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New pre-meeting practice to help prepare for worship

In the interest of facilitating gathered Meetings on Sunday at 11:00, Advancement Committee invites anyone attending worship to gather in the Library at 10:40 in preparation for Meeting. We will convene for 10-12 minutes, setting the stage for quiet in the hallway prior to Meeting for Worship. Newcomers are especially invited, to understand how Quakers [...]

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WT-3: We imagine the flow of children and worship on a regular Sunday

Worshiping Together-3 is THE MAIN PAGE for plans related to how a “regular Sunday” will work. The first POSSIBLE regular Sunday would be September 26. (Sunday September 19 is the FDS ORGANIZING session. Parents and children gather in the Fellowship room at 11AM, and the kids will not go into the meetingroom at all that [...]

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WT-1: Current updates to the Worshiping Together planning process

“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. [...]

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WT-2: Worshiping Together, Youth & Adults: Intro & Request for Questions & Issues

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 [...]

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WT-3: OLD

WT-3: OLD is an archive of  WT-3 versions that are outdated. The WT-3 version outdated on _____ The WT-3 version outdated on Sept. 8 1. IN THE MEETING ROOM, APPROX. 11:45-12:15, M&C takes responsibility HERE IS THE PLAN: M & C has responsibility for what happens with the children after they arrive at the meeting [...]

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WT-4: Preparations for “Worshiping Together”

As we approach agreement about what we want a “normal Sunday” to look like, (that’s “WT-3″) are there differences between “normal” and the plans we have for getting everybody started  moving toward “normal Sundays? “WT-4″ is devoted to that thinking. For instance: Would it be best to have the first couple of weeks with only [...]

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WT-5: Open issues in the Worshiping Together planning: concerns, exceptions, things to be mindful of

Older Outstanding Issues * How do we handle the likely “drop-off drift”? As we know all too well, families tend to run late. Setting a tone, “you won’t want to be late for this,” is good. * How do teachers handle their pre-class preparation, before 11AM? PROPOSAL: We start by having child-care available from 10:30 [...]

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WT-6: Humor and the “Worshiping-Together” process

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. ? Outline of the WT posts on the TCFM website: WT-1: Current updates to Worshiping Together process WT-2: Introduction to the “Worshiping Together” [...]

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