Announcements last updated October 19th, 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:
- PYM Video: Aging Well
The outstanding Newtown Meeting Aging Well series continues with two programs on housing: Where Will You Live in Your Later Years? and Aging in Place. In two 30-minute video presentations, Susan W. Hoskins, LCSW, (a clinical social worker certified in gerontology) shares framing questions that will guide your decision making process on housing, support systems, and healthcare. Susan is the Executive Director of the Friends Foundation for the Aging. Previously, she was director of the Princeton Senior Resource Center for nearly 20 years. - November 7 [Saturday], Friends Historical Association (FHA) Annual Meeting on November 7 to Feature Virtual Lecture by Author Angela P. Dodson
The FHA annual members' meeting is scheduled for Saturday, November 7, 2020, and will be conducted via Zoom this year. The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. and end at about 1:45 p.m.
The business meeting will be followed at 2:00 p.m. by a lecture by Angela P. Dodson, author of "Remember the Ladies": Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box. The talk, which will focus on Quaker women in the suffrage movement, is open to members and non-members alike. There will be a Q&A period after the lecture. The afternoon's events will conclude at about 3:00 p.m. Please use this link to register: https://www.quakerhistory.org/2020-annual-meeting. - From our Treasurer:
- Here is a recap of the Treasurer's financials for the 1st Quarter of our 2020/2021 fiscal year, July – Sept, 2020:
Member Contributions = $8,645 = 16% of annual budget
Total Income = $10,182 = 15% of annual budget
Total Expenses = $13,076 = 19% of annual budget
Net Income = -$2,894 - The following are now available: Approved Budget FY 2020-2021, Balance Sheet 9/30/20, Income & Expenses Budget vs. Actual Year-to-Date 9/30/20, Income & Expenses Budget, Prior Year Comparison 9/30/20.
- 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
- Here is a recap of the Treasurer's financials for the 1st Quarter of our 2020/2021 fiscal year, July – Sept, 2020:
- Learning Help:
Harvey Zendt is coordinating academic remote support for needy Hispanic students while they are in the virtual framework for school. Adults are working with the students through emails, phone calls and texts. If you are interested, please contact Harvey to discuss your involvement. Please consider age levels and subjects that would work for you. - Thoughts on a more Settled Meeting: Quakers have come up with practices that are most conducive to a settled meeting. Please review the following link.
- Talbot Boys:
- Tom Corl writes, "Very good piece in the New Yorker, about the 'Boys of Talbot', by a well - known local author. Here is the link to My Local Confederate Monument."
- Confederate Monuments, You Tube presentation:
A learned discussion about community values from St. Thomas University in Minnesota. Please click here to watch.
- Updates from the (virtual) Upstairs of the Meetinghouse:
- Happy news! One of our Third Haven families grew by one! The Schaefer/Ostrowski family welcomed their fourth child, Owen, to their sweet clan. Siblings Emilee, Colton and Noah are happily greeting and getting to know their little brother. Mamma, Janna, is doing well and home with her brood now. Sending heartfelt congratulations and well wishes.
- Calling all gardeners!! Neighborhood Service Center needs fresh greens and fresh vegetables. Anyone with some to spare, please contact Molly Brian, who will come pick up. Thanks!
- Help Rebuild Asbury, the Church that Feeds Our Neighbors!
Asbury United Methodist Church stands at the top of "The Hill" in Easton, Maryland, where volunteers have been feeding neighbors for over 150 years. The building is in need of major renovations and the kitchen has been closed since mid March due to the COVID 19 pandemic. The church was built in 1876 and dedicated by Fredrick Douglass in 1878. Countless meals have been served from the kitchen of Asbury Methodist over the years and now they need our help so they can continue cooking and serving meals every week to those who are not able to cook for themselves. Asbury United Methodist Church and Historic Easton, Inc. are in need of funds to finish the renovation of their kitchen and fellowship hall. "Help Rebuild the Church that Feeds Our Neighborhood" is a capital appeal to raise funds for this church that does so much for those in need. Please click here for the GoFundMe campaign.
News of Friends, or friends of Friends:
- Happy news! One of our Third Haven families grew by one! The Schaefer/Ostrowski family welcomed their fourth child, Owen, to their sweet clan. Siblings Emilee, Colton and Noah are happily greeting and getting to know their little brother. Mamma, Janna, is doing well and home with her brood now. Sending heartfelt congratulations and well wishes.
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 1st Quarter of our 2020/2021 fiscal year, July – Sept, 2020:
Member Contributions = $8,645 = 16% of annual budget
Total Income = $10,182 = 15% of annual budget
Total Expenses = $13,076 = 19% of annual budget
Net Income = -$2,894 - The following are now available: Approved Budget FY 2020-2021, Balance Sheet 9/30/20, Income & Expenses Budget vs. Actual Year-to-Date 9/30/20, Income & Expenses Budget, Prior Year Comparison 9/30/20.
- 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
- Here is a recap of the Treasurer's financials for the 1st Quarter of our 2020/2021 fiscal year, July – Sept, 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. - First Day School:
- Updates from the Upstairs of the (virtual) Meetinghouse:
Virtual First Day School: The fun continues later in October—Susan Claggett will lead a Quaker storytelling (Faith & Play) at 10:15 on Sunday, 10/11. The story will focus on "being present".
- Updates from the Upstairs of the (virtual) Meetinghouse:
- From Testionies & Concerns:
Announcements about Local Non-profits or Faith Organizations:
- Help Rebuild Asbury, the Church that Feeds Our Neighbors!
Asbury United Methodist Church stands at the top of "The Hill" in Easton, Maryland, where volunteers have been feeding neighbors for over 150 years. The building is in need of major renovations and the kitchen has been closed since mid March due to the COVID 19 pandemic. The church was built in 1876 and dedicated by Fredrick Douglass in 1878. Countless meals have been served from the kitchen of Asbury Methodist over the years and now they need our help so they can continue cooking and serving meals every week to those who are not able to cook for themselves. Asbury United Methodist Church and Historic Easton, Inc. are in need of funds to finish the renovation of their kitchen and fellowship hall. "Help Rebuild the Church that Feeds Our Neighborhood" is a capital appeal to raise funds for this church that does so much for those in need. Please click here for the GoFundMe campaign. - PEARLS:
Stacy Ewing, of the Talbot County Health Department writes to our meeting, "I wanted to let you know about a home visiting program called PEARLS (Programs the one who should be able to get for Encouraging Active, Rewarding Lives)." Please click here for a brochure with 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. - 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:
- Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC):
- October 25 [Friday], Climate And Social Justice:
Kallan Bensin is a young friend from Annapolis who was part the group that was recognized by the UN along with Greta Thunberg. She is to give a keynote address on her earthcare activism to the online Friends World Committee for Consultation Americas Conference October 24-25, 2020. See her full story here. Kallan will keynote Saturday October 24. All northeast US and a number of Canadian meetings, as well as some African and Hispanic diaspora congregations, will be participating and sharing experiences. The theme is climate and social justice. Full program and (free) registration will be available soon on their website.
- October 25 [Friday], Climate And Social Justice:
- Updates from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM):
All events are Virtual- Fall Continuing Sessions:
Saturday, November 7th, 2020 10:00am - 4:00pm
Please join us virtually for a day in worshipful community together! The day will include an extended, all-ages worship in the morning; our first ever Community Lunch around our virtual table; Youth Programs in the afternoon; followed by worship sharing in small groups. Registration is now open! - PYM Discernment: PYM has passed 2 minutes for all Monthly Meetings to consider. We will discuss these on Sept 13th. Below are the minutes along with the explanations to all to read before this Sunday. Thank you.
- 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.
- Fall Continuing Sessions:
- November 7 [Saturday], Friends Historical Association (FHA) Annual Meeting on November 7 to Feature Virtual Lecture by Author Angela P. Dodson
The FHA annual members' meeting is scheduled for Saturday, November 7, 2020, and will be conducted via Zoom this year. The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. and end at about 1:45 p.m.
The business meeting will be followed at 2:00 p.m. by a lecture by Angela P. Dodson, author of "Remember the Ladies": Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box. The talk, which will focus on Quaker women in the suffrage movement, is open to members and non-members alike. There will be a Q&A period after the lecture. The afternoon's events will conclude at about 3:00 p.m. Please use this link to register: https://www.quakerhistory.org/2020-annual-meeting. - 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.