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CONNECTICUT VALLEY QUARTERLY MEETING
February 5-6, 2005

Come one, come all, to share in spiritual fellowship and inspiration with old f/Friends and new/young in hospitable Hartford!

In response to leadings emerging from the last Quarterly Meeting at Woolman Hill, the program at Hartford will be a little different this year.

Feb.5 (Saturday)
6.00 p.m. Pot luck supper at Hartford Meeting House

7.30 p.m. (After clean-up) All current and former members of Ministry and Counsel,Ministry and Worship, and Pastoral Care Committees in the Quarter are invited to an open meeting. (Agenda items to Eleanor Godway, (860 225 7554; fax 860 832 2923; e-mail godway@ccsu.edu; one of the first is a proposal to reinstitute the QM M&C.)

7.30 p.m. Friends of Junior High and High School age are invited to activities planned by Diane Randall - RSVP to 860 521 4380, or randalldiane@sbcglobal.net, followed by sleepover at 31 Grennan Road, West Hartford.

9.00 p.m. dispersal to Friends' homes in the Hartford area.

Feb.6 (First Day)
8.45 a.m. Coffee, tea, etc. at the Meeting House

9.10 a.m. Bible study in the Ralph Williams Room - bring a Bible

10.00 a.m. Meeting for Worship

11.15 a.m. Quarterly Meeting for Business (note new time.)
Agenda items to Clerk Bonner McAllester, bmca@berkshire.net

12.45 p.m. Lunch (Hartford Friends bring enough for all)

2.00 p.m. Program:
Let Us Walk Each Other Home. . . a spiritual and practical response to homelessness.

A number of Friends in Hartford and New Haven Monthly Meetings (and perhaps others also)
are working in various ways to address the injustice of homelessness. They will sharing gifts that have grown out of this work as well as ways of addressing the issue locally and elsewhere. This will be an opportunity to reflect on the issue of homelessness in a new light. Homelessness is not an isolated phenomenon, but an indication of how our society has lost sight of our mission on earth to each other. We will look at the call to end homelessness as an opportunity to go deep into our own hearts and find ways to respond to rebuilding home.
The program will include a short video, involve some worship and small group sharing, and activities appropriate for junior high and high school students as well as older F/friends.

3.45 p.m. Farewells

Hartford Friends welcome guests for Saturday night. Please inform by phone
(860 225 7554) or e-mail, godway@ccsu.edu, or fill in, detach and return to
Eleanor Godway, 134 Francis St, New Britain, CT. 06063

Interested in attending? Email Chris Watts to reserve a space.

For directions to the Meeting House click here.