Letter requesting approval of a new Friends meeting

Cape Cod Friends Meeting - Quakers of the First Light.

To Sandwich Quarterly Meeting of Friends,

We the undersigned Friends respectfully request that Sandwich Quarterly Meeting approve the organization of a new meeting in accord with Faith and Practice p. 219 under the name Cape Cod Friends Meeting - Quakers of the First Light. We are available to meet with the committee appointed by the Quarterly meeting.

We are committed to moving forward on a positive spirit filled path.
Yours in the Light,
Rachel Carey-Harper
Jr. member Leesburg Friends Meeting, Ohio c.1952-1959 (great grandparents founders of Samantha Friends church)
member Framingham Monthly Meeting c.1959-1986 (family was one of the founders, under Cambridge Meeting)
attended at Yarmouth summers 1961-1966
graduate of George School 1969
transferred to Sandwich Monthly Meeting attended at Yarmouth and E. Sandwich c.1986
Clerk of Yarmouth Preparative Meeting Ministry and Counsel c.1987-1989
Clerk of Yarmouth Preparative Meeting c. 1989 - 1991
Clerk of Sandwich Monthly Meeting Ministry and Counsel c.1991-1993
Clerk of Sandwich Monthly Meeting c.1994-1996
Clerk of E. Sandwich Preparative Meeting Ministry and Counsel c. 2000-2001

James Gould
Member, Claremont Monthly Meeting (PacificYearly Meeting) c. 1972.
Transferred membership to Sandwich Monthly Meeting attended at Yarmouth and E. Sandwich c. 1989.
Author of history of Sandwich Monthly Meeting published by Cape Cod Genealogical Society c.1975, reprinted c. 1990.
Clerk of Overseers of Sandwich Monthly Meeting c. 1990-3;
compiler of inventory and history of property, including six burial grounds of Sandwich Meeting c. 1998
Recorder of Sandwich Monthly Meeting c.1995-2004

Katherine Brown
attended Middle Connecticut Valley Monthly Meeting as a child
member of Poughkeepsie Meeting (NY) c. 1945
graduate Oakwood Friends School class of 1947
transferred membership to Middle Connecticut Valley MM. c. 1949, local worship held weekly in my home
attended meeting at Columbia U. (Morningside Meeting). c. 1952 to 1960 - c. 1964 to 1974
attending Poughkeepsie Meeting 1974 to 1984.
Oakwood School - president of the Parents Association for a couple of those years.
Attended Milwaukee Friends Meeting c. 1984-1985
Attended Sandwich Monthly Meeting at W. Falmouth Meeting 1985 joined c. 1988
Clerk of Sandwich Monthly Meeting Ministry and Counsel c.1994-1996
Clerk of West Falmouth Preparative Meeting - two year term
Clerk of Sandwich Monthly Meeting c. 2000-2002

Gail Melix
attended Sandwich Monthly Meeting at E. Sandwich c. 1988, joined c. 1997
Clerk of Sandwich Monthly Meeting Ministry and Counsel
Clerk of E. Sandwich Preparative Meeting Ministry and Counsel

Pamela Hughes
grew up in Princeton Monthly Meeting c. 1953-1985
Attended Sandwich Monthly Meeting at W. Falmouth Meeting 1985 joined c. 1989
First day school coordinator West Falmouth Meeting