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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%'>See earlier email for Zoom Link.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Agenda for April 7, 2021 Meeting of the Worship & Music Committee<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p 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? </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Chalice Lighting: Be ours a religion which, like sunshine, goes everywhere; its temple all space; its shrine, the good heart; its creed all truth; its ritual, works of love; its profession of faith, divine living. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> Theodore Parker<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Minutes of March to be approved.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><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><o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>GUIDELINES FOR DESIGNING/PREPARING WORSHIP SERVICE: <b>Martha</b> will make revisions and send in a separate email. <o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=3 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Aesthetics Committee: Kat reported that Jane Tumas-Serna’s special donation has been used to purchase battery-operated candles for the pulpit area. Committee members noted how effective they were.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Correspondence: Thank you notes sent to Monica Jones, Ted Goertzel, Ralph Olander, Roger Kalter, Gary Hamilton, Randy Kidder, Annie Warmke.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Reflection on Services – Progress on suggestions?<o:p></o:p></span></u></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>What to continue: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>What to refine<b>: <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Thematic/coherent: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Spirituality/Faith Tradition:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Life Span: <o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=6 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Financial Matters: The Committee approved a donation of $250 to UU The Vote from the Worship & Music account. <b>Kat </b>will complete the donation online and request reimbursement<b>. </b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Budget Requests for 2021-2022: Martha revised the proposal as discussed and submitted it to Ted Goertzel. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Annual Report</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>: Martha submitted the revised report by April 1. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Choir/Music Update: Suzyn<b> </b>clarified Choir performance dates and suggested a totally music service presented by the Choir. Title idea: Why Do We Sing?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><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. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=11 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Personnel Evaluations and Recommendations pertaining to pay– The Board has asked that the W & M Committee take responsibility for evaluating the Choir Director and the Pianist. We will return to evaluation in April. Adeline has provided the Choir Director job description; <b>Martha</b> will inquire about the one for Pianist. The Committee recommends that, in these unsettled times, the pay for both Choir Director and Pianist remain the same for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. However, if funds are available, both the Choir Director and Pianist should receive <u>at least</u> a cost of living raise.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>March – July 2021</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>: *in-person service<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Projected</span></u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>: Jim O’Donnell on indigenous peoples – Suzyn is contact, no specific date yet, pre-record??<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> HUMOR – George Banziger, Ginny McNeil (Kerry – not at this time)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>March - Women’s History Month<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 7 Kat - Loved into Being – </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>a UUA Stewardship Service</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 14 Kat - The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Goals to Awaken the Sacred Masculine <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>(Ted Goertzel – coordinator of Men’s Group members)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> *21 Investing in Others: UU Women (past & present) WLs: Annie and Suzyn *drumming<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>22 World Water Day<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>27 Passover begins at sundown<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 28 Kat - (Palm Sunday) Who Are We Otherwise? <i>Choir – “What Is Life?”</i></span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>April<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> *4 Kat - (Easter) Cherishing All Life<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 11 Kat – (Ramadan) Resilient Religious Communities<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>12 Ramadan begins at sundown<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 18 Green Sanctuary Resilience & Sustainability WL: Rebecca Phillips </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in;line-height:115%'><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Choir – “All Earth’s Children”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>22 Earth Day<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 25 Kat - Annual Congregational Meeting</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>30 Arbor Day<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>May</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 2 Kat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 9 </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Mothers Day </span></i><i><span style='line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Choir – “When We Sing”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 16 </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Shavuot </span></i><span style='line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Katy McDaniel –“A Day Is a Life; A Life Is a Day” WL: Suzyn Mills</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 23 </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 30 Kat – Memorial Day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>31 Memorial Day<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>June</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>6<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 13<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 20 </span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Fathers Day</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 27</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>July</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 4<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 11<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 18<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 25<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <o:p></o:p></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'>: <o:p></o:p></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><o:p></o:p></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 ??<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Gospel Music and/or Blues -- Sadie Johnson <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>BLM and Sumner School in Parkersburg - Peg <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:72.3pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>