Spiritual Life and Worship

Meeting Minutes – March 4, 2010

Attending: Frank Arsenault, Betsy Keiter, Debbie Riley, Elaine Brownell, Dana Wiggins, John McCall, Tex Haeuser, Rick Angell.

Opening Prayer - by Betsy.

Review of February Minutes - approved with several edits (see attached revision).

John McCall - Upcoming events:
>Old Business
• Feb. 17- Ash Wednesday- SLW will host breakfast at 7AM followed by a 7:30am service. Was an excellent breakfast and service with 25 attending in Davidson Lounge.

• (Carried Item) Mar. 21- Hospice Sunday with Rev. Larry Greer giving the sermon with a talk on end of life care in Davidson Lounge after the service.

• (Carried Item) - Apr. 1 - Maundy Thursday –communion offered at 7:30 pm healing service by Elsa and John.

• Apr. 2 - Good Friday Soup supper – Hosted by the Guild. Elaine will follow up with the Guild to see if SL&W can help in any way.

• Apr. 2,3 and 4- Easter Vigil - with sign-ups starting on March 7th. An easel with sign up sheets will be placed outside the Chapel on the landing for that service and then moved to near the entrance to Wright Pavilion for the Sanctuary service and coffee hour.

• (Carried Item) Apr. 4 – Easter - Sunrise Service – communion offered with 2 needed to assist John.

• (Carried Item) Sanctuary services at 9 and 11- no communion in sanctuary offered due to larger attendance and back to back service times (but offered at sunrise service, and Maundy Thursday services).

• (Carried Item) June 6 - Founder’s Day with the Elder luncheon.

• (Carried Item) June 13 - Confirmation Sunday.

>New Business
• It has been decided to recycle all of the retired Pilgrim Hymnals as the market place is over flowing with these type of hymnals. Tex will look into the O’Neil Street DPW as a site for recycling.

• A new table will be purchased for Davidson Lounge to replace the table now used for communion in the sanctuary.

Elsa Peters - (Carried Item):
>What is our vision for the future of our church? – What does church mean to you?

>Lenten theme is “Toward transformation” – Elsa is offering a 6 week Bible study with 2 times offered; Monday evenings at 6:30 to 8:30 and Tuesdays mornings at 10:30 - 12:30 leading with the curriculum she has written and made available electronically, with hard copies available in the office.

>SL&W Terms of Members (Carried Item) - Review of Terms: we're not sure about this rotation but we are filling it in and getting more information so we have it on record.
• Class of 2010– Betsy and Debbie
• Class of 2011 – Rick and Dana
• Class of 2012– Elaine and Tex
• Class of 2013– Frank

>Elder Selection Process – The process for selection of Elder candidates was discussed. It was decided that Tex will chair a committee including Dave Allan, Darla Harris and Rick Angell to choose candidates to be presented to the SL&W Team for approval. The SL&W approved list will in turn be presented to the annual meeting for final approval.

>Agenda Items for next meeting: The next meeting will concentrate on Holy Week preparation:
• Maundy Thursday
• Good Friday
• Sunrise Service
• 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Sanctuary Services

Next Meeting: 7:00 p.m. on March 25 (this will be April's meeting moved ahead one week due to Easter events)
Prepare agenda and Chair next meeting – Rick ; Minutes – Betsy.

Adjourned at 8:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Rick Angell