Bringing Back the Gathering (Sunday 8/30)...

The official date for the youth group to bring back the Gathering to Bethel will be Sunday 8/30.   There will be two parts to that event:

1. 9:30 -- Worship service (the only service that day) -- highlights include sermon/message to be delivered by the youth group, and jazz-themed music for the service
2. 10:45 -- Hospitality Hour with a multimedia presentation by the youth group -- highlights include photo slideshow, videos, music and dancing from the Gathering

Here's an outline of what needs to be done, who's doing it:

1. Organizing the Sermon/Message -- Miriam will be contacting everyone to gather their reflections.  The goal is for the youth to share their reflections and tie them together for the sermon/message.  (We should try to representative of the entire Gathering experience, and include snippets from the bus journey, the Civil Rights Museum, our Servant Event (chopping down trees), listening to the speakers, hotel life, Closing Worship, etc.
2. Scripture Readings for the Worship Service -- To make the service as cohesive as possible, let's use the main texts from the Gathering itself.  [Miriam or Sherman to get this to Pastor Bill]
3. Music for the Worship Service -- The Bethel Band will provide music for the worship service.  The plan is to use hymns from the current hymnal (in Center Celebration style).  In addition to that we'll use jazz charts used at the "Jazz" event at Unity Bel Nor (from June), generously supplied by UM-St. Louis Chancellor Thomas George (who played piano that day).  Musicians from the youth group will join in.  We'll also try to select a couple of songs played at the Gathering's mass events.  [Sherman will coordinate this]
4. Hospitality Food and Beverage - This will be hosted in the Fellowship Hall, to coincide with the multimedia presentation. [This task needs volunteers]
5. Multimedia Presentation Content -- Organizing photos and video into a slideshow, along with other musical selections (dancing optional) from the Gathering's mass events.  [Amy will coordinate this]
6. A/V technical support -- Supply and install the projector (Albert Webster's), set up the playback device (Lilly Webster's laptop).  [Albert and Lilly Webster]
7. Anything else? -- Please chime in (by commenting to this post or emailing Sherman) if this outline missed anything we need to plan/coordinate.