[Council] Worship & Music - Minutes of July 5 2017 meeting

[Martha McGovern]

Worship Associates:  Note #3c and #10 - Clarification of Summer Duties and change in dismissal time for young people.  See also #9, the review of the Congregational Assessment.

Members of W & M Committee -- Note especially the change of next meeting time to August 9, Wed., at Shari Miller's at 3:00 p.m.



Minutes of July 5, 2017  Meeting of the Worship & Music Committee 

In Attendance:  Adeline Bailey, Peg Clifford, Kat Hawbaker, Martha McGovern, Shari Miller, Suzyn Mills

Note Change for Next Meeting:  August 9  Wed.  at Shari Miller's  3:00 p.m.

  1.. Minutes of the June meeting were approved.     
  2.. Correspondence:  Martha will send thank you notes to presenters for July services. 
  3.. Reports from Specific Task Teams:  
    1.. Aesthetics Team:   
    2.. Special Music Team: Suzyn  Hungrytown group. 
    3.. Worship Associates Team:  New member -Chris Jacobs 
Suzyn will mentor Dawn Hewitt on July 23; Martha will mentor Chris Jacobs on August 13.

Clarification of Summer Duties:  WA's should place hymnal on each chair, if possible, and direct attendees to help with stacking chairs after service.  

Greeters will hand out order-of-service to be sure newcomers get folder and appropriate folks get large font copy.

Duties in Sanctuary:  Add help with piano cover at end of service.

    4.. Piano Task Force:  
    5.. Technology Task Force:   
    6.. Task Force for the Time for All Ages:  
  3.. Transformative worship:  Kat, Peg, and Randy have designed a "teaching" service and follow-up workshop session for August 13. 
  4.. Re-Usable Folder:  Adeline reported on the pilot implementation of the informational folder.  It seems to be well received so far.  She does see need for further revision.  In discussion, we identified the possibility of including the history of the chalice. 
  5.. Singing Bowl purchase from Tibetan Monks:  The Committee approved reimbursement of $68.00  purchase of a singing bowl.  Kat used it to open and close the meeting. 
  6.. Shari will ask Board about policy concerning special collection, regular, or split plate and related procedures for payment. 
  7.. Referral to Buildings & Grounds:  Martha & Kat will convey concerns about devising a solution for storage of chairs for Social Hall. 
  8.. Congregational Assessment:  The Committee reviewed results of the 2017 Congregational Assessment.  Some take-aways:  
Use of theme seems to be helpful to some.  Members appreciate the focus on current social and human issues and opportunities for congregation members to share their experiences and expertise.  All forms of music in the worship services are greatly appreciated.  

As we design and implement the worship services, we need to stress the value of the Chalice Lighting.

An exploration of the meaning of "worship" might be fruitful. (Is it a theme as "ministry" was?)

Generally, deepening content is desired - on all topics, particularly belief traditions.

Since we are outgrowing the Social Hall for summer services, adding AC to Sanctuary becomes more urgent.

Suggested topic: morality of Artificial Intelligence

 

  10.. Upcoming Services:  
Martha will contact Andrew Clovis to schedule a time in fall 2017 for attention to National Parks.

Summer Dismissal of Young People:  The group suggested a change in the dismissal time of young people during summer services so that they have enough time for their BRIDGES project.  Suggestion:  Welcome Song, Welcome, Chalice Lighting, departure of young people during Prelude.

Kat raised the possibility of a foot-washing ceremony.  The Committee felt that it would be best in an intimate setting and suggested offering an alternative service for those who would choose to experience that enactment of compassion and humility.

  11.. Theme for Year 2017-2018 will be "How do we create a world of our values?" 
  12.. Possible Topics and speakers for future services:  Touchstone REACH Packet, Hungry Town, multiple intelligences, powerful children's stories, ages of women, This I Believe, family stories as carriers of family values, June Teenth celebration, reflections of people who grew up in UU congregation (Jay Phillips, Mike Bailey, Dean Banziger), Bill Bauer on suicide and kindness,  reflections of former ministers, Jim Couts on Jubilee Gardens, LeeAnn Gallucci on recovering from loss, Living Mindfully - Prepare for the Unexpected (Robin Bozian, Anita Newhart, Sue Montera, Virginia Mayle), anti-bullying and Shari's Flower Story, Quill as a storyteller, Quakers on consensus. 
Mark Sibicky on mindset/habits of mind needed for democracy - Martha -- contact again in Summer or September 2017

Hal Walker - Suzyn

Michael Dowd - Adeline  -- perhaps in 2018

            Catherine Roma - Kat

            Peg Clifford - What does democracy look like to whom?, We are all brothers (Day of the Dead), 

                        5 words for learning in Hebrew

            Kat:  Protect Environment - John Muir, public park system (Andrew Clovis) - Summer 2017

            Protest - contrast burning cross & burning flag  (Barb Kidd)

            Diversity: awareness of brain injury - (Beverly Bradley)

            Services based on songs:  "Hallelujah," "Bring Your Broken Hallelujah," "This Land Is Your 

                        Land," "We Would Be One"

            Kat:  John Howell  jhowell45701 at gmail.com - for summer 2017  counteracting tendency of 

                        wealth and power to concentrate in hands of a few

 

July

2          Kat -- "Let America Be America Again"  Langston Hughes  WA:  Suzyn Mills

9          Kat - "Bahai" Judith Bedard     WA:  Peg Clifford  (Carol Sedgwick - additional resource)

16        Kat & Geoff Schenkel - "Building Bridges to Careers"  Tasha Werry  WA: J. Rapp

23        Kat - - John Howell "Human Rights & Democracy"        WA: Dawn Hewitt

30        Planetarium    

            Shari Miller and Randy Kidder:  Cozy Conversation - What songs have inspired/sustained 

                        you in your efforts to create a world of our values?

 

August

6          Roger Kalter  "How do we create a world of our values?"  Worship Leader: Suzyn Mills

13        Kat & Katy McDaniel - "Our Founding Documents"   WA: Chris Jacobs

20        Kat --  "Creating Covenanted Communities"  WA: Rebecca Phillips

27        Kat - "Bring Your Broken Hallelujahs"  WA:  Martha McGovern

 

September

3          (no Kat) Peg & Martha  "This Land Is Your Land"       (with Chase Brady)       (Labor Day)

10        Kat -- Water Ingathering

17        Kat - Cory Sampson & Ezra Carpenter - Bystander Training  (Stand Up for Our Values)

24        Kat - Congregational Meeting - Philosophy of Inclusion

 
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