[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Family Candlelight Christmas Eve Order of Service

[First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta]

First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta (MOV) Family Candlelight Christmas Eve Service


Please join us at 7 p.m. Saturday, December 24 live in the sanctuary, on Facebook, or on Zoom, at https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09 Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499 Passcode: fuusm2323


COVID guidelines: Masks are optional--but friendly! Both Washington County, Ohio, and Wood County, West Virginia, were areas of medium COVID transmission as of December 23. We ask that you continue to sign in upon entering the sanctuary, and to notify the FUUSM Office if you test positive in the next few days so we can alert other attendees.



Gathering      “Just a Baby Boy”                                                  Steve Free

Welcome                                                         Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker

Processional  #253    “O Come All Ye Faithful”   John Francis Wade

Advent & Hanukah Lights

Chalice Lighting   “In Time of Shadows & Light”        Melissa Myers

Hymn #226    “People Look East”     Eleanor Farjeon, words; French carol

Choir       “Gather Round the Manger”        Martha Webster, director

                                                                     Heather Lynn Hanson

Reading         “Each Night a Child Is Born Is a Holy Night” 

                                                Poem by Sophia Lyon Fahs; read by Cindy Burton

Families are invited to present their children (bring them forward).

Solo                “What Child Is This?”                            Rev. Hawbaker

                                                            Words: William C. Dix; traditional English melody           

Reflection      Each and Every Child               Rev. Hawbaker

Offertory        “Coventry Carol”                         Dennis Deem, pianist

Reading         “The Work of Christmas”                     Howard Thurman

Choir              “Candlelight Canon”            Words and music: Andy Beck

Sharing the Light      “Silent Night”                     (See lyrics on flip side.)                

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



The Nursery is available downstairs, but unattended. Please stay with your kids.



Special thanks to guest pianist Dennis Deem; FUUSM Choir: Martha Webster, director; Suzyn Mills, Adeline Bailey, Karen Binkley, Nancy Luthy, Martha McGovern, Cynthia Ting, David Ballantyne, Dawn Hewitt, LeRoy McCarty, Stephanie Rector, and Darryl Ting; greeters Elaine Barr and Jonathan Brier; and our tech team, Mike Bailey and Ralph Olander. 



11 a.m. On Christmas Day in the Morning: Join the FUUSM Family for this special day of merry-making. Bring a dish to share and a song in your heart. Share a potluck brunch and sing-along in the FUUSM Social Hall.

Note: Neither the choir nor Today’s Issues will meet on Sunday, and there will be no service in the sanctuary—just a joyful potluck brunch!
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