[Fuusm-l] Questions from Sept. 2nd service....and weekly update

[Chris at FUUSM]

Questions from the September 2 "Changing the World of Work" reflection.  

So, what as individuals can we do?  The Reverend John Scherer calls us to rediscover our own humanity, “to come home to ourselves.”  He quips, “You might as well be yourself.  Everyone else is already taken.”  Under that lightness is a profound truth:  We are each unique persons with special gifts to give to the world.  And one of the important ways we do so is through our work.  Unfortunately, the dominant “business” model exerts pressure on us to focus on efficiency and profit and to stuff our complex selves into two-dimensional personas.  Scherer, on the other hand, exhorts us to discover or re-discover our true selves so that we can infuse our workplaces once again with personal meaning and compassion.  He shared five questions that can help us reassess our work situations and ourselves: 

1.  What is confronting me?  (What person, decision, or circumstance is troubling me or challenging me?)  

2.  What am I bringing to the encounter?  (As I confront that situation, what hopes, fears, intentions, limitations, talents, or understandings are energizing me?)  

3.  What has been “running me”?  (That is, what has been my default mode of operation?  Am I hiding within a conventional persona?  Am I wearing an invisibility cloak of powerlessness?  Am I following ossified routines?  How am I like a hamster running in a wheel?)  

4.  What calls me?  (“Call” in this sense is like the calling a statesman responds to or an artist of any kind feels compelled to follow or a social activist answers.  The call may come from inside ourselves or from the world outside.)  

5.  What will unleash me? (That is, what will enable me to find meaning in life, to continue to grow as a person, to fulfill my purpose in this world, to contribute to the betterment of life on Earth?)



This Week at FUUSM

Mon. 9/3  Office Closed – Labor Day

Tues. 9/4 Office Closed  Caring Committee (10am) P   Aesthetics Comm. (10am)  

Wed. 9/5  Meditation (12-1pm) Parlor     Worship & Music Committee (5pm) P     

Soul Connections (7pm) SH  - 

Thurs. 9/6 AA/Al-anon (7pm) SH/Parlor

Fri. 9/8  Circle Supper Darryl & Cynthia Ting  -108 Sylvan Dr. Mtta, OH.  Children are welcome.  



September 9    All Ages Ingathering Water Ceremony in the Sanctuary

The Water Ceremony is a ritual that acknowledges different images of the divine and

the ways we gather as a spiritual community. Water is a basic element of all life on this planet.  Come celebrate our common humanity as we gather our waters and resources for building our beloved community. Everyone is invited to bring a sample of water, from your life’s journey or from a favorite watering hole, to pour into the common bowl as we look forward to our program year.

• BRIDGES Meet & Greet – Join us in the Social Hall after the service to meet our teacher – Lucy Filipow and learn what we will be doing for our young people this year. 



Nursery available (9:30-12:15pm) next to the Social Hall

Choir Begins  9:45am in the Sanctuary. 

Today’s Issues (9:30-10:45am) in the Parlor    

Worship (11am)  Water Ceremony  – Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker

BRIDGES for young people– Meet & Greet in the Courtyard

Hospitality Services:   Greeters: Gwen & George Banziger, Nancy Novak    

Grocery Card Sales: TBA                       Coffee Corp: Martha McGovern            

Fair Trade Coffee Sales -Adeline Bailey           

Clean-Up:  Joe Baker, Paul Dunn, Martha McGovern & Ted Goertzel

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Fri. Sept. 14  Community Meal @ FUUSM (5pm-6:30pm)  Everyone is welcome!



Sat. Sept. 15   Committee ReCharge  - (9am-12 Noon) Social Hall

Participants will review our FUUSM Mission and goals and look at how we get things done. Committees are invited to send a representative and new people are most welcome to learn and share. Morning refreshments are provided. Childcare can be arranged by calling the FUUSM Office.          



Sept.18 – 19 Insulating the Exterior Walls of the RE Building  VOLUNTEERS are needed 

to assist with the Green Sanctuary Committee's Energy Efficiency Project of Insulating the Exterior Walls of the RE Building. If you are willing to participate in any aspect of this project, 

please contact Dave Ballantyne,        or the Church Office (740) 373-1238.



Sept. 21-23 Mid-Ohio Valley Friends Meeting (Marietta/Parkersburg Quakers) 

For more info. - Jane Hearne MOVF Treasurer & Jean Ambrose, MOVF clerk @ 304-679-3970



An Invitation: Tabatha And Jammie ‘s Wedding Reception

Sun. Sept. 30th at 5pm. in the FUUSM Social Hall.  

Come and Celebrate the marriage of Tabatha Hubbard and Jammie Barry. A private wedding will take place with Rev. Kat prior to the reception.  Chili or soup beans and cornbread will be served along with wedding cake. We would love for everyone to attend.   Please let Tabatha or Jammie know if you will be attending.


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