Bulletin 01.29.2021

Coordinating Committee Minutes

The Coordinating Committee met by Zoom conference call on November 23, 2020 and discussed the following agenda items:

Moving toward greater inclusivity.
Online giving.
The appointment of representatives to the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) and the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC).
Communications to, from, and between SCYMF, local churches, and monthly meetings.

Click here to read the meeting minutes.

Invitation for Reports from Monthly Meetings

The best of Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends happens in its member meetings, so we are inviting all member churches to give an 8 to 10 minute report to quarterly gathering on Feb. 20th on Zoom.

Click here for quotes and questions which may help get you started. Choose any one or two; we’d like reports from each church, so time will unfortunately be limited.

If you have more reflections, happenings, advice than will fit in a 10 minute report, we would love for you to put the extra material into a SCYMF bulletin article, video on our website, blog, SCYMF Facebook page post – however the Spirit leads.

Reports don’t need to be glowing and full of good news; sometimes what is most inspiring is hearing of difficulties and problems addressed or in process; it is "the hill we climb."

Judy Maurer, clerk of Coordinating

A Note from the Nominating Committee

We always welcome nominations for any committee or working group (see a list with descriptions HERE). You can use our nomination form HERE to nominate yourself or someone else. While all committees have space for more members, we are particularly aware of the following needs: the Finance Committee, the Youth Committee, and the Coordinating Committee. The Nominating Committee encourages you to spend some time in prayerful discernment about whether you or someone you know might be called to participate in one of these ways.

Matt Boswell, clerk of Nominating

Quarterly Gathering

Schedule:
Friday, February 19
7 to 8pm – Small group sessions

Saturday, February 20
10:00 to 10:45 am – Music and worship led by Aaron Pruitt and Jill Townley
11:00 am to 12:30 pm – Workshops
12:30 to 1:30 pm – Break for lunch
1:30 to 3:45 pm – Business session
4 to 5 pm– Second small group sessions

All sessions will be conducted via Zoom. Registration in advance is required, and you will be sent the Zoom details after registering. Please send the following information to registrar@scymf.org: Name(s) of attendees, email address, and church or meeting affiliation (if you have one).

The business meeting is scheduled to start at 1:30 pm

Agenda Items:

Coordinating Committee recommends Londa Rocholz (Eugene Friends) for the Nominating Committee. Decision required.

Coordinating Committee recommends a policy for appointing reps to FWCC and FCNL. The recommended policy is attached as a PDF. Please encourage Friends to review the document before our business meeting. Decision required.

Nominating Committee will report. No decision required.

Nominating Committee will bring the following nominations. Decision required.

Recording Clerk: Keith Barton (individual member; Berkley Friends)
Nurture of Ministry Committee: Faith Marsalli (Klamath Falls Friends)
FWCC Reps: Julie Peyton (West Hills Friends) and Gil George (West Hills Friends)

Youth Committee will report. No decision required.

Faith & Practice Committee will report. No decision required.

Finance Committee will report. No decision required.

Each individual meeting has been invited to report. No decision required.