[Worship] Agenda for W & M Committee meeting Wed., January 10, 4:00 p.m. in Parlor

[Martha McGovern]

Agenda for January 10, 2018  Meeting of the Worship & Music Committee * 

 

*Note change in time of meeting:  4:00 p.m., Parlor 

 

  1.. Minutes of the December to be approved 
  2.. Correspondence:  Martha 
  3.. Reports from Specific Task Teams:  
    1.. Aesthetics Team:  Reflection on holiday decorations and dismantling procedures, 
transition to Social Hall 

    2.. Special Music Team: Suzyn 
Last Sunday in September:  Andrew McKnight  -- degree of involvement TBD

    3..  Worship Associates Team:  An updated WA Checklist and script is in the drawer of the vestibule table.  Materials have also been distributed to Worship Associates via email. 
    4.. Piano Task Force:  
    5.. Technology Task Force:  Mike Bailey has submitted reimbursement requests for a multidirectional microphone ($169) and a router, cable and wall plate for improved reception for live broadcasts ($80.53).    
    6.. Task Force for the Time for All Ages: 
    7.. Coordination with Buildings & Grounds:  Maggie 
  3.. Re-Usable Folder:  Adeline & Kat   Adeline submitted a reimbursement request for folder printing costs of $140. 
  4.. Board policy concerning special collections: Shari will report on the Board's policy related to special collections and procedures for counting and recording contributions to special causes  
  5.. Social Justice and Communication
Contact names and numbers for often requested community services:  Kat 

The Committee suggested that the Committee Round Table on January 20 would be a good time 

for all to become aware of policy, procedures, and information.

  7.. Budget - Notification of Purchase:  Chris Keller reported that she purchased red and green candles at a cost of $52.70.  
 

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

  8.. Possible Topics and speakers for future services:  Sustainability: Annie Warmke, annie at bluerockstation.com,   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, 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. 
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

                        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)

            Services based on songs:  "We Would Be One," "Lift Every Voice and Sing" - Negro National 

                        Anthem , Cat Stevens's "Just Can't Keep It In"

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

            Bill McNeely - "New Insights into Consciousness"   (April)

            For Pledge Drive:  Kerry Blair singing "If I Were a Rich Man"

            Kat - activist from Cleveland area               February 1-7, World Interfaith Harmony Week  

            Festivus for next year 

December

            3          [Advent begins]  Lay Service - Prepare the Way - Ribbon Ceremony  

Worship Leader: Martha McGovern

            10        Kat - Count Your Lucky Stars    WA: Suzyn Mills

            17        Kat - ALL AGES Holiday Celebration     A Holiday Star 

Peg - Jackie's Gift: The Year the Jewish Family Had a Christmas Tree by Sharon 

Robinson          WA:  Peg Clifford

            24        Kat - Cozy Holiday Brunch Potluck      Coordinator:  Chris Jacobs       

Questions:  What holiday do you observe at this time?  What greeting do you use in the holiday season and why?  What's your favorite holiday song?  What is your most memorable/powerful memory of the holiday season?

                        Evening:  7:00 p.m.  Candlelight Service  WA: Suzyn Mills

            31        Kat with Jim Rapp - Fire Communion   WA: needed?

January  2018

            7          Kat with Peg - "Baggage Handlers"                  WA: Shari Miller

            14        [MLK Day]  Kat - "Lift Every Voice"  WA: Peg Clifford

            21        Dr. Mark Sibicky "The Wisest One in the Room"          WLeader: Chris Jacobs            (no Kat)

                                                                                                            WA:  Martha McGovern

            28        "People's State of the Union - Story Circles                 WLeader: Jane Tumas-Serna  (no Kat)

                                                                                                            WA:  Tabatha Hubbard

February     Kat - Samuel Prince    Which date?                   Jane Tumas-Serna - social justice art

                        Peg Clifford - "Where did I come from & why?" testimonials from members/friends

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March

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