[Council] W & M Committee -- minutes of December 4, 2019 meeting
Maggie & Steve Meyer
meyer45750 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 6 11:08:16 CST 2020
Martha,
2 items
1. I am having a senior moment -the meeting will be at 5:00?
2. Will we see your dear self at the Wednesday Sustenance Lunch. Did you
get my e-mail?
Maggie
On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 9:31 PM Martha McGovern via Council <
council at fuusm.org> wrote:
> *Minutes for December 4, 2019 Meeting of the Worship & Music Committee *
>
> *** Next Meeting: January 15, 2020*
>
> In Attendance: Adeline Bailey, Kat Hawbaker, Martha McGovern, Maggie
> Meyer, Suzyn Mills
>
> 1. Minutes of November 6 were approved.
> 2. Correspondence: Martha will send a thank you to Katy McDaniel,
> Jane Tumas-Serna, Nancy Lee, Andrew Clovis, Gary Hamilton & Men’s Group.
> 3. Reports from Specific Task Teams:
> 1. Aesthetics Team: Jane, Nancy, and Andrew have organized the
> decoration materials and developed a plan for the Sanctuary and outside of
> the church. Gary Hamilton will coordinate decoration of the
> outside of the church.
> 2. Special Music Team*: *Suzyn reported on future music: “Bring Me
> Little Water, Sylvie,” a song by Shari Ballantyne, a song by the trio.
> *Choir*: Dec. 22 – “Hanukkah Hayom” Dec. 24 – “Calypso Lullaby”
> & “Night of Silence” January 5 -- Owen & Elsie Cejka duet
> 3. Worship Associates Team:* Kat and Jim* Rapp will plan a
> refresher for WAs in the spring. *Approved statement about the
> Native Americans of this area: We acknowledge that our building occupies
> the traditional land of various Native American tribes, and we try to walk
> respectfully and lightly upon that land.*
>
> *Martha* will update the checklists and scripts, send them to all WAs,
> and have a copy accessible for use on Sundays in the Sanctuary/Social Hall.
>
> 1. Piano Task Force*: *
> 2. Technology Task Force:
>
> Establish a process for preparation for incorporating technology.
>
> Involve Mike Bailey.
>
> Arrange practices well in advance of service/program.
>
> Include Kelli McDermott.
>
> Use visual displays in Opening and Closing of service.
>
> For books, show only illustrations.
>
> 1. Task Force for the Time for All Ages: Ralph created a list. Use
> tfaa at fuusm.org in the “to” line.
> 2. The Storage Committee: Maggie will set the first meeting for
> early in 2020. Storage of the clavimover and clearance of the
> office closet for installation of a safe are two issues needing immediate
> action.
> 1. *Expenditures*:
> 2. *New Theme for 2019-2020: How do we address the paradox of “We”?*
> 3. *Assessment of Service: *
>
> What went well:
>
> What to refine:
>
> Thematic/coherent:
>
> Spirituality/Faith Tradition:
>
> Life Span:
>
> 1. *Services for September - January*:
>
>
>
>
>
> December
>
> 1 Kat – Advent/Interfaith Service: Many Candles,
> One Light WA: Gene Barry
>
> 8 Kat – ALL AGES Community Card Project *John
> Maddox, Diane McMichael,Teens*
>
> No Randy Do Sanctuary decoration,
> too. WA: Chris Jacobs
>
> 15 Kat – Ribbon Ceremony Marietta Merry & Bright –*Afternoon
> cookies & cocoa in Muskingham Park*
>
> WA: Rebecca Phillips
>
> 22 Kat – What sustains us in this season? Solstice WA: Dawn
> Hewitt *CHOIR*
>
> *Christmas Eve Service 12/24 (Tuesday) The Story of Christmas in Music
> ??* WA: Suzyn Mills *CHOIR*
>
> 29 Kat and Jim Rapp – Worship Leaders – Fire Communion
>
>
>
>
> January *2020*
>
> 5 Kat -- Topsy-Turvy Twelfth Night
>
> 12 Kat -- #UU the Vote Launch
>
> 19 Kat – Honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a
> Day of Service
>
> 26 (NO Kat) Guest speaker – Wes Clarke – Mounds of
> Marietta: Reminders of Others Who
>
>
> Walked These Lands
>
> *Sustainability Forum – January 31-February 1*
>
> February
>
> 2 Charter Sunday
>
> 9 World Interfaith Harmony Week
>
> 16
>
> 23
>
>
>
> March
>
> 1
>
> 8 [no Kat]
>
> 15
>
> 22
>
> 29
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Possible Topics and speakers for future services:*
>
> · The nature of prayer – Rain Dance was *envisioning*, 4 types –
> supplication, thanksgiving, contrition, praise
>
> (paraphrase) Abraham Lincoln: If you want to raise the likelihood of the
> future you have predicted, get involved in creating it.
>
> Barbara Kingsolver: “The very least you can do in your life is to figure
> out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope.
> Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.”
>
> · Forgiveness as recurring service – connected with Yom Kippur “We
> forgive ourselves and each other. We begin again in Love.”
>
> · clarification of various service/outreach activities of the
> local congregation and endeavors with UUA, UUSC, etc. and their
> relationship with FUUSM principles, mission
>
> Need for tracking and regular reporting? For example in Finance Committee
> records and Annual Meeting report?? Do our church finances align with
> our mission?
>
> · Possible speakers: artists: Dani, Morgan/Owen
>
> · Workshop service: prayer flags – Kat and Peg will take the lead
> on the service; Jane Tumas-Serna is willing to help.
>
> · Mind maps may help the congregation identify how they are active
> in FUUSM efforts/activities and what additional options they would like.
>
> · Moral leadership: Truman and Berlin Air Lift
>
> *Martha will arrange with poets, artists for future services in March or
> other month*
>
> · Susan Sheppard (sp?) -- “To Be Indian” Native American
> experience, poem from Riverside Artists event, gourd by Kathy Norosky,
> other art work?
>
> “Arrow Heads” by Nellie Hufford Ruby, wall art by Betsy Cook
>
> · Appalachian Woman – Virginia Killian painting, poem by Kari
> Gunter-Seymour, reader was Athens project leader
>
>
>
> Rancho Mirage Writers Festival (published on February 17, 2017) –
> Questions from Bret
>
> Stephens:
>
> Are we a country that seeks and attracts human capital and believes in
> being fundamentally open
>
> to the world? Are we a self-critical country or a country of blamers? Do
> we define our interests
>
> according to our values or vice versa? Do we have a healthy innovation
> culture? Do we have a
>
> healthy civic culture? Are we still a nation of optimists? What are our
> attitudes toward
>
> foreigners, failure, global leadership, change, each other?
>
> *Touchstone REACH Packet, Hungry Town*, multiple intelligences with
> additional one - existential-spiritual, 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 and *Peg Clifford*
> on suicide and kindness, reflections of former ministers, Living
> Mindfully – Prepare for the Unexpected (Robin Bozian, Anita Newhart, Sue
> Montera, Virginia Mayle), Quill as a storyteller, Quakers on consensus,
> morality of artificial intelligence.
>
> Hal Walker – *Suzyn *Michael Dowd – *Adeline* -- perhaps in 2018 --
> See email with update.
>
> 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, immigration –
> world map of our origins
>
> Cooperation with other churches – bus trip to
> African-American Museum in DC or
>
> Underground Railroad in Cincinnati
>
> Protest – contrast burning cross & burning flag (Barb Kidd)
>
> Diversity: awareness of brain injury – (Beverly Bradley)
>
> Summer Institute: Encouraging attendance, using resources e.g.,
> Non-Violent Communication
>
> Attention to awareness of previous residents on land in our area and need
> for our light presence
>
> *Peg Clifford – “Where did I come from & why?” testimonials from
> members/friends*
>
> *Visual Arts *(social justice, spirituality)
>
> *Shelley Graffs – Singing in Sacred Circle, etc. graffs at cinci.rr.com
> <graffs at cinci.rr.com>*
>
> *Trauma-Informed Care/ Trauma-Informed Schools*
>
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