[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service for Sunday, Sept. 10: Water Ceremony≋≋≋≋

Fri Sep 8 10:48:54 CDT 2023

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
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Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499 Passcode: fuusm2323.

All Ages Ingathering Water Ceremony

Choir recording “Peace Like Welcome Rain”  Mark Patterson

Rainstick Meditation  (recorded and live)

Welcome Song #1007   “There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul”      Rose Sanders

in Singing the Journey

Welcome              Rebecca Phillips, worship associate

Acknowledging Native Lands

Prelude   “Deep River”                   African American spiritual

          Randall Kidder, pianist

Chalice Lighting    Board Covenant                  FUUSM Board of Trustees

*Please rise in body or spirit. *F.U.U.S.M. Affirmation

*Opening Hymn #100   “I’ve Got Peace Like a River”     Marvin Frey

in Singing the Living Tradition

1) Peace like a river;    2) Joy like a fountain;

3) Tears like the raindrops;  4) Love like an ocean

Time for All Ages This Very Tree           Sean Rubin, author and
illustrator

Special Music “As I Went Down in the River to Pray”      Traditional

      sung by Laura DeLancy and Gerry Spiegler

Collection of Offerings

Offertory “Far Rolling Voices                           music by I-to Loh

#24 in Singing the Living Tradition

Sharing the Waters    Please bring your water forward, moving up the left
aisle.

*Closing Hymn #1064  “Blue Boat Home”        words: Peter Mayer

in Singing the Journey                     music: Roland H. Pritchard

Benediction

Postlude    “Rain On the Pond”                 Wayne Gratz

Announcements

(Facebook Live ends)

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

Extinguishing the Chalice

*Recessional #1074  “Turn the World Around”        Harry Belafonte & R.
Freedman

in Singing the Journey

  We come from the water, living in the water,

   go back to the water, turn the world around.

         (Chorus)  Whoa, so is life -abatee wha…. So is life!

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   Thanks to Lela Erb and Deborah Lauer for childcare during the service.
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   Andrew Clovis, Jenna Young, Teresa Asselin-Hayes and
   Jane Tumas Serna (Design & Decorating Team) created the altar design and
   back table. Thank you!
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   We are grateful to our pianist, Randall Kidder; to singers
   Laura DeLancy and Gerry Speigler; to our tech crew, Mike Bailey
   and Ralph Olander; to our Coffee Hour volunteers; to today’s host,
   Dawn Hewitt, and greeters, Stephanie Rector and Joey Thomas;
   to our worship associate, Rebecca Phillips; and to our minister,
   Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker.
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   If you would like to learn more about membership or participation in
   FUUSM congregational life, please speak to today’s host or to Rev. Kat.

Announcements

Today, Sunday, September 10

   - 9:30 a.m., *Choir practice,* sanctuary. Your voice is welcome!
   - 11 a.m., *Sunday service,* sanctuary. See above.
   - 11 a.m., MOV Quaker meeting, RE parlor.
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   Coffee hour! Martha McGovern and Annie and Jay Warmke will be serving.

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   12:15 p.m., Committee on Ministries will meet in the nursery.

Monday, September 11

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   2 p.m., Caring Committee meeting via Zoom (Sunday service link).
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   6:30 p.m., FUUSM Board of Trustees meeting, RE parlor.

Tuesday, September 12

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   noon, UU+ book group, Parkersburg Country Club.
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   3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout troop meets in the social hall.

 Wednesday, September 13

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   Noon, Meditation via Zoom, at
   https://zoom.us/j/92667643995?pwd=RXc4YUQrUXRDa1ZHMmxOZ280MkFkUT09,
   Meeting ID: 926 6764 3995 Passcode: OMWed12
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   1 p.m., Women’s Group potluck, hosted by Chris Hoke at her home
   near Middlebourne, WV. Carpooling is strongly encouraged!

Next Sunday, September 17

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   9:30 a.m., Choir practice, Sanctuary. Your voice is welcome!
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   9:30 a.m., Today’s Issues, RE parlor. (We’re BACK!)
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   11 a.m., Sunday service, On Repentance and Repair, sanctuary.
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   Coffee hour! Social hall.
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   12:30 p.m., Green Sanctuary Committee meeting, RE parlor.
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   6:30 p.m., FUUSM Board of Trustees retreat, social hall.

FUUSM Office hours:  Mon.,Tu., Th., Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (740) 373-1238 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 at other
times, or by email to revkatgreen at gmail.com.

-- 
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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