Greenfield Group Minutes
Since 1927
A Unitarian Universalist Ministers Study Group
BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES - DECEMBER 3, 2003
The gathering at Our Lady of Peace, Naragansett, R.I., was called to order by Acting Moderator, Frank Carpenter.
SCRIBE’S REPORT
Minutes from the spring read and accepted.
HISTORIAN
Nina as archivist, said the awareness of being historian has filtered into her head.
Tom Wintle will be the assistant archivist. He will be responsible for the old papers available at each session.
TREASURER
Treasurer, all expenses paid and depositss, 764$ plus what we get from the sale of the spirits. We are at a level we do not want to go below. Now there are no mailing expenses because of the web. If thre are web site expenses, historian costs, those should be paid by the group.
We have periodically thought about the cost of duplication - paper can go to people through email. Presenter responsible for copies to people with no email.
KEEPER OF THE SPIRITS
Spirit Keeper held the annual auction cum fire sale of spirits.
ABSENCES, RESIGNATIONS, NOMINATIONS
Absences were all excused:
Greg Chute and Martha Niebank on Sabbatical.
Martha and Paul were ill.
Lucinda family crisis....
Resignationa, Cynthia and Richard.
Rosemary accepted the invitation to join and was initiated . . . . Unh . . . . unh . . . . . unh . . . . . unh . . . . . unh . . . . . .unh!
One opening and one nomination : Rev. Marta Valentin who works at the UUA in the Latina/Latino and Hispanic Ministries and People of Colour Communities. Bill Gardiner spoke to the nomination. Susan SB also supported the nomination. Question moved and there was unanimous approval for inviting her.
PROGRAM
Will will report on next springs topic -Humour, Humility and Humanity
Req.
Barry Sanders, Sudden Glory, laughter as Subversive History, Beacon, Ch. 1,2,,7,8
Ted Cohne, Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on laughing Matters, Univ. Of Chicago
Weavings (Jnl of Christian Spiritual Life Dec, 1994 issue)
The Sun (Magazine) Nov. 2003, Readers Write secion “Laughter” Sunmagazine.org
May be some other required reading
No papers
recommended Books
Two Jews on a Train: Stories of the old country and the New
Reinhold Neibuhr on Humour
\Erasmus, In Praisre of Folly, etc.
Recommendation that Braudel be on all reading lists in the future.
Three movies . . . .
Four Papers: Major Paper, Martha Niebank, theological Reflection an Mirth and Hillarity
Three short papers:
Humour and Preaching, Charles Stephen
Humour and pastoral care, Susan SB
Josh on Humour and Social Action
Reminder that Niebank witll be on sabbatical
Dick Fewkes will do change of pace.
All are asked to produce a 500 word paper on one of the paper topics (three small paper topics)
Meeting is April 26-68, 2004. Always the last Monday of April.
Meeting is closed by the Moderator without censuring Josh for mentioning modernism in the chapel.
Respectfully submitted,
Brian Kopke, Scribe
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