[CoC] Zoom and Agenda for Tonight's CoC Meeting, 6:30PM

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Hi  CoC:     I apologize for not  attending last night's meeting. It  was on my calendar . It was entirely my fault. Diana is our super chair, but she is  extra  busy and some of us volunteered to take on some tasks normally carried out by the Chair to help her out. I had volunteered  to be CoC rep. 

LATE REPORT about UCM's Climate Action Tea.  (C.A.T.) :  Laura Brooke who  often fills the secretary function has taken on  the  E-News function. Laura has also  set up a  UCM Climate Action Google Group  of about 30 members who are specifically interested in climate  action. We on C.A.T. often do communicate information with this google group about Central Vermont  happenings related  to climate action . We also have a  google group with oher UU churches, primarily the  UU Society in Burlington . We  did have a meeting  with the Burlington group over the summer.

Probably our major sub committee is the committee led  by Diana which Harris and Catherine also play a  role on.  This sub committee both assists directly and indirectly in the worship services and  hopefully will do so at  least once a  month. We have led  a  break-out room during coffee hour in services directly related to protecting the earth. .

We have  lost  members  and now have 6  members ( Diana Chace, Laura  Brooke,  Allen  Clark, Harris Webster,  Margaret Blanchard. Catherine  Lother)who have  attended regularly  and a  few who have come irregularl in the past. One dedicated member Catherine Lowther is severely injured . Thus  one task has  been to recruit new members. So far we have had little success.  We  have one member who attends  fairly often from the Four Corners Church in  Hartland. We did meet all summer.

Allen Clark,  a  regular  member,  keeps us informed and  represents us on the church  building plans. 


Harris is a liaison with the  VTIPL(Vermont  Interfaith Power  and Light) as a member of the Board of VTIPL to inform  folks about their  fairly regular  programs.  Some congregational members have attended them, but not many.

During the last church year Catherine Lowther led a  workshop on lowering our individual carbon footprints ,which a  few UCM members  attended.

A few of  us have  attended   protests in Montpelier and  Burlington concerning the #3 and #5  tar sands oil  pipelines. 

Since to 'Protect the  Earth our Home'  is one of  the five charges in our UCM's  Mission Statement , we encourage all committees of the  church to consider supporting climate  action in some way.   

Harris (Webster)  PS  Diana,  feel free  to supplement  items I may have  forgetton .




On 11/09/2021 3:35 PM Beth Merrill via CoC <coc at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

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>     Hi All, 
>     I'm sorry that LSE won't be represented at the meeting tonight.  Liza and I both have prior commitments and we weren't able to recruit anyone from the committee to represent us.  We did just have an LSE meeting today (outside the church on this beautiful day!) and Liza updated us on air quality work. 
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>      As a brief LSE update, in case someone would like to share with the group, we are working on care packages for the 60 families in the congregation, to hopefully be delivered next week.  Since the beginning of the church year, we've had good showings at our Children's Chapel online time from 9:15-9:45, which is now hosted by Liza one week and an LSE volunteer the following week.  Middle School and High School youth groups are having one meeting in person each month and occasionally a zoom meeting as well.  Liza is hoping to continue to offer a 3rd Sunday outdoor gathering through December.  October's was cancelled due to a Covid close contact.  I believe there at least 10 small group ministries that have started or restarted this year!  Wow! 
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>     THank you all and have a great meeting! 
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>     Beth Merrill, Chair, LSE Committee
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>     On Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 01:04:55 PM EST, Rev. Joan Javier-Duval via CoC <coc at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
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>     Hello, all,
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>     I look forward to seeing many of you this evening for the Committee of Chairs meeting. Please try to sign on between 6:25-6:30pm. The agenda w/ Zoom link can be found here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bMQl81BvRApY1OX6Fpacv806nYlNnE91UyzqRLctxW8/edit?usp=sharing and also below.
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> >         Join Zoom Meeting
> >         https://zoom.us/j/97408539503?pwd=TnM0MXRJSFVIaEJjWk8yV3FtaWx3UT09 https://zoom.us/j/97408539503?pwd=TnM0MXRJSFVIaEJjWk8yV3FtaWx3UT09
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> >         Meeting ID: 974 0853 9503
> >         Passcode: 068205
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> >         6:25-6:30pm Arrival
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> >         6:30pm Chalice Lighting (Joan)
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> >         6:35pm Introductions and Check-ins (Joan)
> >         Name, Pronouns, What committee/team you are representing, A historical event that has had a profound impact on your life
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> >         6:50pm Board Update (Vic)
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> >         6:55pm Tech Upgrade Project Update (Vic)
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> >         7:00pm Air Quality Project Update and Q&A (Hugo and Meredith)
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> >         7:10pm Covid Task Force Update (Scott)
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> >         7:15pm General Committee/Team Updates (Judith)
> >         Those committees present can share 2-3 minute updates. In your update, please address how your committee is working to nurture connections within our church community and/or with the broader community.
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> >         7:30pm Break
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> >         7:35pm 8th Principle Guide & Discussion (Barbara Thompson and Peter Thoms, Racial Justice Group)
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> >         7:55pm Centering on Gifts “Take Home” Activity (Joan)
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> >         8:05pm Share Reflections/Appreciations (Joan)
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> >         8:10pm Chalice Extinguishing (Joan)
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> >         8:15pm Adjourn
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