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Minutes,
Worship Commission Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church,
Lake Ozark, MO Diocese of Jefferson City
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Call to Order:

Annette Miller called the 6:35 PM  meeting to order with Msgr. Marion Makarewicz, Deacon Paul Poulter, Tony Kirn, Mary Scarlet, Mary Wagemann and Debbie Noland.

Opening Prayer:

• Msgr. Mak opened the meeting with Prayer and Reflection.
• How do we encourage younger people to attend Mass?
• Engage peopled in Faith conversation.
• Attendance in Church decreased by 40 percent from 2001.

Hospitality:

• No refreshments during virtual meeting.

Minutes of the Last Meeting:

• The August 25, 2020 Minutes were approved.

Worship Committee Leadership: (Annette Miller)

• Annette Miller led the Worship Committee meeting.
• All Committee leaders will serve again next year.

Ministry of Art and Environment: (Kathy Cotter)

• Fall festival display will be set up in October.

Ministry of Hospitality: (vacant)

• Recruits and trains Ushers and Greeters.

Ministry of Reader: (Carolyn Lorraine)

• Two individuals interested in becoming Lectors.

Ministry of Music and Song: (Steve Jannetti)                                                                                        

• Received a Grant for $3K from Oregon Catholic Press. Osage Hills concert working with Vicki.
• Stations of the Nativity Nov. 29 from 3-4 pm with scenes of the Nativity.
• Pick songs for on line presentation to introduce new music.
• Sept 30 Taize prayer.
• Another piano has been donated.
• Young man to play flute at Mass.

Ministry of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: (Mary Scarlett)

• David Gregg new parishioner wants to be trained to be Eucharistic Minister and is joining the Social Concerns Commission.

Sacristan and Ministry of Mass Coordinator: (Tony Kirn, Annette Miller)

• Tony will meet with Msgr. Mak regarding what Mass Coordinators can do during covid 19.
• Dr. Heidi Callipo stated our procedures for celebrating Mass are good.
• Diocese has protocol for informing parishioners if someone contracts covid 19 during Mass.

Rite of Initiation and the Sacraments: (Deacon Paul Poulter)

• RCIA class started last week, students have picked up books and they meet once a month.
• Two new students.

Prayer and Devotions: (Debbie Noland)

•  Centering prayer workshop ends this week.
• Oct 31st rosary coast to coast led by Msgr. Mak                                                                                                        

Altar Servers: (Zuzana Stipanitz, Paulette Spriggs)

• New Altar Server training on Nov 13.
• Training Servers to work on streaming the Mass.
• Streaming Mass thru Facebook was bogged down this last Sunday.

Liturgical Formation of the Assembly: (Msgr. Makarewicz)

• Thanks to everyone for help in Commission.  
• Attending Mass not mandatory thru the first week of Advent.
• Some parishioners are attending Churches that don’t require masks and social distancing.
• TSI representative will work on permanent stream solutions.

Next meeting:

• Next meeting is Tuesday, October 27, 2020.
• Debbie Noland will be the prayer Leader.

Closing Prayer

• Msgr. Mak closed the meeting with a prayer.

 Meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm.