Announcements last updated March 22nd, 2023:
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Update on Third Haven Zoom Account and Live Group Meetings:
Dear Friends, Meeting for Worship will be held in the Brick Meeting House this Sunday at 10 am. with simultaneous virtual meeting. Friends are reminded that Zoom allows all members and attenders to participate fully in the life of the Meeting. Everyone's cooperation is vital to this effort. If we are in favor of diversity, equity and inclusion, Zoom puts our values into practice. Your message is important so it's important that all can hear it. Please stand on the mat so you can be heard by all.
Friends are encouraged to continue covid precautions, watch for symptoms, test and quarantine as may be needed. Thank you all for your care and concern for our beloved Third Haven Friends Meeting community. Thanks all. Be safe. Have fun.
~Tom Corl, Co-Clerk
New Announcements:
- News of Friends:
- Please hold Nancy Robbins and her family in the light on the passing of her mother, Nancy Grace Robbins.
- We continue to hold Samantha and Tom McCall and their family in the light.
- First Day School Updates:
- During the children's program on March 19, the kids continued to talk about what it means to be in "community".
- April 2: The children will do basket weaving with Heidi W. followed by an all Meeting Potluck honoring the folks who have recently joined Third Haven as Members and all Attenders. We will have children’s Program at 10 a.m. then the luncheon at 11:30 a.m. followed by a short program. FDS is getting childcare so parents can stay through the welcome program right after lunch.
- EASTER is April 10. Plan to come to Third Haven for all kinds of Easter fun like egg dyeing, egg hunt and family fun action!!
- April 23: children's program
- May 7: children's program
- May 21: children's program
- June 5: children's program and Moving Up ceremony
- June 26-29- Summer Camp!!!
- During the children's program on March 19, the kids continued to talk about what it means to be in "community".
- March 30, April 27, May 25, June15 Thursday Reading the Gospel as Friends The Third Haven Worship and Ministry Committee (WMC) will sponsor 4 sessions on "Reading the Gospels as Friends". The idea of reading the Gospels together was inspired in part by The Gospels: A New Translation, by Sarah Ruden, a Quaker and scholar of Ancient languages. This is not the prescribed text. Participants may read any version of the 4 Gospels, that they prefer—King James Version (KJV), Revised Standard Version (RSV) or another version or translation. Comparing the texts, interpretations and meanings of the versions will be of interest.
Terry-Thomas Primer, an ordained minister and new member, and Tom Corl, member of the Worship and Ministry Committee, will facilitate these discussions. Terry-Thomas is preparing an introduction to each of the Gospels. There will be 4 sessions, 1 for each of the Gospels, to be read in the order in which they were written: Mark probably CE (AD) 66–70, Matthew and Luke around CE (AD) 85–90, and John CE (AD) 90–110. John is sometimes called the Quaker Gospel. The 4 sessions will be on Thursday afternoons, 4:30 — 6:00 pm, in the common room or the brick meetinghouse at Third Haven as available. By the end of the program, we could meet in the 1684 meetinghouse. We do not plan to use Zoom, but can adapt if necessary. The dates are: 3.30, 4.27, 5.25 and 6.15. All Friends are welcome. 
March 27 [Monday], Conversation on Race 5:30-7:30 PM:
You're invited to the next Conversation on Race. New and returning participants are welcomed to take part in this facilitated discussion. The Country School, 716 Goldsborough St, Easton, Md.
Advance registration required—REGISTER HERE. A lite meal and refreshments will be provided.
March 31 Workshop on structural inequality:
Talbot Family Network is excited to bring FACTUALITY back to our community for a free, virtual workshop on Friday, March 31, 2023 from 11:30am - 1pm. Advance registration is required. (sign-up here). FACTUALITY is a 90-minute facilitated dialogue, crash course, and interactive experience, that simulates structural inequality, in America. This is an impactful presentation and may be particularly useful for people who have not attended other training on equity, diversity and inclusion.- April 2 [Sunday] Members and Attenders Pot Luck Luncheon:
After a few years hiatus, the annual pot luck luncheon celebrating New Members and Attenders Luncheon will be held in April 2 at the rise of Meeting. Pastoral Care will provide entrée and beverages. Members are asked to bring side dishes, salads, bread and desserts. All are welcome. Looking forward to seeing everyone! Pastoral Care Committee - May 7 (Sunday) Friends Historical Society annual outing:
The Museum of the American Revolution's special exhibition Black Founders: the Forten Family of Philadelphia. introduces visitors to Forten and his descendants as they navigated the American Revolution and cross-racial relationships in Philadelphia to become leaders in the abolition movement in the lead-up to the Civil War and the women’s suffrage movement. Event starts with 10:30 Meeting for Worship at Philadelphia Arch Street Meeting, followed by brown bag lunch and tour of the museum. Registration required. Please click here to register and for more information. - Fridays, Zoom Happier Hour 7 PM:
Hospitality would also like to remind the community that the zoom happier hour conversation is still happening on Fridays at 7:00 pm. Typically, about 7-10 people use the hour to reconnect, share news and again, offer fellowship. Please contact John Turner for more information. - Meeting Support Group: A few weeks ago, we announced that the members of the Meeting Support Group, of the Third Haven Campaign Committee, would contact Third Haven members and attenders to encourage them to make a financial contribution to the Meeting’s annual Operating Fund, in this fiscal year, ending June 30, 2023. We seek to increase the rate of participation in the annual Operating Fund. Gifts of any size are valued and important. Members of the Meeting Support Group will begin to call on members and attenders in the next few days. We appreciate in advance your willingness to hear our message.
- Detention Center Library:
A small group from Third Haven and friends maintain the library at the Talbot County Detention Center. This was started many years ago by Ralph and Mary Young. The Talbot County Detention Center Library needs an additional volunteer. It involves one session of about two hours a month. The time is somewhat flexible—what you and your partner decide. The work involves checking books in and out for the guards to distribute to the inmates. Contact Stephanie French if you have time and inclination to join us. - Quaker Voice:
- The Quaker Voice Maryland website link is: https://www.quakervoicemd.org/resources/advocacy-presentations, e-mail quakervoicemd@gmail.com,, to join their e-mail list: https://www.quakervoicemd.org/get-involved/join-our-contacts.
News of Friends, or friends of Friends:
- Please hold Nancy Robbins and her family in the light on the passing of her mother, Nancy Grace Robbins.
- Please hold Samantha and Tom McCall and their family in the light.
- Molly Brian asks that you hold her brother-in-law, Steve, in the light.
- Please hold Tom Corl's sister in the light for health problems.
- Please Hold in The Light: Adrienne Rudge passed away on December 10. She was a deeply beloved and a most valued member of our Third Haven Friends Quaker faith community. Please hold Adrienne's spirit and her family in the Light.
Obituary:
Adrienne Wheeler Rudge, a resident of Easton, Maryland, died on Saturday, December 10, 2022. She was 80.
Adrienne was born on December 15, 1941 to Betty Jean Hammond and Charles Elliot Wheeler. She grew up on her family's waterfront farm on Trippe Creek in Easton and graduated from The Country School, George School in Newtown, Pa., and in 1963 from Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. She received a master's degree from the New York University School of Education.
After a year of teaching English at Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Mass., Adrienne married Kit Rudge, and they moved to New York City in August 1964. She joined the faculty of Nightingale Bamford School while he practiced law. They moved to Chappaqua, NY, in 1975 where they raised their two sons, John and Andrew.
While living in Chappaqua, Adrienne served on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including the Mt. Kisco Child Care Center. She also served as president of the board of Planned Parenthood of Westchester/Rockland and as a founder and board member of the Northern Westchester Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence (now named Hope's Door). She and her family enjoyed their membership in the Seven Bridges Field Club and their participation in the Chappaqua Summer Scholarship program for several years.
Adrienne became Director of Publications and Public Relations at The Masters School in 1988, retiring in 2001 when she moved to Easton, where she built a home on her family's farm. Her involvement in the local community has included board membership at Talbot Hospice and Critchlow Adkins Children's Centers. She enjoyed her participation in the Garden Club of the Eastern Shore and her membership in The Harbor Club, where she had a regular Friday afternoon bridge game with good friends. She was an active member and a trustee of Third Haven Friends Meeting.
During her retirement, she enjoyed traveling both nationally and internationally. She returned to New York City frequently to visit friends and family and to enjoy the theater and visits to the many museums in Manhattan.
Adrienne is survived by her son John Rudge of White Plains, NY, her son Andrew Rudge and her daughter-in-law Shelley Jones Rudge of Chevy Chase, Md., by her sisters Lindsley Smith and Susan Wheeler, both of Easton, her brother Charles Wheeler of Berkeley, Calif., and by her four grandchildren: Charlie, Elizabeth, Avery and Kate Rudge. Kit Rudge died in 1995.
A memorial service will be held at Third Haven Friends Meeting at 405 South Washington Street in Easton in spring 2023 (date and time to follow).
Contributions in Adrienne's memory may be made to Critchlow Adkins Children's Centers, 133 N. Washington St, Easton, MD 21601 or to Talbot Hospice, 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton, MD, 21601.
Events at Third Haven:
Be sure to check out the Calendar for more events not listed here!
- Thursday, March 30th, 4:30 - 6pm: Reading the Gospels as Friends
March 30, April 27, May 25, June15 Thursday Reading the Gospel as Friends The Third Haven Worship and Ministry Committee (WMC) will sponsor 4 sessions on "Reading the Gospels as Friends". The idea of reading the Gospels together was inspired in part by The Gospels: A New Translation, by Sarah Ruden, a Quaker and scholar of Ancient languages. This is not the prescribed text. Participants may read any version of the 4 Gospels, that they prefer—King James Version (KJV), Revised Standard Version (RSV) or another version or translation. Comparing the texts, interpretations and meanings of the versions will be of interest.
Terry-Thomas Primer, an ordained minister and new member, and Tom Corl, member of the Worship and Ministry Committee, will facilitate these discussions. Terry-Thomas is preparing an introduction to each of the Gospels. There will be 4 sessions, 1 for each of the Gospels, to be read in the order in which they were written: Mark probably CE (AD) 66–70, Matthew and Luke around CE (AD) 85–90, and John CE (AD) 90–110. John is sometimes called the Quaker Gospel. The 4 sessions will be on Thursday afternoons, 4:30 — 6:00 pm, in the common room or the brick meetinghouse at Third Haven as available. By the end of the program, we could meet in the 1684 meetinghouse. We do not plan to use Zoom, but can adapt if necessary. The dates are: 3.30, 4.27, 5.25 and 6.15. All Friends are welcome. - Sunday, April 2nd: New Members & Attenders Luncheon
After a few years hiatus, the annual New Members and Attenders Luncheon will be held in April 2 at the rise of Meeting. All are welcome.
Announcements from Third Haven's Committees:
- From our Treasurer/Budget & Finance:
- Income & Expenses Budget vs. Actual Year-to-Date, 12/19/22
- The Budget and Finance committee is pleased to note that we finished fiscal year 2021-22 in excellent shape. Income was 101.5% of our budgeted income of $70,250.00, and expenses were 100.1% of budgeted expenses at $70,250. We ended the year with a surplus of $992.73. Actual expenses showed a fairly wide variation, both positive and negative, from the budgeted amount, indicating that we need to pay closer attention to our budgeting process, but happily, the variations were on both sides of the ledger. The two major overages were in Communications and Planning. I both cases the overages were the result of deliberate decisions on our part which took into account the underages in other categories. Many thanks to all for making FY 21-22 a financial success.
- The following are now available: FY 2022-2023 Budget, Income & Expenses Budget vs. Actual Year-to-Date, 6/19/22
- How to Support Our Quaker Meeting:
Since its incorporation in 1948, the Trustees of Third Haven Monthly Meeting have been able to grow an endowment fund for the support of the Meeting through gifts, bequests and thoughtful investing. Thanks to these financial reserves, the Trustees are able to pay the annual insurance bill and assist each year with capital expenses that are beyond the budget of the Property and Grounds Committee. Projects have ranged in size from recent improvements to the Common Room to the 1990's major restoration of the Old Meeting House, at a cost of $435,000.
The majority of the funds held by the Trustees are invested in three accounts at Friends Fiduciary Corporation, a Quaker non-profit organization that provides socially responsible investment services to Friends meetings, schools and organizations. Third Haven Friends Meeting also has been judicious in its expenditures and managed investments, some of which are held at Friends Fiduciary as well.
Friends Fiduciary offers help with Planned Giving for individual Friends. The Trustees of Third Haven Meeting's mission of preservation of our historic property and Third Haven Friends Meeting, our active Quaker meeting, are certainly two worthy recipients of our donations.
Gifts to the Trustees are vital for maintaining and improving our buildings and grounds. Donors may consult this pamphlet for help "letting their lives speak" during their estate and contemporary donation planning. Please consider an outright gift or a planned gift to the Trustees of Third Haven Meeting, c/o Diana Rein, Treasurer, 9249 High Banks Drive, Easton, Md. 21601
Gifts to Third Haven are essential to sustaining our operating budget. Donations are encouraged annually and through estate planning to Third Haven Friends Meeting, Cynthia Quast, Treasurer, P.O. Box 2379, Easton, Md. 21601.
- 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.
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.
- There were 12 children from 7 families attending Meeting on January 22. It was lovely to have so many young happy faces. Miss Cherie and Miss Kristin from our summer camp lead the lesson on compassion and equality. The children weaved hearts as an expression of their love and compassion.
- February 5, 10am: Integrity
- February 19, 10am: Equality
- The Guide for Giving:
Testimonies and Concerns Committee has prepared The Guide for Giving, an annotated list of non-profit, charitable organizations who sustain values and priorities in keeping with our Queries. Please click here to view the guide. - Minutes for Testimonies and Concerns Meeting, 9/06/20.
Announcements about Local Non-profits or Faith Organizations:
- March 27 [Monday], Conversation on Race 5:30-7:30 PM:
You're invited to the next Conversation on Race. New and returning participants are welcomed to take part in this facilitated discussion. The Country School, 716 Goldsborough St, Easton, Md.
Advance registration required—REGISTER HERE. A lite meal and refreshments will be provided. - March 31 Workshop on structural inequality:
Talbot Family Network is excited to bring FACTUALITY back to our community for a free, virtual workshop on Friday, March 31, 2023 from 11:30am - 1pm. Advance registration is required. (sign-up here). FACTUALITY is a 90-minute facilitated dialogue, crash course, and interactive experience, that simulates structural inequality, in America. This is an impactful presentation and may be particularly useful for people who have not attended other training on equity, diversity and inclusion. - Detention Center Library:
A small group from Third Haven and friends maintain the library at the Talbot County Detention Center. This was started many years ago by Ralph and Mary Young. The Talbot County Detention Center Library needs an additional volunteer. It involves one session of about two hours a month. The time is somewhat flexible—what you and your partner decide. The work involves checking books in and out for the guards to distribute to the inmates. Contact Stephanie French if you have time and inclination to join us. - Help Needed to Reopen Asbury:
Work at the Asbury United Methodist Church in Easton is nearing completion. Friends helped last year with major fundraising which enabled complete safety renovations for stable floors and improved indoor air quality. During renovations in 2021, town inspectors identified and required certain design changes which have delayed reopening and increased construction costs by $50,000. More than half of that burden has been raised. A funding gap of just over $20,000 remains. The contractor believes that temporary access for congregants can be granted for use of the sanctuary in September, with completion of the first floor fellowship hall and kitchen some time in October. If Friends are moved to help reopen the doors for Asbury's food mission, contributions should be sent to:
Historic Easton Inc., P.O. Box 1071, Easton, MD 21601, marked "Asbury Building Fund".
Alternately, a GoFundMe fundraiser for Historic Easton's Help Reopen the Church that Feeds Our Neighbors Campaign can be accessed by clicking here. - Talbot Interfaith Shelter:
- Talbot Interfaith Shelter July statistics:
We are currently serving 48 people, including: 10 single individuals, 12 families, 22 children—guests range in age from 3 months to 60 years old. Third Haven is volunteering the day-time staffing and dinners for the Shelter each month on the 17th. Don't forget to help out. Please contact Sarah Sayre for more information. The Testimonies & Concerns Committee has agreed to reimburse the cost of food to anyone who prepares a meal for Talbot Interfaith Shelter. Our committee just needs the receipts. - Letter in Support of Talbot Interfaith Shelter
- Good News from the Talbot Interfaith Shelter: "We had a hearing with the Town of Easton Board of Zoning Appeals (BOZA) to determine whether we would receive a special exception permit to operate a second shelter facility at 109 Goldsborough Street, directly next door to Easton's Promise. We are thrilled to announce that the Board of Zoning Appeals voted unanimously to award us our permit, and that we will be moving forward with the purchase of 109 Goldsborough!" For more details, click here.
- Talbot Interfaith Shelter July statistics:
- 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.
- Talbot Interfaith Shelter:
Talbot Interfaith Shelter is opening their second house! Talbot Interfaith Shelter will be able to open the doors of "Evelyn's Place" right next door to the original shelter, "Easton's Promise." This means that more people will be able to benefit from the extraordinary program TIS provides to help people get from homelessness to self-support. For Third Haven Friends Meeting this means that our commitment must increase as well. Instead of every other month, alternating with Grace Lutheran Church, our meeting will provide dinner to one of the houses every month. We will work with Grace Lutheran to fill the shift teams. Sarah will not be in town on June 17, July 17, or August 17 this summer. We need volunteers from Third Haven to take the lead on these three dinners. Sarah has plenty of ideas for menus which can be easily put together, as well as instruction for delivery. The number and ages of the dinner guests will be provided a week or so ahead. Please contact Sarah Sayre for more information. The Testimonies & Concerns Committee has agreed to reimburse the cost of food to anyone who prepares a meal for Talbot Interfaith Shelter. Our committee just needs the receipts. - 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.
Announcements from Quaker Organizations:
- May 7 (Sunday) Friends Historical Society annual outing:
The Museum of the American Revolution's special exhibition Black Founders: the Forten Family of Philadelphia. introduces visitors to Forten and his descendants as they navigated the American Revolution and cross-racial relationships in Philadelphia to become leaders in the abolition movement in the lead-up to the Civil War and the women’s suffrage movement. Event starts with 10:30 Meeting for Worship at Philadelphia Arch Street Meeting, followed by brown bag lunch and tour of the museum. Registration required. Please click here to register and for more information. - Quaker Call to Action:
In January 2023, we plan to re-convene the original group of Friends who issued the Urgent Call, along with several heads of Quaker organizations, and some additional voices for discernment about our collective call to this continuing work. We will share the news from that discernment as it develops. In the meantime, we encourage you to offer your thoughts using the "Contact Us" feature of the Quaker Call website or by posting on the Quaker Call Community Forum. If you are not already subscribed to the Forum, you can request a subscription link here. - Legislative survey by Quaker Voice of Maryland:
Quaker Voice of Maryland is taking an input survey, and asks F/friends across Maryland to share with us what legislative topics speak to them. Learn more and complete the survey by going to our website: https://www.quakervoicemd.org/get-involved/provide-input-on-issues. - Updates from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM):
- Spring Continuing Sessions of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting: We look forward to hosting Friends from Chester River, Camden and Wicomico Monthly meetings as well as our own Third Haven community and beyond as we explore the subject of "Living With Our Neighbors: Growing Into Beloved Community". The Saturday, March 11, afternoon will begin at 1PM with a shared meal (Baked Potato Bar), and the session will run until 5PM. As a part of Continuing Sessions, there will also be a hybrid Meeting for Business on Saturday morning from 8:30 to 12:30, in person at the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia, or via Zoom which each registrant to Continuing Sessions will receive. If there is sufficient interest, we may set up a way for all of us at Third Haven to participate together via Zoom in our Common Room. Please let Mary Yancey know if you would like to participate in the Saturday morning session at Third Haven. The final part of Continuing Sessions will be an All Together Meeting for Worship on Sunday, March 12 from 10:00 to 11:00 AM, in person at each Monthly Meeting, and on Zoom. All are invited to participate in person at Third Haven. The Zoom link for this meeting will be sent out to all Monthly Meetings and all registrants. We look forward to seeing you on March 11. Click here to Register.
- Spring Continuing Sessions is a special part of our year! In the past, local meetings hosting the day created an opportunity for intervisitation and bringing Friends together in parts of our community that they may not have experienced before. This year, we are thrilled to return to this tradition... but with a twist! Click here to Register.
- An Urgent Call to the Religious Society of Friends:
This call to action from PYM was authored by a group of nineteen Quakers, who see forces at work in our country that undermine some of our basic values of equality, truth-telling, and deep listening. - Supporting Children & Teens After Violent News:
In the last two weeks we have been repeatedly confronted with gun violence. The 3 recent events have happened in the kinds of everyday places that should be safe—the grocery store, church, and school. How do we talk to children about gun violence? - Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Response to the Crisis in Ukraine: Quakers from around the world are in anguish and deeply concerned with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Our hearts are with the people of Ukraine and Quakers in the affected areas in this dark time. As a historic peace church, we join our call for peace in the world to their cries for peace and help.
- Help Us Address Racism
A sprint (a goal-oriented short-term team that tackles a project and does the work quickly) has formed under the care of PYM's Administrative Council to propose ways for our yearly meeting community to intentionally hold the work of anti-racism and anti-oppression. Learn more on how you can help. - Pathways to Ending Gun Violence: Legislative Solutions
On Saturday, April 10, the Legislative Policy Collaborative of PYM sponsored a virtual workshop on Pathways to Ending Gun Violence: Legislative Solutions. Nearly 120 people registered for this event—clearly, this is a topic of great concern to F/friends, as representatives from more than 30 meetings tuned in to get informed and to get involved. - 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.
- From Friends Committee on National Legislation:
Support The Bill: At the PYM ecojustice conference this past week, information was given on the Clean Energy Protection Program (CEPP). This will be debated in the US Congress in the next few weeks. If you want to support the bill, here is an easy link for you to send an email to our Congress people: https://fcnl.quorum.us/campaign/34603/?utm_source=fcnlaction. The instructions are simple, however it's a good idea to make the email your own by writing at least a personal statement at the start and the finish. The bill would help us move towards clean energy by 2030. For extra punch, mention the Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator (Called a National Climate Bank in the Senate), as this bill would help low income communities with a series of environmentally friendly loans.
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.