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Radnor Monthly Meeting Bulletin March, 2013

Monthly Bulletin March, 2013

Religious Society of Friends P.O. Box 8196, Radnor, PA 19087-8196

[email protected] 610 Conestoga Road (Conestoga & Sproul Road/Rt.320), Villanova, PA 19085

I have both a deep sense of that tenderness and also that inner urging that beckons you on beyond where you are. Something that says, "All right, youhave come this far, but you must go further." It is both frightening andintriguing, this sensing in you that you can never stop. You can't "stay put"in the life of the Spirit. Thankfully, there has been that golden thread, thatsense of wonder and mystery which I wouldn't have called a sense of thePresence when I was a child, and yet it has been that very thing that I haveheld on to through the ups and downs of my journey.

Dorothy M. Steere, unpublished "Reminiscences and Reflections" (1992), 59.

Note: Dorothy was devoted to Radnor Meeting in many ways for over 70 years, from1930 to 2003.

10:00 a.m. First Day School10:00 a.m. Meeting for Worship

(Childcare provided)11:15 a.m. Forum

Clerk: Patsy DentAssociate: J ulia Hanson

Treasurer: Bart Harrison

P.O. Box 1382Bryn Mawr. PA 19010

Editor: Burt DallasAssociate: J anet Schroeder

[email protected]

Secretary: Andrea [email protected]



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Query

Spiritual Nurture, Ministry, and Religious Education

Does our Meeting encourage the ministry of both word and deed? How does our Meeting recognize,develop, and nurture the gifts of our members and attenders of all ages?

Does our Meeting prepare all its members and children for worship and for a way of life consistent with the principles of the Religious Society of Friends? How do we teach about Quaker practices in business and worship and their importance to the functioning of our Meeting community?

In what ways do we support each other in order to seek God's will and act upon our understanding of truth? Is there opportunity in our Meeting to share the excitement of religious discovery and the

possibility of religious transformation?

Does our Meeting provide opportunities for all in the Meeting to learn about:

- the Inner Light, the living Christ within, the Bible, the writings of Friends, our Christian heritage,other religious traditions and their respective roles in the history and formation of Friends' principles?

- the common testimonies Friends declare?

- the variety of expression Quaker faith takes today?

Do I maintain as part of my personal and family life those daily practices that focus on continued spiritual growth, with disciplined worship, inward retirement, and communion with the divinespirit?

Do I frequently read the Bible and other religious literature, including the records of the lives and experiences of Friends? Do I take the time to explore these resources with others, and likewiseencourage my children?

Do I share my own faith and spiritual journey, and encourage such sharing within my family?



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Calendar

Saturday, March 210:00 a.m. Memorial for Joseph W. Kimmel

Sunday, March 310:00 a.m. First Day School10:00 a.m. Meeting for Worship11:45 a.m. Care and Counsel Committee Meeting

Sunday, March 108:30 a.m. Peace & Social Concerns Committee Meeting10:00 a.m. First Day School

10:00 a.m. Meeting for Worship11:15 a.m. Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business

Sunday, March 17 10:00 a.m. First Day School10:00 a.m. Meeting for Worship11:15 a.m. Forum: “The Buddha in the Attic”

Tuesday, March 196:00 p.m. Fundraising Dinner for Sega School – See ‘Announcements’

Sunday, March 2410:00 a.m. First Day School10:00 a.m. Meeting for Worship11:00 a.m. Fellowship Lunch

Wednesday, March 27 10:00 p.m. Please send items for the March Newsletter

to [email protected]

Sunday, March 3110:00 a.m. First Day School10:00 a.m. Meeting for Worship

Looking Ahead Sunday, April 27 in Bethlehem, MDDavid Zarembka, a very active Quaker, will be a presenter at the ‘friend-raiser’: Lafiya: Peacemaking. This seminar is to raise much-needed awareness of the role of the peace churches and organizations that bringhealing with conflict resolutions and mediation to two different regions in Africa.



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Dates of Interest to FriendsSunday, March 17 Library Forum

On Sunday, March 17 during Forum time the Library Committee will sponsor a discussion of the"One Philadelphia" book, "The Buddha in the Attic," by Julie Otsuka. There won't be a formal talk about the book; just read it (available at your local library) and come prepared to discuss. There won't be a formal speaker or presentation but there'll be plenty of time for sharing thoughts.The book is a collective "portrait" of the experiences of Japanese women who came to California inthe early twentieth century to be the wives of Japanese men who had arrived earlier to work. Thetime span of the novel is from about 1910 through World War II. Email Caroline Cherry ([email protected]) if you want her to send you the NY Times review of the book.

In the Philadelphia Area:

Mar 2, 2013 - 12:00pm - 3:00pm2013 Quaker College Fair

Arch Street Meeting House

Mar 9, 2013 - 9:30am - 1:30pm

Interim Meeting and Junior Interim Meeting - March


Mar 15 2013, 6pm - Mar 17 2013, 12:00pm

Middle School Friends Gathering: Spring has SprungHaverford Monthly Meeting, Haverford PA

Mar 22 2013, 7:00pm - Mar 24 2013, 12:00pm

Young Friends Urban Life Skills

Germantown Friends Meeting, Philadelphia

Mar 23, 2013 - 7:30pm - 9:30pm

William Penn Lecture


Mar 23 2013 - 9:30am - 1:30pm

Planning a Family Directed Funeral

Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia



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Radnor News

Forum on Gun Violence Prevention

Peace and Social Concerns sponsored a Gun Violence Prevention Forum on Sunday, February 24after Meeting for Worship and a brief fellowship with a light lunch. The main speaker at the forum was Bryan Miller, the executive director of Heading God’s Call, a faith-based grass roots movement working in parts of Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and Baltimore, to prevent gun violence. Alsospeaking was Mark Fifer, a teacher and administrator at Friends’ Central School who has been working with Bryan Miller to help establish a Chapter of Heeding God's Call in the western suburbs(Metro West) by working with a variety of faith communities in this area.

Bryan was inspired to devote his life to gun violence prevention after his brother was one of 3 law enforcement officers killed in a massacre in Washington D.C. by a lone gunman wielding an assaultpistol. Prior to his work leading Heeding God’s Call, he was executive director of Ceasefire NJ forfifteen years. During his tenure with that organization, New Jersey became the sixth most stringentstate for gun violence prevention. Bryan hopes that Heeding God’s Call can help makePennsylvania’s laws much more stringent than they are. One of the biggest differences betweenPennsylvania laws and New Jersey laws on gun purchases is that in Pennsylvania gun buyers can buy an unlimited number of guns each time they make a purchase, unlike in New Jersey whereindividuals can purchase only 1 gun per month. Unfortunately, this difference makes Pennsylvania amuch more attractive state for buyers of guns who distribute them to a black market, made up of individuals who cannot pass background reports themselves, but who depend on straw purchasers to buy guns for them.

Bryan Miller explained that reports show that there is a direct correlation between the black market

for guns (created by the rather loose laws regulating guns in Pennsylvania) and the extremely highgun violence rate in places like Philadelphia. With this correlation in mind, he is getting faith-basedgroups to exert pressure on gun shop owners in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia suburbs to adopt acode of conduct, whereby gun shop owners would, among other things, refuse to sell to straw buyers.In those cases where the gun shop owners agree to adopt the code of conduct, the faith-based groupstands outside the shop and holds a public celebration of the gun shop’s new code of conduct. Wherethe gun shop owner refuses to adopt the code of conduct, the faith-based group stands outside theshop and protests its refusal.

Bryan Miller and Mark Fifer believe that the best way to effect change—both in the ways gun shopssell guns, and in the laws regulating the sale of guns—is through faith-based, grass roots organizing.

To that end, both of them are enlisting the help of various faith-based communities in Philadelphiaand its suburbs both to put pressure on individual gun shops and to effect change in the gun laws.They have already enlisted the help of a number of churches in the area and are looking to others tohelp establish a chapter of Heeding God’s Call in the Philadelphia suburbs called “Metro West.”They sent around a sign-up sheet to those present at the forum for those attending to sign, and askedthose present to mention their work to other members. The website for Heeding God’s Call ishttp://www.heedinggodscall.org/, and Bryan Millers’ email address is [email protected]



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New Gulph Day Care

Nancy Klein is the director of New Gulph and on Friday she mentioned a serious concern. Their board members and parents have been nervous about security since the Newtown tragedy. Nancy wanted to know if Radnor members planning to come to work at the meetinghouse or on the grounds

while the day care center is in session could send an email ahead of time just alerting her that they will be on site. Nancy emphasized that she is not suggesting that access should be limited but that thestaff at New Gulph would appreciate being alerted to people, especially people they do not know, being around.

Simply sending an email ahead of a planned visit or leaving a voice mail would be welcomed by allthe adults who either work at New Gulph or have children there.

Nancy Klein’s email is [email protected]., her telephone is 610 688 2411

New Addresses / Contact Info:

Sam Dalke1110 Waverly StPhiladelphia, PA 19147(610) 888-5511

Caleb Balderston183 Columbia St. Apt 202Cambridge, MA 02139(484) 343-3997

Cookie Walk

The Peace and Social Concerns Committee wishes to thank Radnor Friends for their outstandingsupport of the 2012 Cookie Walk which will benefit the important work of Philabundance. A total of $3,141 was raised through cookie sales and donations. And a special thanks to First Day SchoolFriends who beautifully decorated thirty or more cookie containers.

Thanks and Peace,

Gene Grace on behalf of the Peace and Social Concerns Committee.



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Friends Memorials

Joseph W. Kimmel

Our friend and member Joseph W. Kimmel passed away on Tuesday,January 22 at home after a long fight with congestive heart failure. His wifeof nearly 70 years, Betty (Elizabeth Blackburn) was by his side.

A Memorial will be held at Radnor on Saturday, March 2nd at 2:00PM. Allare invited to help celebrate Joe's life.

The obituary below was published in Main Line Media News on January 30, 2013:

Joseph W. Kimmel Age 91, of Villanova, died on Tuesday, January 22 athome after a long fight with congestive heart failure. His wife of nearly seventy years, Betty (Elizabeth Blackburn) was by his side. Father of James (Jim) of Atlanta, GA and Highlands, NC andthe late Jonathan (Jon) of Berwyn, and grandfather of Jon and Suzan Egan (Kimmel) Fluke's twin boys, Jamie and Jon of New York and Pittsburgh, PA. Joe was born on December 18, 1921 in Toledo,Ohio to Morris Schrock (M.S.) and Etta DeHaven Kimmel. He had an adopted sister, Jean, whopredeceased him by two decades. The family moved to Pittsburgh and Joe graduated from The Arnold School (Shadyside Academy) in 1940, before enrolling in Swarthmore College with the classof '44. With the outbreak of World War II he participated in the U.S. Navy V-12 program, graduating with the class of 1943. It was in a Great Books class at Swarthmore (the Quaker Matchbox) that hemet his future bride, Betty Blackburn of South Philadelphia. Joe was a member of the Navy's elite

UDT (Underwater Demolition Team, precursor to the SEALS), and later the Amphibious Forcesserving in the Pacific Theatre. Returning to Pittsburgh after the war, Joe joined Gulf Oil beforemoving the family to Radnor in the 1950's where he was employed in several large industrialcompanies in oil, steel and paper. He joined Edward N. Hay & Associates in the mid 1960's providingcompensation consulting to major corporations as well as local, state and federal governments andagencies, including a complete overhaul of the US Postal System, the first ever attempted. Joe wasactive in consulting after Hay in various capacities as recently as 10 years ago. On his own and out of his concern for frequent SUV rollovers, he developed and published the K-Index, a predictor of thisincidence, much to the consternation of the auto industry. Within two years, the industry fixed theproblem. Joe's real passion was all things Radnor, beginning with Little League and head of umpires,Cub Scouts and Scout Master for the then new Troop 499 in Ithan, and his successful election to

township commissioner as a member of the "New Look" Republicans in the mid 1960's. Hecontinued to be very active in Radnor politics through his acerbic writings and pointed participationin township and school board meetings. He was the decades long author of the local column"Political Potpourri" and TV show by the same name, interviewing local as well as national figures.Joe never met a debate (some would say confrontation) that he didn't relish. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 2 at 2:00 PM at Radnor Friends Meeting, 610 Conestoga Road(Conestoga & Sproul), Villanova, PA 19085. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent in JosephKimmel's name to: Radnor Friends Meeting, PO Box 1382, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010.



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News of Friends

Rose Miller

From: Rose Miller <[email protected]>

To: [email protected]: Thursday, February 21, 2013 8:45 PMSubject: Re: Radnor Talent Night and Pot Luck this Saturday!!!

Hello all. Our little worship group is trying to do things like a regular meeting and we wonder if thereare good ideas you could share. We are under the care of Hanover meeting and they are helping us,too. Their young friends are planning to come join us and talk a bit after meeting and we want to plan

a kind of Quakerism 101 for fall. We get down to just several people in the summer because so many lucky people here have summer houses. So whatever we do, it must be soon. Our Friendly 8's arestudying a paper I downloaded from Phil. Yearly Meeting on what Quakers believe. It is excellent. SoI guess we are doing pretty well for a small group. I got a beautiful card which touched me so muchfrom the First Day School children; how I love it.Have a great time at the party. I know you will. Rose Miller



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Sea Kaplan has an oil painting in a juried show at the Goggle Works in Reading PA. The title is "Graffiti in Manayunk".



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Radnor Voices

Traffic sounds are a paradoxical reminder of Meeting to me.

On warm days we often leave the Meeting House doors open and the sound of 476 on its elevatedroadway and the sound of 320 on the ground below, both to the rear of the Meeting, create asusurration of tires which is the background that seems to amplify and deepen the silence within.

Out there is the sound of the world. In here is our pool of quiet deepening and changing. We plungethe depths of the silence as the spirit moves among us and we may speak or not. The unified sense of being Gathered binds us so that distant hum is just a notice of the edge of Spirit. Some days it evenovercomes that murmur as we all struggle to find our meaning.

As we gradually move upward toward the end of Worship the sound increases, but still is held at bay.

Would the Worship be as deep without this sound?

~~Julia Hanson

Radnor Voices features the spiritual voices of Friends at Radnor Meeting. We hope this will provide a forum for sharing the years of accumulated wisdom present in our community. Each month an individual contributor will reflect on their spiritual life as a Friend, giving voice to the experiences and insights theyhave gathered in their own personal journey. Friends who wish to share in this way are invited to contact Caroline Cherry of Worship and Ministry at [email protected] or by phone at 610 687-7547. Deadlineeach month for contributions is the second Sunday of that month. Recommended length is from two

paragraphs to one and one-half pages, but exceptions can be made.



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AnnouncementsGlobal Awareness Dinner and Silent Auction

Sponsored by the Plymouth Whitemarsh High School S.A.V.E. ClubIn support of the Sega School for Girls in Morogoro, Tanzania

March 19th, 2013 starting at 6P.M.

The Sega School for Girls gives African girls who have been forced to drop out of school a secondchance at an education. For the past three years the SAVE Club at Plymouth Whitemarsh HS hasheld a dinner and silent auction to raise money for the school. 100% of the profit from this dinner will be donated. Last year, we raised over $1700 for this goal. This year the dinner is being held at thePlymouth Country Club on 888 Plymouth Road, Plymouth Meeting. Hors d’oeuvres will be served at6pm and guests will have an hour to peruse the silent auction, featuring both local and Tanzanianartwork as well as donations from local businesses. Dinner will be served at 7pm, consisting of ahouse salad and entrée (vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free alternatives available upon request).Following dinner, Sega representative Shirley Young will give a presentation while guests are serveddessert. A non-alcoholic beverage bar is also available to guests. Tickets to the event are $25. If youcannot attend the event but would still like to donate money or an item to the silent auction, yourcontribution would be more than welcome.

If you are interested, please contact Claudia Deeg at [email protected]. For more information onthe Sega School, visit www.nurturingmindsinafrica.org.



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Report from the Library Committee:

On March 17 after the rise of Meeting there will be an informal discussion of Julie Otsuka’sThe Buddha in the Attic, the “One Philadelphia” book for 2013. It’s a clearly written composite portrait ofJapanese women immigrants to California and their experiences in the 1910-1945 period –“picture

brides” who came to America to marry men they’d never met, motivated variously by community pressure, difficult circumstances in the old country, and the desire for a better life. Although not aQuaker book, the novel deals with issues relevant to Friends (and with a slice of history we all oughtto know.) Get a copy from your local library and come prepared to share your reactions. You can getdiscussion questions from Caroline Cherry (in person or by email [email protected]). Also, moreinformation about the “One Philadelphia” project and discussion questions are available athttp://libwww.freelibrary.org/onebook/obop13/docs/2013obop_calendar.pdf

New acquisitions:

Tracy Chevalier, The Last Runaway. This is a bit of a departure for our Meeting library: a novel by a

non-Quaker (whose best known earlier work is The Girl with the Pearl Earring). The Last Runaway concerns a fictional British Quaker, Honor Bright, who immigrates to Ohio in 1850 and faces thechallenge of adjusting to a still-forming country where everything from quilting practices to flora andfauna is both alarmingly different and refreshingly new. The most severe challenge is herinvolvement with the Underground Railroad, made more perilous than ever by the Fugitive Slave Actof 1850. This is a highly discussable novel; we’ll keep it on the window sill to the left of the fireplacefor the next few months for easy access. If you check it out, please return it quickly so that others canread it too (it’s a fast read). Let Caroline Cherry know if you want the Library Committee to sponsora discussion group. (Discussion questions available on request).

Quaker Process for Friends on the Benches, by Mathilda Navias. This is a useful handbook coveringeverything from the role of committees to the use of communication technology in the life of theMeeting. Have you wondered about the differences among FGC, FUM, and EFC (and what thoseinitials mean)? Are you in doubt about the difference between “sense of the meeting” and“consensus,” about “standing aside” or “standing in the way”? This book will clarify these questions,as well as your role as a member of Meeting, a committee member, or a clerk. It includes a glossary of “Quaker-speak.” What’s an indulged meeting? A popcorn meeting? A threshing session? Whatdoes it mean to elder, and how is it done “in good order”? There’s also a list of Friends’ organizationsand a bibliography of other books on Quaker process and practice. Check it out. (Further reviews of this book may appear as members read it and find it helpful on particular aspects of Quaker process).

Author spotlight:

We’re pleased to have in our Meeting library several books on parenting by our member HarrietHeath. These include “Using Your Values to Raise Your Child to be an Adult You Admire,” “Paths toQuaker Parenting: Using Quaker Beliefs, Testimonies and Practices” (a compilation by the QuakerParenting Initiative edited by Harriet Heath), and the Pendle Hill Pamphlet “Answering That of Godin our Children.” These books are extremely useful to all parents (and grandparents and teachers)—in fact, to all who are struggling to clarify and remain true to their values in the face of the challengesof child-raising, and all who hope to help children develop a set of solid, reflected-upon values and behaviors that will guide them through life. The books are filled with practical examples and



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suggestions, and avoid prescribing a one-size-fits-all method. For instance, “Using Your Values”includes a list of attributes to help the reader identify values which may not have been consciously articulated and behaviors which demonstrate values. It suggests ways of teaching and modeling the values you want to transmit, and using them in making decisions. It addresses situations whenparents’ values differ and provides information about developmental stages and learning styles to

help parents act effectively. “Paths to Quaker Parenting” overlaps to some extent but is specifically focused on Quaker values. How can parents apply the testimonies of integrity, equality, peace,simplicity, stewardship, and service? How can they handle the situation constructively when theirchildren lie? when a child seems to be behaving aggressively toward another child? when the topicof sex comes up with teenagers? The book includes a set of queries focused on the family environment for each testimony and a list of books for further reading (a number of which are in ourMeeting’s library). Similarly, “Answering That of God in our Children” emphasizes the wonderingaspect of children and explores the ways parents can lovingly nurture that of God through listening,understanding, teaching, and accepting their children as wonderers.

Look for these books in a green folder on the top shelf of the fourth bookcase from the door). Also,look for more of Harriet’s reflections on children, parents, and grandparents in “Radnor Voices” inthe April issue of the Newsletter.

Radnor's Collecting Stamps Benefits Quaker Right Sharing

For many years, Radnor member J une Smith urged the Meeting to bring in unique postage stampsfrom all over the world, and then she sent them on to Claremont Friends Meeting, c/o Earl Walker.Over the years, Earl's Stamp Project has grown into a constant flow of valuable stamps andpostcards. He sells them to dealers and, over the years, has donated thousands of dollars to Quakergroups such as Right Sharing of World Resources.

After J une Smith's Memorial Meeting for Worship on J uly 6, 2012, Radnor Meeting received lettersfrom both Earl Walker and J une's daughter Carol Keller urging Radnor Meeting to continue J une'swork.

Since last summer, hundreds of valuable stamps have continued to flow in and fill up the glass bowlon the window sill in the Fireplace Room.

Thanks Radnor for keeping J une's service work alive and going well!



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Radnor Supports Hatcliffe Project of AFSC

The Friends’ Testimonies Fund of Radnor, which is administered by the Finance Committee, hasapproved a $1000 grant to the Hatcliffe Extension Project of the American Friends ServiceCommittee.

In 2005, the government of Zimbabwe leveled the slums in the city of Harare, displacing nearly onemillion people. About 10,000 settled just north of the city limits in a shantytown known as theHatcliffe Extension. This was a crisis in many ways, and AFSC was one of the first to respond. As istheir practice, AFSC asked the residents what they most needed. They asked for a training programto help them regain their livelihoods. AFSC initiated a program to teach useful trades (carpentry,plumbing, welding, hair dressing, peanut butter making, etc.) and 130 men, women, and childrenhave received training. Noting that there are about 6 people per family group in the HatcliffeExtension, this training program has already benefitted almost 10% of the population of HatcliffeExtension.

The residents of Hatcliffe would like to expand their businesses by having a business center, to allow them to operate their businesses outside their shanty homes. AFSC has agreed to support this business shell and has been assisting in getting government approvals, drawing up detailed floorplans, and creating lists of materials and costs lists. A number of people trained by the program willprovide labor to erect this structure.

The project is now on hold awaiting full funding. The project will cost USD$147,702, of which only $35,000 remains to be raised. In an effort to complete the fundraising, a representative of the AFSCapproached Radnor’s Finance Committee to appeal for support through the Friends’ TestimoniesFund. After discussion of how this project is consistent with Friends’ testimonies of honoring that of

God within each person and the global community we are all part of, the Finance Committee decidedto award this project $1000 from Friends’ Testimonies Fund. We are proud to be part of thistransformational effort in Zimbabwe.

More information about the Hatcliffe Extension Project of AFSC may be found athttps://afsc.org/story/shan-cretin-visits-hatcliffe-extension-zimbabwe.



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Radnor Monthly Meeting Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business

02/10/2013 The meeting opened with silent worship and was clerked by Clerk Patsy Dent.

Approval of Minutes The minutes from the business meeting of 1

st month 2013 were approved.

Announcements of Upcoming Events Patsy announced a list of upcoming events. Look for these in the newsletter and to be posted in the forum

room.

Basement Project Report

Pat Davis, a member of the Burial and Memorial Committee, reported. She has been looking through the

records in the basement. In the process, she has been doing some organizing and cleaning up. Some old

lamps and excess quarry tile was donated to Habitat for Humanity. She met with the archivist at Swarthmore

about burial plot records. Mary Crauderueff, who is an archivist, has been helping with the organization.

Caroline Cherry said that she has some of the records from the basement which had been stored at her home

for protection. Peter Hickman noted that the burial plots have been resurveyed and new markers placed. It

was suggested that there be an inventory of the documents that have been stored at alternate locations.

Treasurer’s 6 Month Operating Budget Report The Treasurer, Bart Harrison, distributed copies of the report and reviewed it. There were more memorial

services than usual this year, which resulted in an increase in miscellaneous income. The Founders Trust

reimbursed the Meeting for tall tree work and termite barriers around buildings. The Meeting’s expenses are

in line

with

expectations.

Bart

explained

that

the

net

income

for

the

first

six

months

may

be

misleading

since

it is on a cash basis, but utility expenses are billed after the period of usage and those not yet paid are not yet

taken into account, but will be toward the end of the Fiscal Year. The Religious Education Committee

budgeted for two teachers but only have one, so expenses are lower. The Steere Trust would underwrite

cost of the teacher if the Meeting needs it to help to balance the budget. The balance sheet shows that the

Meeting is in good financial shape. Bart expressed a concern that we are losing some members, through

death and transfers, who have been very generous to the Meeting. The New Gulph Children’s Center (NGCC)

sends a set amount for utilities per month and since the expense varies through the seasons it is settled up at

the end of the Fiscal Year. There is a capital allowance for the NGCC for interior expenses.

Joanne

Kettelle

asked

about

the

Founders

Trust.

It

is

not

included

in

this

report

of

the

operating

expenses

since it is not part of the operating budget. A question was asked about the NGCC project to make the

bathrooms and building more accessible for wheelchairs. That plan is in abeyance because the person on the

NGCC Board who was promoting it has moved away. Peter Hickman asked if increases to the scholarship

money towards tuition to Friends Schools were being considered, due to the increase in cost over the years.

There has been some increase in award amounts.

Finance Committee Report: Bequest from the Friends Testimonies Fund



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Jerilynn Radcliffe reported about a bequest from the Friends Testimonies fund. She reported that in 2005 the

Harare slums in Zimbabwe were leveled which displaced millions of people, many to the Hatcliffe Extension

outside Harare. AFSC is working in Hatcliffe to provide training skills and has been asked to help create a

factory shell for the fledgling industries. AFSC agreed and most of the money has been raised. AFSC

requested assistance from the Radnor Friends Testimonies fund. The Finance Committee approved $1000 for

the project.

Finance Committee Request for Decision: Radnor's Covenant to PYM Jerilynn Radcliffe reported that in 2010 26% of RMM’s annual budget was for the Covenant to PYM, and it

was 24% last year. PYM has asked for a 3% increase and the Finance Committee is requesting approval for

the increase of RMM’s Covenant to PYM of 3% which would bring it to $21,000 for 2013‐2014. The Meeting

gave approval.

Report from Care and Counsel Steve Olshevski reported on a project reaching out to contact people that we have not heard from fora while. The committee is having trouble finding four people. They will try to contact them and if they are not successful, will publish the names in the newsletter.Concerns of Friends Peter Hickman noted that we are encouraging others outside the Meeting to come to the forum ongun control in two weeks and reminded us to continue to encourage people to donate to St. Mary'sfood pantry. The meeting closed with silent worship.

Respectfully submitted,

Isobel Thompson

Recording Clerk



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