During the year the Meeting received seven into membership. Also very welcome was the added number of regular attenders.

Meetings for Worship at 10:00 were well attended, averaging forty to sixty. The vocal ministry was moderate but occasionally reached spiritual heights. The Silent Worship has produced a sense of communion with the divine spirit which a number of members and attenders look forward to each First Day.

The First Day School has increased substantially in numbers and is alive and vibrant. This has resulted in the need for more teachers, and a few dedicated members have been successfully filling this requirement but more are needed. In addition to the regular First Day classes, a number of innovative activities have taken place. These included trips to Quarterly Meetings, and group discussions of Quaker beliefs and the lives of prominent Quakers; an original Christmas play was written and performed by the school. A number profited by attending the Silver Bay Meeting and a group spent a lively and informative weekend at Powell House.

Because the Wilton Meeting members and attenders are scattered over ten townships, serious efforts have been made by its committees and concerned individuals to bring them into a Wilton Meeting community of love and support, as well as worship.

The Committee of Ministry and Oversight (CMO) with which the former Advancement Committee is now merged, has headed these efforts. These included the Hospitality after Worship, regular adult and junior high school discussion groups, and potluck suppers and lunches. A valuable feature has been the informal worship sharing period immediately after Meeting for Worship. Very helpful in bringing the Meeting together has been the enlarged Monthly Newsletter. Many nonresident members and attenders cherish the letter as their main contact with the Meeting.

Outreach was substantial and varied. Our Peace and Service Committee arranged to furnish information for potential conscientious objectors including providing a continuous answering service. It also supported the local Community Mediation Services in need of seed money.

Wilton furnished scholarship funds to a Friend from the East Africa Yearly Meeting in Kenya, who is taking university graduate work in nutrition. Many members and attenders helped, including some from Meetings in the Purchase Quarter.

Two members of the Meeting visited a needy black school in Glendora, Mississippi, and brought with them much needed clothing, food, a recorder, and a cordial greeting from the Meeting. The Meeting has also taken part in the community churches' volleyball league; in keeping with Friends' Testimonies, we have included every member or attender - men, women and children - who wanted to play.

The Helen Gander Nursery School, an important part of our outreach, celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary, after a successful school year. It has full enrollment for the coming year from some seventeen families.

November 6th, Wilton Meeting was host for the Quarterly Meeting at which programs were provided for adults, and the three different First Day age groups.

The Meeting's various committees have met and reported to the Business Meeting regularly. They have performed their duties faithfully and well, taking care of the large number of organizational and the many other matters necessary to a well functioning meeting. Perhaps the main criticism is that much of the work is placed on a few dedicated members of each committee. With increasing number of members and attenders, some improvement is noticeable but a wider willingness to take committee and individual responsibility is needed.

The Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business at which committees report, and major decisions are made or notified, is still poorly attended, averaging about 17, as compared with forty to sixty at the Meeting for Worship. The Business Meeting is a test of Friends' ability to seek the Light when faced by difficult matters and to employ Friendly patience and forbearance in seeking unity. On the whole, the Business Meeting has performed well in setting the many matters necessary to maintaining a healthy and flourishing meeting.

The Meeting can look back on this year with satisfaction on the substantial progress made, in spiritual depth, numbers and communal feeling. It appears poised for another year of like progress.