[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, Oct. 1, 2023: Harvest Celebration

Fri Sep 29 11:00:21 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
<https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09>Meeting
ID: 948 2218 3499 Passcode: fuusm2323.

Order of Service Sukkot & Harvest    October 1, 2023

Welcome Song      “Whoever You Are, We Welcome You”                 Hal
Walker

Welcome        Rebecca Phillips, worship associate

Acknowledging Native Lands

Prelude   “The Black Stallion”       by Carmine Coppola          Randall
Kidder, pianist

Chalice Lighting     U.U. Ministry for Earth (UUMFE) Prayer

Special Music  “The Magic Month”                 LeeAnn Gallucci

Reading  from Song of Myself, 32        Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Blessing of the Animals (slideshow)

*Please rise in body or spirit.

*Opening Hymn #21    “For the Beauty of the Earth”
in Singing the Living Tradition

*F.U.U.S.M.  Affirmation

Time for All Ages Tikvah Means Hope             Patricia Polacco

Sending Song #1022   “Open the Window”           words & music:  Elise Witt

in Singing the Journey

Chorus:  Open the window children, open the window now.

Open the window children, open the window let the dove fly in.

Reading “My Work is Loving the World”     Mary Oliver

Collection of Offerings

Offertory “Let Us Break Bread Together”     Traditional words and music

Sermon      Harvest the Power                Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker

*Closing Hymn #347  “Gather the Spirit”          words & music: Jim Scott

  in Singing the Living Tradition

Benediction

Postlude   “Mother Earth, Beloved Garden”   words & music: Amanda
Udis-Kessler

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

Joys and Sorrows/Wheel of Life

(Zoom participants are invited to share, too.)

Closing Words/ Extinguishing the Chalice

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Welcome! We’re glad you’re here!

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   Thanks to Owen Cejka and Lela Erb for childcare during the service.
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   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 hosts,
   Darryl and Cynthia Ting; 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 hosts or to Rev.
   Hawbaker.

Announcements

Today

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   Coffee hour! Shari Ballantyne, Nancy Luthy, & Steph Rector
   will be serving.
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   12:15 p.m., Committee on Ministries meeting, RE parlor.
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   6:30 p.m., Tai Chi class, social hall.

Monday, October 2

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    2 p.m., Caring Committee via Zoom.
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   6:30 p.m.,  Board Session in the RE parlor,

Tuesday, October 3

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   3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout troop meets in the social hall.

Wednesday, October 4

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   Noon, Meditation via Zoom.
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   5 p.m., Worship & Music Committee meeting, RE parlor.

Sunday, October 8

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   9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary; Today’s issues discussion,
   RE parlor.
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   11 a.m., Sunday service: Caring Community, sanctuary;
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   11 a.m.,  Quaker meeting, RE parlor.
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   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 email to
revkatgreen at gmail.com.

FUUSM Affirmation

We, the members and friends of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of
Marietta:

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   Support the free and disciplined search for truth as the center of
   religious community and encourage an acceptance of pluralistic views;
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   Recognize our Judeo-Christian heritage as well as other traditions and
   seek lasting values and new insights;
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   Affirm, defend, and promote the equality, worth, and dignity of every
   person;
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   Strive for a world community of love, justice, and peace;
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   Support the democratic process and mutual respect in all human
   relationships;
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   Cherish the universe and its resources and recognize the unity of all
   life.

-- 
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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