[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, Sunday, Dec. 29: Fire Ceremony

[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. Otherwise, expect
leftover crackers, and some store-bought cookies. As usual, we're counting
on contributions!

FIRE CEREMONY: Letting Go, Moving Forward

When the evergreen stands silently against the broken land,
and the icicle, like Spring’s cocoon, is spun by winter’s hand,
we turn to friends and family, and mourn the loved ones gone
and gather them around us as we raise our voice in song.
Now, the solstice moon is like a pearl suspended in the lake,
frozen underneath a spell no human hand can break.
We turn to ask forgiveness, and with gratefulness of heart
turn once again to welcome in the new year as it starts.
Lyrics of “At the Turning of the Year” by Anne Hills

Welcome Song “Come, Come, Whoever You Are,” Words: adapted from Rumi;
music: Lynn Adair Ungar

Come, come, whoever you are, wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.

Ours is no caravan of despair, come, yet again come.

Welcome, Martha McGovern, worship leader

Prelude “In the Morning Light,” by Yanni; Randall Kidder, pianist

Chalice Lighting  by Kathleen McTigue

*Please rise in body or spirit.

*Opening Hymn #360  “Here We Have Gathered,” verses 1&3; Alicia S.
Carpenter, words; Genevan psalter, music

Time for All Ages  A Seed Is Sleepy, by Dianna Hutts Aston; illustrated by
Sylvia Long

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 Two-Part Invention No.6 in E Major, BWV 777 Johann Sebastian Bach

Creating Sacred Space, Rhonda Newhart

Fire Communion: Letting Go

Responsive Reading (see screen)

Musical Interlude   “The Ceaseless Flow of Endless Time,” African American
spiritual

(time for writing)

Hymn  #362  “Rise Up, O Flame” (sing three times) words: anonymous; music:
Christoph Praetorius

         Rise up, O flame, by thy light glowing, show to us beauty, vision,
and joy.

Moving Forward: Goals, Commitments

Responsive Reading: #544 “New Year’s Day,” by Kathleen McTigue

Musical Interlude “For The Earth Forever Turning,” by Kim Oler

(time for writing)

Sharing Our Turnings

(as you are willing, share thoughts with another person)

Release the Quarters

*Closing Hymn #128, “For All That Is Our Life,” first verse only; Bruce
Findlow, words; Patrick L. Rickey, music

Closing Words “At the Turning of the Year,”  Anne Hills

Postlude    “At the Turning of the Year,” performed by Anne Hills, Priscilla
Herdman, and Cindy Mangsen

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

Joys and Sorrows  (Zoom participants are invited to share, too.)
Benediction /Extinguishing the Chalice
   ***  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, Cindy
Brown, Nancy Lee, and Martha McGovern; today’s host, Adeline Bailey and
greeter, Scott Lacey; our pianist, Randall Kidder; our worship leader, Martha
McGovern, and worship associate, Rhonda Newhart.  If you would like to
learn more about membership or participation in FUUSM congregational life,
please speak to today’s host.
Announcements
Today

   - 9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary. Canceled.
   - 11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary. (See order of service above)
   - Coffee hour!  Social hall. Ends at 1 p.m.

*Wednesday, Jan. 1: Happy New Year 2025!!!*
Saturday, Jan. 4

   - 10 a.m. -noon: FUUSM kitchen cleaning party! We need another four
   people or so to help. Talk to Dawn Hewitt.

*Sunday, Jan. 5*

   - 9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
   - 11 a.m., Preparing for Epiphany: all-ages potluck brunch, social hall,
   followed by “Twelve Days of Tudor Christmas” video, then undecorating!
   - 12:15 p.m., Committee on Ministries, RE parlor.
   - Coffee hour! 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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