[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, All Ages Thanksiving, Nov. 20, 2022

Fri Nov 18 12:26:13 CST 2022

All Ages Thanksgiving Service

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, so 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 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                                            Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker

Acknowledging Native Lands

otsaliheliga  (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah)  Cherokee

            asante (aa-santi) and  shukuru  (shhh-ku-roo)  Swahili

Prelude  Two-Part Invention No.14 in B-flat Major            Johann Sebastian Bach; Randall Kidder, pianist

Chalice Lighting  “How it Might Continue”                      Rosemerry Whatola Trommer

Special Music, FUUSM Choir:  “At This Table”   Words and music by Jonas Myrin and Idena Menzel, directed by Martha Webster

New Member Welcome: Stephanie “Squish” Rector and Joey Thomas 

Affirmation (see slide)

Song  “What Can One Little Person Do?”                Words and music by Sally Rogers

Chorus

What can one little person do?

What can one little me or you do?

What can one little person do to help this world go round?

One can help another one

And together we can get the job done.

What can one little person do to help this world.

Meditation     “The Guest House”         Written by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks

Collection of Offering     “When Giving is All We Have”                  Alberto Rios

Offertory   “Thanksgiving”                                                     George Winston

Reflection      Grateful for Gathering Together            Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker

Video from COP27   Religious Leaders Share Concrete Steps for Climate Action 

      Rev. Susan Hendershot, President, Interfaith Power & Light 

Hymn #407   “We’re Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table”                   Traditional  

Spoken Announcements   

Postlude     “Let Us Break Bread Together”                                    Traditional  

(Facebook Live ends)

Benediction 

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

Recorded sending music 

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Childcare is available during the service.

After the service, please join us downstairs in the social hall for coffee & conversation.

We are grateful to our tech crew; childcare staff; coffee hour volunteers; and to today’s host, Nina Redd, and greeters, Betsy Kalter and Krissy Kearns, 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, Nina, or to Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

TODAY, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022

  a.. 9:30 a.m., Today’s Issues in the RE building parlor and on Zoom at at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8583258484?pwd=RFdJUGZOZkU4THArWFpnVkllZzh1dz0   
  b.. 9:30 a.m., choir practice in the Sanctuary.
  c.. Coffee hour! Barb Kidd, Mark Krivchenia, Kayla Campbell, and Nathan Crowley are today’s volunteers. 
  d.. 12:30 p.m., Green Sanctuary Committee, parlor.
  e.. 4 p.m., UUA Side with Love webinar, “Rethinking Thanksgiving: From Land Acknowledgement to LANDBACK. Register at bit.ly/rethinkingthanksgiving2022. From tar sands pipelines across Turtle Island to Arctic oil and gas drilling, Indigenous campaigns of resistance continue to lead the way in protecting future generations against the destruction of sacred lands and waterways.
  f.. 6 p.m., Candlelight Vigil for Transgender Day of Remembrance, FUUSM courtyard. FUUSM & Out MOV are sponsoring this memorial event.
Wednesday, Nov. 23, noon, meditation via Zoom.  

Thursday, Nov. 24, FUUSM Office closed.

Saturday, Nov. 26, 2 p.m. Celebration of Life ~ Gwen Noe. The Caring Committee is asking for assistance preparing a light lunch to serve after the service. If you can help, please contact the FUUSM office, or Caring Committee Chair Cathy Rees at (740) 336-0837 (text only), or email rrees501 at hotmail.com. 

Sunday, Nov. 27

  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: Welcome the Winter Holidays, with Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker
  d.. Coffee hour! Elaine Barr and Jonathan Brier could use one more helper. You?      
  e.. In Service of Season's Greetings, our all-ages holiday greeting card project will return to the original plan as designed by John Maddox: a "workshop" in the social hall after an abbreviated Sunday service, where young and old(er) can work together and share the fun of writing messages of love and holiday cheer on cards that will be distributed to residents in area nursing care facilities.
  f.. Holiday Decorating teams will be working inside and outdoors.
A note from FUUSM Board of Trustees: 

Those who are interested in making a holiday gift donation to the FUUSM staff, your donation must be turned in by December 18, the third Sunday in December, in order to allow time for the gifts to be distributed for Christmas. There are several ways to contribute: Write a check to FUUSM, including an obvious notation on the bottom of your check that states, “Staff Gifts,” or, use cash. Either way, place it in an envelope that is also marked “Staff Gifts,” and do one of the following: 1) Place in the offering plate on Sunday; 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, or, if the office isn’t staffed, put it in the mail cubby in the hallway for "Treasurer Ted Goertzel" or for "Steve Meyer, financial assistant." You may also mail a check to FUUSM, 232 Third St., Marietta, OH 45750, but please do not mail cash! For bookkeeping accountability and safety’s sake, checks are preferred. Thank you for your generosity! Attention to these gifting details is much appreciated!  

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. 

FREE Music CDs, donated by Maggie Meyer, are yours for the taking. Find two boxes on the pew in the social hall. 

First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta

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

232 Third St., Marietta, OH 45750 (740) 373-1238, fuusm at suddenlinkmail.com or fuusm.office at gmail.com. Regular office hours: Mon.,Tu., Th., Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

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. (To support healthy boundaries, on Tuesday and Thursday, please contact her only for matters of great need.)

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