A New Year’s Prayer

Dear Lord, please give me…

A few friends who understand me and yet

remain my friends

A work to do which has real value, without

which the world would feel the poorer…

A mind unafraid to travel, even though the

trail be not blazed

An understanding heart…

A sense of humor.

Time for quiet, silent meditation.

A feeling of the presence of God.

And the patience to wait for the coming of

these things, with the wisdom to know

them when they come.

W. R. Hunt

Pastor: Philip Raines

Clerk: John Fallen

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Sundays

8:30 Unprogrammed Worship

9:30 First Day School 10:30 Fellowship

11:00 Meeting for Worship

Monthly Meeting: 1:00 on the

fourth Sunday of the month

Queries for the Month:

Do you strive for the

constant realization of

God’s presence in your

life? Are you sensitive and

obedient to the leading of

the Holy Spirit? Do you

endeavor to advance your

spiritual growth by study?

A Publication of Winston-Salem Friends Meeting

January 1st – Happy New Year!

January 9th – Coordinating Committee at 10:00

January 10th – Continued discussion of our vision for the Meeting; 1:00. Bring your

lunch!

January 12th – Ministry and Counsel Meeting 7:00

January 16th – Men’s Breakfast 10:00

Finance Committee Meeting 10:00

January 17th – Quakerism Class – 1:00 “King and Quakers”

January 18th – MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Day

January 19th – Friendly Women 10:00

January 20th – Deadline for the February newsletter and calendar

January 21st – Third Thursday program – 7:00

January 24th – Monthly Meeting – 1:00

January 30th – Women’s Breakfast at Cloverdale – 10:00

Janaury 31st – Facing Bench Workshop – 1:00

In December, Peace and Social

Concerns took to Samaritan Ministries $95.84 from Winston-Salem Friends

Meeting! Our Penny Campaign for this Homeless Shelter is truly great for us

because of your help! Also in December we collected baby

items for Wee Care and we have a crib full to take to this agency at the

beginning of 2016. We are grateful to everyone who contributed! You make

our job easier and you add enormously to what Winston-Salem Friends Meeting can do in outreach through

your simple giving several times a year! Thank you!

Monthly Meeting Approval Items

Monthly Meeting for worship, business and

concerns met on December 6th

and approved the

following items:

The minutes of the October meeting.

The 2016 proposed budget and a specified amount for the Pastor’s housing allowance.

The holding of dual membership by individuals on a general basis;

Coordinating Committee will consider a

policy statement.

The use of the Fellowship House on the evening of 12/27 by the Adams family.

Sara Nutter to serve on Nominating

Committee.

The Nominating Committee report, with Dan Ariail filling Agnes Frye’s position on

Ministry and Counsel and the addition of

Katie Hall to Publicity Committee.

Contacting individuals who gave toward Yearly Meeting Askings in October to see

if they want their donations returned.

Winston-Salem Friends Meeting

Committee Slate 2016

Presiding Clerk John Fallen AFSC Contact

Sara Nutter

Asst. Presiding Clerk

Zana Cranfill FCNL Contact Sara Nutter

Recording Clerk Carolyn McPherson

Historian Carolyn McPherson

Asst. Recording Clerk

Mary Simmons Missions/USFW Martha Sapsay

Treasurer Dan Ariail Friends Center

Carolyn McPherson

Asst. Treasurer Jane Bullin Piedmont Friends Contact

Jane Bullin

Bookkeeper Mary Simmons FUM Contact Doris Cain

Chief Usher Joel Wooten Gray Bullin

Creative Aging Sandra Winters

Photographer John Fallen

Clerks (*) for each committee are chosen by that committee. Teachers are chosen by Christian Education Committee. Nominating Committee is nominated by Coordinating Committee. (EO) is Ex-Officio by nature of the office. The number in parenthesis is the suggested number of people for each committee.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE (5) 2016 - Mary Bond, Carolyn McPherson 2017 - Grace Downs, Sue Ann Raring 2018 – Sara Nutter

WSFM Personnel 2016 Pastoral Minister – Philip Raines

Secretary – Jonathan Blake Borton

Pianist – David Holter

Committees - 2016 Terms Expiring

2016 2017 2018

Auditors

Auditor to be hired from an outside source

Christian Education (4)

Janis Overlock-Zsiga Michael Zsiga

Caroline Baker Bethany Collins

Mary Simmons Brenda Priest Jane Bullin

Finance & Stewardship (4)

Treas., Asst. Tres., & BK- Ex.officio

Mary Bond Jerry Putnam

Dan Ariail (EO) Jane Bullin (EO) Mary Simmons (EO)

Pat Bright Joyce Ann Martin

Zana Cranfill

Hospitality (3) Grace Downs Jack Putnam

Marcie Newell Leigh Stanley

House & Grounds (4)

David Ewalt John Fallen

Joel Wooten Margaret Ewalt

Mary Bond

Library (3) Sue Ann Raring Sandra Winters

Ministry & Counsel (6)

Doris Cain Philip Raines (EO)

Kitty Amos Dan Ariail

Carolyn McPherson Sue Ann Raring Vanessa McLain

Music Jane Bullin Margaret Ewalt

All choir members

Peace & Social Concerns (5)

Janis Overlock-Zsiga Alfonz Zsiga J. J. Jacobson

Vanessa McLain Lee Lawrence

Cathy Cash David Collins Zana Cranfill Grace Downs

Publicity (4) Steve Beese Sara Nutter Katie Hall

Cathy Cash Janis Overlock-Zsiga Alfonz Zsiga Peter Deane

Trustees (3) Sue Ann Raring Brody Baker

Let Your Life Speak

Sometime this winter, there

will be an opportunity for us

all to review material

provided by the American

Friends Service Committee

(AFSC) called “Let Your Life

Speak.”

It will give us all a chance to

reflect on our Quaker legacy

of action and service work,

and to update it into today’s

world.

Be ready to enter into this

project when the time comes.

We have said for some time

that our focus is peace and

justice . What is God calling

you to do?

Notes on Human Trafficking

Human trafficking for the purpose of sexual

exploitation accounts for 58 percent of all

trafficking cases detected globally, while

trafficking for forced labor accounts for 36

percent. The share of detected cases of

trafficking for forced labor has doubled

over the past four years.

Twenty-seven percent of all victims detected

globally are children.

Trafficking for the removal of organs has

been detected in 16 countries in all regions

of the world.

The number of convictions for trafficking in

persons is in general very low. Notably, of

the 132 countries covered, 16 percent did

not record a single conviction between

2007 and 2010.

Source: UN Global Report on

Trafficking in Persons, 2012 Did you remember that North

Carolina is among the top five

states in the US in human

trafficking?

We call ourselves Quakers, or members of the

Religious Society of Friends. What does that

mean? This section provides us with writings

from well-recognized Friends as food for

thought.

I have found that the more I enjoy living---the

more I lift up my heart---the easier it is to

accept life cheerfully, because it means living

from the deep joy of inward peace. Bu the

price is to feel the pain of the world more

acutely.

There has never been a time in human

development when so many paths, and so many

truths, have been so freely available.

We must each of us define our own paths out

of the truths to which we have been exposed and

follow it in practice, never forgetting that we

must be open to change.

Margaret Wilkinson, 1978

January Birthdays 7 – Christopher Jackson

8 – Dawn Cain-Fulp

12 – Fred Simmons

13 – Erik Fallen

Agnes Frye

17 – Carolyn McPherson

24 – Sharon Frennea

Hannah Silverstein

Samuel Silverstein

25 – Cynthia Lightsey

Tyler Wooten

28 – Mary Bond, Jerry Putnam

…from the Finance Committee

You will see among the Monthly Meeting approval items that the budget for the new year was approved. The Committee asks each of you to prayerfully consider your personal contributions to the Meeting. In 2015, our monthly expenses have consistently exceeded our monthly income, creating a shortfall that we cannot continue to operate with over the long term. It also makes us, as a Meeting, impossible to contribute in many of the social justice areas that we want to be part of. Let’s see if we can do better in 2016!

We are privileged to be among 36

food assistance programs across

Northwest North Carolina that have

been selected to receive $500 in

matching funds through a challenge

grant opportunity provided by Second

Harvest Food Bank. We met our $500

goal through the Thrift Shop, and

thanks all of your who contributed

goods to sell or bought things from the

Thrift Shop!