Spiritual Life and Worship

Meeting Minutes of March 5, 2009

Present: Rick Angell, Elinor Redmond, Dana Wiggins, Betsy Keiter, joined by John McCall.

Dana opened the meeting with a prayer.

We approved the minutes of the February meeting and extolled the Ash Wednesday services.

We discussed the details of Holy Week; John helped us with the details:
• Palm Sunday (April 5th – Communion) – Chapel at 8:30 a.m., inter-generational Sanctuary Worship at 10:00 a.m. Cyndi orders the palms. They will be in the refrigerator in Guptill Hall. They are coming from a different place this year. Dana will verify the date of arrival with Cyndi. SL&W makes sure the palms are available at the Chapel service and provides them to the ushers for the 10:00.
• Maundy Thursday (April 9th) – 7:30 p.m. service, Communion by intinction. 2 Deacons and 2 Ushers needed. Elsa is planning the service.
• Good Friday (April 10th) – EF&G will plan the soup supper. They are planning to contact the Guild for help. They are in charge and will contact us if necessary.
• Vigil (April 10-11) – We will start the sign up process Sunday, March 15th so that the letters and e-mails can go out in a timely fashion. Betsy will do the communication and Bryan (or the office?) will provide the sign-up sheets.
• ‘Special Effects’ - Dana is going to check on repair/replace of the Crown(s) of Thorns. Betsy will change the altar cloth in the Chapel on Easter morning.
• Sunrise Service (Easter morning, April 12th) - Elsa will lead.

Elder Sunday: Dave Allen will work on the selection process again this year and he wants a partner who will take it over next year. This process requires one or two meetings. We brainstormed names of people NOT on SL&W to take this project on. We want to ‘widen the circle’. Elinor will call and e-mail results to the group.

Updates from John:
The sabbatical check list is in good shape. Elsa will attend our May meeting to touch base with our team before the summer.

March 15th is the Sunday to discuss Marriage Equality. John has heard from 2 people in response to the Beacon article. They were no longer troubled once they heard an explanation. Rick mentioned a few individuals plan to learn more on March 15th.

The new hymnal may or may not be ready for Easter Sunday.  There have been no takers for our Pilgrim hymnals. We may sort them according to book plate to see if those people noted want them.

Rotation - As Elinor may be away most of next winter, she will rotate off this year and Betsy will stay on SL&W. Rotation occurs at the Annual Meeting on May 31st. Elinor will contact several ‘newish’ members to see if they are interested in serving on the team.

SL&W needs to document its work. Betsy suggested starting the process via a ‘group e-mail’ toward the end of spring.

NEXT MEETING: Thursday, March 26th
Opening prayer: Rick
Minutes: Betsy

Respectfully submitted,
Elinor Redmond