[Fuusm-l] weekly update 04122021

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Weekly update ~ April 12, 2021

April 2021 Sunday Worship Services/Main Zoom Link

https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09

Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499                   Passcode: fuusm2323

Dial in by phone from your regional location

By Phone  1-929 205 6099 US (New York)        1-301 715 8592 US (Germantown)

Same Meeting ID (as above): 948 2218 3499      Different Passcode: 772050

If you have announcements for the Weekly Update please e-mail fuusm at suddenlinkmail.com  

This Week at F.U.U.S.M. 

Mon. April 12   Board of Trustees (6:45pm) Zoom using the Sunday Worship link.

Tues. April 13   Office Closed           

Wed. April 14 (12-1pm) Midweek Midday Meditation (Zoom) 

https://zoom.us/j/98911407403?pwd=UlRqTzlzZ2ZLalZkVDZTTVZZdTgwQT09

Meeting ID: 989 1140 7403   Passcode: OMWed12

Wed.  Women’s Group –Zoom opens (6:30pm)   Discussion  (7pm). - Use Sunday Service Link

Sun. Service April 18 

Schedule:  (9:30am) Today’s Issues discussion group in the parlor   (10:30) Gathering & Greeting

Nursery open (10:30-12:30) Attendant:    (11:00) Service begins with Welcome Slide.

11am. "Earth Day: Resilience and Sustainability" Zoom and Facebook   

Worship Leader: Rebecca Phillips with members of the Green Sanctuary Committee

With so much environmental bad news, it is easy to focus on all that goes wrong. This Earth Week, join members of FUUSM's Green Sanctuary Committee as they share their own practices and other ways to build resilience and foster sustainability for humans and other living things.

Virtual Choir presentation: All Earth's Children

• Green Sanctuary Committee meeting, 12:30 p.m. on Zoom

Submissions for the May Confluence are due today.  Please send to Adeline Bailey –adesign at yahoo.com 

Looking Ahead 

Sunday, April 25 - Annual Congregational Meeting - 11:00 a.m. on Zoom          

Meeting agenda includes the annual budget (2021-22), election of leaders on the Committee on Ministries, 

Board of Trust Governors, and identifying delegates for the UUA General Assembly, and discussion of items that 

will be voted on there. Policy reviews and updates will be reported on  and presented to the congregation. 

Various other opportunities for service are also open and in need of volunteers.

Sun. April 25 (7:30pm) in the FUUSM Courtyard, following safety protocols (masks, social distancing) 

WEATHER PERMITTING.

• Proposed Open-Air Video Presentation of the documentary, Kiss the Ground, sponsored by the Green Sanctuary Committee, 7:30 p.m. 

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Current FUUSM Guidelines for Building Use  

*If attendee is not feeling well, they should not attend    

*All attendees sign in and provide information requested.

*Maintain 6 ft. distancing, “take turns” entering, exiting, & taking seats to allow spacing. 

  (Sanctuary capacity 25-50).

*Use facemasks that cover nose and mouth.  We have some available if you forget to bring your own. 

*Wash hands/use hand sanitizer upon entering building.

*No food or beverages in the building– you can’t eat/drink with a facemask on.

*One person in a bathroom at a time.

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FUUSM  Happenings

GREEN  Over the last several months, FUUSM's Green Sanctuary Committee and Marietta City government have been working together on plans to add sustainable features to designated public places along the Muskingum River. 

A planned solar charging bench, to be purchased through a project grant from DuPont's Clear into the Future program, is now mandated to be incorporated in the city's Harbor Renovation Project located near the Armory on the east side of the river.  On the west side of the Muskingum, Rebecca Phillips has steered development of a planned native plant pollinator habitat garden, also partially financed by the DuPont grant. Following the recommendations of Andrew Clovis and other master naturalists, the area has been covered with black plastic sheeting for most of the fall and winter to solarize the area to kill off invasive plants. Through wind and weather, GSC volunteers have kept the plastic in place, checking on any necessary repinning weekly. Before the sheeting was placed, a crew of volunteers rescued established plants that were favorites of the Harmar neighbors who have previously tended the city-owned property.  Once the plastic is lifted, a planting day is planned, probably in late April or early May.   - Green Sanctuary Committee

Let’s Go Fly a Kite!! For every family that flies a kite, the Ballantynes will donate $25 to FUUSM.   Flying has started and ends May 1st.  

The Cherish ALL Life Project   You’re invited to make a mini movie on your phone to investigate this years’ theme question:  How can we be mindful and authentic in cherishing all life?  I am asking members and friends to make a short movie, so we as viewers can experience the life of the one who creates the movie. Photos are welcome and will be in the final product but try a short movie.  Send your movie to me – Jane Tumas-Serna (jtumas.serna at gmail.com)

Commuity Events  

EMPTY BOWLS:  The foodbanks in Southeast Ohio report that 1 in 6 individuals, including 1 in 4 children struggle with hunger.  Food insecurity is the state of being without reliable access to enough affordable, nutritious food.  Although Marietta’s Empty Bowls luncheon was canceled in 2020, and a large spring luncheon in 2021 is not feasible, we are happy to announce that the Empty Bowls Committee is sponsoring a community-wide project to support our local food pantries For three weeks, April 9-30, 2021, there will be several ways to donate to this community project.  

ALL proceeds will be donated to support this community’s food pantries. 

1.      Send a check to the Marietta Community Foundation,  100 Putnam Street, Marietta Ohio  45750

Be sure to stipulate on the check that the funds are for EMPTY BOWLS.

2.      The Marietta Community Foundation has created a special link for you to donate directly through

      throughPayPal, debit card, or credit card.

                https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=AZL83FLZVWF46.

Volunteers are needed:  To volunteer, or if you have any questions contact – Virginia Mayle (740) 376-9921.

Marietta Earth Day 2021 Reimagined - Events Throughout April

Marietta Earth Day will look different this year. Instead of the usual gathering at Armory Square, there will be events and activities throughout the month of April. On Saturday, April 24th, the gathering at Armory Square from 10 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. will be reduced to a scattering of tables and pop-ups. Other activities will be spread out around town.  FUUSM's Green Sanctuary Committee members will be involved in various ways during Earth Week: on April 17th,Vic Elam and the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Williamstown will host an early morning bird walk, a marvelous mussels presentation at 11:00 a.m., and a kayak and canoe river clean-up, launching at 1:30 p.m. from the Williamstown boat ramp; Dawn Hewitt will lead a bird walk on the 24th, and Roger Kalter will head up a bike ride that day; also on the 24th in Armory Square George Banziger will host an information table for Citizens' Climate Lobby, Mike and Adeline Bailey will help with Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action's display, and Ginnie McNeil will share information about FACT Ohio projects and activities. Check out the Marietta Earth Day page on Facebook to learn about lots of other events and activities on the schedule.

Area COVID Vaccination Information   

Please recall our covenant to respect those who have different perspectives and may make different choices.

Memorial Health System is providing vaccinations on the weekends.

Marietta-Belpre Health Dept.    Call 1-866-395-1588 to make an appointment.                      

Washington County Health Dept.  (740) 374-2782   washingtongov.org  get appt. w/ calendly        

Buckeye Hills Regional Council (740) 374-9436   

West Virginia  If you are a WV resident in need of information or have questions, call (833) 734-0965. 

ALL West Virginia residents, of any age, can pre-register  www.vaccinate.wv.gov.

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