[Fuusm-l] Order of Service for Jan. 2 2022 Fire Communion

Sat Jan 1 13:56:57 CST 2022

FUUSM Sunday Services    January 2, 2022	Fire Communion 
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09
Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499		Passcode: fuusm2323

You are welcome in the sanctuary.  Thank-you for wearing a mask 
and social distancing by sitting in pews with cushions.
The sign-in sheets assist with contract tracing if needed.

Zoom participants are invited to follow along with paper to burn,
or just a candle of intention and hope.  In the time of renewal 
those on Zoom are invited to share their spoken words first.

ORDER OF SERVICE
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta (MOV)  
232 Third St.  Marietta, OH. 45750		(740) 373-1238	
website:  www.fuusm.org	 email: fuusm at suddenlinkmail.com

Opening/Welcome					Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker
Acknowledging Native Lands

Prelude	With Strength and Fire  Op. 7 No. 3  - Felix Mendelssohn
								Randall Kidder, Pianist

Chalice Lighting		Rise Up O Flame
Singing the Living Tradition  #362  Words: Anonymous,  Music:  Christoph Praetorius,  Tune:  Chalice

Opening Poem		Burning the Old Year	by Naomi Shihab Nye

Reflection	Welcome new opportunities to grow emotionally, mentally and spiritually.	
[ write a word/ idea of something you are letting go of-on a slip of paper & fold it length-wise.]

Musical Interlude		Burning Sky  -Krys Mach

Release  I release things from the past year that have caused negative attachment.
[ As you are comfortable, take turns moving back down the Putnam St. aisle,
stop at the front doorway to burn your paper in release, return up the courtyard aisle. ] 
[ In Part 2- Renewal you may light a candle at the front table with your commitment. ]

Offering 
[ Mourning losses of this year.  Type names in the chat, light a candle in their honor. ]  George Lisk, Peter Polites, Jim Rapp, Ron Tepley, Josh Frum… Rev. John Cummins,
Betty White, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Harry Reid, Colin Powell, John Prine… and countless others.

Offertory		Give Light	-Hal Walker

Renewal  I prepare and welcome new changes, new lessons, and new adventures.
Spoken Words from the congregation and additional lighting of candles.  
 Zoom participants, 2)  those in the Sanctuary.

Sharing of Joys & Sorrows  (Facebook live stream ends)
Announcements  (see below)

Postlude		The Fire of Commitment  -Jason Shelton
Auld Lang Syne  -Robert Burns, (1788)  Scottish folk song	Randall Kidder, Pianist

Announcements
TODAY  Committee on Ministries meets @ 12:15 in the Parlor
{Ron Rees, Nina Redd, John Kidd & Haley Shukla}.

Undecorating from the holidays will commence after the service today.  
Many hands are needed to help with this transformation and storage.

The Today's Issues group meets at 9:30 on Sunday Mornings in the parlor of the RE/Office building next to the church.  All participants are triple-vaccinated. 
We are now hybrid, to join us on Omicron free Zoom go to:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8583258484?pwd=RFdJUGZOZkU4THArWFpnVkllZzh1dz09

Confluence Calendar for FUUSM Events   Click here for the latest updated version. 
Mon. Jan. 3, 2022   Caring Committee   (2pm)  Zoom & Parlor
Coffee Klatch (4pm) Parlor
Wed. Jan. 5   Meditation (12-1pm) on Zoom. https://zoom.us/j/9062049940?pwd=TEtGeE90WCtJeHB0UmJsRElhTEJVdz09
Worship & Music Committee Meeting on Zoom (5-7pm)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81783724553?pwd=cDlEbTQzUGVaZ3NXVUtKdWJYYzNTdz09
 Meeting ID: 817 8372 4553		Passcode: worship

Thurs. Jan. 6  Warming House Luncheon (12:30-) next to First Congregational Church
Beth Lepore @ shimplepore at suddenlink.net. 

Friday  Jan. 7, 2022  (7pm)  Livestream Benefit Concert for Hal Walker
Register @ ALoveSongForHal.com

2nd Sat. Jan. 8  African Drumming Class w Lawrence Greene (3-5pm) w/ masks. 
In the Social Hall with a suggested donation ($15-20).  Drums available for use.

Sun. Jan. 9 (11am)  Sunday Service    Eyes to See and Ears to Hear
FUUSM Sunday Service Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09
Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499		Passcode: fuusm2323
We will be exploring distinctions between sight and vision, listening and hearing as it relates to our communication and conflict resolution practices.

(9:30-10:30 am) Today's Issues in person in the Parlor. Contact Ted Goertzel for info. Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8583258484?pwd=RFdJUGZOZkU4THArWFpnVkllZzh1dz09 
(9:30-10:30 am) Choir Rehearsal in the Sanctuary with Martha Webster.
(10:50-12:30pm)  Society of Friends (Quakers)  group in the Parlor.

Mon. Jan. 10, 2022  (6:30pm)  Board of Trustees meets in the Parlor.

READINGS & RESOURCES
The poem “Burning the Old Year” by Naomi Shihab Nye is symbolic of cleaning out the old, seemly inconsequential things at the end of the year and realizing what is left for the New Year. She writes of bits of paper, lists, and notes that disintegrate into the air as they burn in the fire.  This symbolizes the dispensable minutia of life.

Burning the Old Year
by Naomi Shihab Nye

Letters swallow themselves in seconds.   
Notes friends tied to the doorknob,   
transparent scarlet paper,
sizzle like moth wings,
marry the air.

So much of any year is flammable,   
lists of vegetables, partial poems.   
Orange swirling flame of days,   
so little is a stone.

Where there was something and suddenly isn’t,   
an absence shouts, celebrates, leaves a space.   
I begin again with the smallest numbers.

Quick dance, shuffle of losses and leaves,   
only the things I didn’t do   
crackle after the blazing dies.
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