COORDINATOR DUTIES -SUNDAY MORNING

Before service begins- determine who are Chalice lighter, who gave flowers, and if there will be Youth Religious Education  presentation and how that will be coordinated time- wise.

1. Collect announcements from fellowship members.-there are extra sheets of paper in the BLUE Bag so that you can firmly ask members to write out their announcements  ----   Save all of the  announcements so you can type them up and forward on to Jan so they can be emailed to list. 

 

Announce the Next Gathering Time by giving the topic and along with who is the coordinator( in case anyone wishes to email / mail announcement in advance)

* Opening Hymn
Gather the fellowship by ringing the bell. Coordinator should stand first for hymns throughout the service.

"We will begin our service with the Opening Hymn, 'Come All Who Dwell" printed in the Order of Service.

* Welcome  "Good morning. Welcome to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winona. If you're new to our Sunday fellowship, we especially welcome you. We hope you enjoy our service and would like to invite you for coffee and conversation following the service. If you are interested in information about our fellowship or about the Unitarian Universalists talk to the greeter following the serive.  Are there any introductions?"

"The flowers were given by ______________ today and ________________ will be our chalice lighter later in this service."

* Offertory and Announcements
Begin by passing the offertory basket with words to this effect: "The offertory basket allows us to be good stewards of this fellowship. Feel free to put in either a portion of your pledge, if you have it with you, or an additional offering of support if you so desire."

Briefly read the announcements and tell members that they can talk to the contact person about further information after the service.

* Hymn
"Now please join me in singing hymn # ________________.

* Lighting of the Chalice (Light the taper candle for the child.)

"Would ____________ now come forward to light our chalice during which we will say the opening words as printed in your order of service" (help the fellowship to begin)

"At this time we invite you to light a candle in celebration or concern for a person or an event in your life that we may share in your joy or give you comfort in your sorrow." (Avoid uncomfortable silence before next step -all six candles do not need to be lit.)

"We will now take a moment of silence for those concerns and joys, both spoken and unspoken." (End after a respectful silence.)

* Hymn "Go Now in Peace"
"At this time, the children may leave for religious education as we sing "Go Now in Peace" as printed in your Order of Service." (indicate which half of the congregation should sing first for this round)

* Reading and Silent Meditation based on UU Principles

Introduce and read the meditative selection you have previously chosen.  This reading should be somehow related to the principle or theme  for that Sunday.--- (the program committee  will indicate the UU principle for each Topic)
"Let us now have a few moments of meditation and reflection." (End after one or two minutes.)

* Program
Introduce the speaker. Moderate the discussion if there is one. The program should end around 10:50am.

* Closing Reading
Read the selection you have previously chosen. This reading should be somehow related to the program topic or otherwise appropriate for the fellowship.

* Children's Presentation (every other meeting)

* Closing Hymn
"Now please join me in singing hymn #    _______"

and any other announcements that may occur to you during service

* Closing Words
"We will end our service by standing and reading the closing words together from the order of service  ------. "Deep peace of the running waves to you" 

(It's also option to read a selected closing from our hymnal)