[Worship] Agenda for November 6 meeting of Worship & Music Committee, 5:00 p.m., Parlor

Tue Nov 5 13:43:09 CST 2019

Agenda for November 6,  2019  Meeting of the Worship & Music Committee 

In Attendance:  Adeline Bailey, Kat Hawbaker, Nancy Luthy, Martha McGovern, Suzyn Mills 

  1.. Minutes of  October 2 to be approved with clarification of cost estimates for sound equipment upgrades. 
  2.. Correspondence:  
  3.. Reports from Specific Task Teams: 
    1.. Aesthetics Team:   
    2.. Special Music Team: Suzyn - the Columbus Gay Men's Chorus and cooperation with the First Congregational Church  
Other plans:  "Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie," a song by Shari Ballantyne, a song by the trio.

    3.. Worship Associates Team:  Kat and Jim Rapp will plan a refresher for WAs in the fall.  Kat will provide the statement about the Native Americans of this area, and Martha will update the checklists and scripts, send them to all WAs, and be sure they are accessible for use on Sundays in the Sanctuary/Social Hall. 
    4.. Piano Task Force: Suzyn and Randy will set a date for a fund-raiser recital, perhaps connected with Twelfth Night. 
    5.. Technology Task Force:  
                                                               i.      Raising level of television - Joe Baker has built and installed a stand that is higher.   It is suggested that the stand have wheels and that a ramp be constructed to the front stage for both easier transfer of AV equipment and for individuals who have mobility issues.  Other feedback?

                                                             ii.      Development of AV presentations for key services throughout the year.  Cynthia Ting is willing to develop a display of her flower photographs.  Cindy Burton, Jimmy and Lyndsey Bennett have agreed to coordinate or produce AV presentations.  A display for Blessing of the Animals is a first project that will involve the members of the congregation.  Al Tuttle may be another resource for this endeavor.  Feedback on Blessing of the Animals and Day of the Dead displays?

    6.. Task Force for the Time for All Ages:  Ralph created a list.  Use tfaa at fuusm.org in the "to" line.
Suzyn shared ideas from another church:  Show illustrations of book, Add piano 

background music

    7.. The Storage Committee:
  3.. Communication:   Ralph has added Nancy Luthy, Board liaison, to the worship list and removed Katy McDaniel.  Adeline and Suzyn will see that Martha Webster adds Kat to the email announcing what pieces the Choir will be performing and when.  They will also see that the extra Choir practices are included in the church calendar. 
  4.. Expenditures:  The Committee unanimously recommends that a donation of $500 be given early to the Multicultural Festival for 2020 so that our sponsorship will be part of all promotion for that event. - Kat 
Stephen Peck was paid $200 for his reflection on September 29.  Kat will be reimbursed.

  6.. Budget Proposal - how the proposed budget for 2019-2020 aligns with what was approved.
Issue of paid Choir Director

  7.. August 3 Leadership Training with Beth Casebolt - Kat will report in November. 
  8.. The group explored the question "What are our rituals and high holidays in the liturgical calendar?"  Water Ceremony, Meditation on Forgiveness, Blessing of the Animals, Day of the Dead, Gratitude (Thanksgiving), Ribbon Ceremony (meaning of Christmas season), Fire Communion, Charter Sunday (February 2),World Interfaith Harmony, We Are Family (Mother/Father Day), Flower Communion
Need one for Air?

  9.. New Theme for 2019-2020:  How do we address the paradox of "We"?   
  10.. Assessment of Service:
What went well:

What to refine:

Thematic/coherent:

Spirituality/Faith Tradition:

Life Span:

  11.. Services for  September - January:  
October

            6          Kat -- Biodiversity and Endangered Species     WA: Suzyn Mills

Blessing of Animals - 4:00 p.m. in Courtyard

            13        Annie Warmke  "12 Steps to Thriving"  WA:Rebecca Phillips    Brad Bond - 90th B'day

            20        Kat - To Each Their Own But What of Us?      WA:

            27        Kat - Origins of Halloween (Samhain - Pagan New Year)

November        [National Hispanic Cultural Heritage month; Native American Heritage month]

            3          Kat -  Day of the Dead                                    WA: Jane Tumas-Serna

Service Auction 11/9

            10        WLs -Kat and Martha   Kindness                                WA:  N/A

Beat Climate Change Coffee House  11/16

            17        Kat - Kinds of Prayers & ALL AGES Thanksgiving                 WA: Jim Rapp

            24        Katy McDaniel  "Dark Tourism"                       WL: Suzyn Mills

December

            1          Kat - Advent/Interfaith Service:  Many Candles, One Light

            8          Ka - ALL AGES Community Card Project  John Maddox, Diane McMichael,Teens

            15        Kat - Ribbon Ceremony  Marietta Merry & Bright -Afternoon cookies & cocoa in Muskingham Park

            22        Kat - What sustains us in this season?  Solstice    WA:  Dawn Hewitt

Christmas Eve Service  12/24 (Tuesday)  The Story of Christmas in Music ?? WA:  Suzyn Mills

            29        Kat - Fire Communion      WA: Jim Rapp

January 2020

            5          Twelfth Night

            12

            19

            26        (NO Kat)

Sustainability Forum - January 31-February 1

February 

            2

            9

            16

            23

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."

·        Kindness 

·        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

Trauma-Informed Care/ Trauma-Informed Schools

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