Partial agenda Review the decisions from the previous meeting on March 24: Branch Officers for 2024    President: open    Vice President and Treasurer: Robert Mays    Secretary: Kelly DiPietro Review the Annual Meeting: March 23rd, 2-5 PM    Election of Board members:         Kelly DiPietro re-elected, Annie Haas elected, Allen Barenholtz elected, Whitney MacDonald elected Plan for the next Branch meeting: Sunday, May 5th, 2-4:30 PM    Further publicity about the meeting    Light refreshments    Projector and screen Discuss roles for Board members: meeting minutes, festivals, planning Branch activities, website events calendar, bookkeeping, website upkeep Discuss future plans for the Branch: speakers to invite, Festivals (St. John's Tide and looking ahead to future festivals), artistic events to sponsor, future Branch meeting for the fall. Discuss the status of Branch activities: Study groups, EWS, Other Waldorf initiatives, Christian Community, Biodynamics group, others Set date for next Board meeting -- in June-July?

Sarah and Buddy Smiley will be holding a devotional gathering at their home this Sunday, May 5th, at 10:30 AM. We'll sing a song or two, read from the gospel for the week (John 14:1–31), share our thoughts about the reading, and offer prayers. It's always an enriching and enlivening experience. Everyone is welcome. Please join us.

We'll be gathering at the home of Robin and Diana Haynes, at 2707 Tryon Rd, Durham, NC 27705; in their beautiful back yard, weather permitting. (Otherwise, on the covered deck or inside, as conditions warrant.) Please bring a poem or short verse about clouds. Following the program there will be a pot luck lunch. Diana will make a vegetarian soup; other food contributions are welcome.

We'll gather around the traditional bonfire to: sing songs (including singing to the bees), play music (bring your instruments), hear some word spoken to mark the moment (bring a verse or poem if you'd like to contribute), share food (bring a dish to share and your own utensils) .... in celebration of St. John's Day. --- Everyone is welcome! There's shelter if it rains. .- - - - - Please note that Millhouse Road is closed coming from Hwy 86; follow the detour to Eubanks Rd to Millhouse Rd and the Waldorf School Farm will be on your right just after Manor Dr and just before the Sunrise Community Farm on your left.

Rev. Clare Jerram. The Durham Friends Meeting shares a parking lot with the Ronald McDonald House. Enter the meeting house through the lower level entrance that faces the parking lot. The Christian Community chapel space is the first door on the left.

Finding Healing through Real Human Encounters: A weekend retreat ---- with Dr. James Dyson and Rev. Jonah Evans  ---- FRIDAY: Christina Beck -- Tone and Speech Eurythmy performance;  Dr.James Dyson -- the possibility of finding in human encounters a new level of experience that cannot be accomplished alone. SATURDAY: Rev. Jonah Evans -- leading thoughts and stories on how to get through the wilderness and meet the Other and Yourself in a new way; Christina Beck -- group soul balancing exercises; Dr. Dyson and Rev. Evans -- conversations on the theme. COST: $65 - both days or $25 - Friday evening only; or a reduced rate if this is a hardship.

Join us on this joyful and momentous occasion when a seed that was planted over thirty years ago comes into full bloom and we become the newest full-fledged congregation of The Christian Community in North America. 9:30 AM - Story for all ages 10:00 AM - Sunday Service for Children (if two or more children ages 6 to 14 are present) 10:30 AM - The Consecration of the Human Being, the Founding of The Christian Community of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and the Induction of Reverends Claire Jerram and Daniil Kalinov.