[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of service for Sunday, Dec. 15: JOY!

[Dawn Hewitt, FUUSM office assistant]

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

Please bring a snack to share for coffee hour. Fresh fruit, veggies, and
homemade contributions are encouraged and appreciated. The FUUSM fridge
contains leftover crackers, a bag of mandarins, lots of jars and plastic
containers of mysterious substances, and two plates of leftover sweets.
*JOY*, Nancy Luthy, worship leader
“How is it, you might wonder, that we could celebrate joy *when there’s
also so much suffering in the world? Isn’t that contradictory?”* —Unitarian
Universalist Association

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, Nancy Luthy, worship leader

Prelude  Prelude from English Suite No.3 in G Minor  BWV 808; Johann
Sebastian Bach; Randall Kidder, pianist

Chalice and Advent Candle Lighting, Erika Hewitt, UUA

*Please rise in body or spirit.

*Opening Hymn   “Joy to the World”    words: Isaac Watts; music: George
Frideric Handel, arr. Lowell Mason; #245 in Singing the Living Tradition


Story for All Ages  Piper: A Joy Story               a short film directed
by Kyra Buschor, Constantin Paeplow, and Kenneth Kuan

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   “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee,”   Ludwig van Beethoven

Some Thoughts on Joy,   Nancy Luthy

*Hymn   “There Is More Love Somewhere,” verses 2,3, 4 (Hope,
Peace,Joy); African
American hymn; #95 in Singing the Living Tradition

Reflection  Individual Joy… the Joy of Victory, Stephanie Rector

Collective Joy …the Jewish Celebration of Hanukkah, Nancy Luthy

*Closing Song    “Joy to the World,”   words and music: Hoyt Axton; popularized
by Three Dog Night

Closing Words

Postlude   “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” remix. with apologies to Ludwig
van Beethoven

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

Joys and Sorrows  (Zoom participants are invited to share, too.)

Extinguishing the Chalice “Experiencing Joy,” Matthew Kuan Johnson

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

Thanks to our childcare staff, Owen Cejka, Lela Erb, and Levi Weppler; our
tech crew, Mike Bailey, Ralph Olander, and Meabh (Maeve) Daly; our Design &
Decoration team, led by Jane Tumas Serna; our Coffee Hour volunteers, Judy
Segall, and Susan and Tom Henderson; today’s host, Elaine Barr, and
greeter, Jonathan Brier; our pianist, Randall Kidder; Martha McGovern and Steph
Rector for their contributions to the service; and our worship leader, Nancy
Luthy.

If you would like to learn more about membership or participation in FUUSM
congregational life, please speak to Elaine Barr.

Announcements

Saturday, December 14

   - 8 a.m.–noon, outside group in social hall (Willa O’Neill).

*Sunday, December 15: Third Sunday of Advent*

   - 9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
   - 11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary (see order of service above)
   -

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

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

Tuesday, December 17

   -

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

   6:30 p.m., Shari Ballantyne’s game night, social hall. You’re invited!

Wednesday, December 18

   -

   6 p.m., Men’s Group potluck, social hall. Bruce Henthorn will host.

Saturday, December 21: HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE!! HAPPY YULE!

   -

   10:30 a.m., Tai Chi reunion. All former students of Darry Ting are
   welcome to come and refresh their practice of meditation in motion.

Sunday, December 22: Fourth Sunday of Advent

   -

   9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
   -

   9:30 a.m., Buildings & Grounds Committee meeting, social hall.
   -

   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary, LOVE: What Is Asked of Us?
   -

   11 a.m., Quaker meeting (MOV Friends), RE parlor
   -

   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.



-- 
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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