[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, July 16, 2023: UU Humor!!

[Fuusm Office Assistant]

Please join us at 11 a.m. Sunday in person in the sanctuary, via Facebook Live, or on Zoom, at https://zoomus/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09 Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499 Passcode: fuusm2323
Please bring a snack to share for Coffee Hour. The cubpoards (and refrigerator) are nearly bare!
Order of Service   	                			 	         July 16, 2023
UU Humor
“What is the precious love and laughter budding in our hearts?  It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up!”--Hafiz, a Persian poet from 14th century

Welcome Song  “Enter, Rejoice and Come In”
       #361 in Singing the Living Tradition 
1. Enter, rejoice, and come in. Enter, rejoice, and come in.
       (refrain:)  Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in.
2. Open your ears to the song. Open your ears to the song.
3. Open your hearts ev’ryone. Open your hearts ev’ryone.
Welcome  				       	  Martha McGovern, worship leader
Prelude   Episodes Ten Pieces for Piano, Op.12, No.9,  “Humorous Scherzo”
 	(for four bassoons)     	       Serge Prokofieff;    Randall Kidder, pianist
Chalice Lighting 		    words of Larry P. Aitken, a member of the Chippewa Nation 
Opening Hymn #30      “Over My Head”  		    in Singing the Living Tradition 
     Third, fourth, and fifth verses only:   3) I hear trouble…
     4)  I hear gladness…   5) I hear laughter…
Time for All Ages	“The Price of Steam”        by Shahrukh Husain and Micha Archer
       From The Wise Fool: Fables from the Islamic World
Sending Song  	“Go Now in Peace”
	Go now in peace. Go now in peace. 
     May the spirit of Love surround you
	Everywhere, everywhere, you may go.
Reading 	 A composite of proposed amendments to a well-known prayer
Collection of Offerings	
Offertory 	“Razzazza Mazzazza”				       Arthur Pryor
Reflection	You Might be a UU If….           Karen Binkley, George Banziger, Martha McGovern
Closing Hymn  “Coffee, Coffee, We Adore Thee”  The Church Curmudgeon, words, in parody of Friedrich Schiller’s poem, set to Beethoven’s “Hymn to Joy”
Coffee, coffee, we adore thee. Pour us up a mug thereof.
Eyelids rise like blinds before thee, waking to the sun above.
Melting clouds of mental drabness, driving dark of night away, 
Bev’rage of our morning gladness, fill us with the light of day!
Closing Words				    Thoughts of The Reverend Susan Sparks
Postlude ”Mess Around”   						    Ahmet Ertugen
Announcements		
     (Facebook Live ends)
Joys and Sorrows   (Zoom participants are invited to share, too.)
Extinguishing the Chalice
 
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     Welcome! We’re glad you’re here!
➢ Owen Cejka and Lela Erb will provide childcare during the service. 
➢ We are grateful to our pianist, Randall Kidder; to our tech crew, 
Mike Bailey and Ralph Olander; to our Coffee Hour volunteers; 
to today’s host, Nina Redd, and greeters, Lori Fahn and Judy Segall;
to our childcare staff; to our worship leader, Martha McGovern; and to our three doctors of stand-up comedy, Karen Binkley, George Banziger, and Martha McGovern. 
➢ If you would like to learn more about membership or participation in FUUSM congregational life, please speak to today’s host, Nina Redd.
Announcements
Sunday, July 16
* 11 a.m., Sunday service (see above). 
* Coffee Hour! Please join us downstairs in the social hall. 
Lori Fahn, Stephanie Rector, and Nancy Luthy will be serving. 
* 12:30-ish, Green Sanctuary Committee, RE parlor.
* 6:30 p.m., Tai Chi class, social hall.
Tuesday, July 18
* 3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout troop meets in social hall.
 
Wednesday, July 19
* Noon, meditation via Zoom.
* 6 p.m., Men’s Group potluck; Gil Moore will host; social hall.
 
Thursday, July 20: August Confluence content due
* 2:15 p.m. Private group (bowed psaltery players welcome!), hosted by Dawn Hewitt; RE parlor.
* 4:30 p.m., Tai chi, social hall.
* 7 p.m., MOVCA event: environmental scientist Dr. Randi Pokladnik will discuss plastics; free, and the public is welcome! Social hall. 
 
Saturday, July 22
* 3 p.m., African drumming, courtyard or social hall.
 
Sunday, July 23
* 11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary; Quaker Meeting, RE parlor.
* 6:30 p.m., Tai Chi class, 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. 
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



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