[Fuusm-l] FUUSM OS for June 7 Flower Communion

[revkat at suddenlinkmail.com]

Dear FUUSM Folx

Here is an Order of Service for our Flower Communion service this morning at 11am-11:45.  Join Us!



FUUSM Zoom Meetings in June 2020
3 Ways to access Sunday Services: Facebook Live, YouTube & Zoom.
Sunday Services - NEW LINK
All June Sunday Services  11AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Zoom Meeting		
https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09

Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499			
Password: fuusm2323

Dial in by phone from your nearest location
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)        
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
Same Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499		
Different Password: 772050

Sun. June 7, 2020  FUUSM Flower Communion  (11am)

You are invited to have a flower handy for a chance to see our smiling faces with flowers on Zoom.  

The second prop you will want to have handy is a piece of paper with a one word gift that you bring to the work of our congregational life.
(example)  
“I bring . . .		(Rev. Kat)


Thank-you for the many flower photos- 
if they were not included in this rough draft, the slideshow can be improved in the future as it is a work in progress- 
like all of us and our community.

-Dax Chisholm

THIS SUNDAY  June 7   
The FUUSM Zoom Meeting Room will close at 11:50am so Rev. Hawbaker and others can support the Gathering in the Park.
12 Noon@ Gazebo in E. Muskingum Park.
Peaceful Silent Demonstration 
in Marietta, OH on Facebook.
It’s time to listen, empathize, and raise awareness.
Signs are welcome, but no hate speech or hatefulness of any kind.
Our communities are coming together to demonstrate caring and concern for racial justice.



Be ours a religion which, like sunshine, goes everywhere;
Its temple, all space;   Its shrine, the good heart;
Its creed, all truth;   its ritual, works of love;
Its profession of faith, divine living.   	– Theodore Parker  (1810-1860)




Order of Service - Flower Communion
June 7, 2020					Rev. Kathryn E. Hawbaker

WELCOME

Welcome Song 	by Hal Walker
									(improv.)
Whoever you are, we welcome you,			(we hear your words)  
Wherever you come from, we welcome you,		    (we join with you)  	
Whomever you love, we welcome you.				  (we . . .)

		      Sunflowers from Chris Hoke -Rising Moon Farm

						


Prelude	Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces  Op.82     - Stephen Heller
	No.11 - Resignation     No.6 - Seriosa	No.13 - Consolation
   
									Randall Kidder, Pianist
Chalice Lighting
Our living tradition, the silver communion set, once held 
in a museum.
People held in bondage,
held in poverty, 
held in contempt…
Let us use our hands to raise up those whose stories are not told, or heard, 
or understood.

Flowers by Chris Hoke - Rising Moon Farm

Opening Song #402	  From You I Recieve
Singing the Living Tradition
>From you I receive, to you I give
Together we share and from this we live.

Invocation:		I am Opening

Origins of the Flower Communion
Dr. Norbert Fabian Capek, Unitarian Minister  (June 3, 1870 - October 12, 1942)
The Flower Ceremony, { Flower Communion or Flower Festival }, 
is an annual ritual that celebrates beauty, 
human uniqueness, diversity, and community.
The Unitarian Universalist Flower Communion service originated in 1923 by Dr. Norbert Capek [pronounced Chah-Peck], founder of the modem Unitarian movement in Czechoslovakia. 
On the last Sunday before the summer recess of the Unitarian church in Prague, all the children and adults participated in this colorful ritual, which gives concrete expression to the humanity-affirming principles of our liberal faith. 
When the Nazis took control of Prague in 1940, they found Dr. Capek's gospel of the inherent worth and beauty of every human person to be-as Nazi court records show-- "...too dangerous to the Reich
[for him] to be allowed to live." 
Dr. Capek was sent to Dachau, where he was killed the next year during a Nazi "medical experiment."   
This gentle man suffered a cruel death, but his 
message of human hope and decency lives on through his Flower Communion -widely celebrated today. 



Hymn #404 		What Gift Do You Bring?
Singing the Living Tradition
(Prepare to hold up your flower. You can add your gift to the Chat in Zoom,
or write out your gift on a piece of paper or card.)

What gift can we bring, what present, what token?
What words can convey it, the joy of this day?  When grateful we come, remembering, rejoicing, what song can we offer in honor and praise?

Give thanks for the past, for those who had vision, 
who planted and watered so dreams could come true.
Give thanks for the now, for study, for worship, 
for mission that bids us turn prayer into deed.

Closing Words		Long-Haul People  by Patricia Infante

Closing Song #318 		Would Be One		
Singing the Living Tradition  UUMusic Ministries

We would be one as now we join in singing 	our hymn of love, 
to pledge ourselves anew 	to that high cause of greater understanding 
of who we are, and what in us is true.  
We would be one in living for each other    to show to all a new community.

We would be one in building for tomorrow 	a nobler world than we have known today.  We would be one in searching for that meaning 
which binds our hearts and points us on our way.  	As one, we pledge ourselves to greater service, with love and justice, strive to make us free.




Closing Words by Patricia Infante, Central East Region Staff - UUA

What does it mean to be a long-haul people, a people of resilience? It means that we continue to bring families together, find safe spaces for our youth and the vulnerable among us, and share joy and beauty in the bleakest of days. It can mean that we hold our community together and minister to those who need us; but it also means we are willing to let go of things that no longer make sense or no longer serve the community and our mission. 

When the fear recedes and the way forward becomes clearer, our congregations will have an opportunity to reimagine what church is, who is included (and excluded) in our community, and how we live our principles and values in a world that has shifted under our feet. Long-haul people can do that. They’ve done it before and they’ll do it as many times and for as long as needed because they know somewhere deep in their soul that even though things may look and sound different, the church – their church – will always be here. For the long haul.


ANNOUNCEMENTS
Updates will be shared in the Weekly Update through FUUSM-L.
This is our primary form of communication and announcements.

The Safety Team is examining the guidelines and guidance for re-opening in a safe and careful manner.  We have some advantages in our courtyard and spacious sanctuary, but we will continue to offer online resources to give people options.


Cakes for the Queen of Heaven  (Zoom Meeting) Mon. June 8 & 15 6:30-8pm 	
https://zoom.us/j/9062049940?pwd=TEtGeE90WCtJeHB0UmJsRElhTEJVdz09
(Same as Meditation) Meeting ID: 906 204 9940		Password: OMWed12


Meditation  Wed. 12-1pm 	(Zoom Meeting)
https://zoom.us/j/9062049940?pwd=TEtGeE90WCtJeHB0UmJsRElhTEJVdz09
Meeting ID: 906 204 9940		Password: OMWed12
		Dial in by phone from your nearest location
+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)		+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
Same Meeting ID: 906 204 9940		Password: 340057



Join us Monday June 8th, two weeks after George Floyd’s death, 
for a Day of Fasting and Focus which will culminate at 5:00pm when we are 
asking people to stop where you are for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in silence in honor of the time George Floyd had the literal knee of the state on his neck.

Whether in your homes, at work or in the streets, we are calling for people of conscience to stop wherever they are to join us for a live-streamed moment of silence, litany and a message of support for the uprisings across the country and a call for organizing a movement in this moment from Bishop William J. Barber, II, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Tune in at fb.com/anewppc.

As part of this National Day of Fasting and Focus we will be holding a We Won’t Be Silent Virtual Art Build at 12 pm EST/ 9am PST to be together and heal together through art-making, share messages of justice and get prepared for the day of action. Register here.

George Floyd died from the knee on his neck, we still do not have justice for Breonna Taylor or the thousands and millions of others who have been killed from systemic racism, police violence, mass incarceration, health inequity and poverty. This is the time to make economic and structural demands on our government to end the multiple pandemics of systemic racism and poverty, and to end the militarized force that is used against people who just want to breathe.		Forward together, not one step back!
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
Co-Chairs, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

P.S.: Please also join us on Sunday June 7th at 10 am EST 
for a National Interfaith Service to recognize the more than 100,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19, especially poor and low-income workers. The service will be co-led by Revs. Barber and Theoharis and Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Imam Omar Suleiman and Valerie Kaur. 			Tune in at FB.com/ANewPPC







We gather at General Assembly to replenish our spirits. 
An essential element to restoring hope and energizing action, 
music is infused into all we do: learning, governance, organizing, and worship. 

Join us at Virtual General Assembly - June 24-28, 2020
Rooted, Inspired & Ready 
Add your unique harmony to the largest gathering of our denomination!
Live Streaming Sunday Service available to the public at www.UUA.org

Anyone may register.  FUUSM selected Mike Bailey & Michelle Wilson as our delegates, and Rev. Hawbaker is a delegate as our minister.
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