[Fuusm-l] weekly update 12162019

[Chris at FUUSM]

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!   The FUUSM Board of Trustees is accepting contributions for staff gifts until December 18.  These donations will show our appreciation for their dedication. You may put checks or money in the offering plate marked as" We appreciate your generosity.  - The FUUSM Board



Amazon Smile – Give the gift of a smile – Do you shop at Amazon? If you do,

0.5% of your purchase value can be donated to FUUSM by doing the following:   

1. Visit smile.amazon.com                 2. Login- First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta     

3. From then on you will need to start shopping at smile.amazon.com for us to get credit           



Building Use at FUUSM

Mon. 12/16    C.C.L.  (6:30)  FH

Tues. 12/17   Office Closed        Electricity Aggregation Group (6:30-9pm) FH

Wed. 12/18  Newsletter DEADLINE - Please submit news for the January Confluence

Email to adesign at suddenlink.net or fuusm at suddenlinkmail.com

Meditation (Noon) P      

Men’s Group-(6:30) End of season picnic!  Gary Hamilton to host, 4811 7th Ave. Vienna, WV.   (304) 295-7946

Soul Connections (7pm) F. Hall

Thurs. 12/19 AA/Al-anon (7pm) FH/Parlor   

Fri. 12/20   Membership Comm. (10am) FH

Sat. 12/21     Winter Solstice         Drum & Dance (1-3pm) in the Social Hall   

Sunset Watch @ Third & Sacra Via (4pm)       Soup and set-up (5pm) Social Hall   Spiral Ceremony (7pm)



Next Sunday Dec. 22   

Nursery available (9:30-12 Noon) next to the Fellowship Hall  

Today’s Issues (9:30) in the Parlor.    Choir practice (9:30am) in the Sanctuary

No Adult Religious Education in December

Worship (11am)   What Sustains Us In This Season?–  Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker

Hospitality Services   Greeters:  Adeline Bailey -Karen Barry, host  Coffee Corp: Patty Troisi

Grocery Card Sales:  George Lisk     Fair Trade Coffee Sales: Green Sanctuary Team

Clean-Up:  Karen & Gene Barry, Robin Bozian and Virginia Henthorn



December Services

Tues. Dec. 24 (7pm) Family Christmas Eve Service – The Story of Christmas in Music

Worship Leader:  Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker       Worship Associate: Suzyn Mills                

Bring families and friends for a non-traditional yet customary service with candles, singing and good wishes. 

The Nursery will be open for parents with children but there will not be an attendant.



Sunday-December 29 "Fire Communion" 

Worship Leaders: Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker and Jim Rapp    

Release regrets and mistakes and start a new year with this ritual of letting go and envisioning the year to come.



Community Event

Holiday Lights Bike Tour -  Thurs., Dec 26 (more information to follow)  



"Civil Resistance Struggles: How Ordinary People Win Rights, Freedom, and Justice,-Online course designed for participants who, without outside moderators, review new course content every week, engage in discussion forums about this material, and interact with other learners via video conferencing to accomplish small group projects. For the duration of the course, participants will create a self-directed learning community guided by a specific code of conduct to facilitate fuller engagement and more enriching learning experience. 

Application for 2020 Participant-Led Course on Civil Resistance -Ends on January 26, 2020 

This is the online application form for ICNC's special, seven-week, participant-led, online course titled 

"Civil Resistance Struggles: How Ordinary People Win Rights, Freedom, and Justice," February 13 - April 1, 2020.

https://nonviolentconflict.submittable.com/submit/154275/application-for-2020-participant-led-course-on-civil-resistance=
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