[Worship] Worship & Music Comm - Minutes of September 6 2017 meeting

[Martha McGovern]

Minutes for September 6, 2017  Meeting of the Worship & Music Committee 

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

            Mills 

Next Meeting:  October 4, 5:00 p.m., Parlor

  1.. Minutes of the August meeting were approved.     
  2.. Correspondence:  Thank you sent to Chase Brady. 
  3.. Issue of Choir Director as paid position:  After discussion, the committee realized that the issue of making the Choir Director a paid position does not need to be acted upon at the September 24  congregational meeting.    Our recommendation to make the position a paid one and the suggested range of pay has been conveyed to the Board and Finance Committee.  We base our recommendation on the belief that music is an important part of worship, that participation in Choir is an aspect of FUUSM's ministry, and that preparation for and facilitation of Choir practices and performances require expert knowledge and skill.  We defer to the Personnel Committee to determine pay.    
  4..  Reports from Specific Task Teams:  
    1.. Aesthetics Team:  Jane Tumas-Serna, Karen Binkley, and Kat are preparing the Sanctuary for the Water Ceremony. 
    2.. Special Music Team: Shari will sing on Sept. 10.  The quartet will sing on October 22. 
    3.. Worship Associates Team:  
    4.. Piano Task Force:  
    5.. Technology Task Force:   
    6.. Task Force for the Time for All Ages:  
  5.. Reflection on the August 13 Wonder-Full Worship session:  Kat reported that she has incorporated ideas from the Water brainstorming group into the Water Ceremony for Sept. 10.  Peg is working with Kurt and Andrea from the Baggage group to design a worship service for January 7.  
  6.. Re-Usable Folder:  Adeline and Kat will make amendments (photographs, revised Inclusion statement, BRIDGES information) and reintroduce the folder in October.  
  7.. Board policy concerning special collections: The Board will present policy options to the congregation at the September 24 meeting.    
  8.. Buildings & Grounds:  Kevin Morey acknowledged receipt of our feedback.  B & G will keep us informed of progress on the plans for storage facilities in the Social Hall.  
  9.. Upcoming Services:  
Kat - October 22 -- Andrew Clovis for attention to National Parks 

Kat - October 1 - Blessing of the Animals in the afternoon

  10.. Transition Back to Sanctuary:  Members will be asked to help transfer hymnals to the Sanctuary after service on Sept. 10.  The Aesthetics Team, Kat, and Tabatha are preparing the Sanctuary.  
  11.. Holiday Decoration
Martha, Jane Tumas-Serna, and the Aesthetics Team will sort through current supplies on September 14, during the Great Holiday Decoration Purge.  On September 13, at Women's Group, Martha or Shari will request their involvement with the actual decoration of the Sanctuary.  Martha will contact Men's Group about decorating the outside of the building.  

  12.. Other Issues Arising 
    1..  Peg expressed the need to have contact names and numbers for often requested community services.  The Committee agreed that it would be good to provide members of the congregation with a card for quick reference.  
    2.. Committee members expressed confusion about the presence of two FUUSM Facebook pages.  . 
    3.. Peg Clifford recommended that an "event" notice should be posted on Facebook for the Adult RE course, "Understanding and Appreciating Islam."
Martha will convey the concerns to Michelle Wilson.

 

Theme for Year 2017-2018 will be "How do we create a world of our values?"

  13.. 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, morality of artificial intelligence. 
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, immigration - world map of our origins

            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," "We Would Be One"

            Summer Institute:  Encouraging attendance, using resources  e.g., Non-Violent Communication

            Bill McNeely - "New Insights into Consciousness"   (early October, early November, early 

                        December, April)

September

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

10        Kat -- Water Ingathering  WA:  Karen Binkley

17        Kat - Stand on the Side of Love           WA: Martha McGovern

24        Kat - Congregational Meeting - Philosophy of Inclusion  WA: Suzyn Mills

 

October

1                    Kat - Animals (Social Justice)                                       WA: Suzyn Mills           

Afternoon:  Blessing of Animals

            8          Kat with Cory Sampson & Ezra Carpenter - Bystander Training  WA: Chris Jacobs

            15        Karen Binkley - Services for Mental Illness and Addiction  WA:  Rebecca Phillips

            22        Kat with Andrew Clovis - National Parks                                 WA: Dawn Hewitt

            29        Kat -- Day of the Dead with Jane Tumas-Serna                        WA:  Peg Clifford

 

November 

            5          Interfaith Planning Group

            12        Kat

            19        Kat - All Ages Thanksgiving

            26        Kat

December

            3          [Advent begins]  Lay Service - Ribbon Ceremony

            10        Kat

            17        Kat - ALL AGES Holiday Celebration

            24        Kat - Christmas Brunch

                                    Evening:  7:00 p.m.  Candlelight Service

            31        Kat with Jim Rapp - Fire Communion

January

            7          Kat with Peg - "Knapsack of White Privilege"

 
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