CMM 2021-02-14
Minutes of Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business
Concord (NH) Monthly Meeting of
the Religious Society of Friends
Second Month 14th, 2021
Fifteen Friends gathered by Zoom connection and entered into quiet worship. We accepted the minutes of First Month as posted on the website.
We opened with a brief period of Worship.
02.1 Membership: Ministry and Counsel reported that clearness committees met with Michael and Joanna Evans regarding transferring their membership from Bloomington Indiana Monthly Meeting to Concord Friends Meeting. We enthusiastically approve this transfer and welcome them with joy.
02.2 State of Society Report: We heard the proposed 2020 State of Society Report. We approved it as amended. A copy is attached.
02.3 Treasurers’s Report: The Treasurer reported that we are at 67% of our budget with just four months to go. We aren’t getting as much income as we had thought but our expenses are also lower than expected. The Finance Committee would like committees to meet soon and visualize what we want to do in the next year in order to ask for funding in the next budget. We are reminded that money is a tool for advancing God’s work in the world. We accept the financial report as given. The Income and Expenses vs. Budget from June 2020 – January 2021 report is attached.
| Total Income: | $16,110 |
| Total Expenses: | $14.803 |
| Net Income: | $1,307 |
02.4 The Nominating Committee is at work putting together a slate of new officers and committee members for approval at the May meeting and are also working to create a document describing the purposes and procedures associated with this work. A written report is attached. We are reminded that the NEYM Permanent Board has a template to help with this task.
02.5 Right Relationship Working Group: A report from the Right Relationship working group is attached.
02.6 Ministry and Counsel: Ministry and Counsel shared a number of announcements. They are all in the attached committee report.
02.7 Annual Statistics Report: We reviewed our annual statistics report. If you are interested in tracking attendance at meetings, please contact the clerk.
After a brief time of quiet worship, Meeting adjourned, purposing to meet again on the Second Sunday of the Third month.
| Submitted by, | Accepted as the Approved Record, | |
| /s/ Heidi Babb, Recording Clerk | /s/ Richard Kleinschmidt, Presiding Clerk |
| Concord Monthly Meeting Income & Expenses | 2020-06-01 – 2021-01-31 | FY 2021 Budget | $ Over Budget | % Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | ||||
| Contributions | $15,880 | $25,415 | $9,545 | 62% |
| Interest Income | $0 | $810 | $810 | 0% |
| Rental Income | $0 | $500 | $500 | 0% |
| Solar Roof Lease | $240 | $240 | $240 | 100% |
| Total Income | $16,110 | $26,965 | $10,855 | 60% |
| Expenses | ||||
| Program | ||||
| Budget/Finance Committee | $25 | $30 | $5 | 83% |
| Hospitality | $0 | $180 | $180 | 0% |
| Library | $83 | $140 | $57 | 59% |
| Ministry & Counsel | $63 | $400 | $337 | 16% |
| Outreach | ||||
| Outreach - Committee | $0 | $475 | $475 | 0% |
| Website Expenses | $114 | $300 | $186 | 38% |
| Total Outreach | $114 | $775 | $661 | 15% |
| Peace, Social & Earthcare Concerns | $0 | $300 | $300 | 0% |
| Youth & Religious Education | $9 | $300 | $291 | 3% |
| Total Program | $294 | $2,125 | $1,831 | 14% |
| Property | ||||
| Building Maintenance | $395 | $500 | $105 | 79% |
| Data Usage | $254 | – | - | – |
| Debt Service | $2,855 | $3,805 | $950 | 75% |
| Donation in Lieu of Taxes | $0 | $500 | $500 | 0% |
| Electricity | $667 | $1,000 | $333 | 67% |
| Grounds | $0 | $100 | $100 | 58% |
| Insurance | $1,393 | $2,155 | $762 | 65% |
| Replacement Reserve Expense | $2,540 | $3,810 | $1,270 | 67% |
| Snow Removal | $335 | $2,000 | $1,665 | 17% |
| Supplies - Bldg. & Maintenance | $44 | $300 | $256 | 15% |
| Wood Pellets | $820 | $1,680 | $860 | 49% |
| Total Property | $9,303 | $15,850 | $6,547 | 59% |
| Support | ||||
| AFSC | $1,067 | $1,600 | $533 | 67% |
| Dover Quarterly Meeting | $0 | $10 | $10 | 0% |
| FCNL | $0 | $150 | $150 | 0% |
| Friends Camp | $0 | $300 | $300 | 0% |
| FWCC | $0 | $65 | $65 | 0% |
| Interfaith Council | $0 | $50 | $50 | 0% |
| NEYM - Equalization Fund | $0 | $300 | $300 | 0% |
| NEYM - General Fund | $4,140 | $6,210 | $2,070 | 67% |
| NH Council of Churches | $0 | $75 | $75 | 0% |
| Woolman Hill | $0 | $230 | $230 | 0% |
| Total Support | $5,207 | $8,990 | $3,783 | 58% |
| Total Other Misc. Expense | $0 | |||
| Total Expense | $14,803 | $26,965 | $12,162 | 55% |
| Net Income | $1,307 |
NB. The Income & Expenses Sheet was created with two decimal points, which were removed for readability, the cents being unimportant to the overall understanding. This can have the effect of throwing off any given sum by a dollar due to compounded rounding. — Prepared by Greg Heath and Chris Haigh.
| Concord Monthly Meeting Balance Sheet | 1st Month 31, 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSETS | |||
| Current Assets | |||
| Checking/Savings | |||
| Checking 123410166 | $17,638 | ||
| Money Market 101049498 | $6,603 | ||
| Total Checking/Savings | $24,241 | ||
| Accounts Receivable | |||
| Accounts Receivable | $0 | ||
| Total Accounts Receivable | $0 | ||
| Other Current Assets | |||
| Prepaid Electricity | $7,333 | ||
| Prepaid Insurance | $2,092 | ||
| Prepaid Wood Pellets | $0 | ||
| Undeposited Funds | $0 | ||
| Total Other Current Assets | $9,425 | ||
| Total Current Assets | $33,666 | ||
| Fixed Assets | |||
| Building | $466,455 | ||
| Land (including new lot) | $144,400 | ||
| Total Fixed Assets | $610,855 | ||
| Total Other Assets - NH Community Loan Fund | $22,682 | ||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $667,203 | ||
| LIABILITIES & EQUITY | |||
| Liabilities | |||
| Current Liabilities | |||
| Accounts Payable | |||
| Accounts Payable | $0 | ||
| Total Accounts Payable | $0 | ||
| Other Current Liabilities | |||
| Building & Grounds Fund | $485 | ||
| Friendly Assistance Fund | $1,000 | ||
| Operating Reserve | $3,000 | ||
| Solar Grant Funds | $1,209 | ||
| Special Projects | |||
| AFSC-NH | $0 | ||
| Christine / Kakamega Care Centre | $915 | ||
| Social Justice Fund | $603 | ||
| Total Special Projects | $1,519 | ||
| Total Other Current Liabilities | $7,213 | ||
| Total Current Liabilities | $7,213 | ||
| Long-term Liabilities | |||
| Mortgage Loan 1 | $16,005 | ||
| Replacement Reserve | $44,009 | ||
| Total Long-term Liabilities | $59,696 | ||
| Total Liabilities | $60,014 | ||
| Equity | |||
| General Fund Balance | $549,654 | ||
| Unrestricted Net Assets | $49,015 | ||
| Net Income | $1,307 | ||
| Total Equity | $599,976 | ||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY | $667,203 |
NB. The Balance Sheet was created with two decimal points, which were removed for readability, the cents being unimportant to the overall understanding. This can have the effect of throwing off any given sum by a dollar due to compounded rounding.
Do we have the resources to support our obligations? YES
Variable Assets Less Current Liabilities and Replacement Reserve = $3,819
| + Total Current Assets | $33,666 | |
| + Total NHCLF Loans | $22,682 | |
| Total Available Assets | $56,348 | |
| - Total Current Liabilities | ($7,213) | |
| - Replacement Reserve | ($44,009) | |
| - YTD Net Income | ($1,307) | |
| ($52,529) | ||
|
= Net Unrestricted Funds: (if projected budget is achieved) |
$3,819 |
Report and Announcements from Ministry & Counsel
February 13, 2021
Our Work:
- January 6th Capitol Attack: At the request of January Business Meeting we organized a January 16th sharing of reflections on the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. We realize that we have a variety of responses to this unprecedented event. We do feel it is appropriate to talk about our values and what concerns us in this event and in government policy as a result of holding those values, while being careful to not talk about political candidates and political parties. It is also important to not make assumptions about each other’s views. We were encouraged to write our own responses which Sara has condensed into one Word document. We hope this sharing will strengthen our understandings and open us up to the diverse ways we think about this event. Recognizing that these are personal views, they will be emailed to individuals in the meeting on request. Please email Sara to request a copy.
- New small groups: These groups have started:
- Braiding Sweetgrass book group: 3 groups!
- Walk once a week for an hour
- Bible [Scripture] Study group
- Deepening Daily Spiritual Practice
- Yearly Meeting Sessions: Will be online again while Young Friends will meet at Friends Camp. Some intergenerational activities will be offered at the sessions. There will be separate younger Friends sessions at a different time.
- New Pastoral Meeting in Dover Quarter (Nashua) came to Jan. 31 Quarterly Meeting; they meet in a home and are African Quakers and are interested in being in FUM. The entire quarter will be helping them, as requested. Heidi is assistant Quarterly Meeting clerk, working with Jeremiah Dickinson as clerk.
- February Fourth Sunday will be reflections of the Tuesday group on their journey from studying the Testimonies to providing material support to people experiencing homelessness.
Our Request for approval:
- State of Society: We completed some editing and some additions on this. We ask for approval to send this on to Quarterly and Yearly Meeting along with our Statistical Report on membership.
- The clearness committee reported that they enthusiastically recommend Michael and Joanna Evans for membership as a transfer from Bloomington Indiana Monthly Meeting. We recommend their adult children seek a spiritual home near to their physical home.
We ask for the meeting’s affirmation of this transfer.
Right Relationship with Native Peoples
The ad hoc Right Relationship with Native Peoples working group met on the 5th day of 2nd month 2021.
We began with silence and celebrating how well the Braiding Sweetgrass reading groups are going.
We reviewed various possible existing initiatives that the Meeting might be able to connect to. We have not yet identified any groups that we can connect to, but have a few more we will follow up with, and some new groups we might try to connect to.
We discussed a possible donation to the group planning updates to the current Hannah Dustin memorial. The sense of our group was that a donation to the memorial, probably from the social justice fund, would be appropriate.
We intend to meet again in March to plan a 4th Sunday listening session related to the proposed apology from Annual Sessions.
CFM Nominating Committee Report
2nd Month 2021
Concord Friends Meeting Nominating Committee met in late January via Zoom.
We started the meeting with silent worship and gratitude for the work of meeting members and attenders.
The committee uses an Excel spreadsheet to support the process of creating a final presentation of nominations for leadership roles and committee members to the May 2021 business meeting.
Emails and phone calls to members and attenders will take place this month and the committee will meet again February 27th.
– Kathy Urie, Clerk
