Young Friend returned from Africa

Stephanie G has returned from her recent trip to Ghana for an intense semester of Women’s Studies. Don’t miss your chance to chat with her about her experiences before she returns to Earlham College in the Fall!

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Minutes, Eighth Month 2008

Clerk: Barbara Esther, Recording Co-Clerk: Jen Rhode

Present: Katherine Kowal, Kitti Reynolds, Raelin Hansen, Phillip Neal, Peter Buck, Margaret Normile, Ellen Frerotte, Pat Johnson, Satchel Loftis, George Gjelfriend, Gary Briggs, Alan Robinson, Steve Livingston, Jim Cavener, Bobby Carter, Joy Gossett, Adrianne Weir

Opening Worship We began with a period of worship in silence at 12:08 p.m.

Clerk’s Reading

August.
The opposing
of peach and sugar,
and the sun inside the afternoon
like the stone in the fruit
The ear of corn keeps
its laughter intact, yellow and firm
August.
The little boys eat
brown bread and delicious moon.
Federico García Lorca
from Earth Prayers from Around the World
Edited by Elizabeth Roberts and Elias Amidon
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