[Worship] Worship & Music Committee meeting 5:30 p.m. Wed. October 7
Annie Warmke
annie at bluerockstation.com
Thu Oct 8 12:53:18 CDT 2020
I have some ideas - I think better in the morning. Some thoughts to get
it all started. I'm making no definitive statement here - just offering
some ideas. Annie
Starting with Robin's reflection service it would be good to include an
action we could practice to confront disrespect in public (or with
others we know) and relate that one to what if we see or know someone is
being abused. Do we approach the situation, access the danger for
ourselves & others, or call the law? Good to know what to do ahead of
time so we can react in a way that doesn't make us feel bad about our
response.
*How can we be mindful and authentic in cherishing all life? Offering a
thread of how to learn tools for being mindful and authentic in
cherishing all life?
*
Oct. 25th we could offer an insight on what to do on voting day if
someone is disrespectful or causing trouble.
Nov. 1 Use the example Martha just sent about responding to someone if
they spout untruthful facts Kat, Jane T-S, Martha McG - Day of the
Dead & All Souls
Nov. 8 How to respond to someone who seems heartless in their approach
to others? Spiritual Sustenance (possible election fall out issues to
be addressed)
15 Words that women find offensive and how to respond to others
who use those words? Women’s Group on 2020-2021 theme ??
22 Words to explain how we cherish all life - animal life,
insects, the soil, the earth environment...thinking through our own
personal mission statement of one sentence as a tool for talking to
others Thanksgiving
29 Words to explain/describe our spiritual beliefs? /Advent begins/
/
/
December
6 Words to describe a random act of kindness that exemplifies
cherishing all life? St. Nicholas Day (host at Muskingum Park so other
members of faith community can participate)
13 More random acts of kindness - One of the committees will do the
reflection?
20 Random Acts of being authentic for January, February and March
with a way to wrap it all up in early spring with something outdoors at
the park
27 ?? Random acts of stepping out to share our FUUSM principles -
Fire communion
On 10/4/2020 10:17 PM, Martha McGovern via Worship wrote:
>
> *Please note the change in starting time – 5:30 p.m*. (Adeline and
> Martha will be attending another Zoom meeting about holiday options.)
>
> Please bring (or email) readings that can serve as resources for
> thematic services.
>
> *_Agenda for October 7, 2020 Meeting of the Worship & Music Committee_*
>
> 5:30 p.m. because of other workshop on Zoom right before W & M Meeting
>
> _Chalice Lighting_: Related to Simone Weill’s doctrine of attention:
> “Each conversation the narrator has is an exercise in attention: an
> occasion for her to shed her sense of self and to wait to receive the
> being she is looking at, just as she is, in all her truth.” [Aging
> Ungracefully in The New Yorker, 9/14/2020, Merve Emre] Weill: “The
> capacity to give one’s attention to a sufferer is a very rare and
> difficult thing. The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply
> means being able to say to him: ‘What are you going through?’ It is a
> recognition that the sufferer exists, not only as a unit in a
> collection, or a specimen from the social category labeled
> ‘unfortunate,’ but as a man, exactly like us, who was one day stamped
> with a special mark by affliction.”
>
> 1. Minutes of September meeting to be approved.**
> 2. *Theme for 2020- 2021: How can we be mindful and authentic in
> cherishing all life? *
> 3. *Sharing: Committee members will bring “anchor readings” for the
> theme as resources for development of worship services.*
>
> 482 – Jacob Trapp “half of language is to listen”
>
> 576 – A Litany of Restoration – Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley “It will not
> matter.”
>
> 437 – Let Us Worship (and let us learn to love) – Kenneth L. Patton
>
> 484 – “To live content with small means;” – William Henry Channing
>
> 679 – Buddhism “Be ye lamps unto yourselves”
>
> 505 – Thich Nhat Hanh “Let us be a peace”
>
> 4. _Moving Forward with Virtual Worship and Return to In-Church
> Services:_**_What are next steps_??**
>
> * Kat will share additional information about a service called
> _Worshipcast_ that deals with copyright issues for music.
> * Update from Kat, others
>
> 5. Reflection on Service –
>
> What went well:
>
> What to refine:
>
> Thematic/coherent:
>
> Spirituality/Faith Tradition:
>
> Life Span:
>
> 6. Financial Matters:
> 7. Martha Webster is asking for guidance as she plans music for
> services. The Committee brainstormed some ideas: aim for special
> music once per month, feature family groups, talk with Jay Warmke
> and WOUB about coordinating multiple singers on Zoom, be a guest
> speaker on the healing power of music. *Further update???*
> 8. The Committee decided to ask committees/groups to reflect on how
> they are, or intend to be, mindful and authentic in cherishing all
> life and then to be a part of, or to take responsibility for, a
> worship service on that 2020-2021 theme. The Committee hopes that
> this approach will deepen insight into the purpose of the
> committee/group, will increase involvement of members/friends, and
> will inform the congregation of the activities of the
> committees/groups. Adeline included information about this
> initiative in The Confluence for October. *Martha* will report on
> contacts with the Board, Board of Trust Governors, Green
> Sanctuary, Caring Committee, Men’s Group, Women’s Group, Building
> & Grounds, Membership, BRIDGES, Finance, and W & M Committee.
>
> *September - December*:
>
> _Possible Topics and Speakers_:
>
> Committees reflect on being mindful/authentic toward cherishing all
> life in time of pandemic
>
> Swap/Share with Charleston UU, Athens UU – Kat __
>
> UU Vote
>
> From Interfaith Power & Light – Democracy Values & the 2020 Election:
> A Reflection Guide for Faith Communities – Martha
>
> Women & Vote Empowerment – Annie
>
> History of Voting – Jann Adams ??
>
> Black Lives Matter (Panel -- Moni, Geroge B, Darryl T, Ted G) – Kat ??
>
> Gospel Music and/or Blues -- Sadie Johnson
>
> BLM and Sumner School in Parkersburg *[Peg – contact Peshka Calloway
> for October 18, 25???*]
>
> *__*
>
> September *?? When Launch theme??*
>
> 6 Kat - The Inherent Worth & Dignity of Essential Workers
> WA - Peg Clifford
>
> 13 Kat - Positivity in Pandemic (Kristen – artist)
>
> 20 Kat with Annie Warmke Water Ceremony + Autumn Equinox
>
> 27 Kat - Congregational Meeting “Mindful About Money”
>
> October
>
> 4 Annie Warmke & Suzyn Mills – Experiences of Voting
>
> {/Blessing of Animals in Courtyard}/
>
> 11 Kat - Indigenous People’s Day
>
> 18 Kat - Robin Bozian & colleagues – Ending Violence for
> Everyone – EVE,
>
> National Domestic Violence Awareness Month,
>
> 25 Kat – Gather the Spirit, Harvest the Power video-UUA’s UU
> the Vote
>
> November
>
> 1 Kat, Jane T-S, Martha McG - Day of the Dead & All Souls
>
> 8 Spiritual Sustenance
>
> 15 Women’s Group on 2020-2021 theme ??
>
> 22 Thanksgiving
>
> 29 /Advent begins/
>
> December
>
> 6
>
> 13
>
> 20
>
> */24 Christmas Eve/*
>
> 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. **
> * 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
> * 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 <mailto:graffs at cinci.rr.com>*
> * *Trauma-Informed Care/ Trauma-Informed Schools***
>
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