[Worship] Agenda for Worship & Music Comm Meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 4
Maggie & Steve Meyer
meyer45750 at gmail.com
Mon Sep 2 12:53:46 CDT 2019
Martha,
Should I give my interview with Joe Baker on the chairlift?
Maggie
On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 9:03 PM Martha McGovern via Worship <
worship at fuusm.org> wrote:
> *Agenda for September 4, 2019 Meeting of the Worship & Music Committee *
>
> 1. Minutes of August 7 to be approved.
> 2. Correspondence: Thank you to Becky Wright, Beth Casebolt with
> input from Suzyn. bcasebolt at uua.org
> 3. Reports from Specific Task Teams:
> 1. Aesthetics Team: *Kat*
> 2. Special Music Team*: Suzyn*
> 3. Worship Associates Team: Kat and Jim Rapp will plan a refresher
> for WAs in the fall. 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 - *Kat*
>
> 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.
>
> iii. Repairing/replacing
> sound equipment in Sanctuary and Social Hall – Mike Bailey reported that,
> in the Sanctuary, the left and center speakers are now operational and
> other speakers have been re-aimed. The repairman projected that a new
> sound board and loop hearing assistance system would cost $2000. Mike
> recommended testing the adjusted arrangement before purchasing a
> replacement.
>
> A replacement system for the Social Hall has been purchased. Mike Bailey
> and Ralph Olander will submit a reimbursement form.
>
> 1. Task Force for the Time for All Ages: Ralph has created a list.
> 2. Coordination with Buildings & Grounds: The group will reactivate in
> the fall.
> 3. Communication: Martha Webster is included in Worship list.
> 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* will report on action at the September meeting.
> 5. Budget Proposal – how the proposed budget for 2019-2020 aligns with
> what was approved.
>
> Issue of paid Choir Director
>
> 1. *Recommendation regarding contract with Choir Director Martha
> Webster—*
>
> By means of texting with Martha, the committee formulated the following
> stipend recommendation: $200 x 12 months = $2400 per year
>
> The overall amount includes the Christmas Eve Service and covers
> preparation time during the summer hiatus.
>
> 1. Outside Greeters –Roger Kalter, the Safety Team, and Buildings &
> Grounds recommend that the cover NOT be used for the lift. Training
> sessions for Worship Associates will be scheduled. Maggie will report
> on conversations B & G about a ramp and the lift.
> 2. *August 3 Leadership Training *– *Kat* will report in September.
> 3. *Assessment of Service: *
>
> What went well:
>
> What to refine:
>
> Thematic/coherent:
>
> Spirituality/Faith Traditions:
>
> Life Span:
>
> 1. *New Theme for 2019-2020: How do we address the paradox of “We”?*
> 2. *Services for September - December*:
>
> · The nature of prayer – Rain Dance was envisioning, 4 types –
> supplication, thanksgiving, contrition, praise
>
> · Kindness
>
> · 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?
>
> · Consolidation reflection for services related to theme for
> 2018-19 – *Kat* end of August
>
> · Possible speakers: Robin Bozian, 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
>
>
>
> 1. *Theme for Year 2018-2019*: * “How can we inspire leaders for a
> complex world?” [Try inductive approach and re-cap]*
>
> *The Committee agreed to use #592 The Free Mind by William Ellery Channing
> as the guiding reading for the thematic year.*
>
> *2019*
>
> August
>
> *August 3 – UUA Leadership Training Workshop*
>
> 4 Beth Casebolt – “Covenants, Interdependence, and
> UUism” Kat - WL
> WA: Jane Tumas-Serna [Soc Justice]
>
> 11 Kat - “Who Is the Leader in the Dance of ‘We’?” WA: Martha
> McGovern (C. Jacobs for announcements)
>
> Paradox of “We” – Becky Wright is willing to teach dance that illustrates
> the concept.
>
> (306 Fifth Street) (740) 373-2132 oreo1506 at suddenlink.net
> 306 Fifth Street
>
> 18 Planetarium & Cozy Conversation (Peg,Martha) “How
> can we inspire leaders for FUUSM?”
>
> 25 “Laughing All the Way to Insight” (Kat, Martha, Peg)
>
> September
>
> 1 Kat -- Labor Day [poems from Richard Blanco Ware
> Lecture ?? – “One Today” (Have
>
> this as picture book) & “Declaration
> of Interdependence”]
>
> 8 Kat -- Water Ingathering WA: Jim Rapp
>
> 15 Kat – Sustainable Eating WA: Andrew
> Clovis
>
> *Pig Roast 9/21*
>
> 22 Robin Bozian “Growing Up UU” WA: Dawn Hewitt
>
> 29 Stephen Peck – Catholic Universalism: God Is Love
> WA: Rebecca Phillips
>
> October
>
> 6 Annie Warmke “12 Steps to Thriving”
>
> 13
>
> 20
>
> 27
>
> November [National Native American Heritage month]
>
> 3 Day of the Dead
>
> *Service Auction 11/9*
>
> 10
>
> *Best Climate Change Coffee House 11/16*
>
> 17
>
> 24 Katy McDaniel “Dark Tourism”
>
> December
>
> 1
>
> 8
>
> 15
>
> 22
>
> *Christmas Eve Service 12/24*
>
> 29
>
>
>
> *Possible Topics and speakers for future services:*
>
> 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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