[Worship] Worship & Music - minutes of July 1 meeting, notice of JULY 15 meeting

[Martha McGovern]

Zoom invitation will come early next week.

Minutes of July 1, 2020 Meeting of the Worship & Music Committee

Next Meeting:  Wednesday, July 15, 5:30 p.m. 

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

  1.. Minutes for June meeting were approved. 
  2.. Andrew McKnight for Zoom worship service on July 19, 2020:  FUUSM account will be used to air the service.
Payment of $200 was approved.  Martha will submit the request to mail the check to him.

To avoid copyright issues, Suzyn will request Andrew's explicit permission to share his music over Zoom, Facebook, Youtube. 

  3.. Theme for 2020- 2021:  How can we be mindful and authentic in cherishing all life? 
  4.. Goal of Maintaining Sense of Community:  Use of a Call Tree   Nancy Luthy will follow up with Chris to see how to make contact with the few members/friends who do not have email.  
  5.. Moving Forward with Virtual Worship and Return to In-Church Services:  What are next steps??
·        ???Committee position on live in-church services:  In an abundance of caution, we will hold no live, in-church services until conditions in the larger community can make doing so safe.

·        Ralph reported that he and Mike Bailey are looking into purchase of a video camera and methods of including musical elements that retain high quality in transmission.  Nancy Luthy shared that the Board is supportive of our efforts and will provide necessary funds.  

·        Kat shared information about a service called Worshipcast that deals with copyright issues for music.  She will investigate further and report.

·        The Board task force is establishing guidelines for returning to in-church services and for use of the church buildings by outside groups.

·        Task Force request:  How to deal with Choir, special music     (report to Roger Kalter)  The Committee recommends that in-church services a.  have attendees wear masks and hum hymns; b. limit musical performances  - whether vocal or instrumental - to small groups (solo - trio), perhaps by family groups; c. pre-record performances for sharing on TV screen.

  6.. The committee agreed that Ted Goertzel's suggestion to offer Current Issues - a weekly discussion group on Zoom was a good one.    Participants may be a resource for a worship service, perhaps as early as July 26. 
  7.. Reflection on Service - Father's Day
What went well:  unified, excellent statements about fathers, touching choices of musical pieces

What to refine:  quality of music transmission (observation that Zoom seems to handle slow, 

                        simple pieces with more clarity), copyright issues for posting

Thematic/coherent: excellent

Spirituality/Faith Tradition:

Life Span:

June - August:  

Possible Topics and Speakers:  

Uncertainty - Mark Sibicky - Martha    

Re-envisioning law enforcement as part of community health, Black Lives Matter - Felix Burrows, 

            Peshka Calloway - Kat     (Robin Bozian, Karen Binkley as speakers?)

UUSC services - Kat, Adeline

Swap/Share with Charleston UU - Kat

Planetarium - Ann Bragg - Martha

 

June

            7          Kat & Jim Rapp - Flower Communion: What Gift Do You Bring?

            14        Kat - The Sweet June Days  (with Martha)  "Justice, Science & Democracy"

            21        Father's Day  Worship Leader - Suzyn Mills (Dean Banziger & family, Nancy Luthy, Cindy Brown)

            28        Kat - General Assembly: Fresh from the Fracas   (with Mike Bailey, Michelle Wilson)

July

            5          Kat - The Paradox of We: Now and In the Future

            12        GA - 24-28  show video in July? --- Martha/Adeline will inquire

            19        Andrew McKnight - Tilling Our Common Ground OR Beyond These Walls (Suzyn Mills)

            26        Keeping Sane in a Time of Insanity  (Annie Warmke with Suzyn Mills)

August

            2

            9

            16

            23

            30

September

            6

            13

            20

            27

 

            

Possible Topics and speakers for future services:  

·        ***Wenda Sheard from Athens UU proposes collaboration, perhaps in spring 2020, in which Athens and Marietta would do a joint service, at Athens church one Sunday and Marietta church another Sunday.   Offer came via Robin at bozian.com

·        Jim Rapp - idea to connect historical events/movements to FUUSM -  "From These Pews"

·        Martha will communicate to Rev. Elizabeth Teal of the Jacksonville, Florida UU congregation that we will welcome her as a guest speaker and will coordinate dates, probably in the summer.  904-874-0047  reverendteal at gmail.com

·        Kat will open discussion with Rev. Elizabeth Maleke , Williamstown Presbyterian, about a pulpit exchange or team preaching.  

·        The nature of prayer - Rain Dance was envisioning, 4 types - supplication, thanksgiving, contrition, praise    

·        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

·        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     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 

·        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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