[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, Dec. 11, 2022

Fri Dec 9 11:28:45 CST 2022

Please join us this evening at 6 p.m. for the Marietta Tour of Lights—FUUSM is on the tour! We will wave to cars as they pass by, and afterward enjoy a campfire and marshmallows in the courtyard. 

On the third Sunday of Advent, the topic will: Love the Earth. Please bring stuffed animals to loan for our display!

Please join us live in the sanctuary at 11 a.m., on Facebook, or on Zoom, at https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09 Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499 Passcode: fuusm2323

COVID guidelines: Both Washington County, OH, & Wood County, WV, are areas of medium COVID transmission; masks are optional. We ask that you continue to sign in on Sunday mornings, and notify the FUUSM Office if you test positive in the next few days, so we can alert other attendees.

Order of Service

Welcome         Maggie Meyer, worship associate

Acknowledging Native Lands      Rev. Kathryn E. Hawbaker

Prelude         “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”    Randall Kidder, pianist; words: 9th century Latin; music adapted by Thomas Helmore

Chalice Lighting   

Opening Hymn  #239  “Go Tell It On the Mountain”        African-American spiritual 

Unison          Love is the spirit of this Beloved Community and service is its prayer.

                     This is our great covenant:

                     To dwell together in peace, 

                     To seek the truth in love,

                     And to help one another.        Adapted from James Vila Blake 

Children come forward for...

Time for All Ages     Thanks to the Animals     by Passamaquoddy (Maine) storyteller Allen Sockabasin; illustrations by Rebekah Raye

Offertory       “I Seek the Spirit of a Child”       Words: Carl G. Seabury; traditional English melody 

Mountain Meditation     Buddha image by Ron Tepley

Reflection      Love the Earth, and All Creatures Great & Small    Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker

Closing Hymn  #229 “Gather ’Round the Manger” (Sing Allelu)    Words and music: Heather Lynn Hanson

Spoken Announcements

Postlude        “All Creatures of the Earth and Sky”   words attributed to St. Francis of Assisi; music from Ausserlesene Catholische Kirchengesang

Facebook Live ends

Wheel of Life ~ Joys & Sorrows (Zoom participants are invited to share, too.)

Recorded music      “Blue Boat Home”    Words: Peter Mayer; music: Rowland Prichard

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Childcare is available during the service, with Nancy Luthy and Karen Binkley.

We are grateful to our tech crew; childcare staff; coffee hour volunteers; and to today’s host, Betsy Kalter, and greeter, Beth Lepore, for their support of our Sunday services. If you would like to learn more about membership or participation in FUUSM congregational life, please speak to today’s host, Betsy, or to Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Today: International Mountain Day (United Nations)

·     9:30 a.m., Today’s Issues in the RE building parlor and on Zoom, at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8583258484?pwd=RFdJUGZOZkU4THArWFpnVkllZzh1dz0    .

·     9:30 a.m., choir practice in the Sanctuary.

·     11 a.m. Sunday service

·     Coffee Hour! Anita Newhart and Judy Segal could use a helper. You?

Monday, December 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Day (Mexico)

·      5:55 p.m. FUUSM Board of Trustees meeting, Nancy Luthy’s home.

Wednesday, December 14:  Geminids Meteor shower peak

·      6 p.m. Women’s Group, The Fields, in Williamstown (see below).

Friday, December 16

·      9:30 a.m. Membership Committee, RE building parlor.

Saturday, December 17: Saturnalia (through Dec. 23)  

Sunday, Dec. 18: Hanukkah begins at sundown (through Dec. 26)

  a.. 9:30 a.m., Today’s Issues in the RE building parlor and on Zoom. 
  b.. 9:30 a.m., choir practice in the Sanctuary. 
  c.. 11 a.m., Sunday Service: When the Secular and Sacred Intertwine; Fourth Sunday of Advent: Peace. 
  d.. Coffee hour, Tom Cunningham, Betsy Kalter, and Annie Warmke will be at your service! 
  e.. 12:30 p.m., Green Sanctuary Committee meeting, RE parlor.
The Caring Committee needs volunteers to deliver holiday mugs (“Christmas cups”) to local shut-ins. If you can help, talk to Cathy Rees during Coffee Hour. 

FUUSM is collecting donations for the Humane Society throughout December in the social hall. Also, bring stuffed animals to loan for our display. 

A note from FUUSM Board of Trustees: 

Holiday gift donations to the FUUSM staff must be turned in by December 18 in order to allow time for the gifts to be distributed for Christmas. To contribute, write a check to FUUSM, including a note on the memo line: “Staff Gifts,” or, use cash. (For bookkeeping accountability and safety’s sake, checks are preferred.) Place it in an envelope that is also marked “Staff Gifts,” and 1) Place in the offering plate; 2) Place in a box/can marked “Staff Gifts” in the back of the sanctuary or downstairs in the social hall; or 3) Drop it off at the FUUSM office. You may also mail a check to FUUSM, 232 Third St., Marietta, OH 45750, but please do not mail cash! Thank you for your generosity and attention to these details! 

Warming House Volunteers Needed
Thank you to everyone who has contributed a meal for the Warming House so far this fall. I am looking for more volunteers for January and February. Thursdays are our days to provide meals for 10 to 12 people. Meals can be dropped off between 11:30 and noon at the Community Resource Center, which is right beside the flag store on Front Street. If you can help with this project please get in touch with me. Beth Lepore, shimplepore at suddenlink.net, (740) 525 1423. 

FUUSM representatives are needed to serve on the Empty Bowls planning committee. If this is your calling, please contact Virginia Mayle at (740) 376-9921. 

Please read additional announcements in the weekly update, emailed to fuusm-l every Monday afternoon.

FUUSM office hours: Mon.,Tu., Th., Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (740) 373-1238, fuusm at suddenlinkmail.com or fuusm.office at gmail.com.

Rev. Hawbaker is available by appointment (937) 470-4151 and generally in the office 11 a.m.– 2 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Tuesday is her day off and Thursday is devoted to study/sermon preparation.
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