The Working Group confirms that it is safe for fully vaccinated people to gather in the meetinghouse. The Working Group also now requests approval to now open the Meetinghouse to outside groups of up to 25 people who are fully vaccinated.

We see value in equipping the meetinghouse so that gatherings could combine in-person participation plus participants online in some zoom-like situation – “blended gatherings.” This would have long-term value for all kinds of gatherings, enabling people for whom distance or other factors might be a barrier, including ASE, Spiritual Formation, etc., as well as potentially for Meeting for Worship.

The Working Group requests approval to move toward equipping the Meetinghouse with technology that would enable blended gatherings. This would include fully investigating options, determining and taking incremental steps, keeping all expense under our roughly $2,000 budget.

The Working Group requests that the Committee on Ministry and Worship discern if, when, and how this new capability could be used for worship … Meeting for Worship, Worship Sharing, Meeting for Worship with Attention to Business, etc., and that M&W bring their recommendations for consideration and approval.

Several members of the Working Group have volunteered to provide whatever technical and other advice we might have to Ministry & Worship in their discernment.

We are also considering how the Meetinghouse can best accommodate Religious Education in their fall programming.