<div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">March 4th! The date that is a command. (This concludes the joke portion of the Weekly Update.)</span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><b style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Service Auction Items needed!</b></font></div><div>
<div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">It's time to start thinking about what you'd like to donate to FUUSM's biggest fundraiser of the year. There are three categories: Live auction, silent auction, and set price. (No country store this time.) Especially
popular are events that feature food! This can be as simple as a country-style dinner, a picnic, an ethnic
adventure, garden party...you get the idea. Not able to host a party, but love to cook? Offer your specialty to be prepared and delivered to the winning bidder. We're also fond of games: a card party, puzzle competition...how about charades? Outdoor adventures: bird walk, nature hike, kayak/canoe trip, bike tour, local history tour. And
let's not forget services: car wash, simple will, handyman, genealogy,
chauffeur, dog walking, pet-sitting...to name but a few. Art,
jewelry, food (again!), useful things, unique things, garden decor make
good silent auction items. Really special ones make good live auction
items. Cindy Brown is, once again, preparing a catalog for all auction items. Her deadline for items is March 29. Attached is a form with the info Cindy needs to prepare bid sheets and the
catalog. You can print this form, fill it out, and hand it to Cindy or to the church lady, or just email the information Cindy needs to: <a href="mailto:labrown@gmail.com" target="_blank">labrown@gmail.com</a>. Pre-printed forms are also available in the social hall or in the FUUSM office. <br></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><b style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Kudos to FUUSM's Caring Committee!</b></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Thanks to all who helped with Brodie DeLancy's Celebration of Life service and the meal afterward, but especially to Caring Committee Chair Cathy Rees, for organizing a meal that amply fed approximately 150 people!! Thanks to all who cooked, set up, served, and cleaned up. It takes a village, but a strong village requires a well-organized, leader--and Cathy Rees deserves a huge shout of gratitude. <br></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><b style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Please Sign Up to Help with Coffee Hour, Starting April 1</b><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div>
<div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">Can
you imagine FUUSM without Coffee Hour? For
Coffee Hour to happen each week requires an army of
faithful volunteers. Without those teams, there will be <u>no coffee hour.</u> The
current schedule of Coffee Hour & Cleanup volunteers will run
through March 31, but that schedule doesn't work so well. So, starting in April, let's try something new: Will
<u>you</u> sign up to help with Coffee Hour just <u><b>six times per year</b></u>?
Please claim the first or second or third or fourth Sunday of every <u>odd</u>
month, <b>or</b> every <u>even</u> month, and email <b><a href="mailto:dawnbirder@gmail.com" target="_blank">dawnbirder@gmail.com</a> </b>with
your preference. Six times of year on a regular, predictable
schedule? That's not too demanding, is it? NOTE: When
you are a Coffee Hour Volunteer, you are <u>NOT</u> required to provide food
to share (although many do). Coffee Hour volunteers are responsible for
coffee creamer—that's all! Often, we're well stocked on creamer, so all
the coffee hour volunteer needs to do is show up, set up, brew coffee,
serve it, and clean up. </font><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">
<b>Please sign up. Talk to Dawn or email her. </b></span></font>
</div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><b>Should We End Coffee Hour at 1 p.m.?<br></b></span></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">Someone
has suggested that more folks might sign up if we can make coffee hour
end at 1 p.m. instead of 1:30. It's a long shift from 10:30 to 1:30
(especially when people linger), so, if we end Coffee Hour at 1 p.m. it
will be less of a time commitment for the volunteers. If the choice is
between a short coffee hour with ample volunteers, and NO COFFEE HOUR
because of a volunteer shortage, I know which one I'd choose. What do
you think? Would you be more inclined to sign up if Coffee Hour ends at 1
p.m. sharp? Let Dawn know your thoughts: <a href="mailto:dawnbirder@gmail.com">dawnbirder@gmail.com</a>. <br></font></div>
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</div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><b>The week ahead<br></b></span></font></div>
<font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><b>Today, Monday, March 4</b><br>● 2 p.m., <b>Caring Committee</b> via Zoom.<br><b>Tuesday, March 5</b><br>● 3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout Troop in social hall.<br><b>Wednesday March 6</b><br>● 10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., private use of kitchen (Cynthia Ting & Steph Rector)<br>● Noon, <b>Meditation </b>via Zoom.<br>● 5 p.m., <b>Worship & Music Committee</b> meeting, RE parlor.<br>● 7 p.m., Private use of social hall (Diana Bonnell, Religious Trauma group)<br><b>Friday, March 8</b><br>● 9:30 a.m,<b> Membership Committee </b>meeting, RE parlor.<br><b>Saturday, March 9</b><br>● 3–5 p.m., African drumming, social hall<br><b>Sunday, March 10:</b> <b>Daylight saving time begins!</b> <br>● 9:30 a.m., <b>Choir practice, </b>sanctuary. New members are always welcome!<br>● 9:30 a.m., <b>Today’s Issues</b> discussion group, RE parlor.<br>● 11 a.m,<b> Sunday service,</b> sanctuary. </font><font style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Speak Into Being</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">, with Marietta College History professor Dr. Katy McDaniel providing the reflection. The FUUSM Choir will perform! </span></font><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">
<br>● 11 a.m., MOV Friends (Quaker) meeting, RE parlor.<br>● <b>Coffee hour! </b>Social hall. (Ends at 1:30 p.m.)<br>FUUSM Office hours: Mon.,Tu., Th., Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (740) 373-1238, <a href="mailto:fuusm.office@gmail.com" target="_blank">fuusm.office@gmail.com</a>. Rev. Hawbaker is on sabbatical through March 2024.<br></span></font>
<div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br></span></font><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Dawn Hewitt</span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Office assistant</span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta</span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">232 Third St.</span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Marietta, OH 45750</span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">(740)373-1238</span></font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><font size="4">Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m.--2 p.m. </font><br></span></div></div></div></div></div>