Concord Meeting Charitable Status

We have realized that Friends may need a special document. You may want to download it and tuck it in with your tax files. While the Meeting has an IRS assigned tax ID, that ID is not identified as charitable. While we are registered with the State of NH as a charity, the IRS recognizes our charitable status through what is called a group exemption letter held by New England Yearly Meeting. If your charitable deductions to the Meeting are ever questioned by the IRS this group exemption letter [2] will be important for you to have

Dover Quarter Minutes

Take a look at the minutes from the Meeting in January here [3] (.doc download).

The following items have appeared previously in emailed announcements.

Advent Abundance Calendar Fundraiser

To date we have received $729 toward our goal and pledge of $800 toward supporting Christine Imbiti's secondary school education and her family's well being. Many thanks for these special donations!

Draft Minutes from 2/13 Meeting for Business and Membership

The draft minutes of Sunday's Meeting for Worship for the Conduct of Business are available at https://www.concordfriendsmeeting.org/2022-02-13_CMM_Minutes [4]. The major topic for our consideration was the land acknowledgement. We also welcomed Elaine into meeting membership! This is a good time to remind regular Meeting attendees to consider taking the step into membership. For more information about membership read this brochure [5] and/or contact MinistryAndCounsel [at] ConcordFriendsMeeting [dot] org.

Ministry and Counsel Announcements

Fourth Sunday Programs-

February- Nominating committee is planning a program on discovering our gifts March- AFSC staff Maggie Fogarty and Grace Kendeke will talk about AFSC programs

April- program under discussion

Small Groups continue with one change. The book group formerly on Thursday mornings is moving to Tuesday evenings at 7:30 on zoom. We will be reading and discussing “belonging” by bell hooks. This is part personal memoir and part social examination of how the place we live affects us.

There is some interest in having a book group meet on a different night so let us know if that is something that interests you and we can help get that going. No book has been decided on.

All NH Friends Gathering – Saturday, February 26, 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM, via Zoom:

Zoom in to the All NH Friends Gathering to learn and share what Quaker Meetings are doing to move toward right relationship with Native Peoples in our communities.

New England Yearly Meeting approved the Letter of Apology to Native Peoples and Call to Action at Annual Sessions last August. We’ve heard what Friends in Maine and Massachusetts have been doing, but what are we doing in New Hampshire? Join us to share, learn and imagine!

• 9:30 AM - Worship
• 10 AM - Brief Update from the NEYM Right Relationship Resource Group; Sharing by Meetings and individuals (10 minutes each).
• 12 NOON – Break for lunch, fresh air, dog walks
• 1 PM – Discussion about issues of concern to Native Peoples
• 2:30 PM – Next Steps
• 3 PM – Closing

Register today [6]! For more information, contact Marian Baker (quakerbonnet [at] gmail [dot] com) or Sara Smith (sara [dot] rose [dot] ssmith [at] gmail [dot] com). registration link: https://forms.gle/MMJa8cs24dUQBVVL7 [1]

Are you wanting information from past announcements?

Visit this page on our web site: Past Announcements [7]

Are you wanting to donate to Concord Monthly Meeting?

Visit this page on our web site for more information: Donations [8]