[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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