<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">A real riddle: What can you find in mid-March and mid-April, but not in the beginning or end of those months?</font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4"><b>Have you pledged for FY26-27 yet?</b></font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">This is a gentle reminder to make a pledge for the fiscal year that begins on July 1. Attached is a blank copy of the pledge form, with instructions on how to make your pledge. Pledges are essential for budgeting--so our finance committee can predict how best to allocate funds for the upcoming year. Please pledge to help FUUSM keep going. </font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">You're Invited to a Party!</font></b></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">Our congregation's Spring Work Party will be <u>9 a.m.</u><u> to noon on Saturday, March 28</u>. Please join the fun. Building steward Wendy Frye has developed a list of projects inside the sanctuary and RE buildings, and on our grounds. Additional projects will be added up until Tuesday March 24th. Please offer observations for possible projects: pews needing repair, tables and chairs needing screws, or other repairs. If you are unavailable March 28th, there are projects that may be done on your schedule, such as leaf raking, </font></div><div><div dir="auto"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">kitchen cleaning. Please ask Roger Kalter for tasks. One project will require 4-6 people able to lift and leverage two pieces of sandstone onto pallets for removal from our courtyard, which will probably take 10-15 minutes. Donations of food for volunteers' lunch after work is welcome. Contact Roger Kalter at 740-525-1833.</font></div></div><div dir="auto"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">The Week Ahead</font></b></div><div><div><span id="m_3219116564244732644gmail-docs-internal-guid-04289404-7fff-0686-db21-e339fe987b39"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Tuesday, March 10</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">3:30\u20136:30, Girl Scouts in social hall</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">4:30, private use of RE parlor (Roger Kalter)</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Wednesday, March 11</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">6 p.m., </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Women\u2019s Group </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">potluck, social hall. Dawn Hewitt and Pat Martin will host.</span></p></li></ul></font><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-90b72271-7fff-f4c3-9d40-4c651fc8920c"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thursday, March 12</span></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-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">4\u20135:30, Stop the War protest, Grand Central Avenue along the sidewalk in front of Hobby Lobby and Walmart, organized by Indivisible MOV. </span></p></li></ul></font></span><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4"></font></span></div><div><span><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Saturday, March 14, Pi Day!</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">6:30 p.m., </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Recital performed by Martha Webster and Randall Kidder, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">sanctuary. Event starts at 6:30. All proceeds benefit FUUSM. Donations are encouraged for those who did not sign up and pay $30 at the service auction. All donations accepted.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Sunday, March 15</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">9:30 a.m., </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Choir practice, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">sanctuary.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">11 a.m., </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Sunday service, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">sanctuary, Zoom and Facebook: Rev. Evan Young will present the reflection, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Fast We Choose.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Coffee hour! </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Social hall. Ends at 1 p.m. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">12:15 p.m., </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Board of Trust Governors</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, RE building upstairs meeting room</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">12:30ish, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Green Sanctuary Committee </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">meeting, RE parlor</span></p></li></ul><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">FUUSM Office hours: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Mon.,Tu., Th., Fri. 10 a.m.\u20132 p.m. (740) 373-1238, </span><a href="mailto:fuusm.office@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">fuusm.office@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. Rev. Evan Young is available by appointment remotely on Mondays and Thursdays from noon\u20133:30 p.m., and in his office Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m.\u20133 p.m., </span><a href="mailto:fuusm.minister@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">fuusm.minister@gmail.com.</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Save these Dates</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (and put them on your calendar right now!)</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Saturday, March 28, </span></p></li></ul></font></span></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:large">-9 a.m. till noon: Buildings & Grounds Work Party</span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:large;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">-noon-2 p.m.,</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:large;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> No Kings Rally</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:large;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;font-size:large;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">East Muskingum Park.</span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><span><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4"><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Friday, April 24, 11 a.m., Margaret Fredericks' Celebration of Life, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">FUUSM sanctuary and social hall. </span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space-collapse: collapse;"><b>The letter R</b></span>
</span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Saturday, April 25: </span></p></li></ul></font></span></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">* Earth Day Marietta, 10-1, Armory Square</font></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">* Tree planting at Buckley Island</font></span></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">* FUUSM's annual Service Auction!</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> It's time to put on your thinking cap and come up with something to offer for others to bid on! </span></font></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Sunday, May 17: FUUSM's annual meeting, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">immediately following an abridged Sunday service. </span></font></p></li></ul></div><font color="#888888" face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></font></div><font face="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 face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">Dawn Hewitt</font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">Office assistant</font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta</font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">232 Third St.</font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">Marietta, OH 45750</font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">(740)373-1238</font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif" size="4">Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m.--2 p.m. </font><br></div></div></div></div>