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Updated, 9/26 Worshiping Together(WT)-3 is THE MAIN PAGE for what we expect the next few “Worshiping Together Sundays”  to look like. The next WT Sunday will be October 10. (Sunday Oct. 3 is Family Meeting.) The longer-term thinking, based on the experience of recent Sundays, will be found at WT-4. Please offer us your comments [...]

“WT-1″ is the “This news just in” page. Any changes to the other WT pages will be noted here, so you can just check here to see if anything has changed since your last visit. If you would like to get an email from Richard Fuller each time this page is updated, let him know. [...]

Please Give Us Your Questions and Issues about Youth and Adults Worshiping Together. Richard Fuller here. I am a member of the First Day School Committee, the committee responsible for the oversight of our First-Day education of our children. (We recruit teachers, help them with lesson plans, if needed, decide each year what age-groupings of [...]

WT-3: OLD is an archive of  WT-3 versions that are outdated. The WT-3 version outdated on _____ The WT-3 version outdated on Sept. 16 [Title of page changed. Old title was: WT-3: We imagine the flow of children and worship on a Worshiping Together Sunday] (updated, 9/11, after Teacher Orientation) Beginning Sept. 26, children should [...]

Are there differences between “now” and the steps we have for getting everybody started  moving toward “normal Sundays? “WT-4″ is devoted to that thinking. WT-4 is a separate page from WT-3 in order to keep the plan for the next Sundays as clear as possible. Old versions of this discussion are at the bottom. Updated [...]

Outstanding Issues, as of 9/16 * How can we help preserve the centered atmosphere developed in the classroom as we move toward and into the meeting room? How can we minimize a kid-jam outside the door, with the attendant jostling and distractions? PROPOSAL: Teachers can ask for extra adults to accompany the class to the [...]

Silliness and wry observations welcome. Perhaps the adults will actually focus better in worship before the children arrive because they feel the need to put on a good show for the kids. : Caption reads: With a sigh, or a squeak, or a grunt, or a groan… The Spirit inspireth every one. : : Outline [...]