<div dir="ltr"><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">A UU Poem for a Cold Winter's Day is embedded somewhere below. <br></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">Announcements. <br></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">1. <b>Jeff Newton needs a ride</b> to Sunday services. He lives at 15th and Latrobe in Parkersburg. If you can give him a lift, please call him at (304) 916-5992. <br></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">2. <b>The Committee on Ministries</b> met January 7th. We
are a supportive and problem solving group available to assist with any
issues related to congressional ministries. We are here to listen and
to facilitate resolutions. Karen Binkly (Board liaison), Gary Hamilton,
Katy McDaniel, Beth Lepore.</font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">3. <b>FUUSM needs a new organizer for our Thursday meals at the
Community Resource Center .</b> At this time we have volunteers cooking the
Thursday meals organized through the end of March. Beth Lepore has
facilitated this but will not continue as coordinator after the last
Thursday of March. It is not a time consuming or
difficult job because of all the wonderful cooks and volunteers in our
midst. Beth is willing to help with the transition but is not willing
to continue as coordinator.</font><div dir="auto"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">Please give Beth a call if you have any questions or are willing to take over as coordinator, at (740) 525-1423. (<b>Thank you, Beth,</b> for your dedication to this worthy project for the past several years!)</font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">4. <i><b>Erratum: </b> </i>On January 14, Randall Kidder played “Deep River,” a beautiful piece composed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912). The
composer’s mother named him after the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(1772-1834) of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” fame. The little
“twist” of names has caused confusion for quite some time and appeared
again in the order of service on Sunday.</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"> </font></p>
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<div dir="auto"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">5. UU <b>Poem for a Cold Winter's Day</b>:
</font></div><div dir="auto"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"> #*!@ it's cold!! </font></div><div dir="auto"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"> The end.</font></div><div dir="auto"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"> (Credit: The Facebook UU Hysterical Society) <br></font></div><div dir="auto"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">6. <b>Mystery solved! </b>The missing bottles of PAD piano humidifier have been found! Somehow, they found their way to a cabinet inside the "green room" (formerly known as the bride's room). Credit goes to our building steward, Wendy Fry, for their recovery. <br></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><b>This week:<br></b></font></div><div dir="auto">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Today, Tuesday, January 16</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout troop meets in social hall.</span></font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Wednesday, January 17</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Noon,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Meditation </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">via Zoom.</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">6 p.m., </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Men’s Group potluck</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, social hall. Darry Ting will host.</span></font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, January 20: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Confluence</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Content Due</span></font></p><ul><li style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">10 a.m., </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thai Chi reunion, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">social hall, for all Darryl Ting's past students.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sunday, January 21</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">9:30 a.m., </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Today’s issues discussion,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> RE parlor; </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Choir practice, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sanctuary. </span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">11 a.m.,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Sunday service</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, sanctuary, with the Rev. Hilary Krivchena providing the reflection: <i>Three Stories for Our Times</i>.</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">12:30 p.m., </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Green Sanctuary Committee</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> meeting, RE parlor.</span></font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FUUSM Office hours: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Mon.,Tu., Th., Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (740) 373-1238, </span><a href="mailto:fuusm.office@gmail.com" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">fuusm.office@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Rev. Hawbaker is on sabbatical through March 2024.</span></font></p>
</div></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br></font><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">Dawn Hewitt</font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">Office assistant</font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta</font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">232 Third St.</font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">Marietta, OH 45750</font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">(740)373-1238</font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. <br></font></div></div></div></div></div>