[Fuusm-l] weekly update 083021

[Chris at FUUSM]

We would like to say “Thank you!” to FUUSM member Sandra Bush for sharing her poetry and reflection Sunday on ways our own lives are like the seasons in nature and how, from nature, we can learn ways to cope and enjoy life more completely.  She included a number of her poems in the reflection and she plans to have copies of her recent book, Seasons of Twigs and Feathers, available at the church. All proceeds from any sales will go to the church.



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

Tues. Aug. 31    Office Closed

Wed. Sept. 1 (12-1pm) Midweek Meditation Zoom Meeting with Ted Goertzel.  All are Welcome!  

The Zoom link through August will be:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88687260670?pwd=dFVmV0JDOFhoUnZoOWphM29tZUJndz09

Meeting ID: 886 8726 0670      Passcode: FUUSM

Wed. Sept. 1    Worship & Music Committee (5pm) Zoom

Fri. Sept. 3 Fellowship Hall – Carpet cleaning    - We need volunteers to come in before Friday to move furniture out of the Nursery and to clear the FH area.   Please contact the office if you can help. 



Summer 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 (929)205-6099 (NY)

(301) 715-8592 (PA)  Same Meeting ID (as above): 948 2218 3499  Different Passcode: 72050

Sun. Sept.5  Regular Sunday Schedule:

(9:30am)  The Today's Issues group meets in the Parlor    

(10:30am-12:30)   Nursery Open – Deborah Lauer, Attendant

 (10:30) Time of Gathering & Greeting on Zoom and in the Sanctuary,     Greeter:  Haley Shukla

(11am) Service begins.    Please allow extra time for sign-in and other safety protocols.

Worship Leader: Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker       



Use a FUUSM Building Entry Log (in a bright red folder) in the Office, Sanctuary and Fellowship Hall. 

Please sign in and out each time you enter any of the buildings.   Thank you.  



Sunday Sept. 5  (Labor Day)  Attunement for Atonement   -Lawrence Rashad Greene, Guest



An Afro Indigenous paradigm shift for healing colonial trauma.  Bring a drum for this event.

            African drumming was made illegal in the colonies before the US became a country.  This broke the #1 spiritual link that the enslaved had with their African motherland.  This spiritual damage is echoed in the Shamanic and New Age communities that have very little representation from African American people and don’t use Afro-centric rhythms for healing or ritual even if African drums may be used.  

*This attunement opens us up to see ourselves as one of the cultures of turtle island and not just people from other lands.  This attunement will also help us reach across the veil to the Moundbuilders and the sacred knowledge of healing plants.  

Lawrence Rashad Greene is a student of Afro Indigenous traditions and natural mysticism of the Eastern forest.  

He offers cultural outreach in S. Ohio and WV. as founder of U.G.A.T.A. -under ground African themed arts. 

A pan African educational group based in the Ohio River Valley.  Their focus is education, entertainment and the environment. The name Ugata comes from an indigenous word for seeds.

*We are the seed generation of African arts in this region.  The African historical basis is from the days of the Underground Railroad and the Abolitionist movements.  Africans enslaved in the south knew to cross the Ohio River into this promise land of freedom.”



LRG is also cofounder of Rising Appalachian Warriors, an outdoor education camp for children, and was lead naturalist at The Wilds and Highlands Nature Sanctuary.

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LOOKING AHEAD

Tues. eve. Sept. 7, 2021  Rosh Hashanah  Jewish High Holy Day - 



Sept.12 (11am) "Water Ceremony: Ingathering Service"  Worship Leader: Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker

Worship Associate: To be announced   Greeter: Haley Shukla

The Water Ceremony has a history as a ritual that acknowledges different images of the divine and the ways we gather as a spiritual community. 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.



The Fall 2021 plant sale will be held on Saturday, September 18, from 10-2. If your plants have reproduced a bit over-enthusiastically from the recent rain, this will be your chance to help the babies find new homes.
Please bring your plant donations to the church courtyard by the evening of Thursday, September 16, as we will be pricing them on Friday.
And a reminder: volunteers for the plant sale committee are always welcome. Please let us know if you can help on the 17th or 18th. 

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You are welcome at FUUSM!  Please use a Building Entry Log (bright red folder) in the Office, Sanctuary and Fellowship Hall. Please sign in and out each time you enter any of the buildings.   Thank you.    

*This assists with attendance data and contact notice- if it becomes necessary.



Check the Weekly Update via the FUUSM-L email list for hybrid meetings (Zoom & in-person) and other events on the calendar. 



Please check the FUUSM website www.fuusm.org and use email or phone to contact Chris Keller  in the Office  fuusm at suddenlinkmail.com   (740) 373-1238; or Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker (937) 470-4151. 

Rev. Hawbaker is available by appointment, but not on Tuesdays (Day Off) or Thursdays, (Sermon prep.& study). 






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