Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music STANDING COMMISSION ON LITURGY AND MUSIC MEMBERSHIP Ms. Julia Huttar Bailey, Chair Michigan, 2009 The Rt. Rev. George Wayne Smith, Vice-chair Missouri, 2009 The Rev. Devon Anderson, Special Rep. PHOD,+ Minnesota, 2009 The Rt. Rev. Sergio Carranza-Gomez, Resigned Los Angeles, 2012 Mr. Samuel Cheung New York, 2012 The Rev. Canon Gregory M. Howe, Delaware Custodian of the Standard Book Dr. Carl MaultsBy Washington, 2009 The Very Rev. Ernesto R. Medina Nebraska, 2009 The Rev. Dr. Ruth Meyers** Chicago, 2009 Ms. Sandra Montes Texas, 2012 The Rev. Dr. Clayton L. Morris DFMS; Liturgical Officer+ California Ms. Jeannine Otis New York, 2012 The Rev. Jennifer Phillips Rhode Island, 2012 Mrs. Mildred Springer Nevada, 2009 Mr. Frank Tedeschi, Church Publishing, Staff/Consultant New York The Rev. H. Lawrence Thompson, Resigned Pittsburgh, 2009 Ms. Jessica Wilkerson Montana, 2009 Mr. Ted Yumoto, Executive Council Liason* San Joaquin, 2009 +Staff/Consultant **Appointed April 2008 to fulfill term of H. Lawrence Thompson COMMISSION MEETING DATES November 15-19, 2006, Chicago, Illinois; May 7-10, 2007, Menlo Park, California; September 26-29, 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana; February 2008, Memphis, Tennessee; May 19-22, 2008, Federal Way, Washington; October 13-17, 2008, Ashland, Nebraska COMMITTEE/PROJECT REPORTS Rachel’s Tears, Hannah’s Hopes: Liturgies and Prayers for Healing from Loss Related to Childbearing and Childbirth Project Chair: The Rev. Devon Anderson Project Editor: Mrs. Phoebe Pettingell Project Consultants: Ms. April Alford, the Rev. Jennifer Baskerville Burrows, the Rev. Susan K. Bock (writer), Ms. Julia Huttar Bailey, the Very Rev. Cynthia Black, the Rev. Lydia Huttar Brown (writer/editor), the Rev. Mark Bozzuti-Jones, the Rev. Elizabeth Morris Downie, the Rev. Monique Ellison, Mrs. Georgette Forney, Ms. Lallie Lloyd, Ms. Mary Todd Maitland, the Very Rev. Ernesto Medina, the Rev. Dr. Ruth Meyers, Mrs. Phoebe Pettingell (writer), the Rev. Jennifer Phillips (writer), the Rev. Lydia Agnew Speller, the Rev. LeeAnne Watkins, Ms. Jessica Wilkerson Project Reviewers: The Rev. Lydia Agnew Speller, the Rt. Rev. J. Neil Alexander, Mrs. Georgette Forney, the Rev. Canon Gregory Howe, the Rt. Rev. John W. Howe, the Rt. Rev. Russell E. Jacobus, the Rt. Rev. Jeffrey Lee, the Rev. Babs Meairs, the Rt. Rev. Catherine Roskam REPORT TO THE 76TH GENERAL CONVENTION 185 Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music RESPONSES TO RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION D047 POST-ABORTION HEALING SERVICE Resolved, That the 74th General Convention direct the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music to develop liturgies supplemental to “Burial of a Child” (Enriching Our Worship 2) that respond to the pastoral needs of women and men who have experienced miscarriage, abortion, or other trauma in the childbearing or childbirth process, for presentation to and consideration by the 75th General Convention. In responding to this Resolution, the SCLM has recognized the pastoral and long-overdue need for liturgies and prayers that minister to people suffering from reproductive loss and grief. The SCLM established a Reproductive Loss Subcommittee which gathered a group of ten liturgists from around the country at a meeting in Collegeville, Minnesota, in April 2005. At that meeting the liturgists prayed, sang, spent time in silence and reflection, told our stories and named the pastoral needs to which these liturgies must speak and minister. The meeting produced a draft text that articulated these needs and models of liturgies and prayers. In July 2005 the document was given to a writer who crafted original prayers and liturgies building upon the working group’s document. In September 2005 the drafts of these prayers and liturgies were widely circulated to stakeholders (leadership in National Organization of Episcopalians for Life (NOEL), Episcopal Women’s Caucus, Hospital Chaplaincy network, Missioners for Ethnic Congregational Development, the full SCLM and selected individuals). Following the 75th General Convention, the draft of prayers and liturgies, along with formal reviews from the previous triennium, were sent to a new writer for edits and rewrites. Over the course of the triennium the document enjoyed four cycles of revision. In late summer 2008, a final draft was circulated for review to: five bishops, members of the Episcopal Hospital Chaplaincy network, Anglicans for Life (formerly NOEL), the Standing Commission on Domestic Mission and Evangelism, the Executive Council Committee on the Status of Women and several individual stakeholders and liturgists. As articulated in the manuscript’s introduction, this body of work provides pastoral support to those experiencing the grief, hope, uncertainty and loss that may surround childbearing and childbirth. It is designed to provide flexibility so that pastors and liturgists may create occasions of prayer and opportunities for worship to meet the particular and specific needs of the individuals seeking such resources. As a supplement to the 1979 Book of Common Prayer rites of Thanksgiving for the Birth or Adoption of a Child, Reconciliation of a Penitent, and Ministration to the Sick, this collection of materials is presented for approval as Enriching Our Worship 5. RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION A088 ENRICHING OUR WORSHIP 5 1 Resolved, the House of _____ concurring, That the 76th General Convention receives Rachel's Tears, Hannah's Hopes 2 (found on page 205 of this Blue Book Report) as the response of the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music to 3 Resolution D047, Post-Abortion Healing Services, of the 74th General Convention; and be it further 4 5 Resolved, That this 76th General Convention authorize the use of Rachel’s Tears, Hannah’s Hopes to be added to the 6 Enriching Our Worship series for the 2010-2012 triennium, under the direction of the diocesan bishop or 7 ecclesiastical authority. ENRICHING OUR WORSHIP – DAILY PRAYER MEETINGS April 2007, Oviedo, FL; January 9-11, 2008, Berkeley, CA; May 12- 15, 2008, Seattle, WA SCLM members: Ernesto Medina, Devon Anderson, Clay Morris Consultants: Mark Bozutti-Jones, Rebecca Clark, Paul Joo, Lizette Larson-Miller, Julia McCray-Goldsmith, Elizabeth Muñoz, Cristina Smith , Carol Wade, Julia Wakelee-Lynch, Louis Weil. REPORT TO THE 76TH GENERAL CONVENTION 186 Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music The SCLM was directed by the 75th General Convention in Resolution A069 to develop liturgical material for inclusion in the Enriching Our Worship series. The Commission was also directed to develop these materials innovatively drawing on and reflecting our church’s liturgical, cultural, racial, generational, gender and ethnic diversity. Recognizing that our current daily offices are based on a monastic model of prayer, the SCLM decided to focus its work on the daily offices in order to develop cathedral-style ways of prayer. The nine liturgists who gathered at the first meeting in Florida in April 2007 prayed, listened, sang and discerned together over a period of five days. Out of this came the basic shape of the project heading forward from that point, as well as a clear sense that the project would require more time than initially anticipated. It was clear the scope of the project would be much larger than we had first thought. The basic outline reclaims the practice of praying the hours. Daily Prayer allows for prayer at eight specific times of the day: Daylight Start of Day Mid Morning Noon Mid Afternoon Evening End of Day Late Night In addition to prayers being written for these specific times of the day, sets of prayers are being written for the liturgical seasons of the church year. They are identified as follows: Advent Christmas Epiphany Lent Eastertide Ordinary Time (Two tracks are being developed for Ordinary Time: “Rest” and “Grow”) The Rev. Julia Wakelee-Lynch was asked to serve as first round editor/consultant for the project, and a second meeting with three additional consultants was held at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, CA, in January 2008. At that gathering, a rough draft for the season of Lent was developed, which was then tested out in a wide variety of settings in parishes, small groups and by individuals. The response was very positive. In May 2008, six consultants gathered in Seattle, WA, to assess feedback from the initial draft and begin work on a broader draft which would provide sets of prayers for each season of the church year, adaptable for corporate, small group and personal use. This draft is still in progress, as well as a scholarly introduction, which will provide a broader context for the work, and an end section with notes and appendix of prayer resources. Our plan is as follows: 1. Complete the whole set of prayers in 2009 and send to a liturgical proof editor; 2. Present to the first full meeting of the SCLM in the new triennium; 3. When the collection is acceptable, send the prayers out for informal trial use in the remainder of the triennium; and 4. Report in full to the 77th General Convention. REPORT TO THE 76TH GENERAL CONVENTION 187 Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music RESOLUTION A089 DAILY PRAYER 1 Resolved, the House of _____ concurring, That the 76th General Convention direct the Standing Commission on 2 Liturgy and Music to complete the work on Daily Prayer and report back to the 77th General Convention; and be 3 it further 4 5 Resolved, That the 76th General Convention direct the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance 6 to consider a budget allocation of $15,000 for implementation of this Resolution. ENRICHING OUR WORSHIP – ADOPTION OF CHILDREN Meeting: April 2007, Oviedo, Florida SCLM members: Julia Huttar Bailey, Ruth Meyers, Jennifer Phillips Consultants: Rachelle Brown, Michael Cunningham (co-facilitator), Tom Discavage, Winona Hawley, Vincent Jang, R. C. Laird, Caroline McKenzie, Patricia Millard, Shannon Cate The 75th General Convention directed the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music to develop liturgical materials for inclusion in the Enriching Our Worship series for the pastoral issues in the context of the adoption of children (A070).