Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Canoeing and Camping

Greetings Friends

Updated information on upcoming Friends events - (I am not sure if my distribution list is up to date; if there is some else that that should be receiving this information, please pass this on and let me know the correct email.)

Canoe trip July 22 - We will be floating the Chippewa near Mt Pleasant, $32 per canoe, $20 per kayak and the trip is 3-4 hrs long. Those with their own boats can arrange shuttles with out a 'put in' fee. Otherwise transportation for private boats is $10 per canoe and $5 per kayak. We will meet up at Buckley's Mountainside Canoes at 10am. I will be making the initial reservation July 8th. Anyone interested should contact me at catherine.deyo@gmail.com .

Camping at Fort Custer in Battle Creek - since there has been a very limited response there will not be an organized camp out prior to the Summer Quarterly.Fall Camp Out - there will be a Fall camp out the weekend of Fall Quarterly in southeast Michigan. Further details to be announced. Please complete the Family Camp Survey, if you have not already done so.

Thanks so much for helping to get the word out!
Be Well, Catherine Deyo
Grand Rapids Friends Meeting

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Messages and Musings of Friends

Hi, everybody. Welcome to the new blog of the Grand Rapids Friends Meeting (Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA). This is just part of the setup. Jason Pliml has created a website for us, with map and calendar and placeholders for other stuff to keep us and our f(F)riends connected. This blog will link to the website and vice versa. The blog will be more for announcements and posting of writings and reflections that we want to share with each other and the rest of the world.

It is easier to do this with a blog. Anyone who wants to post something (or a reply) can submit it easily (details will come out later -- for now, I just wanted to get this started.

We'll also be soon changing the look and layout. I just had to get something started. So, any ideas on graphics or look/layout are welcome.

Have a great day!
Walt Marston (for Deb, Ben and Jason as well)