[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, Sunday, January 15, 2023: We Walk the Road They Traveled

[First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta]

Order of Service, Sunday, January 15, 2023: We Walk the Road They Traveled

Please join us at 11 a.m. Sunday live in the sanctuary, via Facebook Live, 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 January 12, 2023, according to the CDC. 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.

We Walk the Road They Traveled

“This call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one’s tribe, race, class, and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and unconditional love for all mankind (humanity).”—Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,from Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence speech,1967



Gathering Music #149   “Lift Every Voice and Sing”  James Weldon Johnson, words; J. Rosamond Johnson, music

Welcome Song         “Welcome Song”                                               by 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

Prelude         Andante con moto                                          Randall Kidder, pianist,  

                    from Music for the Piano (Hymns, Prayers and Rituals) Volume 3, Second Series, No.30 

                    by Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann

Chalice Lighting 

*Hymn #147   “When All the Peoples on This Earth”                  words: anonymous; Betsy Jo Angebranndt, music

Time for All Ages     30 Days of Love 

Sending Song  #118           “This Little Light of Mine” (first verse only)      African American spiritual  
        Kids can go downstairs for activities.           

Collection of Offering

Offertory                    “Were You There?”                             African American spiritual

*Hymn  #169              “We Shall Overcome”                        African American spiritual

Reflection      We Walk the Road They Traveled               Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker
        joined by Tony Mayle, Associate Dean of Students and Director of Diversiy and Inclusion at Marietta College; 
        and by Marietta College students

Closing Hymn “Freedom is Coming”                 #1035 in Singing the Journey, South African, 20th Century

Closing Words

Postlude        “I Must Tell Jesus”                                                    Elisha A. Hoffman; Randall Kidder, pianist

Benediction              “Peace, Salaam, Shalom”                                                         Emma’s Revolution

Facebook Live ends

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

Spoken Announcements

Going Forth Music     Please join us downstairs in the social hall for coffee and conversation.



* Please stand in body or in spirit, as you are able.



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



We are grateful to our tech crew, Mike Bailey and Ralph Olander; childcare staff; 

coffee hour volunteers Karen Binkley, Joan Coffey, and Mike Lang; 

and to today’s host, Nina Redd, and greeter, Suzyn Mills, 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 our host Nina or to Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker.


Announcements

Today

  a.. 9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary 
  b.. 9:30 a.m., Today’s Issues discussion, RE building parlor and via Zoom 
  c.. Coffee hour! Karen Binkley, Joan Coffey, and Mike Lang will be serving! 
  d.. 12:30 p.m., Green Sanctuary Committee, RE building parlor and Zoom. 


Monday, January 16: FUUSM OFFICE CLOSED FOR MLK DAY

        Marietta College will observe “A Day On, Not a Day Off” opportunities. See flyer available in the foyer. 



Wednesday, January 18

·       Noon, Meditation via Zoom.

·       6:30 p.m. Men’s Group, FUUSM social hall; George Banziger hosting.



Friday, January 20: Deadline for February Confluence



Saturday, January 21 

·       1 p.m., Tai Chi reunion, FUUSM social hall

Sunday, January 22 Special events

·      11 a.m. All-ages processional to celebrate Lunar New Year

·       12:30 p.m. Book Discussion: Mistakes and Miracles: Congregations on the Road to Multiculturalism, by Nancy Palmer Jones and Karin Lin, social hall



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. Closed this Monday.

Rev. Hawbaker is generally in the office Mon., Wed., and Friday, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Appointments available by text or phone at (937) 470-4151, or via email to revkatgreen at gmail.com.


Dawn Hewitt
Office assistant
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta, Ohio
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