Next Quarterly Meeting:
Summer Solstice 2008
The next meeting is the Summer Solstice Meeting
and Clean-up session, to be held June
12-14, 2008 at the Mary Brown Environmental Center,
715 S. Central Avenue, Ely, MN (map below).
The Clean-up session is on June 12 and the meeting will be on
June 13-14.
Meeting Schedule:
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Arrival for the Work Day will be in the early
afternoon of June 12, 2008.
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Arrival for the meeting will be around Noon
of June 13, 2008. Bring a sack lunch or eat before
arriving.
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The regular meeting will begin at about 1
PM on June 13, 2008.
- The meeting will conclude around 1PM on Saturday, June
14, 2008.
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What to Bring
A sign-up e-mail will be circulated closer to
the meeting. Everyone is asked to bring pot-luck food to share
for melas starting with Friday dinner through Saturday lunch,
plus snacks. If you plan to spend the night at the house
and have arranged with Tom Harries
or Jill Peterman,
bring sleeping bags, pillows, pads or air mattresses; also towel,
etc. and personal items.
Accomodations
Limited accommodations are available at MBEC (bring
sleeping bags and mattresses). Meals will be pot-luck and everyone
is welcome to sit in on all the meetings. Please let Tom
Harries or Jill Peterman
know if you plan to sleep at Mary Brown's house.
If you would rather stay in a motel in Ely, check the Ely Chamber of Commerce
(800-777-7281) for a listing of available motels.
Agenda:
Tentative agenda of the Meeting as of June
10, 2008:
- Housekeeping details
- Gospel Based Discipleship
- Budget (Nelson)
- Approve Minutes of September meeting
- Convention planning
- Creation Season
- Chapter Updates (Nelson, Tom)
- Episcopal Ecological Network Report (Wanda & Chuck)
- Report on Genesis Covenant & Healing Our Planet
Earth (Chuck)
- Green Congregations Process
- Carbon Footprint
- Mary Brown Environmental Center (MBEC Steering Committee)
- Remembering Sigurd Olson Retreat (Helen)
- Website (Chuck)
- Writings for the Website
- New Web Project (Chuck)
- Writing for Forward Movement
- e-mail List
- Marketing
- Fundraising
- Budget
- Future meeting times and locations
If you have additional agenda items, please
e-mail them to Tom Harries
or Jill Peterman
or send them to the MEESC address
at the bottom of this page. Additional details will be
available closer to the date through the e-mail lists
(to subscribe, click here).
Directions to the Mary Brown Environmental Center:
The Mary Brown Environmental Center is located
at 715 S. Central Avenue, Ely.
FROM DULUTH
- Take MN Hwy 61 North towards Two Harbors
- In Two Harbors, take MN Hwy 2 towards Ely After about
45 miles, MN Hwy 2 ends at MN Hwy 1
- At this junction, turn left onto MN Hwy 1 towards Ely.
- As you arrive in Ely, Minnesota Highway 169 will join
from the right as you turn left (Ely Chamber of Commerce
building is on the left).
- Drive through Ely to Highway 21 (about 2 miles). The intersection
is at a traffic light.
- Turn left (south) at the traffic light (The Chocolate Moose cafe is on the far right
corner) onto South Central Avenue
- MBEC will be about 0.5 mile down the road on the right
(look for the "The Episcopal Church Welcomes You"
sign). The house has red wooden siding, shortly after the
turn for the Golf Course. Wilson Street is on the left across
from the driveway. If you get to the Ely Gospel Church,
you have gone too far.
COMING FROM THE TWIN CITIES
- Take I 35 North towards Duluth
- Take Exit 237 onto MN Highway 33, which joins US Highway
53 North at Independence
- Follow US Hwy 53 through Virginia, MN
- About 6 miles north of Virginia, MN Hwy 169 turns right
off US Hwy 53 and is signed for "Ely". Take this turn
- In Tower MN Hwy 1 will joint MN Hay 169
- Follow MN Hwy 169 and MN Hwy 1 to Ely
- As you enter Ely, MN Hwy 21 will be at the first traffic
light. Turn right (south) at this traffic light onto South
Central Avenue
- Drive approximately 0.5 mile. MBEC will be on the right
(look for the "The Episcopal Church Welcomes You"
sign). The house has red wooden siding, shortly after the
turn for the Golf Course. Wilson Street is on the left across
from the driveway. If you get to the Ely Gospel Church,
you have gone too far.
FROM WESTERN MINNESOTA
- Follow your normal driving route to Grand Rapids, MN,
or Hibbing, MN
- Follow US Hwy 169 towards Virginia, MN
- In Virginia, MN, US Hwy 169 becomes MN Hwy 169. Follow
MN Hwy 169 through Tower towards Ely
- About 6 miles north of Virginia, MN Hwy 169 turns right
off US Hwy 53 and is signed for "Ely". Take this turn
- In Tower MN Hwy 1 will joint MN Hwy 169
- Follow MN Hwy 169 and MN Hwy 1 to Ely
- As you enter Ely, MN Hwy 21 will be at the first traffic
light. Turn right (south) at this traffic light onto South
Sentral Avenue
- Drive approximately 0.5miles. MBEC will be on the right
(look for the "The Episcopal Church Welcomes You"
sign). The house has red wooden siding, shortly after the
turn for the Golf Course. Wilson Street is on the left across
from the driveway. If you get to the Ely Gospel Church,
you have gone too far.
If you need assistance, contact Mary
Groeninger (218-365-3364).
click on the map for a printable version
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