8 February Susan
15 February Rick
22 February Helen B
29 February Carol Leigh
7 March Kathy
14 March Mona
21 March Ray
28 March Ian
4 April Betty F
11 April Tamara
18 April Darlene
25 April Jean
2 May Ruth
9 May Richard D-C
16 May Dick
23 May Janis
30 May John
6 June Don
13 June Robbie
20 June Helen P
27 June Christina
4 July Betty
11 July Louise
18 July Andy
Diana Shepard
1103-270 Cardigan St.
Guelph, ON N1H 7B6
The Camp NeeKauNis programme for the summer of 2004 has some crucial gaps which need filling, or we will have to cancel one or two programmes.
At present we have no directors for either Teen Education and Work Camp (teens 15 and up) or Intermediate Camp (teens 13 and 14). We have a possibility for Teen Education and Work Camp, but it's by no means a sure thing. These are both challenging camps, but rewarding ones as well, and there are experienced support staff available to assist whoever takes on the directing.
There is a search committee, composed of Paul Sheardown
We are looking for mature, firm, compassionate Friends who work well with young people. They would need interim director training which I can provide at Committee Meeting time (May 29th weekend) or per arrangement. Please put your minds to this need; think of people in our or any other Meeting in Ontario who might be able to take this on. Consider it yourself! Send any ideas or names to any of the above-mentioned Friends and we will make the contacts.
WE DO NEED WHATEVER HELP WE CAN GET. Please don't disregard this message assuming someone else will come up with the ideas. Give it some thought. It won't be the end of the world if we have to cancel a programme at NeeKauNis, but it would be pretty unpopular!
Mary Ellen McNish will discuss strategies of, challenges to, and
successes from the U.S. peace movement since September 11, including the critical role played by Quakers and other people of faith and the
continuing importance of the international community in holding the
United States accountable for its actions.
Founded by Quakers in 1917, the American Friends Service Committee
carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs
throughout the world. AFSC's work is based on the Quaker belief in the
worth of every person and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice. In 1947, AFSC, and the British Friends Service Council, accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of all Quakers.
This event is hosted by the Canadian Friends Service Committee, the peace and justice organization of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Canada. For more information, contact CFSC at 416-920-5213.
In the December, 2003 newsletter, we provided brief descriptions of HMM
committees to encourage each of you to think about committees in which
you may have an interest. In this newsletter, we highlight Canadian
Yearly Meeting (CYM) committees and related bodies. As you will see, HMM is well-represented on these national groups. We hope you will also
consider whether you might be interested in being nominated to one of
these.
Nominating Committee is asked to ascertain the interests, abilities and
willingness of attenders and members to serve in the work of the Meeting. The information that has appeared in the newsletter is now posted in the Meeting House along with an interest profile which you may wish to fill out. Nominating Committee will be contacting you early in the next weeks to discuss committees in which you may have a leaning. From this information, Nominating Committee will compile a list of nominations to present to M4W4B.
Hamilton Monthly Meeting's Rep is Dick Preston
What's involved in Representative Meeting? Well, here's one way to look
at it... how would you like to travel twice a year to a welcoming Ontario Meeting where you will be housed graciously and fed abundantly, get to meet Friends from across the country - Saanich Peninsula to Wolfville -, experience the joy of Canada-wide spiritual connections, keep up-to-date and informed on Quaker issues beyond our local Meeting, give Hamilton Meeting its national voice, and make an important contribution to the functioning of Yearly Meeting?
These are the rewards of serving both Hamilton Monthly Meeting and
Canadian Yearly Meeting as a Representative to Representative Meeting
(RM). RM is not a standing committee of Canadian Yearly Meeting (CYM);
unlike those, it is made up of representatives from every Monthly Meeting across the country, as well as the clerks of the standing committees, CYM, and RM. It meets twice a year, in November and May, and acts as "Yearly Meeting out of session", conducting business of three main types: business of an urgent nature that arises between sessions, business referred to it explicitly by CYM in session, and financial business.
Travel to RM is funded by CYM, although if you can afford to pay your own way then you are encouraged to donate back the cost of your travel and obtain a charitable donation receipt for income tax.
Representatives should be members of the Religious Society of Friends,
but other than that there are no special qualifications. A Rep should be prepared to carry the Meeting's responses to YM/RM issues to the meetings and to report back to the Monthly Meeting, so a familiarity with the concerns and feelings of Hamilton Friends is important.
Term is five years and is once-renewable. I have found the RM experience to be a thoroughly delightful one. Yes, the meetings themselves are often long and demanding, but they are full of humour and very Quakerly in process and frequently include moments of great spiritual satisfaction and friendship. I treasure the friends I've made from other Meetings; I value my increased awareness of Quakers in the wider world and better understanding of CYM's work; I love the chance to worship in other Meetings and to stay in the homes of Friends elsewhere.
Clerk: Georgette Kreher (Toronto MM).
HMM's representatives are John Milton, Betty and Dick Preston, Kris
Wilson-Yang and Beverly Shepard.
What is involved in Camp NeeKauNis Committee? This standing committee of Canadian Yearly Meeting (CYM) may have the most fun of all who serve the CYM. We meet three times a year, twice of those occasions at Camp
NeeKauNis itself. (Those two meetings, in the fall and late spring, are
weekend occasions. The other is on a January Saturday.) NeeKauNis is a
beautiful, spirit-filled place on the shore of Sturgeon Bay, part of
Georgian Bay, between Midland and Orillia. It is the only established
Quaker Camp in Canada. The Committee is responsible for all aspects of
running Camp, from finding directors for the various programmes to
raising funds to get the dining hall foundation repaired to putting in a new floor or new roof ourselves. As a result, we welcome visitors to the committee meetings that take place at Camp, since there is much to be done in the way of joyful physical labour, as well as much prayerful
consideration of issues and needs.
As for other CYM committees, the term is three years and is
once-renewable. (And then after a year you can go back on again. Most
people keep coming as visitors during their year off and you can't even
tell when they're not members!) All members are drawn from an area within reasonable driving distance of Camp, because we need a large committee and we need everyone to come, so we keep expenses down. At NKN Committee meeting you will grow to know and love Friends from all over Ontario and experience with them the joy of building a beloved place together.
Tamara Fleming is HMM's representative to CFSC.
Founded in 1931, Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC) is the peace, social justice and international development committee of CYM. Its mandate is to unify and expand the peace, social, and international
service concerns of Friends in Canada.
Members of CFSC are from across Canada and are appointed by CYM. In
addition to work of common concern to all of CFSC, members also serve on one of four standing committees: Peace and National Concerns Committee (PNCC), International Committee (IC), Quaker Aboriginal Affairs Committee (QAAC), and Quaker Committee for Jails and Justice (QCJJ). PNCC addresses refugee, peace, ecology, economics and human rights issues through the lens of the Peace Testimony. QAAC works in solidarity with Indigenous peoples to secure their rights regionally, nationally, and internationally. IC supports development projects that enable people to help themselves, are appropriate to local conditions, and respect the environment. QCJJ works through education, political action, and direct service activities toward the abolition of prisons and their replacement by Restorative Justice models. CFSC has one full-time and four part-time employees.
Tamara Fleming of HMM serves on CFSC and is Clerk of PNCC. Mona Callin is just completing many years of service on CFSC as Personnel Clerk
(previously Clerk of CFSC). Jenn Howe is staff for Aboriginal Affairs.
Pete Cross is on Finance Committee (and past Treasurer). Rick McCutcheon is a former Coordinator of CFSC. You might want to have a discussion with one of these Friends about CFSC and whether membership is right for you.
You can also contact the CFSC office and ask the Clerk if you can attend the next Meeting as a guest. We welcome your inquiry! CFSC, 60 Lowther Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5R 1C7, CANADA. Tel: 416-920-5213
Home Mission and Advancement Committee (HMAC) has four main functions:
HMAC has two scheduled meetings per year, although we are working toward replacing one meeting with telecommunications. Ideally, we should have ten regular members, each able to give 2-3 hours per week on average to challenging work.
Clerk: Jean Dean, Kingston
We review grant requests for the interest income from the Fund set up
since 1955 and welcome new contributions. We confine our support to
projects under the care of wider Friends bodies overseas that are:
Clerk: Marilyn Thomas (Coldstream MM)
Our work consists of writing and revising sections of Organization and Procedure as directed by Canadian Yearly Meeting and of generally reviewing CYM Discipline to ensure that it is correct and reflects current practice.
Much of our work is done by correspondence except for two meetings each
year - a full day meeting in the spring, and a shorter meeting at the
beginning of the week of CYM in August.
A member of Discipline Review Committee should be a Friend with a good
understanding of Quaker process, sensitive to current practices and
changes in them, and with the interest and skills to cooperate in the
writing and editing required. Preferably the Friend attends Yearly
Meeting since this is where the proposed changes are discussed.
Clerk: Ellen Pye (Vancouver MM)
This committee has the responsibility of supporting our Quaker
representatives to other religious organizations such as Canadian Council of Churches and inter-church coalitions. It seeks to assist Yearly Meeting to respond to interfaith and ecumenical concerns.
The 9 members are selected in three sections: western, central and
eastern Canada; these sections arrange their own meetings and meet once a year with a representative from each section.
The main areas of activity described in Organization and Procedure are:
Clerk: Susan Stevenson (Vernon MM, Prince George WG)
We are 5 people, giving regional representation across Canada. It is our job to know what gifts and availability are needed in the committees and who is available to serve, balancing many interests and priorities as best we can. We meet once, in the spring. Attendance at YM is very important.
The clerk compiles and sends a nominations package to all the Monthly
Meetings in December or January, and collects the responses. Committee
members are in touch with the Meetings in their region in early in the
year when nominations are being considered by the Monthly Meetings. We
meet over a weekend, usually in late March, to compile a list of names
and review vacancies. We do much conferring over the telephone to try to fill all the spots. Our nominations are finalized at YM and presented to the Delegates Meeting.
We consult by phone at other times regarding vacancies that come up
during the year. One member, usually the clerk, reports to Representative Meeting spring and fall.
Clerk: Beverly Brown Jackson (Pelham Ex M, St Catharines)
Records Committee is responsible for the care of the Archives of Canadian Yearly Meeting, its predecessors, and the records of local meetings deposited in the Archives, and to make them accessible to researchers. The Arthur Garret Dorland Friends Historical Research Collection forms an integral part of the Archives.
Records Committee has four members, mainly from Ontario, and two
corresponding members, preferably from Atlantic and Western Canada. The
Yearly Meeting Archivist is an ex-officio member. Committee meetings are usually held in April and October at Pickering College, Newmarket, where the CYM Archives are located. Assistance from Committee members to work with the Archivist on specific projects at any time during the year is welcome, but not mandatory. Both regular and corresponding members are encouraged to see that records of their home meetings are well kept and either originals or copies are deposited in the Archives from time to time. The Committee works closely with the Canadian Friends Historical Association.
Clerk: Catharine Schulmann (Vernon MM, Lilloet BC)
RE committee meets once a year in person, usually in October at Friends
House, Toronto. Twice a year, in April and June, we use conference calls to conduct our business. Our committee consists of 6 people, who should come from different regions of the country.
RE's vision is to care for the religious education needs of all members
and attenders of CYM. To this end, we maintain a Children's and an
Adults' travelling library, and we send resources across the country, to those who ask to borrow them. We write two columns for The Canadian
Friend, "Growing" and "Meeting for Learning". Members of the committee
take turns with this.
Each RE member takes on a number of Meetings to contact, and with whom to communicate, sending help and support where needed.
Although we are very interested in Adult Education, most of our work
focuses on children, and First Day Schools across the country. Our
largest task is the organization and implementation of the Youth
Programme at Yearly Meeting. Committee members usually coordinate the
programme, and others take on the job of Group Leader for the different
age groups.
Readiness to work with and learn from children of all ages is an asset.
Planning children's, and adults' programmes needs organizational skills, curiosity, and communication skills. This committee is a good place to learn about what is available in terms of curricula and resources for First Day School teaching and Discussion Group leading, and also a good place to use these resources in order to become a resource yourself.
Clerk: Jay Cowsill (Prairie MM)
Programme Committee serves as a planning and oversight committee for
the annual sessions of Canadian Yearly Meeting. Responsibilities/tasks
include
The Committee meets twice yearly, once at Yearly Meeting in August and
once in December at or near the site of the next year's gathering.
Representative Meeting and Finance Committee have recently approved
financial support (travel and accommodation) for Programme Committee
members to attend both meetings.
Continuing Meeting of Ministry and counsel is charged with spiritual
nurture of meetings and pastoral care of members. It has also tackled
contemporary ethical problems with which Meetings and individuals are
faced. In recent years, Continuing Meeting has helped guide yearly
meeting in its deliberations on appointment of ministers and chaplains,
has visited the topic of marriage (in particular, the still unresolved
question of same sex unions) and recently has put a great deal of energy into development of guidelines addressing the issues of sexual harassment and protection of children.
Clerks: Nori Sinclair and Katie Vaux (Wolfville NB MM)
We have our own YM structure, with Treasurer, Nominating Committee and
editors of an occasional newsletter, the Sporadical. See www.quaker.ca for more information.
Clerk: Harry Roper (New Brunswick MM)
The Epistle summarizing committee "annually summarizes the Epistles
received by Canadian Yearly Meeting from other Yearly Meetings around
the world and presents the summary to the Yearly Meeting session.
CYM nominates representatives to other bodies:
Meeting received two requests recently from individuals looking for accommodation or work.
They are in their early 70s and expect to pay their own way. I expect
others will invite them to Neekaunis and to Yearly Meeting. If anyone in Hamilton MM wishes to host them, I can give you contact info.
Newman, Daisy. THE AUTUMN'S BRIGHTNESS
Cronk, Sondra. PEACE BE WITH YOU; A STUDY OF THE SPIRITUAL BASIS OF THE FRIENDS PEACE TESTIMONY
Morse, David. THE IRON BRIDGE
FRIENDS IN CIVILIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: QUAKER CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS IN WORLD WAR II LOOK BACK AND LOOK AHEAD
THE QUAKER WAY
Abbott, Margery Post. A CERTAIN KIND OF PERFECTION: AN ANTHOLOGY
Bacon M., et al. FOR EMANCIPATION AND EDUCATION
Awbury Arboretum Association, 1997, History
Loring, Patricia. LISTENING SPIRITUALITY: VOLUMES 1&2 , PERSONAL SPIRITUAL PRACTICES AMONG FRIENDS
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: QUAKER WOMEN'S WRITINGS 1650-1700
Bryant, J. F. LUCRETIA MOTT: A GUIDING LIGHT
Dale, Jonathan. BEYOND THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE: QUAKER SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Damrosch, Leo. THE SORROWS OF THE QUAKER JESUS: JAMES NAYLER AND THE PURITAN CRACKDOWN ON THE FREE SPIRIT
QUAKERS ON THE MOVE: A STORYBOOK OF QUAKER HISTORY FROM 1652 TO TODAY
Allen, Richard. YOURS IN FRIENDSHIP: AN OPEN LETTER TO ENQUIRERS
Freiday, Dean. SPEAKING AS A FRIEND
Barclay, 1995, Spirituality
Gwyn, Douglas. THE COVENANT CRUCIFIED: QUAKERS AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM
QUAKERS
Cobblestone, 1995, Y non-fiction
Bacon, Margaret Hope ed. WILT THOU GO ON MY ERRAND?
Snyder, E. F. WITNESS IN WASHINGTON: FIFTY YEARS OF FRIENDLY PERSUASION
Cromer, Mary Leonhard. STORIES FOR JASON: TALES OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Olmstead, Sterling. MOTIONS OF LOVE: WOOLMAN AS MYSTIC AND ACTIVIST
Wilson, Lloyd Lee. ESSAYS ON THE QUAKER VISION OF GOSPEL ORDER
Beatty, Patricia. WHO COMES WITH CANNONS?
Dowers, Jeffrey S. LEVI COFFIN: A FRIEND TO THE SLAVES
Taber, William. FOUR DOORS TO MEETING FOR WORSHIP
Farnham, Susan et al. LISTENING HEARTS: DISCERNING CALL IN COMMUNITY
Hadley, H. M. QUAKERS WORLDWIDE; A HISTORY OF FRIENDS WORLD COMMITTEE FOR CONSULTATION
Kolp, Alan. FRESH WINDS OF THE SPIRIT
Sawyer, Kem K. LUCRETIA MOTT: FRIEND OF JUSTICE
Sharman, Cecil. GEORGE FOX AND THE QUAKERS
Brock, Peter. THE QUAKER PEACE TESTIMONY, 1660-1914
Newby, James R. ELTON TRUEBLOOD: BELIEVER, TEACHER AND FRIEND
Punshon, John. TESTIMONY AND TRADITION; SOME ASPECTS OF QUAKER SPIRITUALITY
Spears, Joanne. FRIENDLY BIBLE STUDY
Better Than the Headlines Tell You: Prospects for the U.S. Peace Movement
Most Canadians only hear bad news about the United States. Come hear some of the much lacking good news about citizens seeking to take back their country.Better Than the Headlines Tell You: Prospects for the U.S. Peace Movement
A presentation and discussion with
Mary Ellen McNish,
General Secretary
American Friends Service Committee
Saturday February 28th
7:30 pm
Toronto Friends House
60 Lowther Avenue (2 blk. N. of Bedford exit of St. George subway)Meeting for Worship for Business - Sunday, February 1, 2004
Minutes can be found here or from the Newsletters page.
A SECOND Message from Nominating Committee
Submitted by Andy Muller, Robbie McGregor and Harriet WoodsideThe Standing Committees of Canadian Yearly Meeting (CYM)
Representative Meeting
Submitted by Beverly Shepherd, ClerkCamp NeeKauNis Committee
Submitted by Beverly ShepardCanadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC)
Submitted by Jane Orion Smith, General SecretaryHome Mission and Advancement Committee
Submitted by Bert Horwood, Clerk
We are greatly helped by Monthly Meetings which take on some of these
functions for us (e.g. Ottawa MM houses the Book Service, Thousand
Islands MM supports the Pamphlet Editorial Board).Canadian Friends Foreign Missionary Board
Submitted by Ian Graham
The members review requests selected by the Clerk from those coming
directly overseas or via CYM office. Members are also encouraged to
suggest projects to the Clerk. Documentation is circulated ahead of
annual meeting in Feb/March. Travel expenses are paid for members.Discipline Review Committee
Submitted by Ian GrahamEcumenical Committee
Submitted by Ian GrahamNominating Committee
Submitted by Ian GrahamRecords Committee
Submitted by Ian GrahamReligious Education Committee
Submitted by Ian GrahamYearly Meeting Program Committee
Submitted by Ian Graham
Programme Committee also acts as a coordinating body for the different
groups who have responsibility for the various components of the Yearly
Meeting sessions.Other Groups within Canadian Yearly Meeting
Continuing Meeting of Ministry and Counsel
Hamilton Monthly Meeting's representative is Carol Leigh Wehking.Yonge Street Half-Yearly Meeting Coordinating Committee
Twice a year, several nearby meetings get together for a program,
worship, and sociability. Hamilton Monthly Meeting's representative to
Yonge Street Half-Yearly Meeting Coordinating Committee helps to plan
these F/friendly gatherings.Canadian Young Friends Yearly Meeting
Submitted by Ian GrahamEpistle Summarizing Committee
Submitted by Ian GrahamFriends Committee in Unity with Nature
Friends General Conference
Friends United Meeting
Friends World Committee for Consultation
Canadian Council of Churches
9 Inter-church coalitions/ecumenical groups
Liaison with Doukhobours
World Council of Churches
Project Ploughshares.
Hanna Newcombe of HMM is a delegate.Quaker Personals
From Don Woodside (woodside (at) mcmaster.ca) Suggested Acquisitions for Hamilton Quaker Library
Dec-03
Friends United Press, 1991 [c1954], Fiction
Tract Association, 198?, Testimonies
Harcourt, Brace, 1998, 436p, Fiction
Pendle Hill, 1998, 347p, History
FGC, 1998, 96p, Y non-fiction
PendleHill, 1997, 305p, Spirituality
Opening Press, 1997, Spirituality
Pendle Hill, 1996, Adult, General
Eerdmans, 1996, Y Biographies
Swarthmore lecture, 1996, 133p, Testimonies
Harvard University Press, 1996, 322p, Memoires, bios
Friends General Conference, 1996, Y fiction
Quaker Home Service, 1995, Adult, General
Pendle Hill, 1995, 403p, History
Pendle Hill, 1994, 400p, Adult, General
Friends United Press, 1994, Testimonies
Friends United Press, 1993, 108p, Y fiction
Pendle Hill, 1993, Memoires, bios
The author, 1993, Spirituality
Morrow, 1992, Y fiction
Friends United Press, 1992, Y Biographies
Pendle Hill, 1992, Spirituality
Morehouse, 1991, Spirituality
Sessions, 1991, 220p, History
Friends United Press, 1991, Memoires, bios
Discovery Enterprises, 1991, 48p, Y Biographies
Friends United Press, 1991, Memoires, bios
Sessions, 1990, Testimonies
Harper & Row, 1990, Memoires, bios
Quaker Home Service, 1990, Spirituality
Friends General Conference, 1990, 16p, Spirituality