[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, Jan. 29, 2023

[First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta]

Please join us at 11 a.m. Sunday in person 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 26, 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.

Order of Service                                                            Sunday, January 29, 2023
30 Days of Love: A Work In Progress

Gathering time to play

Welcome Song         “Welcome Song”                                                      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

Prelude                      “Snowfall”                                                         Randall Kidder

Chalice Lighting from “One Love”                               the late Rev. Dr. Hope Johnson

Opening Hymn #113 “Where Is Our Holy Church?”     Edwin Henry Wilson, words;

                                                                            Genevan psalter, adapted by William Crotch, music.

Time for All Ages     “Embodiment”                                         Rayla Mattson

Sending Song  “Sound of Seven (8)” (tune: “Do Re Mi”)

1 Each person is important                 2 Be kind in all you do

3 We’re free to learn and grow           4 And search for what is true

5 All people need a vote                     6 Build a fair and peaceful world

7 We care for Earth our home            8 We build Beloved Community…

Kids can go downstairs for activities.       

Introduction of the Pledge Drive                        George Banziger & Dani Thrasher

Collection of Offering

Offertory        “With Heart and Mind”                            Johann Hermann Schein, music; 
Hymn #100 in Singing the Living Tradition;                                      Alicia S. Carpenter, words

Reflection      A Work In Progress                                         Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker 

Closing Hymn #212   “We Are Dancing Sarah’s Circle”        Carole A. Etzler, words;

                                                                                                                        African American spiritual

Closing Words         “One Love”                                             Rev. Dr. Hope Johnson

Living our answers

Learning to love our neighbors

Learning to love ourselves.

Apologizing and forgiving with humility

Being forgiven, through Grace.

Creating the Beloved Community—Together

We are ONE.

Postlude        Voluntary No. 6                                             Maurice Greene, composer

Facebook Live ends

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

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

Announcements     

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

Childcare is available during the service, with Owen Cejka and Lela Erb attending. 

We are grateful to our tech crew, Mike Bailey and Ralph Olander; childcare staff; our pianist, Randall Kidder; coffee hour volunteers Joan Coffey, Barbara Kidd, and Cathy Rees; and to today’s host, Adeline Bailey, and greeters, Martha Webster and Thad Shea, 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 Adeline or to Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker.

Announcements

Sunday, Jan. 29

  a.. 9:30 a.m., Today’s Issues discussion, RE building parlor.  
  b.. 9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
  c.. 11:00 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary (see above).
  d.. Coffee hour! Joan Coffey, Barbara Kidd, and Roger Kalter, servers.
Monday, Jan. 30

·       Choir practice, 6:30 p.m., sanctuary.



Wednesday, Feb. 1

·       Noon, Meditation via Zoom.

·       Worship & Music Committee, 5-7 p.m., RE building parlor, and/or Zoom.



Sunday, Feb. 5

·       9:30 a.m., New UU class, social hall.

·       9:30 a.m., Today’s Issues discussion, RE building parlor.

·       9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.

·       11:00 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary, World Interfaith Harmony Week.

·       Coffee hour! Volunteers: Darryl Ting, and Virginia and Bruce Henthorn.



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. 

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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