Program Committee

Program Committee is the most challenging committee in Fellowship as it requires a combination of creativity, organization and follow through.

Program Committee is responsible for the following:

• Finding Speakers: Speakers for programs come from a variety of sources; colleagues, friends, members, teachers, instructors of various kinds including martial arts, music or material arts, etc.
• Scheduling: Ideally, we would have programs rotating through the five subject areas of spirituality, arts, science and technology, social justice and Fellowship growth (not numerical but more personal and community growth). Often scheduling conflicts do not allow this and sometimes it is considered appropriate to schedule two consecutive Sundays with a speaker who is presenting an involved or special topic. While consecutively rotating through our subject areas is often not possible, over the long term we try to keep our programs balanced.
• Planning order of service: The order of service is relatively set (see below) but it is still necessary to find a number of readings and music, to wit:
  1. opening reading - chalice lighting
  2. Ancestor Reading - lighting of the Ancestors candle
  3. Music - First Song - fortunately we have several talented musicians that can help with and accompany music. In a pinch we would sing songs that are old favorites and that can be sung a cappella.
  4. Offertory - reading, music (see music above, or may be recorded) or verbal meditation
  5. Music - Second Song (see Music above)
  6. (Optional) Music - Third Song
  7. Introduction of the Speaker
  8. Circle of Hands and Closing Words
• The program committee is responsible for all programs from September through May, and for the last Sunday of June, July and August. The RE committee will plan a series of workshop/programs for the rest of the summer (as this summer (2008) we will be doing the UUA Spirit of Life workshops. We do not meet the Sunday between Christmas and New Years.
• For detailed instructions on planning a program, download one or both of these files.

Order of Service 1

Order of Service 2