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Minutes: Worship Committee Meeting 11/20/06, 7:00pm, Room 6 (lower lever)

Members present:  Alex Thornburg, Joe Chrisman, Harriet Vander Meer, Pamela Quin, Cynthia Bush, Bud Smith, and Walt Pridham

 

I. Worship Components:

A.       Worship Concerns for Advent:

1.       Advent  Brochure sent out to congregation Nov. 16th

Ads for the State Journal – approved layout; Harriet will get price from State Journal

2.       Christmas services

5:00pm - family oriented, story-telling, use candles

11:00pm – separate bulletin, communion by intinction (use choir members as elders/deacons), contemplative setting, congregation to circle the sanctuary with candle light.

B.      Mission Year Book – conclusion – Sue Bridson will not purchase them for the sanctuary

C.      Worship Planning:

1.       Calendar for 2007 – approved and will send to Session for approval

2.       Worship Committee Planning – 2007 – will examine and use during 2007

3.       Communion: Letter to past elders and deacons to enlist their services as communion servers during the 2007 calendar year. Some have responded. Compile list as soon as possible.

D.      Ushers and Greeters – Margo

- Hallway too crowded as choir, acolytes, liturgist and pastor line up to go into the sanctuary. Find a method  to seat latecomers or have the choir process in from another entrance.

E.       Acolytes, Liturgists, Ushers –  

1.       Liturgists scheduled through Jan 7. Jean will send a list of past liturgists to office. Alex will identify liturgist from the Time and Talent sheets and invite to training session. Begin to use DCE and pastors emerita as liturgists.  

2.       Jan. 21: Training session for ushers, liturgists and acolytes following the worship service

F.       Worship report – for the Annual Report  - send worship report to office

G.   Place on calendar: Feb 24, 2007 Leadership Conference at Westminster.

II. Budget Items:

A.       Report on the attendance registration holders.  Order burgundy colored folders

B.      Purchase an Advent Wreath holder – from Sander Fund

III. Education and “Examen”

1.  Examen over 2007: How should our definitions of worship be reflected through liturgical elements in the narthex and sanctuary? Use List of Liturgical Elements  - Looked at all of the existing liturgical elements that Westminster currently has. Throughout 2007, the Worship Committee will carefully determine how Westminster can purchase elements for each liturgical season of the year.

 Focused our discussion on elements used during Advent       

- Advent Wreath holder – purchase this year if possible

                - Communion table cloth – blue

                - Lectern cloths and choir stoles – blue

                - Poinsettias

                - Green boughs on wall

                - Christmas trees under the organ pipes

                - Star

- Banner / Hanging – “For Unto Us A Child is Born”    

2.  Reported the committee structure and committee night concept discussed at the Session Retreat of Nov. 18.   Worship Committee expressed the importance of the presence of the pastor at the entire meeting of the Worship Committee in order to work collaboratively with pastor, music director and worship committee. Will continue thought and discussion on this issue.

Recommendations and actions items:

                - Approve the worship calendar for January through August 2007.

                - Order and purchase new burgundy attendance registration / pew pads

                - Purchase an Advent Wreath holder:

 

Date of next meeting:  Dec. 18, 2006 - 7:00 pm, Room 6

Minutes submitted by Harriet Vander Meer