Interfaith Coalition dinner meeting

Monday was most notable for a fantastic evening meeting at the home of Rabbi David Freelund. Four of us joined David and his family for a wonderful dinner followed by a meeting to discuss a proposed organizational structure for the coalition. The coalition bylaws subcommittee meeting was FANTASTIC! It was very productive, spiritual, friendly and fulfilling. I am so glad I went. Steve Carty Cordry from the Unity Church facilitated the discussion with a big flip chart and a perfect sense of organization. David provided delicious food, witty good humor and a clear head. Judith Partelow of the Bahai congregation offered wonderful suggestions about spiritually based meetings. Larry Brown, who is a Hindu, provided inspirational comments and a closing prayer. By the time we left we all knew each other much better, and we had arrived at a clear vision and plan for getting the group well organized. Actually the coalition has been putting on public events for four or five years, but we have been doing it without any formal organizational structure. This was the time and place to get it going. We will bring our plan to the larger core group in December. I am proud to have been a part of the birth -- or rebirth -- of the Cape Cod Interfaith Coalition.

Earlier in the day I had lunch with Steve Cardy Cordry and we had a productive time there too. We agreed to help each other with our writing projects by checking in every evening at 9:30 to report on our writing progress.