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2008-2009 Meetings Annual Retreat Business meeting February 8, 2009 Business meeting April 14, 2009 April 26, 2009 May 10, 2009 May 12, 2009 May 21, 2009 Peace Talks- Foreign Policy
and Our peace demonstrations May 24, 2009 June 14, 2009 June 21, 2009 Solar Cookoff Peace and Justice Notes from meeting on Opening prayer – Margy used a prayer
found in a Ravensbrück bunkhouse at the end of WWII. Patricia acknowledged Margy for the very
successful Election Forum on First Annual Margaret Parker Memorial Lecture
Series – The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori will speak at The Wall in Human Rights Group – Wanda
and Hal – They suggested that we put a list of Fair Trade eating establishments together. It would entail all of us asking at places we patronize re: coffee.
The topic of Microloans by the Rev. Bob Cornner was suggested for our January Tuesday meeting. A Bread for the World speaker (Holly Hite) has been booked for Nov. 11th in the chapel, sponsored with SCIC. Volunteers for publicity,
set-up, etc. are needed. Environmental Group – Gene Hassan
– no meeting yet. Suggested that it combine with Earth Day in April. Crisis Response Group – Laurie
Dodson – power was given to this group to make decisions re: a crisis. This
would include announcements, bulletins/flyers, etc. The Episcopal Public Policy
Network website was suggested for current information. SCI C ad – Hal -- $100. A ½ page ad for the SCIC program of Budget – Laurie – Currently
we have $1073.01 in our account. This includes $367.50 from Rev. Mike’s
bike ride. Our current and coming expenses include $100 for the SCIC ad, $200
for Amir Hussain on 11-23-08, $35 for table at Holiday Bazaar, ordination gifts for Mike and Dina, bus supplement for Margaret
Parker Lecture Series, repayment to Wanda for books, DVDs, etc, membership in Episcopal Peace Foundation, and our holiday
party. In view of the projected surplus of almost $500, we agreed to set aside
up to $400 to pay any shortfall for the bus expenses for the Margaret Parker Lecture. Email your Tuesday evening ideas to Patricia
and Dan. We also explored the possibility of a mid-year
P&J leadership meeting to see if we are on track with the goals we set for ourselves at our retreat and to plot out our
activities for the remainder of the year. This meeting would take place some
time in January or early February and will be announced at a later date. Meeting closed with prayer.
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Peace
and Justice Mid-Year Evaluation Saturday,
February 07, 2009 10:00
AM Agenda: o Review of goals set at the retreat
& progress to date §
P&J
Pamphlet §
Peace
and Justice Member Roster §
Peace
Demonstrations · · · Veterans’ issues §
Monthly
Social/Educational Gatherings §
Fair
Trade Promotion (ECW Bazaar and SCIC) §
Prayers
around the Peace Pole §
Peace
and Justice Bulletin Board §
Election
Programs §
Crisis
Team Response §
Micro-Lending §
Solar
Cookers Project §
Environmental
Projects §
Sunday
Business Meeting Format §
§
Peace
and Justice Quotes §
Annual
Assessment/Retreat §
Promotion
of the Professor Amir Hussein Lecture §
Develop
procedures for taking on new projects §
Building
homes (e.g., Corazon, ?) §
Margaret
Parker Lecture Series §
CROP
Walk – Is someone willing to coordinate it? o Do we want to re-visit any of
our goals? o Planning for activities through
August §
August
Retreat §
Book
Study §
CROP
Walk §
Earth
Day Program §
2nd
Tuesday meetings · February 10th “It’s
Time for Action” · March 10th Solar Cookers? · April 14th “ · May 12th, June 9th
& July 14th ? o Possible New Projects §
Episcopal
Community Federal Credit Union (Ricardo) §
Bread
for the World follow-up §
Amani ya Juu Project (Paul Lawson) §
Protesting the
‘Gestapo-like fence’ between the U.S and §
PRISM,
Restorative Justice Speaker, Dennis Gibbs, Prison Chaplain (Dina Ferguson) §
Micro-lending
Opportunities · FINCA · KIVA · ERD §
Episcopal
Peace Fellowship funding commitment · We are in Year 2 of a $900 commitment
· P&J contributed $300 in Year
1 ($100 from P&J funds allotment and $200 from individual donations) · 5. Edwin’s
comments on keeping options open · Attendees: · Patsy Brierly, Patricia Terry, Mike Olsen, Edwin Kampmann, Pat Woolley,
Dan Wilson, Laurie Dodson, Hal Hurst, Jeanne Mannings, Diane Margrave, Dina Ferguson, and Ricardo Reznichek · Opening:
· The Mid Year Evaluation meeting of the Peace and Justice Community at St
Cross was called to order with prayer at 10:08am on February, 7, 2009 in Parker Hall by Patricia Terry. · Discussion: o Patricia presented an overview of what
we have been involved in so far since the last August retreat (listed above). She
also led a discussion of tentative calendar of events for the remainder of the year as well as a draft of the brochure
for final approval. o The Margaret Parker Lecture Series §
Jeanne
Manning briefed the group that thought is being given to the possibility of the Margaret Parker Lecture Series being part
of the upcoming General Convention and if that is not possible the 2009 Diocesan Convention.
§
Dan
Wilson moved that we approach the clergy to move the responsibility of the series to "The Friends of Margaret Parker" (FOMP).
Ricardo seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. Peace and Justice will remain committed to the project financially
and as volunteers but the actual coordination of the event would go through FOMP. o CROP WALK §
It
will be on Saturday, April 25th starting at §
Coordinators
Meeting on March 8th §
Margy
Harrell and Cheryl Proval have agreed to take on the leadership of this project with regard to P&J. §
There
is a new idea to make this a church-wide event (rather than an event sponsored primarily by P&J) by soliciting participation
of other groups within the church (ie; Youth Group, J2A, St. Claire's Guild, the Seniors Group, Men's Fellowship, etc), and
by making this more of a "church picnic' type of event on the day of the walk. o PEACE DEMONSTRATION §
Discussion
ensued as to whether or not we want to continue these events and/or the establishment
of a committee to figure out a new way to approach this issue. §
Hal
moved that we change the day of the demonstrations to the last Thursday of the month. Laurie seconded the motion and the resolution
was passed. §
What
will be the main focus of these demonstrations? · Hal moved to schedule a meeting
to discuss the focus of demonstrations one week prior to the next demonstration. First focus meeting will be the 2/19/09 at
6:30pm, and the first Thursday demonstration will be on 2/26/09 at 5:00pm.
Seconded my Dan Wilson. Motion was passed unanimously. · Possible focus topics for discussion
could be o 2ND TUESDAYS §
'It's
Time For Action' is our next program on February 10 · Bread for the World · Response to · Subverting Hatred study · Micro-lending §
March
topic at this time is Solar Cookers (but it is now up in the air) §
Discussion
ensued on whether or not we should change the day for these events §
Motion
by Hal to change the day to Thursdays for these meetings starting in May, seconded and carried. §
April
Meeting will stay as is on 4/14 §
After
that, the next Thursday evening meetings will be on May 21, June 18 and then on hiatus during the summer o §
Motion
by Patsy to proceed with original plan to use the dvd of 'Constantine's Sword'
on 2nd Tuesday in April, and further that the Book Committee (with Dan) will work out a
possible 3 to 4 week program for study of the book culminating with a possible "Service of Reconciliation" with Temple
Shalom. Motion carried. o SOLAR COOKERS §
Hal
presented a summarization of his concerns on the project (basically asking . . . 'do
they work?'). Invitation has gone out to Jewish World Watch to present the Solar Cooker issue during a meeting some time
this summer. This presentation will address how cookers might help the people of o Pamphlet §
Patsy
promoted group discussion regarding edits and changes to the pamphlet in order to make it available at the 'Newcomers Brunch' tomorrow (Sunday) at St. Cross Church. Changes
were suggested on how to make the pamphlet even more "readable". This is an ongoing
effort so changes can be made in the future if and when necessary. It will be
available at the new comers brunch on Sunday. · New
Business o Prism §
Patricia
and Dina brought up the possibility Inviting Dennis Gibbs to give a talk and possible sermon at St Cross regarding the issue.
Mike suggested that this is something we need to bring to the attention of the Rachel. Dan and Mike were 'volunteered'
to meet with Rachel when she gets back from vacation, and Patricia also volunteered to be a part of that discussion. §
It
was suggested that Dan and Patricia should meet with Dennis prior to a meeting with Rachel to determine what would be the
expectation of such a venture if we did invite Rev. Gibbs to speak (prayer support for the prisoners and their families, educational,
tying this ministry to our Christian commitment, volunteering?, etc). Dan and
Patricia to follow up with Dennis. · Agenda
for Next Meeting · Micro-Lending · Credit Union · Amani ya Juu Project (Paul Lawson) · Agenda for this 2nd Tuesday · Topic for 2nd Tuesday meeting in March · Bring back Fair Trade Chocolate? · Edwin's comments · Earth Day Adjournment: Meeting
was adjourned at 12:29pm by Patricia. The next general meeting will be after the 10AM Service in Guild Room. Ricardo led us in a closing prayer Minutes
submitted by: Dan Wilson
Minutes Regular
P&J Meeting Sunday, February 08,
2009 11:30 AM Agenda: · Annual Retreat · Episcopal Peace Fellowship · Micro lending · March Second Tuesday · Edwin's' comments · Episcopal Community Federal
Credit Union · Amani ya Juu Project
(Paul Lawson) · Earth Day · Crop Wallk · Fair Trade Chocolate Attendees: Edwin Kampmann, Diane Margrave,
Patricia Terry, Chris Angelo, Hal Hurst, Cheryl Proval, Susan Tucker, Laurie Dodson, Ricardo Reznichek, Gene Hassan, Jean
Mannings, Patsy Brierly and Mary-Margaret Hurst Opening: The regular meeting of the
[name of organization/committee] was called to order at 1:32am on 2/8/09 in the Guild Room by Patricia Terry . Approval of Agenda
n/a Approval of Minutes n/a Open Issues 1) Patricia re-capped what was
accomplished in our meeting from yesterday, 2/7. a) Cheryl Proval endorsed decision
made yesterday on how we'd like to handle CROP Walk this year. This is good because Cheryl is Co-Chair for this event in 2009 b) Peace demonstration on 4th
Thursday of every month i) Re-thinking the focus of the
our message (meeting scheduled for 2/19 at 6:30pm to discuss) c) 2nd Tuesday meetings changing in May to "Thursday Night Live" (tentative
new name) i) May meeting scheduled for
5/21 at 6:30pm d) i) Showing dvd on 2nd Tuesday
in April ii) Book committee to set up a
curriculum for a book study after the film is showed (1) Committee to meet sometime the beginning of March
to coordinate e) Inviting f) Jewish World Watch to present
Solar Cooker Project to us and congregation in a 5th Sunday type event (date to
be determined, but probably end of May or early June). Solar Cooker demonstration tentatively scheduled the 6/21 Father's
Day Brunch g) PRISM Restorative Justice i) Possible link with P and J
being explored by Patricia, Dan and Mike Olsen New Business
1. Edwin's Comments a) We shouldn’t rush to
commit ourselves to long term projects b) Be flexible c) Linkage with local churches
and organizations i) Holy Trinity (Environmental
Change Makers) ii) St Georges (Social Justice
and Classical Music) 2) Annual Retreat a) Susan Tucker to act as chair
to organize the retreat b) Timing will be sometime in
August, probably within the last two weekends of the month before Labor Day c) Those people interested in
going should let Susan know of any conflicts for the last two weekends in August 3) Episcopal Community Federal
Credit Union a) Ricardo presented this as
a local "micro-lending" opportunity b) Possibility of bringing in
a representative from the credit union to educate the congregation during another 5th Sunday opportunity 4) Amani ya Juu Project
(Paul Lawson) i) Fair Trade opportunity ii) Folk art/crafts from iii) Support them through the
ECW Bazaar in November iv) Buying on consignment
from v) Fair Trade committee to
research how we can become more involved vi) Patricia Terry and Patsy
Brierlyvolunteered to take the lead on this (1) Talk to Paul Lawson, Jane Affonso and Margy
Harrell vii) Bring back FAIR TRADE CHOCOLATE!!!! (1) Looking for chocolate taste testers to get
coordinate (need someone to take the lead) 5) April 22nd is Earth Day! a) Gene Hassan on the environment i) 'Think Globally, act locally' ii) "5 things that we can
do for the environment" iii) Recycling iv) Planning for the sewer
system v) Use March 2nd Tuesday to organize the Earth Day event (March 10th) Adjournment:
Meeting was adjourned in prayer
at 12:33pm by Dan. The next general meeting will be at 6:30PM on 2/11 in The Guild Room. Minutes submitted by: Dan
Wilson
Minutes P&J
Meeting Sunday, February 22,
2009 11:34 AM Agenda: · Peace Demonstration · 2nd Tuesday
Meetings · CROP Walk · Earth Day · Jewish World
Watch Speaker · Solar Cooker
Cook-off · Annual Retreat Attendees: Gene Hassan,
Wanda Arcos, Mary Malone, Diane Margrave, Tom Malone, Ricardo Reznichek, Chris Deangelo, Edwin Kampmann, Patricia Terry, Margie Harrell, Laurie Dodson, Dan Wilson and Jean Mannings Opening: The meeting was called to order
with opening prayer at 11:41 on 2/22/09 by Wanda . Open Issues · Peace Demonstration · Changed to
last Thursday of the month · February 16
is next demonstration · Discussed
the new focus · The thought
expressed by Tom was that we should not focus on our troops fighting in · March 10 2nd
Tuesday we will have two speakers on local environment issues · Angela Mason,
Environment Manager for · Jeff Newman,
State of · April 14 2nd
Tuesday showing the film ' · Susan Tucker
needs to schedule Book Study committee meeting to discuss possible four week program to discuss the book with group at large · May 21st 2nd
Tuesday tentative meeting topic to continue discussion on where we are with foreign policy and perhaps modifying once
again the focus of Peace Demonstration · Crop Walk
· Sunday Bulletin
announcement · Margy talked
about plans to involve entire St. Cross Community · P&J to
support 110% · Earth Day · Is Sunday,
April 26 · Gene Hassan
to coordinate §
Focus on what we can do locally to help improve he environment · Solar Cookers
Jewish World Watch · Speaker in June 7, 2009 to talk about Solar Cooker ·
Fathers Day June 21, 2009 have a Solar Cooker Cook-off as part of the FD brunch · · Ricardo has
contacted to Fr Paul regarding our having a speaker come from the CU come on a Sunday to talk about why we should participate
. No actual date set New Business · Mary Malone
bringing Lutheran Coffee for possible tasting on March 10 · Crisis management · Laurie Dodson
has an idea to post job opportunities for people recently laid off §
Discussion about how to go about this as the church does not want to sponsor or promote any particular organization
searching for employees. Laurie to follow up with clergy · Bread for
the World §
Patricia contacted Fr Mike isn't sure whether it would work to have the congregation
writing letters during a Sunday morning liturgy §
Waiting to see if Bread for the World's materials will include suggestions
on who to do the letter offerings ·
Peace and Justice will continue to support the Margaret Parker Speaker Series · Margie Harrell
working to set a meeting for the very near future with FOMP · PRISM · Patricia called
Dennis Gibbs, Executive Director of PRISM but has not heard back from him regarding the Prison Ministries project · Patricia in
touch with several folks regarding possible Well Fundraising project · More to come
on that subject Agenda for Next
Meeting We will have presentations on KIVA and the well fundraising project on March 8, at our next meeting. Adjournment: Meeting was
adjourned in prayer at 12:58 by Wanda. The next general meeting will be at 11:30am on March 8, 2009 in Parker Hall. Minutes submitted
by: Dan Wilson
Sunday, March 08, 2009 11:28 AM Agenda: 1.
The Peace and Justice
Bulletin Board 2.
The KIVA micro-lending
program - Wanda Arco 3.
A Walk/Run/Bike-a-thon
to raising program to build a well in Africa - Patricia Terry 4.
The Monthly Peace
Demonstration - Dan Wilson 5.
Proposal to View
an Afghanistan Film for June Evening Program - Patricia Terry 6.
Bread for the World
Offering Letter/Bread Baking Project - Hal Hurst and Wanda Arco 7.
March 10th Evening
Program on Local Environmental Issues - Wanda Arco 8.
Episcopal Peace
Fellowship Pledge Collection - Patricia Terry Attendees: Edwin Kampmann, Margie Harrell, Patricia Terry, Gene
Hassan, Chris Deangelo, Wanda Arcos, Ricardo Reznichek Jane Affonso, Laura Giesel, Patsy Brierley and Jean
Mannings Opening: The regular meeting of the Peace and Justice Community
was called to order with prayer (song)at 11:40am on March 8, 2009 by Margie Harrell in The Guild Room. Approval of Agenda n/a Approval of Minutes n/a Open Issues 1. Margie brought up the subject of organizing a work day for P and J to update the bulletin board
and to clean up our portion of The Guild Room. More to come on that from Margie 2. Wanda and Akiva Micro lending 3.
Patricia brought up the idea of
P&J sponsoring an annual Bike-a-Thon to raise money for ERD to build a well in Africa 4.
Dan brought up the subject of
whether or not we wish to continue the monthly peace demonstrations due to the seeming lack of interest 5. Wanda
talked about Bread for the World
i. No letter writing during the regular liturgy
ii. 'Letter writing kit'
is being mailed to the church that will help us come up with our plan of action on how to proceed with this campaign
iii. Baking bread to sell to the congregation as a way to promote
what we are doing 1. Tentative dates are March 28 and April 18 to sell whatever
we bake the following Sunday 6.
March 10th "Second Tuesday"
i. Need space heaters need to be moved after this meeting
ii. Wanda being trained on the lap top for the presentation on Environmental presentation
iii. Need a good turn out
iv. Margie will be the moderator of the meeting on Tuesday 7. EPF commitment
i. So far we have $145.00 towards the $300.00 commitment
ii. More dollars collected at the meeting which seems to be enough for this year's
commitment
iii. Anything we raise this year over the $300 commitment will be put into our account
to be used for P&J activities 8.
Annual retreat will be, tentatively,
on August 21 and 22 at the Cathedral Center 9.
Episcopal Credit Union
i. Rep will come to St Cross on May 3rd to present the ECU to
the congregation to encourage participation
New Business Agenda for Next Meeting None provided at the time of this writing Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at12:42PM
by Patricia Terry. The next general meeting will be at11:30AM on March 22, 2009 in The Guild Room. Minutes submitted by: Dan Wilson
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