October 2008

Monthly Archive

The Right of Peaceful Assembly

Posted on Oct. 28, 2008 | Tagged as: Conversations

Questions arising in my mind in response to recent postings and recent testimony in Meeting for Worship:
Does the Republican Party have a right to peaceful assembly? Does that include deciding who may sit and speak in the meeting? Does that include free access of participants to the assembly without threat of violence or insult? If [...]

2009 Financial Pledge

Posted on Oct. 24, 2008 | Tagged as: Business, Financial

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9th Month 2008
Dear Friends:
The TCFM Development Committee has begun the task of preparing the Meeting’s budget for 2009 and needs to know how much money Friends are willing to contribute to support the Meeting and its activities.
As you may remember, the 2008 budget forced us to [...]

TCFM’s Service, As A Community, To Others

Posted on Oct. 08, 2008 | Tagged as: Clerk's Blog

Should we be worried that TCFM’s Peace and Social Action Committee (PSAC) and Community Service Committee (CSC) have been inactive for over a year?
Some of our members who are deeply grounded in the religious traditions of western civilization are worried. They say (as best I understand them)
“We are all connected to one another. Whether you [...]