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1 *Location of children at AAM*
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2 Central placement of the table makes a worshipful gathering harder
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3 for the adults
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4 No complaint wrt CC trying this, but now it's been raised, we should
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5 consider it.
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6 Motivation was making it possible for a wheelchair user to get to the
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7 table.
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8 2) It is Elders' role to care for the holding of MfW, and we should
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9 share our feelings about this and look for an alternative
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10 resolution.
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11
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12 2) There's a more general issue here, which is that when things
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13 overlap with our responsibilities, it would be helpful to involve
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14 us in the discussion.
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16 *Action* Margaret to speak with Madeleine Harding _qua_ Convenor of
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17 Childrens C'tee about the above two points.
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19 *World Quaker Day*
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20 We have some unease about the whole idea. Being up there with World
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21 Lawn Bowls day...
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22 There is in any case an apparent overlap as to days with the
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23 invitation for people to bring a child/newcomer with them.
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25 We agree not to do anything.
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26
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27 *Action* Gareth to speak to Marilyn Higgins _qua_ member of the
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28 Clerking Team to convey the above.
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29
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30 *Secpnd half of the RESTORE programme*
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31 Zoe has offered to do this on request.
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33 *Action* HST to ask Zoe to suggest a date, early November, same timing
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34 as last time, i.e. after lunch.
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35
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36 *State of Meeting*
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37 David shared incidents lately when reading from the Bible resulted in
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38 pushback. There's an asymmetry of tolerance: tolerance for
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39 disinterest in or even dislike for traditional Christian
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40 language/belief is required of us, but intolerance of these is common.
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42 How do we foreground that we are the _religious_ Society of Friends
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43 in a way that is encouraging of respect, without feeling like being
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44 accusing or sounding like special pleading...
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45
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46 Individually we are feeling a bit lost spiritually ourselves, and a
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47 lack of spiritual witness in the Meeting.
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48
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49 There's also a lack of channels for service, to the community and to
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50 the Meeting.
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51
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52 Possible things to do: Someone from Woodbrooke, getting house groups
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53 going.
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