01 Twelfth Month 2024

 

Dear Friends

 

            We have come to a time where changes that have come to our country have led to many having a sense of unease and anxiety. We are holding 2025 in the Light.

 

Knowing that Palm Beach Meeting has endured, that we still function despite our small numbers, is a true blessing. We are grateful for those who have been able to worship together on First Day, including a virtual togetherness. We are also grateful for the many ways our members, attenders, and friends in the local community have supported the Meeting. Whether by attending worship, being on a committee, holding the meeting in the Light, helping to physically maintain the property, making gifts of needed items, or contributing financially, your presence and contributions are greatly appreciated.

 

Our regular expenses have increased significantly in recent years, but our income has not been able to match those expenses. For the past year we have needed to spend about one thousand dollars more than we take in per month.

 

We have also faced some unanticipated large expenses recently. The City of Lake Worth Beach cited us with several code violations. All but two are fixed, but those two, repaving the parking lot and converting our sign at the street to a monument style, are still uncompleted. The total cost is estimated to exceed fifty thousand dollars. In an effort to attract more people to the Meeting we spent thousands with two different publicity agencies. We did not realize our hopes from this effort, unfortunately.

 

We are blessed to have an endowment that has made it possible for the meetinghouse to continue as a welcoming space. Monies from the Trustees’ Fund are, however, not unlimited.

 

Thank you for the generous contributions you made in 2024. We are keenly aware that each person contributes to the Meeting as they are able: in Spirit, in service, in prayer, in money. Please respond to this appeal as you are led. Some are more able than others to contribute financially. And, we need more than money. We need you to be active, engaged members of the Meeting Community. We need you to participate and bring new, like-minded people to our door.

 

If you contribute financially, please make your checks payable to Palm Beach Monthly Meeting or PBMM. Mail to: 823 North A Street, Lake Worth Beach  FL  33460. Or donate online with PayPal (see button below).  Better yet – bring it with when you come in person on Sunday morning! A regular monthly contribution will assist us in meeting our ongoing expenses.

 

Many blessings to you and yours throughout 2025.

 

In Friendship and Light,

 

John Palozzi, Clerk of the Meeting                Joel Cook, Treasurer