[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, 7 p.m. Sunday, December 24: Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Fri Dec 22 12:48:32 CST 2023

Note: At 11 a.m. Sunday, there will be no service in the sanctuary.
Rather, *please
join us in the social hall for a Christmas Eve potluck brunch, followed by
caroling! * Also note:* Coffee crew *and *clean-up help* are needed!

Then: Please join us for the *Family Candlelight Christmas Eve Service* at *7
p.m. Sunday* in person in the sanctuary, or join us via Facebook Live, or
on Zoom, at
https://zoomus/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09
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ID: 948 2218 3499 Passcode: fuusm2323.

Because Covid is resurging locally, we encourage all in-person attendees to
wear masks  at both the brunch (when not eating) and at the candlelight
service.

Family Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Recorded Gathering Music      “Winter Night”    Shelley J. Denham

*W**elcome Song *  *“*O Come, All Ye Faithful”    words & music: John
Francis Wade

*#253 *In *Singing The Living Tradition*

*W**elcome*   Martha McGovern, worship leader

*Acknowledging Native Lands*

*Honoring Indigenous People* *Circle of Life*

*Chalice Lighting *   *#448*           Christine Robinson

We gather this hour as people of faith, with joys and sorrows, gifts and
needs.

We light this beacon of hope, sign of our quest for truth and meaning,

in celebration of the life we share together.

*Advent** W**reath Lighting  *

*FUUSM **Choir**    “*Season of Light”    Jacob Narverud; Martha Webster, d
irector

*Stories of Old*

*Responsive Reading  *

  *Leader:  *Come sit by the fire and share stories of old,

bright visions of time and of wonders we’re told.

Surrounded by comfort and stillness of night,

*Congregation: We live in the memories of the season of light.     *

                                        Lyrics to “Season of Light,” by
Jacob Narverud

*Bible Reading *Composite includes Luke 2:1–20 and  Matthew 2:1–11  (New
Testament)

*Story*   “Humphrey’s First Christmas”        by Carol Heyer, read by Ann
Marie Paden

*Readings*  *#616*     “For So the Children Come”           Sophia Lyon Fahs

           “A Baby Was Born”   Gwen Matthews

*Collection of Offerings*

*Offertory*   *“*Galliardo”      Peter Philips

         *“*Greensleeves”        Traditional English Folk Song

“Greensleeves” is a musical composition with its roots in Tudor England.
The original composition of this song was 18 verses long and appeared in a
Medieval book, *A Handful of Pleasant Delights,* in 1584, in the form of *A
New Courtly Sonnet of the Lady Green Sleeves. *The lyrics of the carol
"What Child Is This" were written by the British writer & composer William
C. Dix in 1865.  He set the words to the tune of "Greensleeves" in 1871.

*Oneness** of Nature *

*Responsive Reading  *

*Leader: *Come join in the cheer of the fresh falling snow,

where wonder and radiance set hearts all aglow.

For a moment on Earth all that’s wrong turns to right

*Congregation:  And we*’*re warm in the spirit of the season of light.    *

Lyrics to “Season of Light,” by Jacob Narverud

*Poem* “First Snow”        Mary Oliver

*Centering Music * “Nightbook”                Ludovico Einaudi

*Po**em * *“*White-Eyes”         Mary Oliver   ❄ ❄      ❄

*Candlelight Ceremony   * *  “I share my light with you”*

*  Give light* and people will find a way (3x)

     People will find a way I do believe.

words by Ella Baker;  music by Terry Leonino

In the ceremony, two light-carriers will orchestrate the lighting of the
candles by moving pew by pew from front to back. Please wait until they
come to your pew and model the sharing of the light by saying, *"I share my
light with you.”  *

*Congregational Carol*  *#251*   “Silent Night”  verses 1–3     words:
Joseph Mohr

  in *Singing The Living Tradition*            music: Franz Xavier Gruber

*Closing Words*  *“*American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal”  Neil
King Jr.

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

*Extinguishing the Chalice and Candles*

*Recessional Hymn* *“*Joy to the World”         words: Isaac Watts

*#245* in *Singing The Living Tradition *            music: *Methodist
Collection of Tunes*

 Happy Holidays
NOTE: The FUUSM office will be closed Monday, December 25. Look for the
Weekly Update in your email on Tuesday, December 26.
-- 
Dawn Hewitt
Office assistant
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta
232 Third St.
Marietta, OH 45750
(740)373-1238
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m.--2 p.m.

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