[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, Sunday, December 18, 2022

Fri Dec 16 12:25:32 CST 2022

On the fourth Sunday of Advent and as Hanukkah begins at sunset,  the topic will be Peace. 

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, Ohio, and Wood County, West Virginia, were areas of medium COVID transmission as of December 15. Masks are optional, but we are mindful of reducing risks for others. We ask that you continue to sign in on Sunday mornings, and to notify the FUUSM Office if you test positive in the next few days so we can alert other attendees.

Order of Service

Welcome Song  “Whoever You Are, We Welcome You”   Words and music: Hal Walker  

               Whoever you are, we welcome you. 

Wherever you come from, we welcome you.

Whomever you love, we welcome you.

Welcome                                                                         Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker

Acknowledging Native Lands                                          

Special Music   “Dark of Winter”     FUUSM choir, Martha Webster, director; words and music: Shelly Jackson Denham.

Chalice, Advent Wreath, and Menorah Lighting                                   

FUUSM Affirmation      (See screens or inside front cover of hymnal.)

Time for All Ages     Musical Meditation

Offertory                     “Light One Candle”        Randall Kidder, pianist; Peter Yarrow, songwriter.      

Reflection      A Path of Peace: When the Sacred and Secular Intertwine     Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker

Hymn #399    “Vine and Fig Tree”          Words: Micah 4:3–4; music: traditional Hebrew.

Facebook Live ends

Joys and Sorrows                      (Zoom participants are invited to share, too.)

Benediction     “Peace, Salaam, Shalom”         emma’s revolution.

Spoken announcements  

Recorded exit music:   “Deep in the Dark”                  Anna Ophidia Alekner, songwriter

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Childcare is available during the service, with Deborah Lauer and Owen Cejka. 

After the service, please join us downstairs in the social hall for coffee and conversation!

We are grateful to our tech crew; childcare staff; coffee hour volunteers; and to today’s host, Nina Redd, and greeter, Shari Ballantyne, 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 Nina Redd or Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

A note from FUUSM Board of Trustees: 

Today is the last day to make holiday gift donations to the FUUSM for distribution before Christmas. Write a check to FUUSM and write “Staff Gifts”  on the memo line; or, use cash. Either way, put it in an envelope also marked “Staff Gifts,” and place in in the offering today, or drop it in the box marked “Staff Gifts” in the social hall. For bookkeeping accountability and safety’s sake, checks are preferred. Thank you for your generosity! Attention to these gifting details is much appreciated!  

The Winter Solstice Spiral planned for Tuesday, Dec. 20, at FUUSM has been canceled. However, The Castle will host its annual Solstice Sunset Observance at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, at Sacra Via Park. Free, but donations are encouraged.

Today

  a.. 9:30 a.m. Choir practice, sanctuary
  b.. 9:30 a.m. Today’s Issues, RE parlor and via Zoom, at   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8583258484?pwd=RFdJUGZOZkU4THArWFpnVkllZzh1dz0    
  c.. Today: Coffee hour! Volunteers: Tom Cunningham will need helpers!
  d.. 12:30 Green Sanctuary Committee meeting, RE parlor and Zoom.
Tuesday, December 20: Confluence deadline.

Wednesday, December 21

  a..  noon, meditation via Zoom.
  b.. 6:30 p.m., Men’s Group in the FUUSM social hall, hosted by Tom Cunningham and Darryl Ting. 
Friday, December 24

·       7 p.m., Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, sanctuary.

Sunday, December 25

·       Today’s Issues and choir practice are canceled.

·       11 a.m., Potluck Christmas brunch. Bring a dish to share. Volunteers are needed for clean-up afterward.

·       Coffee hour volunteers: Elaine Barr, Jonathan Brier, and Steph Rector.

Please consider volunteering for Coffee Hour in 2023. Sign-up is forthcoming.

Animals of the Earth: We are collecting cat and dog food and supplies for the Humane Society throughout December in the social hall. Also, bring stuffed animals to loan for our display.  

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 will be away December 19–23, but is available by text or phone at (937) 470-4151, or via email to revkatgreen at gmail.com, and also via Zoom. 

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