Dear Jane,

At Worthing we don't have days off in the Meeting House and we have Sunday afternoon bookings every other week (I wish we could have it every week as we need money to pay MH bills).

I think it's up to your Meeting to decide and also up to your job contract.

I personally have another job and work every Sunday afternoon there, so I tidy up when I come back in the evening.

I wish that Sunday afternoons would be for the rest, but many people work on Sunday... my family including.

So it's up to you and your Meeting really.

in Friendship

Elena Krumgolde, warden at Worthing

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023, 11:53 Jane Keay via wardenship, <wardenship@lists.quaker.eu.org> wrote:

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Subject: [wardenship] Sunday Groups
Dear Wardens/Managers and Resident Friends,

At Watford Quaker Meeting House we have groups hiring our rooms and the garden throughout the week, also Saturdays.
I have been asked by a local Romanian Christian group whether they could book once a month on a Sunday afternoon. (A couple of rooms including the Children’s Room.) For years we given space to the local Unitarian Fellowship on a Sunday, once a month. This seems to work fine.
I live directly upstairs from the Meeting House and can hear furniture being moved and the extractor fans in the toilets etc !
I would love to take on the Romanian Christian Group who are eager for the space but my dilemma is that Sundays afternoons are a time to stop and rest.
My question is: Do other Meeting Houses book groups on Sunday afternoons?
Is there an expectation to do this from your Meeting ?
Would this work if this was passed on to another person to clear away afterwards? Or can the Meeting House building just have a quiet afternoon ? (After the occasional shared lunch and talks of course.)

Thank you for any comments or shared experiences,

Jane K.
Warden

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