from the Western Missouri Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. The request for contact with a prisoner in the US Penitentiary in Leavenworth will be turned over to the Peace & Social Concerns Committee.