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Morningside Committees and Appointments, April 2026

From a Business Meeting of the whole to a Relief Committee with three members, activities in Quakerism are accomplished through Committees.

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April 29th, 2026

Non-Committee Positions

  • Clerk: Scott Blumenthal
  • Assistant Clerk: Helen Garay Toppins
  • Treasurer: Bernard Winter
  • Assistant Treasurer: Carol Wilkinson
  • Recorder for Membership/ Historian: Helen Garay Toppins
  • Librarian: Sally Campbell

Committees and Their Members

Caregivers for Meeting with Children

  • Sally Campbell (Clerk)
  • Ernie Buscemi
  • Tom Goodridge
  • Kendall Gunter
  • Maddie Johnson

Communications and Website

  • Scott Blumenthal
  • Ian Hurley
  • Bryan Oettel
  • Jerry Reisig
  • Kathy Stackhouse

Finance

  • Pam Wood
  • Dave Evans
  • Dan Seeger

Friends’ Committee on Unity with Nature (Friends Earthcare Witness)

  • Tom Goodridge
  • Robert Renwick

Hospitality

  • Richard Schmidt

Library

  • Corona Machemer
  • Richard Schmidt

Ministry and Counsel

  • Pam Wood
  • Ron Rieder
  • Carly Rodgers
  • Stephen McDonnell
  • Jon Mehlhaus
  • Andy Doan
  • Jerry Reisig
  • Ernie Buscemi

Naming

  • Dan Seeger
  • Helen Garay Toppins

Nominating

  • June Tano
  • Dave Evans
  • Richard Schmidt

Peace and Social Concerns

  • Pam Wood (Clerk)
  • Bob Schwab
  • Corona Machemer
  • Sally Campbell
  • Ernie Buscemi
  • Kathy Stackhouse
  • June Tano
  • Art Moritz

Prison Ministry

  • Ernie Buscemi
  • Pam Wood
  • Helen Garay Toppins

Riverside Space

  • Jon Mehlhaus (Clerk)
  • Scott Blumenthal
  • Sally Campbell
  • Pam Wood

News

A group of Friends in benches and a few Friends projected on a screen behind them at 15th Street Meetinghouse, October 5, 2025. Friends had gathered to worship together and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Manhattan Meeting.
Friends

Come and See: Manhattan Meeting at 50

June 22, 2026
Ted Bongiovanni reports on a visit to Manhattan Meeting, a programmed, pastor-led Quaker meeting in New York City that just celebrated its 50 year anniversary.