[Council] W & M Committee -- minutes of December 4, 2019 meeting
Maggie & Steve Meyer
meyer45750 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 6 17:29:58 CST 2020
Bless you!
On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 2:20 PM Martha McGovern via Council <
council at fuusm.org> wrote:
> Yes, as usual, our W & M Committee meeting will be at 5:00 p.m. I'll send
> out an agenda closer to the meeting date.
>
> Martha
>
> *From:* Maggie & Steve Meyer via Council <council at fuusm.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, January 06, 2020 12:08 PM
> *To:* FUUSM Leadership <council at fuusm.org>
> *Cc:* Maggie & Steve Meyer <meyer45750 at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Council] W & M Committee -- minutes of December 4, 2019
> meeting
>
> 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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