[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service for August 28, 2022

Fri Aug 26 12:35:55 CDT 2022

First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta

Our Mission: to nurture a diverse community, devoted to spiritual growth and freedom of thought for the benefit of all.

Note: Both Washington County, Ohio, and Wood County, West Virginia, were areas of high COVID transmission as of August 25, according to the CDC. During such times, “We wear masks,” according to the FUUSM Board of Trustees. 

Please join us LIVE for our service at 11 a.m. Sunday, August 14, 2022, at 232 Third St., Marietta, Ohio, Facebook (facebook.com/FUUSM), or via Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09
Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499               Passcode: fuusm2323

Order of Service

Sunday, August 28, 2022

Art: An Instrument for Building Community

Gathering Music:  Improvisational “sound bath,” Randall Kidder, tank drum; Dawn Hewitt, rain stick.

Welcome Song:  Whoever You Are, We Welcome You, Hal Walker, words and music. 

Whoever you are, we welcome you.

Wherever you come from, we welcome you.

Whomever you love, we welcome you.

Welcome:   Dawn Hewitt, worship leader.

Acknowledging Native Lands

Prelude:  Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:35 (1780), Movement I, Allegro con brio. Franz Joseph Haydn, composer; Randall Kidder, pianist.

Chalice Lighting:  #447 in Singing the Living Tradition, by Albert Schweitzer.   

Hymn #326:    Let All the Beauty We Have Known. Dana McLean Greely, words; English melody.

Responsive Reading #568:   Connections Are Made Slowly, by Marge Piercy.

Time for All Ages: The Tin Forest. Helen Ward, author; Wayne Anderson, illustrator; Geoff Schenkel, reader.

Sending Song: Go Now in Peace, Natalie Sleeth, words and music.

    Go now in peace, go now in peace. 

    May the spirit of love surround you 

    Everywhere, everywhere you may go.

Offertory: Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:35, Movement 2, Adagio. Franz Joseph Haydn, composer; Randall Kidder, pianist.

Collection of Offering

Reflection: Art: An Instrument for Building Community, Geoff Schenkel.

Announcements                  

Benediction: #697 in Singing the Living Tradition, “What Are People For?” (excerpt). Wendell Berry, poet.

Postlude    Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:35,Movement 3, Allegro. Franz Joseph Haydn, composer; Randall Kidder, pianist.

Farewell to our Facebook Friends! 

Joys and Sorrows

Sending Song:  People Have the Power. Patti Smith and Fred Smith, songwriters; Patti Smith and Choir! Choir! Choir!, performers.

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Please join us for coffee hour in the social hall after the service!

 ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sunday, August 28

  a.. 9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
  b.. 9:30 a.m., Today’s Issues discussion, RE building parlor. 
  c.. 9:30 a.m., Buildings and Grounds committee meeting, social hall.
  d.. 11 a.m., Service (see above)
  e.. 1–3 p.m., FUUSM social hall: First Daughter and the Black Snake, free screening. Winona LaDuke believes Big Oil is the black snake predicted in Indigenous prophecy to bring earth’s destruction. When proposed new oil pipelines threaten sacred wild rice lakes, LaDuke dreams of organizing a spiritual ride, riding her horse against the current of oil, “because a horse can kill a snake.” Please join the Green Sanctuary Committee’s Honoring Indigenous People team for this documentary film as we continue to learn about the courageous Indigenous People who are Water and Land Protectors. 
Wednesday, Aug. 31, noon, Meditation via Zoom.

Sunday, Sept. 4

·        9:30 a.m., social hall: Today’s Issues

·        9:30 a.m., sanctuary: Choir practice

·        11 a.m. UU Worship Service in the FUUSM sanctuary

Note: Rev. Kat is on vacation through Sept. 1. During this time, please contact the FUUSM office, a member of the Board of Trustees, or the Committee on Ministries for assistance, as appropriate. 

FUUSM office hours: 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. 

Dawn Hewitt
Office assistant, fuusm at suddenlinkmail.com, (740) 373-1238
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta, Ohio
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