[Worship] Agenda for March 3 W & M Meeting at 5:00 p.m. + Zoom ID & password

[Martha McGovern]

Agenda for Wed., March 3, 2021 Meeting of the Worship & Music Committee
5:00 p.m. on Zoom    Meeting ID:  817 8372 4553   Password:  worship

Theme for 2020- 2021:  How can we be mindful and authentic in cherishing all life? 
Chalice Lighting:  
1. Minutes of  February to be approved.
2. Moving Forward with Virtual Worship and Return to In-Church Services:  What are next steps??
GUIDELINES FOR DESIGNING/PREPARING WORSHIP SERVICE: Feedback??
3. Aesthetics Committee:  Kat 
4. Correspondence:  Martha 
5. Reflection on Services – Progress on suggestions?
What to continue:  
What to refine:  
       Greeting and Attendance:  
       Increase interaction after the service 
Thematic/coherent:  
Spirituality/Faith Tradition:
Life Span: 
6. Financial Matters:  The Committee approved a donation of $250 to UU The Vote from the Worship & Music account.  Kat will complete the donation online and request reimbursement. 
7. Budget Requests for 2021-2022:  Martha revised the proposal as discussed and submitted it to Ted Goertzel.  
8. Annual Report:  Revisions to last year’s and content for this year’s
9. Choir/Music Update:  Suzyn 
10. 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.  
Green Sanctuary has requested a Sunday in April 18. 
       Men’s Group, coordinated by Ted Goertzel, will do a reading and the reflection on March 14
Martha will report as she makes follow-up contacts with the Board, Board of Trust Governors, Caring Committee, Building & Grounds, Membership, BRIDGES, Finance.
11. Personnel Evaluations – The Board has asked that the W & M Committee take responsibility for evaluating the Choir Director and the Pianist.  Adeline will locate information about the Choir Director job description; Martha will inquire about the one for Pianist.
12. Matters Arising?
December 2020 – May 2021:  *in-person service
Projected:  Jim O’Donnell on indigenous peoples – Suzyn is contact, no specific date yet, pre-record??
	      HUMOR – Kerry Blair, George Banziger, Ginny McNeil   Martha will contact Kerry.
February – Black History Month		
       7	World Interfaith Harmony Week “Can We Create a Harmonious Community?”  Martha 
       	McGovern – WL with Suzyn Mills, Carol Sedgwick
	14	“Side with Love – A Day for FUUSM Sweethearts”  Suzyn Mills – WL with Adeline & 
			Mike Bailey, Cory & Ezra Sampson, Haley & Piyush Shukla, Cynthia & Darryl 
			Ting, Annie Warmke
	21	Kat - Guest Speaker - Monica Jones on Black Liberation Theology & The Intersection of 
			Identity and Religion
	*28	Kat – Guest Speaker Rev. Renee Ruchotzke “Heart and Hearth”  (Appalachian Cluster, 
			shared Zoom service)  Choir – “Peace Like Welcome Rain”
March	- Women’s History Month
	7	Kat - Loved into Being – a UUA Stewardship Service  Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray	
	14	Kat - The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Goals to Awaken the Sacred Masculine  
       (Ted Goertzel – coordinator of Men’s Group members)
	21  	Investing in Other People:  UU Women (past & present)  WLs: Annie and Suzyn
22 World Water Day
27  Passover begins at sundown
	28  	Kat - (Palm Sunday)  Who Are We Otherwise?
April
	*4  	Kat - (Easter)
	11
12 Ramadan begins at sundown
	18	Green Sanctuary	WL: Rebecca Phillips		Choir – “All Earth’s Children”
22 Earth Day
	25	Kat - Annual Congregational Meeting
30 Arbor Day
May
	2
	9	Mothers Day		Choir – “When We Sing”
	16	Shavuot			Katy McDaniel – May 16 or 23,”A Day Is a Life; A Life Is a Day”
	23
	30
31 Memorial Day
June
	6
	13
	20
	27
Possible Topics and Speakers:  
Swap/Share with Charleston UU, Athens UU – Kat  
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 

                        


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