[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service for Sunday, Sept. 1, Labor Day

Fri Aug 30 12:24:18 CDT 2024

Please join us at 11 a.m. Sunday in person in the sanctuary, via Facebook Live,
or on Zoom at
https://zoom.us/j/96052465552?pwd=SW1vWituTFlwc01vN2VLMzBQTWplZz09
Meeting ID: 960 5246 5552
Passcode: fuusm2323
Unless you will be content with half of a leftover graham cracker and one
stale tortilla chip, please bring a snack to share for coffee hour. Fresh
fruit, veggies, and homemade contributions are encouraged. Finger foods
require fewer dishes, which helps the volunteers who will clean up
afterward.

“May the work of your hands be a sign of gratitude and reverence to the
human condition.” —Mohandas Gandhi

Welcome Song, by 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   “First Light,” by Michael Whalen; Randall Kidder, pianist

Chalice Lighting   The Idea of Democracy, words of Abraham Lincoln

#586  in Singing the Living Tradition

*Please rise in body or spirit.

*Opening Hymn #1017 “Building a New Way,” words & music: Martha Sandefer

     in Singing the Journey

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

Time for All Ages Sound Machine: Work with What We Have

Sending Song “Under One Sky,”  by Ruth Pelham,from Songs for Earthlings

Collection of Offerings

Offertory “Bright Morning Stars,” American folk song

*Hymn “Give Thanks,”      words: anonymous; music: William Caldwell’s Union
Harmony

# 69 in Singing the Living Tradition

Reflection      All Labor Has Worth and Dignity          Rev. Kathryn
Hawbaker

*Closing Hymn   “Step by Step the Longest March,”  Irish folk song

#157in Singing the Living Tradition

Benediction

Postlude   “Assembly Line Blues” (an improvisation), Randall Kidder

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

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

Extinguishing the Chalice

Please join us outside at the close of the service in thanks for the
digital sign that Shari Ballantyne has donated. We dedicate it in honor of
Dave Ballantyne and the Values Trust.

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Welcome! We’re glad you’re here!

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   Thanks to our childcare staff, Owen Cejka, Lela Erb, Deborah Lauer, and Levi
   Weppler.
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   We are grateful to: today’s hosts, Darryl and Cynthia Ting; our
pianist, Randall
   Kidder;  our Decor & Decoration team, led by Jane Tumas Serna; our tech
   crew, Mike Bailey, Ralph Olander, and Meabh (Maeve) Daly; our Coffee
   Hour volunteers, Shari Ballantyne, Susan and Tom Henderson, and Nancy
   Luthy; and our minister, Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker.

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

Announcements

Today, Sunday, Sept. 1

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   9:30 a.m., *Choir practice*, sanctuary. New voices are very welcome!
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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary. Labor Day, and dedication of our new
   digital sign and banner, thanks to Dave and Shari Ballantyne.
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   Coffee Hour! Social hall. Ends at 1 p.m.
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   12:15 p.m., Committee on Ministries, RE parlor.
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   Last Day to Submit Art Contest Entries for the nationwide UU Climate
   Justice Revival. For more information, go to this website:
   https://tinyurl.com/UUCJR-art-contest.

Monday, Sept. 2: Labor Day, FUUSM Office closed.

Tuesday, Sept. 3

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   3:30–6:30, Girl Scout Troop in Social Hall.

Wednesday, Sept. 4

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   Noon, Meditation via Zoom.
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   5 p.m., Worship & Music Committee, RE parlor.
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   7 p.m., Religious Trauma group (Diana Bonnell), social hall.

Sunday, Sept. 8

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   9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary: Ingathering Water Ceremony.
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   11 a.m., Quaker meeting (MOV Friends), RE parlor.
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   Coffee hour!  Social hall. Ends at 1 p.m.

FUUSM Office hours:  Mon.,Tu., Th., Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (740) 373-1238,
fuusm.office at gmail.com. Rev. Hawbaker is generally in the office Mon.,
Wed., and Fri., 11 a.m.–2 p.m. She is also available at other times by
appointment. Tuesday is her day off and Thursday is for study and katsup.
revkatgreen at gmail.com  (937) 470-4151.
-- 
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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