<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Martha, I love the Coronavirus Prayer!!...Until further notice, Amen!<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 9:41 PM Martha McGovern via Worship <<a href="mailto:worship@fuusm.org">worship@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_5107869903246843522WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Martha McGovern is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Topic: Worship & Music Comm </p><p class="MsoNormal">Time: Dec 2, 2020 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Every month on the First Wed, until Dec 2, 2020, 1 occurrence(s)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Dec 2, 2020 05:00 PM</p><p class="MsoNormal">Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Monthly: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/upYoc-ysrzItHdyEaXl-yKFtLdKTZxOJNVV1/ics?icsToken=98tyKu6qqz8vHtWctx6PR7YQGY-gZ-jzmFhagqdEuR7dD21KSSXiGuZpBohnP_L-" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/upYoc-ysrzItHdyEaXl-yKFtLdKTZxOJNVV1/ics?icsToken=98tyKu6qqz8vHtWctx6PR7YQGY-gZ-jzmFhagqdEuR7dD21KSSXiGuZpBohnP_L-</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Join Zoom Meeting</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72545419778" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72545419778</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Meeting ID: 725 4541 9778</p><p class="MsoNormal">One tap mobile</p><p class="MsoNormal">+13126266799,,72545419778# US (Chicago)</p><p class="MsoNormal">+19292056099,,72545419778# US (New York)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dial by your location</p><p class="MsoNormal"> +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)</p><p class="MsoNormal">Meeting ID: 725 4541 9778</p><p class="MsoNormal">Find your local number: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcucwxzZwX" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcucwxzZwX</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Agenda for Wed., December 2, 2020 Meeting of the Worship & Music Committee<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(192,0,0)">5:00 p.m. on Zoom</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(192,0,0)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Chalice Lighting: <i>The Coronavirus Prayer</i> by James Parker<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Lord,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In this our hour of doorknobs and droplets,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">when masks have canceled our personalities; <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">in this our hour of prickling perimeters, sinister surfaces, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">defeated bodies, and victorious abstractions, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">when some of us are stepping into rooms humid with contagion, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">and some of us are standing in the pasta aisle; <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">in this our hour of vacant parks and borded-up hoops, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">when we miss the sky-high roar of the city <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">and hear instead the tarp that flaps on the unfinished roof, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">the squirrel giving his hingelike cry, and the siren constantly passing, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">to You we send up our prayer, as follows:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Let not heebie-jeebies become our religion, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">our new ideology, with its own jargon.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fortify us, Lord. Show us how.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What would your saints be doing now?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Saint Francis, he was a fan of the human.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">He’d be rolling naked on Boston Common.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">He’d be sharing a bottle. No mask, no gloves, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">shielded only by burning love.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">But I don’t think we’re in the mood <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">for feats of antic beatitude.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In New York City, and in Madrid, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">the saints maintain the rumbling grid.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Bless the mailman, and equally bless <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">the bus driver, vector of steadfastness.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Protect the bravest, the best we’ve got.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Protect the rest of us, why not.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">And if the virus that took John Prine <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">comes, as it may, for me and mine, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">although we’ve mostly stayed indoors, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">well-- then, as ever, we’re all Yours.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Until further notice,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">AMEN<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1" start="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Minutes of November meeting to be approved.<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Theme for 2020- 2021: How can we be mindful and authentic in cherishing all life? <u></u><u></u></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sharing: Committee members will bring “anchor readings” for the theme as resources for development of worship services.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Moving Forward with Virtual Worship and Return to In-Church Services:</span></u><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What are next steps</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">??<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></li></ol><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Providing both in-person and virtual worship services: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">After much discussion, the committee settled on the following pilot approach:<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">One in-person service will be offered per month.<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Timing will be 11:00 a.m. for virtual service, 12:15 p.m. for in-person service.<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Both services will usually be held in the Sanctuary.<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Safety protocols will be followed at all times.<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Safety Committee (in cooperation with the Membership Committee) will provide Greeters and Ushers to implement those protocols.<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The in-person service will emphasize participation/interaction of attendees and will be light on incorporation of elements requiring technology.<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The in-person service will feature Randall Kidder’s live music.<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The first in-person service will be November 22 for Thanksgiving; the Christmas Eve service will be the in-person service for December.<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">MUSIC: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kat shared information about a service called <u>Worshipcast</u> that deals with copyright issues for music. The cost per year is $235. One concern is that the covered pieces are primarily from the Christian tradition. Another alternative is purchasing rights to use one piece in perpetuity. For example Emma’s Revolution charges $250 for “Peace, Salaam, Shalom.” We will consult with Martha Webster about other alternatives.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">GUIDELINES FOR DESIGNING/PREPARING WORSHIP SERVICE: <b>Martha </b>will prepare a draft and will submit it to Committee members for feedback.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Using Report from Adeline and Martha on Holiday Planning/Brainstorming sponsored by Appalachian Cluster as resource for planning:<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What is the key thing we are hoping to accomplish with our holiday services?<u></u><u></u></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Provide the experience of traditional rituals<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Deepen the meaning of the rituals<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Create a sense of belonging<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Appeal to all ages, especially children/families<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Use the power of music<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Aim to mix-<u>up</u> the approach rather than water-<u>down</u> the usual<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Incorporate an outside component<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Cooperate with other congregations, especially in the areas of music & technology<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How can we – in a pandemic-friendly way – reach those goals?<u></u><u></u></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> In virtual services, include pictures of the Sanctuary<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Scavenger Hunt – look for items within Zoomed service display, distribute items <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> and ask congregation members to hold up at certain times within service, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> have congregation members/friends display item for community spotting <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (teddybears, candy cane, chalice)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Celebrate St. Nicholas – empty shoes to accept candy (tie to carbon footprint?)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Use UUA selections of high quality, coordinate a virtual choir<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Organize a display of “green” luminaries<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Plan for virtual candlelight service by having participants sit in dark at home with <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> candle<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Create a candle-lit labyrinth (where – park? FUUSM courtyard?)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Set up tree outside<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Decorate fence around church – greens, lights, ribbons<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> In virtual service, share object of significance to holiday<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> At beginning of service, share sorrows/fears that letting go of; at end, share <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> joys/hopes<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Distribute “pick-me-up kits” (e.g., legos to create chalice)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Plan community service project (e.g., <b>Community Card Project</b>, food donation)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Vary Communion (Thanksgiving – cornbread and cider; Christmas – cocoa)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What steps do we need to take to reach these goals? What is realistically possible?<u></u><u></u></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1" start="5"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Reflection on Service – Nov. 29 – Making Each Day Count<u></u><u></u></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What went well: <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What to refine: <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thematic/coherent: <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Spirituality/Faith Tradition:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Life Span: <u></u><u></u></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1" start="6"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Financial Matters: None<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Choir/Music Update: Martha Webster and Choir are preparing several pieces.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Committee decided to ask committees/groups to reflect on how they are, or intend to be, mindful and authentic in cherishing all life and then to be a part of, or to take responsibility for, a worship service on that 2020-2021 theme. The Committee hopes that this approach will deepen insight into the purpose of the committee/group, will increase involvement of members/friends, and will inform the congregation of the activities of the committees/groups. Adeline included information about this initiative in The Confluence for October. <b> </b><u></u><u></u></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Martha</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <b>and Rebecca Phillips</b> have asked for feedback from women of the congregation. <u>Women’s Group</u> will plan and lead the November 15 service. Women’s Group will hold both in-person and Zoom meetings each month. Beth Lepore and Kat will share leadership for the in-person meetings, the first to be December 14 at 3:00 p.m. in the Social Hall. Martha and Rebecca will share leadership for the Zoom meetings, the first to be December 16 at 7:00 p.m.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Green Sanctuary</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> has requested a Sunday in April (11, 18, 25?)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">George Banziger will discuss the issue further with <u>Men’s Group</u> and report back.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Martha will report as she makes follow-up contacts with the Board, Board of Trust Governors, Caring Committee, Building & Grounds, Membership, BRIDGES, Finance, and W & M Committee.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">December 2020 – February 2021</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">: <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">October <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 4 Annie Warmke & Suzyn Mills – Experiences of Voting <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">{<i>Blessing of Animals in Courtyard}<u></u><u></u></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 11 Kat - Indigenous People’s Day (“This Land Is My Land” – MW)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 18 Kat - Robin Bozian & colleagues – Ending Violence for Everyone – EVE, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">National Domestic Violence Awareness Month (“We Sing of Hope & Joy” – MW)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 25 Kat – Gather the Spirit, Harvest the Power video-UUA’s UU the Vote<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">November<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 1 Kat, Jane T-S, Martha McG - Day of the Dead & All Souls<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 8 Kat - Sources of Spiritual Sustenance<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 15 (Kat) Rebecca, Martha – Together Apart: Our Pandemic Year </span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Women’s Group, 2020-21 theme<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Suggested song: “The Keep Going Song” by the Bengsons on Youtube<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 22 Kat – Thanksgiving: Let’s Tell a Truer Story </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">[Kat will lead first in-person service at 12:15 p.m.] -CANCELED</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 29 <i>Advent begins</i> Kat – Making Each Day Count </span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(Card Project, Ribbon Ceremony – fence, virtual)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><b><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Adeline has organized the Community Card Project.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">December</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 6 Suzyn Mills – Worship Leader, Martha Webster “Healing Power of Music”<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 13 Kat & Martha – “Light One Candle” InterfaithWinter Holidays <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 20 Kat – Winter Solstice Spiral <u>Noon</u> in the courtyard <span style="color:rgb(192,0,0)">Zoom service, too?</span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <b><i>24 Christmas Eve – “Ring Out, Wild Bells!” <u></u><u></u></i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1in;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ringing Bells for two minutes, starting at 6:00 p.m.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <b>Martha has acquired database from MOV Interfaith to <u></u><u></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> encourage other churches to participate with large church bells/chimes and/or <u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> congregation participation.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 27 Kat – Kwanzaa, a Cultural/Community Look <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">January <b>2021</b><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 3 Kat – Fire Communion in the courtyard <span style="color:rgb(192,0,0)">Time?</span> <span style="color:rgb(192,0,0)">Zoom service, too?</span><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 10<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 17<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 24 Braver Angels – George Banziger +<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 31<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">February<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 7<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 14<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 21<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> 28<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Possible Topics and Speakers</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">: <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Swap/Share with Charleston UU, Athens UU – Kat <u><u></u><u></u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Black Lives Matter (Panel -- Moni, Geroge B, Darryl T, Ted G) – Kat ??<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Gospel Music and/or Blues -- Sadie Johnson <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">BLM and Sumner School in Parkersburg - Peg <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.3pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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