[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, April 14, 2024: An Earth Week Reflection

Fri Apr 12 12:09:38 CDT 2024

 Please join us at 11 a.m. Sunday in person in the sanctuary, or via
Facebook Live, or on Zoom at
https://zoom.us/j/96052465552?pwd=SW1vWituTFlwc01vN2VLMzBQTWplZz09
Meeting ID: 960 5246 5552
Passcode: fuusm2323
Please *bring a food item to share at Coffee Hour*! Finger foods are
helpful for the volunteers who clean up afterward. Consider bringing your
own travel mug and opting for a napkin, but no plate or fork (when
possible).

What Can One Little Person Do? An Earth Week Reflection

Presented by members of the Green Sanctuary Committee

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” —Margaret Mead

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

Whoever you are, we welcome you.

Wherever you come from, we welcome you.

Whomever you love, we welcome you.

Welcome and Acknowledgement of Native Lands, Rebecca Phillips, worship
leader

Prelude   “O Brother Sun,” #1066 in Singing the Journey; Traditional
Scottish music; words adapted from St. Francis of Assisi; Randall Kidder,
pianist

Chalice Lighting  #417 in Singing the Living Tradition   by Barbara J.
Pescan; Kelcey Jacobs, worship associate

*Please rise as you are able.

*Opening Hymn, #207 in Singing the Living Tradition , “Earth Was Given as a
Garden,” words: Roberta Bard; music: Rowland Hugh Prichard

Responsive Reading, #551 in Singing the Living Tradition, “Earth,
Teach Me,” Ute
Indian tribe

Time for All Ages How to Help the Earth, by the Lorax,Tish Rabe,
author; illustrated
by Christopher Moroney and Jan Gerardi

Sending Song “Go Now in Peace”       Natalie Sleeth

Go now in peace. Go now in peace,

May the spirit of love surround you

Everywhere, everywhere, you may go.

Collection of Offerings

Offertory    “Mother Earth, Beloved Garden,” #551 in Singing the Living
Tradition; music and words: Amanda Udis-Kessler

Reflection   What Can One Little Person Do?

   -

   Vic Elam: Being Comfortable Can Be Green
   -

   Adeline Bailey: Actions Large and Small
   -

   Jim Grecni and Debra Miller: Really Not So Hard to Be Green
   -

   George Banziger: The Devola Pollinator Project
   -

   Jonathan Brier: The Pebble of Change: Countering Misinformation in Our
   Community

Special Music  “We Can Plant a Forest”   words & music: Jim Papoulis & Mike
Greenly; performed by the FUUSM choir under the direction of Martha Webster.

Reading “Commitment,” #560 in Singing the Living Tradition, by Dorothy Day

Postlude   “Touch the Earth, Reach the Sky!” #301 in Singing the Living
Tradition ; music and words: Grace Lewis-McLaren

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

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

Closing Words #691 in Singing the Living Tradition, by May Sarton

Extinguishing the Chalice

 ***********************************************************************************************************************************
Welcome! We’re glad you’re here!

   - Thanks to our childcare staff, Owen Cejka and Deborah Lauer.
   - We are grateful to our choir, its director, Martha Webster, and our
   pianist, Randall Kidder; to our tech crew, Mike Bailey and Ralph Olander;
   to our Decor & Decoration team, led by Jane Tumas Serna; to our Coffee
   Hour volunteers; to today’s host, Dawn Hewitt, and greeters, Joey Thomas and
   Stephanie “Squish” Rector; to our worship leader, Rebecca Phillips, and
   worship associate, Kelcey Jacobs; and to members of our Green Sanctuary
   Committee for their presentation of this service.

If you would like to learn more about membership or participation in FUUSM
congregational life, please speak to today’s host.

Announcements

Annual Congregational Meeting Ahead

FUUSM’s annual Congregational Meeting will follow the Sunday service on
April 28. If you wish to add an item, such as a motion, to the meeting’s
agenda, it must be submitted to Board of Trustees Secretary Nancy Luthy by
April 14: nancy.luthy at gmail.com.

*The Stairs Got a Nose Job!*

Thanks to Darryl Ting for installing nose-edging on the stairs! It makes
the step edges more visible and safer.

Today

   -

   Coffee hour! Social hall. Ends at 1:15 p.m. Mark Krivchenia, Linda Lewis,
   and Betsy Liller will be serving.

Monday, April 15

   -

   6:30 p.m., FUUSM Board of Trustees meeting, RE parlor.

Tuesday, April 16

   -

   3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout Troop in social hall.

Wednesday, April 17

   -

   Noon, Meditation via Zoom
   <https://zoom.us/j/93461686559?pwd=Zm9Wdk1ZbjR0Rm56UGREOG5YZE5uZz09>.
   -

   6 p.m., Men’s Group potluck, social hall. Ted Goertzel will host.

Friday, April 19

   -

   5 p.m., Brad Bond Celebration of Life, social hall.

Saturday, April 20: May Confluence content due.

   -

   10 a.m.–1 p.m.: Earth Day Marietta, Armory Square, Front Street.
   -

   10:30 a.m., Tai chi refresher, social hall.
   -

   6 p.m., Private group use of social hall (Betsy Kalter).

Sunday, April 21

   -

   9:30 a.m., New UU eight-week course. Contact Membership Committee chair
   Elaine Barr (elainebarr at gmail.com)
   -

   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary.
   -

   Coffee hour! Social hall. Ends at 1:15 p.m.
   -

   12:30 p.m., Green Sanctuary Committee meeting, RE parlor.
   -

   2:30 p.m., film screening: Common Ground, social hall, presented by our
   Green Sanctuary Committee. Watch the trailer at
   interfaithpowerandlight.org
   <https://interfaithpowerandlight.org/faithclimateactionweek/2024-featured-film-common-ground/>

FUUSM Office hours:  Mon.,Tu., Th., Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (740) 373-1238,
fuusm.office at gmail.com. Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker is available by appointment.
-- 
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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