Interim Meeting Agenda
October 23, 2003
Arch Street Meeting House
6:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. for dinner)

1. Worship & Opening Exercises

2. Continuing Business

Report of ad-hoc group to review annual PYM donations to outside organizations

Beginning of discussion requested by Annual Sessions Planning Group

We will break into small groups (10-12 people) to discuss the following questions:

Other Yearly Meetings use their annual gathering not just as a time to do business, but as a
time to offer spiritual nourishment and community building to all ages.

What needs would we like our annual gathering to meet for our community?

How can we create experiences that meet these needs?

Referrals from the called session on Oct. 11, 2003

5) We recommend that Interim Meeting help the quarterly meetings find ways to bring Nominating Committee up to its full complement of members. This will be necessary for Nominating Committee to play a role in developing future leadership for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and to fully carry out the responsibilities in the next recommendation. (This is repeated under Quarterly Meeting considerations.)

6) We recommend that Nominating Committee not only provide a much bigger pool of names to standing committees for working groups, but that it also nominate clerks and assistant clerks of standing committees for appointment by Interim Meeting. This will enable the Nominating Committee to be more effective in developing future leadership for standing committees and other parts of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

7) We recommend that Interim Meeting give prompt and prayerful consideration to the place of the Meeting on Worship and Ministry within the yearly meeting. Some Friends feel that it has been diminished by being placed under the Worship and Care Standing Committee. We feel its mission is fully raised up in Faith and Practice (2002 ed., p. 199).

General Services Standing Committee

Review of new Chace guidelines (Call Connie if you need hard copies sent to you. They were sent out in June and are on the web.)
Report from Elizabeth Foley about Friends who left recent bequests

Arrangements for child care must be made by Thursday, October 16 .
Call Helen File at 215-627-2667.

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