“Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one.”
- George Fox, Founder of the Religious Society of Friends

Committees at Kennett Friends Meeting

TRUSTEES**    Clerk: Mary Faye Glass
  • 2008 Carl Baker
  • 2009 David Tennent
  • 2010 Mary Faye Glass
  • 2011 Bruce Howells
  • 2012 Elizabeth Rhoads
 
CARE and COUNSEL COMMITTEE     Clerk: Jean Tennent
  • 2008
  • Barbara Pope*
  • Kathy Gamble*
  • 2009
  • Chris Howells
  • Marjorie Anderson
  • Thomas Neuville
  • Walter Earle
  • 2010
  • Jean Tennent
  • Mary Etta Clendenin
  • Elizabeth Rhoades
  • Elaine Amoss
 
EDUCATION COMMITTEE   Clerk: Jan Engle
  • 2008
  • Marcie Potter*
  • Norma Closs
  • 2009
  • Mary Lou Ruggieri
  • Bruce Howells
  • Sheila Steuteville
  • David MacKelcan
  • 2010
  • Mary Claire Stevens
  • Karen Earle
  • Mary Faye Glass
 
FINANCE COMMITTEE   Clerk: Bill O'Neill Debby Brumbaugh (Meeting Clerk)
Dave Tennent & Eliot Dalton (House & Property)
Dan George (Treasurer)
Charles Shoemaker (Auditor) Jean Tennent (Care & Counsel)
Anne Hanzel & Sheila Steuteville (Religious Education)
2008 - Jim Kimmel
2009 - Sally Lighty & Bill O'Neill
2010 - Norma Closs

HADLEY COMMITTEE 
  • 2008
  • Karen Earle
  • 2009
  • Dan George
  • 2010
  • Mary Claire Stevens
 
HOUSE and PROPERTY COMMITTEE   Clerk: Dave Tennent
  • 2008
  • Chuck Shoemaker*
  • Dave Tennent*
  • Eliot Dalton
  • Tish Dalton
  • Nate O'Connor
  • David Doty
  • 2009
  • Sachiko George
  • Dick Lighty
  • 2010
  • Sally Lighty
  • John O'Gorman
 
LIBRARY COMMITTEE   Clerk: Laura Fraser
  • 2008
  • Maggie McCaskey*
  • Peggy Reilly
  • Sarah & Cate Kastriner
  • 2009
  • Marjorie Anderson
  • Marge McCann
  • 2010
  • Neal Kirkpatrick
  • Sarah Betson
  • Karen Earle
 
MEMORIAL COMMITTEE   Clerks: Sandy Tucker, Sally Lighty
  • 2008
  • Coleman Dorsey*
  • Sandy Tucker*
  • Laura Fraser
  • 2009
  • Sally Lighty
  • Frances Taylor
  • Peggy Reilly
  • Cathy DeGezelle
  • 2010
  • Mary Lou Ruggieri
  • Annie Burrows
 
NOMINATING COMMITTEE   Clerk: Anne Hanzel
  • 2008
  • Peg Baker*
  • Bruce Howells
  • Anne Hanzel*
  • 2009
  • Mary Etta Clendenin
  • Marcie Potter
  • 2010
  • Jim Kimmel
 
OLD KENNETT COMMITTEE   Clerk: Mary Bleecker
  • 2008
  • Peg Chambers*
  • Jody Shoemaker*
  • 2009
  • Barbara Clarke
  • Tom Taylor
  • Mary Bleecker
  • 2010
  • John O'Gorman
  • Chuck Shoemaker
 
QUARTERLY MEETING NOMINATING COMMITTEE 
  • 2008: Mary Etta Clendenin
  • 2009: Chris Howells
 
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COMMITTEE   Clerks: Sheila Steuteville, Anne Hanzel
  • 2008
  • Elaine Amoss*
  • Chris Kimmel
  • Anne Hanzel
  • 2009
  • Barbara Bruni
  • Sheila Steuteville
  • Kay Way
  • Mary Claire Stevens
  • Sandy Tucker
  • Betsy Neuville
  • 2010
  • Melanie Pratola
  • Sunny Livelsberger
 
REPRESENTATIVE TO FCNL   Ilona Lind  
REPRESENTATIVES TO INTERIM MEETING (PYM) 
  • Maceo Davis
  • Chuck Shoemaker
  • Barbara Clarke (Alternate)
 
REPRESENTATIVE TO KENNETT MINISTERIUM   Marjorie Anderson  
SARA BOWERS COMMITTEE   Clerk: Dan George
  • 2008
  • Scudder Stevens*
  • Kay Way*
  • 2009
  • Howard Tennent
  • Dan George
  • 2010
  • Tish Dalton
  • Betsy Neuville
 
SOCIAL SERVICE COMMITTEE    Clerk: Peg Baker
  • 2008
  • Sachiko George*
  • Anne Moss*
  • Tom Taylor*
  • Jim Kimmel
  • 2009
  • Richard Burrows
  • Laura MacKelcan
  • Catherine Doty
  • Matthew Helm
  • Peg Baker
  • 2010
  • Bob DeGezelle
  • Anne Hanzel
  • Bruce Howells
  • Mary Lou Ruggieri
  • Anne Baer Clark
  • Gordon Hesse
 
WORSHIP and MINISTRY COMMITTEE   Clerk: Jim Kimmel
  • 2008
  • Jody Shoemaker*
  • Mary Rhoads*
  • Jim Kimmel*
  • 2009
  • Barbara Clarke
  • Kathy Hahn
  • 2010
  • Mary Bleecker
  • David Rhoads
  • Jessie Cox
  • Joe Lind
  • Ilona Ling
  • Sheila Steuteville
 
AFTER MEETING HOSPITALITY 
  • Mary Etta Clendenin
  • Peggy Reilly
  • Tish Dalton
 
LICENSED FOOD MANAGERS
  • Mary Bleecker
  • Bob McKinstry
 
SCHEDULING ON MEETING WEBSITE & CALENDAR:  Tish Dalton  
REPRESENTATIVES TO FRIENDS HOME BOARD 
  • Bob McKinstry
  • Jody Shoemaker
  • Scudder Stevens (Treasurer)
  • Jim Kimmel
 
REPRESENTATIVES TO FAIRVILLE FRIENDS SCHOOL BOARD OF OVERSIGHT
  • Debby Brumbaugh
  • Sally Lighty
  • Mary Lou Ruggieri
  • Dave Tennent
  • Sarah Kastriner
 
Notes to Committee List

*Indicates last year of eligibility

**Trustee Term is 5 years; maximum two consecutive terms

Nominating Committee has responsibility to nominate Committee Clerks and to confirm the continuance of each at year's end. Nominating Committee is limited to six members suggested by Care and Counsel Committee.

Hadley Committee is limited to three members (three more are appointed by the Philadelphia Ethical Society).

©2008 Kennett Friends Meeting