We don't have too many details about the latest Monthly Meeting, attendance was low and much of the meeting was taken up by the day-to-day business of nominations and applications for membership.
We did hear one illuminating story relating to nine-year-old Anna, a member of Churchtown Meeting. Anna applied for membership at the same time that her classmates began preparations for making their first communions. That sounded like a good way for everyone in the class to feel included in a significant rite of passage, and maybe in sharing their different experiences it will help to broaden the future spiritual lives of all.
The Meeting received a draft letter from the Peace Committee addressed to the Minster for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, requesting that he continue his endeavours to have the building material from the 'Rachel Corrie', (the ship recently involved in an attempt to break the blockade of Gaza's ports), transported to Gaza, where it is desperately needed. The material is currently impounded by Israel in Ashdod.
The letter also asked the Minister to seek Israel’s recognition and implementation of the international definition of humanitarian relief, rather than the limited definition which Israel has currently chosen to adopt.
The meeting approved the letter, with a few ammendments, and this will now be forwarded to the Minister on behalf of Monthly Meeting.
Monday, June 21, 2010
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