Spiritual Life and Worship

June 6, 2008

Present: Debbie Riley, Betsy Keiter, Bryan Wiggins, Dana Wiggins
Richard Angell, John McCall, Elsa Peters

Opening Prayer: Bryan opened with a thought provoking prayer

Review of Minutes: Minutes were approves as read with no corrections.

News from John McCall:

There are two schools of thought regarding special Sundays with a specific worship focus. Some folks think they are wonderful and thought provoking, and others are not interested and want John to preach every Sunday. It is John’s opinion that we need to discuss this issue at length in the fall and that we might want to come up with a policy that maintains our style of worship, but does not eliminate special Sundays.

There will be an inquirers meeting on June 22nd. Six families will be at the meeting. Tex and Elinor have agreed to attend the meeting as representatives of the S,L&W committee.

There have been four applicants for the position of Sunday School Superintendent with one candidate who seems to be a perfect fit. The may be some shifting of responsibilities among existing staff with this personnel change. The details are being worked out by the committee.

Homecoming Sunday will continue to be the Sunday after Labor Day. The consensus seemed to be that maintaining consistency was more important than change at this point.

The renovations to the Sanctuary will be completed by August 2nd. Pew moving day will be June 22nd - All are welcome to join with others to move the pews from the Chancel.

North Church Memorial Fund: We voted unanimously to use $4000. from the fund for the Sanctuary Restoration.

Theft from the Sacristy: Miscellaneous items have been recently stolen from the sacristy. The doors will now be locked !

Hymnal Committee Update: One hundred surveys have been returned. Book Talks will be held on June 29th from 8:30 - 9:15 and 10:45 - 11:30 to compare the four Hymnals that have been selected. The selection process is moving along smoothly.

Deacons Name tags: This discussion will be continued...........................

News from Elsa Peters:

Church members have asked Elsa to plan a service of Animal Blessing which is a traditional service, more familiar in other Protestant Denominations. This service will be held on September 28th at 4:00 PM.

Elsa is wondering if there might be room for a third worship service opportunity that might accommodate and include young families who do not attend church on Sunday mornings. It might take place on Sunday evening. We discussed the pros and cons of this idea. More to come...........

Graduating High School Seniors will be recognized at the June 15th Sunday Service.

Next Meeting: July 3rd at 7:30

Meeting was adjourned around 9PM.

Submitted Respectfully by
Debbie Riley