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The Edmonton Unitarian
Vol 46. No. 10
Published Monthly by the
Unitarian Church Of Edmonton
10804 119 Street
Edmonton AB T5H 3P2
Tel (780) 454-8073
Fax (780) 452-1641
Email chadmin@uce.ca
Web Site www.uce.ca
The deadline for the next newsletter is November 18.
November 6 — Dr. Tom Faulkner
“Theory and Practice, Contemplation and Action”
"That may be fine in theory, but is it any good in practice?"
That’s a common saying in our culture. And it says something
about how we emphasize our actions over our thinking and contemplation.
Ours is the first culture in human history in which people would
be puzzled and dismissive if we switched that saying around: "That
may be fine in practice, but is it any good in theory?" We
will explore why our culture is unique in this regard and whether
it makes us better or worse? Our guest speaker is Dr. Tom Faulkner,
President of two amalgamated theological colleges: St. Stephen’s
College in Edmonton, and St. Andrew’s College in Saskatoon.
November 13 — Rev. Brian J. Kiely
“Why Not Me?”
We have witnessed an unprecedented number of life shattering natural
disasters in the last year. At a workshop recently, a church members
asked, “Why not me?” Why are we spared such events?
The randomness of life’s great lottery has puzzled philosophers
and theologians for centuries.
November 20 — Rev. Brian J. Kiely and
others
"It's a Wonderful Church!"
What would this city be like if this church had never been born?
What would present Unitarians be like? In the film classic "It's
a Wonderful Life" George Bailey learns how positive his life
has been. Today a few of us will ponder what Edmonton would be like
without UCE as part of our Long Range Plan conversations.
November 27— Rev. Brian J. Kiely
"Filling the Vacuum"
Last May noted religion writer Tom Harpur commented that Unitarians
are well placed to fill a spiritual vacuum in Canada. He also suggested
we would have to make some changes to make ourselves more attractive
to wider audience. As UCE considers it's long range future, it's
useful to look at Harpur's ideas.
A Change in Sound
To help assure good sound quality, there will be a slight change
to the quiet time before Sunday services. The doors will remain
closed until 10:25. From 10:00 to 10:15 a.m. service leaders and
sound technicians will be doing microphone and sound system checks.
You are welcome to come into the Sanctuary, and give feedback (in
the best sense of the word) on the sound quality, if you wish to
do so. At 10:15, the lights will be dimmed, and instrumental music
will begin to play. People may come in quietly, closing the doors
behind them, at any time. At 10:25, as usual, the doors will be
opened and the "assembly bell" will ring to call the people
in for the worship service. This practice will give 10 minutes of
quiet time instead of the previous 15. We hope that you will be
willing to sacrifice the other 5 minutes to the greater good.
Thank you for your understanding,
The Worship Committee and the Sound Technicians
Creative energy, collective sweat equity,
and community loving care created a wonderful new home for
us. On May 1st of this year, our “grand opening”
day, Rev. Frances Deverell asked, “To what will you
dedicate this building? For what purpose have you gone to
all this work and created this sacred space? What will its
ministry be in the wider community of Edmonton, Alberta?
How will this building be of service to our shared purposes
and principles?”
Now is the time to answer these questions.
It’s time to create our vision for what we, as a community,
want to be. It’s time to focus our energies.
It’s time to look around, look within,
and look forward.
I like looking for reasons to hope. I suppose that’s part
of my optimistic nature. But in the face of the continuing barrage
of news stories that speak of bleakness and despair, I prefer to
look for moments of hopefulness. Here’s one. It’s small.
It will never make headlines anywhere, and yet it raised my spirits.
In early October I sat on a multifaith panel. The panel was part
of a daylong program and annual meeting of the Christian Health
Association of Alberta. This is an umbrella group of hospitals and
care homes that were formed and run by various Christian denominations.
Places like the Misericordia and Grey Nuns Hospitals belong as does
the Good Samaritan senior’s home.
It began life as the Catholic Health Association, but soon grew
to encompass other faith groups. Members commit to providing “the
Christian values of holistic and ethical care, compassion and justice
as well as the five values enshrined in the Canada Health Act.”
Well, some of us have less than fond memories of dealing with
people expressing their Christian values in a less than fully Christian
manner. Some of those experiences have taken place in churches and
some in medical facilities.
So my renewal of hope began when I saw the program’s title,
“How Shall We Serve in a Multifaith World?” There was
an implied recognition that the Christian majority status is shrinking
in this province, especially when you include the ‘unchurched’
as part of the equation. Our panel was part of that program. Aside
from myself there was a Zoroastrian, a Muslim and a Sikh. Our rabbinical
colleague was forced to cancel at the last minute. We were invited
to share the spiritual needs of our co-religionists to this group
of Chaplains, administrators and CEO’s. I also tried to speak
for the unchurched who still have spiritual needs, even if they
don’t like formal labels. We were invited to reflect on the
kinds of sacred space we would need in such a facilities. They asked
us how they could best respect the spiritual and religious needs
of their patients who were not of the Christian faith.
It was a good panel. I have just learned that the majority of
participants rated it the best part of the day. But it was the very
fact it was held at all the inspired my hope.
When I first started in the ministry, the notion that the religious
majority anywhere had to cater to the needs of the minority was
a conversation held on a one-to-one basis. People of minority faiths
were tolerated, perhaps welcomed with a nod, but not a hug. There
was tolerance, but nothing like real broad based acceptance.
And here we were, featured speakers, telling Christian leaders
what they needed to do to serve our ever increasing number. And
we were warmly welcomed. Part way through the panel I realized that
in Edmonton at least, a lot of these Christian medical facilities
are already well on their way. Did you know, for example, that most
of the hospital chapels in this city are now multifaith spaces?
No one faith tradition dominates in imagery or text.
I realize this is a very small success, a panel of four talking
to a group of 40. It’s not exactly about to end the so called
‘religious’ violence plaguing our planet. But, being
invited to talk to 40 leaders is different from buttonholing one
person at a time in a hallway. It’s progress. I am hopeful.
I don’t know why it is that October seems to be the busiest
month of the year. September—woo-hoo! Everything starts! Then
October, everything you said you’d start, you actually have
to do and you find out there is even more! There are those who are
wondering how I did in the Portland Marathon. Let me put it to you
this way: I FINISHED!!! What more can I say? It was hard, challenging
and worth it. I am writing up the “Story of A Marathon”
which I will put on the UCE website for you to read if you want.
There are deep, deep lessons to be learned from a Marathon and I’m
sure you’d love to hear what they are. Those who would like
to see photos of me crossing the finishline, go to www.portlandmarathon.org
and link to race photos and enter either my name or my bib number
4355.
Lots of Kids!
We have had our first month with Tasha Ellis teaching the 4-7’s.
And there has been an explosion in the number of children coming.
The children love her and even those who were a little dubious about
the whole RE thing, now don’t want to leave. We have also
had LOTS of babies in the Wee Room. So we have had to hire a second
person to work with them. We now have both Kate Childs and Meredith
Binnema on a regular basis, and Ella Henry as our sub. We will be
starting a short structured program for the 3-4 year olds in that
room as well.
Family Values
The Family Values Course was completed and generated genuine interest.
There appears to be a need for the type of discussions we had in
the course such as: what are important values to me personally and
what do I want to teach my children, what are Unitarian-Universalist
values and which ones speak to me most strongly. How can we live
them in our day to day lives? What kind of knowledge and supports
do we need as families to do this important work? We discussed the
concept of sharing a value in the church school and to the wider
church itself for learning and discussing. I have been compiling
a list of readings about specific values which will be posted on
the RE Bulletin Board with an accompanying article, and also the
article on our website. We’re hoping that it will generate
an exchange of ideas and thoughts across generational lines.
Promise of ‘Spirit Play’
Christina Keast, Brian Kiely and myself attended “Spirit Play”
in Calgary the weekend of the Western Regional Gathering. Keep your
eyes open because we are going to be sharing with you the wonderful
things we learned. We believe that the model of Religious Education
that Spirit Play showed us will help answer and integrate many of
the issues and questions that have come out of the workshops and
discussions we have been having in the Church for the past year.
This will be a process but it is very exciting. Please attend the
next Parents Meeting on November 27 to hear about and discuss many
of the things we learned.
I attended the most exciting daylong workshop at the Western Regional
Gathering on the use of the ARTS, lead by Karen Mills. Have I got
some good stories for you!
Coming Soon
The concept of our “Songs of Protest” event tentatively
scheduled for the Spring is coming along. At Calgary there was interest
in participating by the choir director, Shane Smith, Meg Roberts
and youth from various churches. I’ve got the feeling that
this can develop into something really GREAT. If you have ideas,
suggestions, want to help with organizing it, please contact me.
There isn’t the space here to go into all of the exciting
things that have been coming out of the RE Program here but the
energy and enthusiasm going on is contagious. So LOOK OUT! This
is a WARNING!! It may infect YOU!!!
You may have been wondering why the paving hasn't been done outside
our building. We have a contract with a paving company to pave our
lot and have put aside casino money to pay for it. However, we are
not able to do the paving because ATCO has been putting in new gas
lines underneath our parking lot. So we will have to wait to do
the paving until ATCO is finished _ which means that we won't be
able to do it until next year.
Some of us attended the Canadian Unitarian Western Regional Fall
Gathering in Calgary on October 15 and 16th. The Canadian Western
region consists of 10 congregations and fellowships from Alberta
to Thunder Bay, Ontario. The conference was hosted by the Calgary
church. Karen Mills, Marge Roche and Laura McDonnell were there
in their CUC
supporting roles and presenting workshops. Brian Kiely and Rosemary
Manning attended a workshop on Spirit Play which they will incorporate
in our religious education program. Jim Logan and I also attended
the sessions. Ella Henry and Audrey Brooks attended the youth gathering
which put on a wonderful coffeehouse and worship service on Saturday
night. The ministers, including Brian Kiely and Meg Roberts attended
a ministerial retreat after the conference. The conference was a
great opportunity to get together with other Unitarians. I would
recommend attending a future gathering if you are able to.
Just a reminder that the church board usually meets on the second
Wednesday of the month at 7:15 pm and everyone is welcome to attend.
Do you know someone who thinks like a Unitarian? Do you know someone
looking for a different kind of religious experience? Invite them
for services on Sunday, November 27. The Membership Committee will
have extra information packages and a display of Unitarian reading
and video materials. Brian will be preaching a special sermon designed
to welcome newcomers and explore the place of UU values in Canada.
The RE program will be ready to welcome any children who might visit
for the day. Afterwards there will be time for questions and answers
with Brian and Rosemary for any of your friends who want to know
more. For more information contact Larry Charach or Jolien Pauw
through the church office, 454-8073 chadmin@uce.ca
.
The opportunity to share important moments in our lives is part
of the caring tradition in our church. But it can take a long time
when there are many people wishing to share. Some members and friends
may therefore not get the chance to honour their significant moment
for fear of taking too much time. Others may hold back because they
feel they are supposed to say something.
Starting in November, the Worship Committee is inviting members
and friends to consider lighting silent candles. There will be a
bowl of sand and a box of tapers a short distance from the candelabra.
At the beginning of the Candles portion of the service, people will
be invited to light silent candles for their celebration or concern.
Others who still feel they have an important message to share will
then have a chance to light the candles and speak to them as we
do now.
Why? As our congregation prepares to grow, we wish to ensure that
everyone feels welcome to participate in this ritual, but we also
have to respect the time available. Only you can decide whether
or not your personal issue needs to be public or private, but now
you have a choice.
Your cards, letters, phone calls and personal contacts, both during
Stan's illness and after his death, helped me and my family through
a sad and difficult time. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
The Social Justice Committee will be meeting on Sunday, November
6 in the sanctuary from 12 noon to 1:15 pm. Everyone welcome.
Michael Kalmanovitich of Earth’s General Store puts out an
email list of activist events every month. It is well-worth subscribing
to. It is free if you send an email to kalman@interbaun.com requesting
it.
Upcoming Edmonton Social Justice Events
November 3rd – 6th: GLOBAL VISIONS FILM FESTIVAL http://www.globalvisionsfestival.com/2004/
November 3rd, Thursday: BOREAL DAY OF ACTION FOR Canada's boreal
forest
Website: www.wakeupweyco.com
or www.ran.org
November 13th, Sunday @ 4:00pm – 8:00pm: HOMEFEST –
a folk music celebration to end homelessness. Great for children.
McDougall United Church. $10 regular admission buttons ($5 for seniors/students/low
income)– available from Brian Kiely or Earth's General Store.
www.homefest.ca
November 16th, Wednesday @ 7:00pm: Edmonton Chapter of the COUNCIL
OF CANADIANS MONTHLY MEETING Call Regional Office 429-4500
November 16th, Wednesday @ 7:00pm: NAHANNI FOREVER! Canadian Parks
and Wilderness Society presents a celebration of one of Canada's
most renowned wilderness areas. www.cpaws-edmonton.org
/ Horowitz Theatre, U of A. $10, available at CPAWS Edmonton office
(Suite 202 8540-109 St.).
November 17th – 19th: ONE VISION-MANY VOICES: Cross-Cultural/Anti-Racism
Education Conference. 492-147, 492-6744 http://www.ualberta.ca/~ccarec/
November 18th – 20th: Parkland's 9th Annual Fall Conference
THE ALBERTA WE WANT: In Canada and the World. U of A 492-8558 http://www.ualberta.ca/parkland
November 22nd, Tuesday @ 7:00pm: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EDMONTON
public meeting on defending human rights in Tibet. Knox Metropolitan
Church, 83 Ave at 109th Street: 462-1871 www.amnestyedmonton.org
November 25-26: UST CHRISTMAS SALE: Come and buy fair trade Christmas
gifts from non-governmental organizations. Prince of Wales Armouries,
10440-108 avenue
So much is happening now that we're starting our first full program
year in our new building!!! We have new committees, ongoing committees,
committees with revised mandates, and committees of "one"
— people who just get things done. We're putting into practice
some of the things we committed to after participating in the "Dreams
and Dollars" workshop and Religious Education visioning process.
It's time to coordinate our efforts by reviving a time-honoured
practice, a calling together of the Council of Committee Chairs.
The Board and the Long Range Planning Committee invite committee
chairs/co-chairs to gather on Saturday, November 19, 2005 from 9:30
am to 2:00 pm to:
Introduce committee chairs to one another;
Highlight the work that each committee is undertaking this
year;
Introduce the long range planning process and engage in some
activities within the process;
Consider our various terms of reference and other "nuts
and bolts" things that have been on hold during our transition
process;
Coordinate our plans, events and activities for the upcoming
months.
If you would like to attend, please contact Sylvia Krogh or Karen
Stevenson through the church office, 454-8073 chadmin@uce.ca by
November 14th to confirm your attendance so we know how much lunch
to provide.
November 18, 6 p.m. "Mambo Italiano" with Paul Sorvino
and Mary Walsh. "It's not a democracy, it's a family"
Potluck. If you want to bring children, please call me in advance
and I will get childcare and a suitable children’s movie/activity.
As you will have noted, there was considerable activity in our front
garden this August. We started late as we had no choice until the
pathway was completed. Once the pathway was done it was full steam
ahead ……preparing the landscape and 3 parking spaces,
purchasing and planting shrubs and perennials, picking out park
benches and a planter (stored in the Great Hall), carving out a
dry stream, moving rocks, and ….. trying to convince the pesky
pigeons to vacate their roost! This all took a great deal of thought,
co-operation, work and time on the part of many church and community
members.
The “THANK YOU’S” abound. The Landscape and Signage
Committee is most appreciative of the interest so many took in the
garden - generously giving their time, energy, plants, and ideas.
In spite of planting over 50 plants or shrubs, the garden may still
seem skimpy. Some plants were not available so late in the season
so we are waiting for next spring; and, most importantly, we need
to be patient for a couple of years as they all bush out and grow.
My list of participators and contributors now numbers around 18
and counting. I am probably forgetting some, so my apologies beforehand:
Andrew Mills for arranging to have the pathway completed rather
than wait for the parking lot and laneway paving
Evelyn Porter and Lyn Evans for staking the pathway and moving
the picnic bench
Our landscape professionals, Horst Konrad and Chris Zobel,
who prepared the area for planting; contributed soil, gravel,
and bark chips; and moved rocks.
Sasha Rodd for his presentation on Feng Shui so we could aspire
to have more balance and positive energy in our “spiritual
garden”. Sasha is a member of the Children’s Program;
it was his suggestion that we introduce more ‘water’
by adding a dry creek bed.
Corrina and Sabrina Harrison, also of the Children’s
Program, for helping weed
Mary Ayres, Dorothy Keeler, Jolien Pauw, Shirley Edgar, Marg
Roche and Jan McMillan who helped with most of the planting
Prime Timers for donating plants and a bench for a whole section
of the garden
Gaylord Madill and Bryce Missall who installed netting to keep
out the pigeons
Committee members Lyn Evans, Susan Ruttan, Marg Roche, Mary Ayres,
Joan Davison and Jeff Haynes for the many, many ways and time spent
on this project.
Many others donated plants and weeded; others have offered to
provide plants next spring or are waiting to see what other needs
there might be. Still much to be done - and there is always next
year as we lovingly tend to our spiritual garden, and watch it flourish.
Donna Hamar, Chair,
Landscape and Signage Committee
You can join the Edmonton campaign to ensure every person has
decent housing -- and enjoy an afternoon of great folk music at
the same time.
Tickets are now on sale for Homefest 2005, Edmonton's third annual
concert to beat the homelessness crisis in our city: Over 2000 people
each day are unsure where they will be sleeping.
The November 13 concert at McDougall United Church will feature
four hours of music on three stages by performers including John
Wort Hannam, Tony McManus, Samantha Schultz, The Fates and Chris
Wynters.
Tickets are just $10 ($5 for students, seniors and people living
on low incomes and Free for those under 12), and are available at
Earth’s General Store, Grant MacEwan College bookstores, Tix
on the Square, Myhre’s Music and The Paint Spot.
Plan now to attend and bring along some friends too.
Magical folk and Muggles alike will want to mark their calendars
now for Saturday, November 19th. Westwood will be transformed into
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, for one evening only,
from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. We're recommending this evening for ages 6
and up, but families are very welcome. We'll be asking kids and
families to preregister — more details to come! Contact Christine
(436_0338, xine@intranet.org) for more information, or to volunteer
and help create this magical night for our kids. Christine Lesiak
Monday, November 21 and Monday, November 28 from 7 _ 9 p.m.
For people who enjoyed writing sacred poetry with Ray McGinnis in
September, and for those who were not able to attend his sessions,
we are continuing our exploration of writing sacred poetry. We will
begin with two evenings. There will be a sign _up sheet on the program
table. Bonnie Kyle (453_1331) Audrey Brooks (489_6642)
A concert featuring five choruses singing a variety of pieces
of sacred music will be held on Sunday, 30 October, at 7:30 p.m.
in the Winspear Centre on Churchill Square. Participating are the
Concordia Concert Choir, the Concordia Community Chorus, the Concordia
Ringers, the Sine Nomine Chamber Choir, and the Jubiloso Bells of
Concordia, with special guests Lorne Manweiler, organ, and the Five
of a Kind brass ensemble.
Tickets are available at the Winspear Box Office (428-1414) and
Concordia (479-0304), and at the door prior to the concert. Adult
tickets are $14 each; seniors, students, and children are $11 (plus
applicable service charges).
Bring in your inkjet and laser toner cartridges to the white bin
just inside the social hall. These cartridges will be shipped off
for recycling and all proceeds will go to the church. All cartridges
accepted–talk to your employers and bring them in from work!
Recycling the cartridges will green our earth and raise some money
for the church. The church will make between $1.00 and $22.00 per
cartridge. Contact Mike at through the church office, 454-8073 chadmin@uce.ca if
you have any questions.
Pentium 1 computers running Windows 98 are available for a donation
to the church. These computers would be great for internet use and
word processing. Please see Mike Keast or contact him through the church office, 454-8073 chadmin@uce.ca .
All proceeds will go to the church.
Everyone is welcome to join. Weather and other factors occasionally
change the location so if you are new to our group please let us
know so that you can get all the updates. All walks start at UCE
at 9:30 unless otherwise specified and we generally carpool to the
walking location. Many of us like to “lunch” afterwards.
For more information, contact Dorothy Keeler or Helen Ready through the church office, 454-8073 chadmin@uce.ca
Friday Nov 4 - Kinnaird Ravine (lunch out)
Leader - Jan McMillan
Friday Nov 11 - Cenotaph and then tour of China
town (lunch in Chinatown)
Leader - Sylvia Krogh
Friday Nov 18 - Whitemud Ravine from the Rainbow
Bridge South ( lunch out)
Leader - Sheila Parr
Friday Nov 25 - St Albert
Leader - Jolien Pauw
Friday Dec 2 - McKinnon Ravine (lunch at Gwyneth
Foster-Newell)
Leader - Gwyneth Foster-Newell
Friday Dec 9 - Riverdale (maybe the date for
the Friendship Lunch?)
Leader - Audrey Brooks
Friday Dec 16 - Christmas Lights tour? Maybe
we’ll switch it to a late afternoon walk.
Leader - Donna Hamar
FREEMAN PATRICK MEMORIAL
REFERENCE AND READING LIBRARY
The group of volunteers who have worked to develop our library
began this spring with; an empty room; memorial gift money in hand;
a bylaw which states the need to maintain a library and reading
room is an objective of UCE; and very detailed ideas from Jim Campbell
about the physical requirements for the proposed library. We now
wish to share with the congregation our experience in building our
library.
Initially we spent much time thinking our way through the process
we must follow in order to create and maintain a library that will
serve members well into the future. A reference library rather than
a lending library was our answer. We decided we were building a
library, useful to UU’S and focussed on Unitarian Universalism.
Early in our deliberations we approached Brian Kiely and asked
him for his recommendations of topics appropriate for our collection
and we have used his suggestions. We were grateful a student in
the Library Training Program at Grant McEwan secured the summer
relief position in our church office.
No contact was made with that employee until he was well established
in the office as we saw his help with our project secondary to the
work of the office. His knowledge and initiative proved to be very
helpful in doing the research we needed to develop solid procedures.
Gifts from members have made possible our very attractive furnishings.
We have done our work and we want the congregation to understand
fully the operation we have designed. We have built a library and
have developed a mission statement, acquisition list and operational
policies for that library.
We are now ready to receive donations of books. If you are one
of those persons who has been wanting to offer books, we want to
hear from you. We will ask you to sign a release which allows us
to determine what will be done with any of your books which we cannot
use. We also would like you to speak to one of the Library Committee
members and arrange when you would bring those books to the Committee.
Please do not bring them without first speaking to a Committee person.
The following are members of the Committee:
Jane Calderin
Jim Appleton
Michael Keast
Ruth Patrick
Mary Campbell
Louise Charach
Shona Wehm
Mission Statement
The Freeman Patrick Memorial Reading and Reference Library is dedicated
to helping the UCE community by ensuring access to information about
our Church, Unitarian Universalism, World Religions, and other related
areas of interest in a quiet and comfortable space for learning
and research. Accquistion Guidelines: Materials for inclusion in
the Library collection will be based on the following broad categories:
Reference
UU-related books
UU religious education books
World religions
Church administration
Social Awareness
Revised: Sept. 29, 2005
Freeman Patrick Memorial Reading and Reference
Library — Library Policies
This is a reading and reference library for use of materials
in the Library only.
Any member of the Unitarian Church of Edmonton who has an objection
to content of material or policy must be submit it in writing
to the Chair of the Library Committee and to the President of
the Church Board.
Library materials are to be stamped with: "Freeman Patrick
Memorial Library Unitarian Church of Edmonton"
The Library Committee shall have the final decision on all materials
accepted for the Library based on the Acquisition Guidelines.
Donors of resource materials shall sign a release form to allow
the Committee to have sole discretion on disposition of items,
unless the donor has indicated in writing that materials not accepted
for the Library are to be returned to the donor.
Financial gifts will receive charitable donation status from
the Church.
Material on hand shall be reviewed by the Library Committee
on a timely basis.
The Internet terminal in the library is to be used for research
purposes. Access will be restricted to follow the safe congregation
model as recommended by the CUC. Using this workstation for illegal
or inappropriate actions, included, but not limited to: harassment,
libel or slander of others, gambling, or fraud, will result in
immediate termination of the session. Members of the Library Committee
and Library volunteers reserve the right to terminate a session
at any time.
In principle, general computer use is primarily for searching
for materials in this Library, which takes precedence over other
uses. Computer use is limited to one hour per person.
No food, drink or pets are allowed in the Library.
Outside of library hours, and only as a last resort, the Library
may be used for small meetings of not more than four people. This
space must be booked through the Church Administrator, and is
not to be rented to parties outside of the church. No additional
furniture may be brought into the library for meetings.
