Announcements last updated August 6th, 2020:
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Update on Third Haven Zoom Account and Live Group Meetings:
Friends, In order to preserve the health and safety of Friends we are closing the buildings until further notice when they will have had a thorough disinfecting cleaning. Friends are still welcome to visit the grounds while keeping appropriate social distance. In the mean time, we invite you to try a virtual Meeting for Worship this First Day at 10 a.m and/or Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. You will be able to see and hear those present and share in our very important sense of community and meeting. We will offer these meetings in small groups using Zoom, a program some of us host online. Please email us for further instructions.
We now have a Zoom account for Third Haven Meeting. The zoom account will be managed by Larissa Kitenko in a similar fashion to how she has managed our calendar thus far. If you want to hold a Zoom committee meeting or group meeting, contact Larissa to schedule. She can give you the appropriate information to act as host of your meeting and to make sure no committees or groups overlap.
If you want to hold a physical meeting simultaneously, you will need to schedule this with Larissa as well. The rules for groups and committees are as follows:
- Physical meetings on Third Haven grounds can be held outside with appropriate distancing, masks, and limited contact.
- People should bring their own chair, masks, and hand sanitizer.
- For committee meetings and groups, the buildings will remain closed. The bathrooms will not be available.
- We encourage everyone to be clear with others about your comfort level.
Facilities Use Committee Zoom Meeting Scheduling:
This document was prepared by Third Haven Friends Meeting Facilities Use Committee is attached here to guide us through the process of setting up and running our meetings.
New Announcements:
- John Lewis, the civil rights leader who died on July 17, wrote the attached essay, Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation, shortly before his death, to be published upon the day of his funeral. Please click here to read this essay.
- Ellen Silbergeld, a recent transfer to our meeting from Homewood Friends Meeting in Baltimore, spoke of her engagement in the issues involving the poultry industry on the Eastern Shore. She writes:
"I have worked for over 20 years while at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in collaboration with communities and organizations that represent these workers. I was appointed to an expert committee on this topic by the World Health Organization that produced guidelines for worker and food safety. Their condition has become even worse after the Trump Administration order workers in food animal slaughter houses to return to work without any personal protective gear or ability to follow guidelines to prevent exposure to the covid-19 virus and other health risks. Their employers, such as Mountaire and Tyson, are not required to ensure their safety. I have joined a group of likeminded persons including labor unions representing workers in some of the industry, health care organizations, legal rights organizations, persons involved in improving agriculture and protecting the environment in Delmarva as well as health and safety in this industry. This has opened new opportunities for cooperation and change—a story in the Star Democrat noted that the increasing frequency of covid exposure in Talbot County may be associated with this condition, which may stimulate concern among the broader community. If others are interested in more information or in joining this work, I would be pleased to discuss."
Please click here to read an article about her work. - Updates from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM):
All events are Virtual- Epistles And Minutes:
Before the first reading of the PYM epistle on Saturday night, PYM rising clerk, Melissa Rycroft, described an epistle as a letter that is "not written for those of us in PYM. It is our outgoing letter to others in the world". Epistles are not meant to be a recitation of everything that happened, instead minutes capture those details. Nor are epistles a travel-log or documentary. Melissa emphasized that an epistle actually tracks how the spirit has moved among us.
- Epistles And Minutes:
- August 20 [Thursday], Book Group:
The Book Group has restarted and you are invited to join us. Upcoming selections include: Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility for August 20. Facilitation for the group rotates and we welcome new participants. We meet via Zoom at 3:00 pm on third (sometimes 4th) Thursdays. If you are interested in learning more about the book White Fragility, you can see a preview using Google Books and a short paper on the topic by the author is available. Upcoming readings will be chosen by the group and interest has been expressed in Quaker readings, environmental issues, and more readings on anti-racism. Contact Jonathan Slocum or Gwen Beegle for more information. - Maryland Citizens's Health Initiative (MCHI) Request:
Third Haven has received a request from Nikki Richards of Homewood Friends Meeting in Baltimore asking us to endorse a resolution brought forward by their Maryland Citizens's Health Initiative (MCHI). If our Meeting supports the concept of equal access to quality, affordable healthcare for Marylanders we can help on this new Initiative to improve health equity. Health inequities based on race, ethnicity, and place of residence persist throughout the state, and have been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Maryland Citizens's Health Initiative requests that community organizations, faith groups, small businesses, and others around the state sign on by September 16 in support of this life saving initiative. If it is the sense of our Meeting that we endorse this, our response can be forwarded to them. The Initiative's Resolution can be reached by clicking on this link.
News of Friends, or friends of Friends:
Events at Third Haven:
Be sure to check out the Calendar for more events not listed here!
Announcements from Third Haven's Committees:
- From our Treasurer:
- Here is a recap of the Treasurer’s financials for the Year-end of our 2019/2020 fiscal year, July 2019 – June, 2020
Member Contributions = $54,472 = 103% of annual budget
Total Income = $74,988 = 114% of annual budget
Total Expenses = $64,884 = 99% of annual budget
Net Income = $10,104 - Contributions Welcome! Please consider making a tax deductible contribution in support of our annual budget to:
Treasurer, Third Haven Monthly Meeting
PO Box 2379, Easton, MD 21601 - The following are now available: Approved Budget FY 2020-2021, Balance Sheet 6/30/20, Income & Expenses Budget vs. Actual Year-to-Date 6/30/20, Income & Expenses Budget, Prior Year Comparison 6/30/20.
- Here is a recap of the Treasurer’s financials for the Year-end of our 2019/2020 fiscal year, July 2019 – June, 2020
- Facilities Use Committee Zoom Meeting Scheduling:
This document was prepared by Third Haven Friends Meeting Facilities Use Committee is attached here to guide us through the process of setting up and running our meetings.
Announcements about Local Non-profits or Faith Organizations:
- Maryland Citizens's Health Initiative (MCHI) Request:
Third Haven has received a request from Nikki Richards of Homewood Friends Meeting in Baltimore asking us to endorse a resolution brought forward by their Maryland Citizens's Health Initiative (MCHI). If our Meeting supports the concept of equal access to quality, affordable healthcare for Marylanders we can help on this new Initiative to improve health equity. Health inequities based on race, ethnicity, and place of residence persist throughout the state, and have been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Maryland Citizens's Health Initiative requests that community organizations, faith groups, small businesses, and others around the state sign on by September 16 in support of this life saving initiative. If it is the sense of our Meeting that we endorse this, our response can be forwarded to them. The Initiative's Resolution can be reached by clicking on this link. - Feed The Front is organized to connect donors, restaurants and volunteers to feed essential workers in Talbot County.
- Acts of Kindness: A Task Force volunteer provides interpretation services between Mid Shore ProBono attorneys and immigrants. Another volunteer has been reaching out to immigrant children through the arts, as part of an after school program sponsored by the Chesapeake Multi Cultural Resource Center. Another, expert in immigration law, filed objections to proposed regulations that would raise barriers to documented immigrants becoming citizens. 2 volunteers from the task force have reached out to the many other congregations throughout the county to expand the network of congregations associating with the task force. There are 6 local congregations that are already associated with the task force and include Temple B'nai Israel, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship At Easton, Third Haven Friends Meeting, Easton Church of the Brethren, Scott's United Methodist Church and Grace Lutheran Church.Reach out to: Helpingimmigrantstc@gmail.com.
- Opportunity: If you are interested in helping to start a worship service at Eastern Shore Correctional Institute, please call Molly Brian. No set schedule is yet formed on this, but we are trying to see if there is genuine interest in a project there.
- If you would like to make a public statement of your commitment to our Peace Testimony, the opportunity to do so exists eachThursday afternoon. Peace Vigils are held each Thursday from 5 to 6 p.m. The Thursday vigil is held in Easton in front of the Talbot County Court House. On June 25, we will meet at 5PM in front of the courthouse. Starting July 2, we will meet at the park at Washington and Idlewild. All are welcome.
Announcements from Quaker Organizations:
- Updates from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM):
All events are Virtual- Epistles And Minutes:
Before the first reading of the PYM epistle on Saturday night, PYM rising clerk, Melissa Rycroft, described an epistle as a letter that is "not written for those of us in PYM. It is our outgoing letter to others in the world". Epistles are not meant to be a recitation of everything that happened, instead minutes capture those details. Nor are epistles a travel-log or documentary. Melissa emphasized that an epistle actually tracks how the spirit has moved among us.
- Epistles And Minutes:
- From Pendle Hill:
- Live Streaming links
- Online Meeting for Worship at Pendle Hill: In these challenging times, with social distancing particularly important for the safety of all our community members, Pendle Hill will now be offering online Meeting for Worship via Zoom each morning at 8:30am from the comfort of your home.
Regular Announcements:
- Please remember to greet visitors to meeting—answer what questions they have about Friends, our buildings, our programs and activities. We are all emissaries of Third Haven.
- Contributions to the meeting can be made by way of the contributions box in the Brick Meetinghouse entranceway. Checks can also be sent to THMM, P.O. Box 2379, Easton, MD 21601; or by clicking on the button below:
- Are your names, addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail listings all correct in the Third Haven Directory? Please review your information at Directory. The online directory remains protected: please e-mail taniahharrison@gmail.com or hawkjm@goeaston.net if you need the password. If you have corrections for the Directory, please send them to 3rdhaven@gmail.com.
- Faith and Practice can be read and portions extracted from the PYM website at this link.
- If you have material for the newsletter, additional announcements, or added information about any of these posted events, please send it to 3rdhaven@gmail.com.