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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Contact: Annie Warmke (740) 252-6295
or <a href="mailto:annie@bluerockstation.com"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">annie@bluerockstation.com</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">First Unitarian
Universalist Society of Marietta Homecoming Celebrates 157 years
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> The First Unitarian Universalist
Church of Marietta Ohio will be celebrating the historic milestone
of
157 years as a congregation with three events from July 29<sup>th</sup>
to the 31<sup>st</sup>. Kids and their families are invited to
join
the July 29<sup>th</sup> (Friday evening) 6 pm Treasure Hunt
Adventure. Families should bring their own picnic and table
service. Saturday (the 30<sup>th</sup> )at 2 pm the Marietta
community and
friends are invited to the unveiling of the Goddess Concretia
created
by four local artists who enjoy making quirky art together. The
Saturday event includes a dessert potluck. Tours of the church's
main sanctuary will be held all three days of the homecoming
event.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The Treasure Hunt Adventure will take
place in the church's “Treasure Island” courtyard and includes a
scary adventure map. Anyone who wants to play can join the
children-led hunt for the parts of the map. Treasure hunters will
survive the treasure-hunt-famine by surviving on a special dirt
dessert and ants on a log.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">If adventuresome families survive the
journey by piecing together the ancient pirate map they will have
a
chance to unearth the long-lost authentic English pirate chest
containing a specially selected collection of dragon, dinosaur and
cat eggs that will need to be cracked open to discover the
contents. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The Concretia unveiling will take
place
at the church's courtyard at 2 pm Saturday July 30th after being
paraded through downtown Marietta. What began as a tile, concrete
and glass series of stepping stones eventually led to a two-year
Sunday afternoon project for local artists Elin Jones, Judy Lewis,
Nancy Coleman and Ines Allen. The statue will be placed at the
First
Unitarian Universalist church court yard, a space previously
inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous people before 48
New
Englanders and Europeans arrived in 1788.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The Sunday (July 30<sup>th</sup>)
regular Sunday service will include photos of past events over the
years, as well as a sharing of inspirational stories by present
and
past members. Tours of the sanctuary will be conducted at noon,
followed by a special coffee hour.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Tours of the church sanctuary, built
in
the 1850's by Ohio's largest land owner and and philanthropist
Nahum
Ward will be available on Friday July 29<sup>th</sup> at 6 pm,
Saturday (July 30th) at 2 pm and Sunday (July 31<sup>st</sup>) at
noon. For more information or to schedule a tour contact (740)
525-1833.</p>
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