Goals for Year Two (July 2004 – December 2005):
1. Increase our participation in IUMC worship services and other IUMC-sponsored events, especially during the religious “high seasons,” by presenting sermon-supporting skits, specialized dramatic readings, and by preparing or assisting in seasonal productions.

2. Identify individuals, though increased utilization of the drama inventory database, personal contact, or other means, who have an interest in assisting with Committee events and/or Committee leadership, and encourage these individuals to participate in Committee events.

3. Sponsor an acting workshop which will be open to adults and youth, age middle school and up, and which will be led by high profile acting professionals from the community.

4. Produce Jesus Christ Superstar on May 5-7, 2004.

5. Place an increased emphasis on involving youth directly in drama activities and on ministering to the youth though drama.

6. Interact more with other IUMC groups and/or committees.

7. Identify space for permanently storing props and costumes.

Goal 1
Increase our participation in IUMC worship services and other IUMC-sponsored events, especially during the religious “high seasons,” by presenting sermon-supporting skits, specialized dramatic readings, and by preparing or assisting in seasonal productions.

a. Advent readings; Justin Muchoney agreed to serve as a liaison to Rev. Morford

b. Plan and prepare a standard production (e.g, a production similar to Another Christmas Story) during Good Friday or Maundy Thursday (alternating days on which production is performed each year)

c. Coordinate worship service skits with Revs. Morford and Cox further in advance

d. More dramatic readings, particularly of scripture during worship services

Goal 2
Identify individuals, through increased utilization of the drama inventory database, personal contact, or other means, who have an interest in assisting with Committee events and/or Committee leadership, and encourage these individuals to participate in Committee events.

a. Each Committee member can be responsible for contacting five individuals to ask for help with specific items (the thought being that a person is more likely to agree to help if there is direct, personal contact and if the request to help is directed towards a specific task instead of a general request to help)

b. Distribure the drama inventory worksheet to the new member class

c. Update drama inventory database after the October 2nd acting workshop

d. Plan “internal public relations” campaign to recruit new

Goal 3
Sponsor an acting workshop which will be open to adults and youth, age middle school and up, and which will be led by high profile acting professionals from the community.

COMPLETE - Workshop help October 9 with 3 instructors from local theaters. 20 people in atthendance (10 adults, 6 middle school, four high school).

Goal 4
Produce Jesus Christ Superstar, May 5 – 7, 2005

a. Rehearsals in progress

b. Production team in progress

Goal 5
Place an increased emphasis on involving youth directly in drama activities and on ministering to the youth though drama.

a. Assist with CORE (creative arts group for youth)

b. Sponsor a middle school and/or high school drama camp that could be held during the same time as vacation bible school

c. Work with youth leader to integrate more participation of youth and to explore ways to minister to youth through drama

Goal 6
Interact more with other IUMC groups and/or committees.

a. Let other groups know how we can help them and how they can help us

b. Suggested that each person from Committee should either temporarily join another IUMC committee, or that each person should attempt to visit other committee’s meetings so that we can increase our presence and become aware of how we can assist others

c. Chair serves as liaison to Leadership Council

Goal 7
Identify space for permanently storing props and costumes

a. Will ask for volunteers (perhaps Carol Gaspar, Paula Rehn, and John Ellis?) to look at existing space and determine how can most efficiently use space

b. Need to move large cross that was used in Godspell; suggested that ask Kim Gibson if can store in her garage along with the stage that is already located there

c. Discussed possibility of building a shed on the church’s property to store props, staging, costumes, etc.