[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024: Israel and Palestine: The 2023 Gaza War

Fri Feb 23 12:42:03 CST 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
Because Covid is resurging locally, we encourage in-person attendees to
wear masks.
Unless you are content with leftover pretzels and stale crackers, please *bring
a food item to share at Coffee Hour*! Because of the Conflict Resolution
workshop, Coffee Hour must end by *1 p.m**.*

Israel and Palestine: The 2023 Gaza War

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  Suzyn Mills, worship leader

Prelude   “Prayer for Mercy,” from Music for the Piano Volume III: Hymns,
Prayers, and Rituals, by Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff and Thomas de
Hartmann (1927); Randall Kidder, pianist

Chalice Lighting    “I shall take my voice” Paul Robeson

Special Music  “One Word”  words: Buddha and Lau Tzu; music and words by
Robert I. Hugh;  FUUSM Choir, directed by Martha Webster

*Opening Hymn  “We’ll Build a Land”   #121 in Singing the Living
Tradition; words:
Barbara Zanotti; music: Carolyn McDade

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

Time for All Ages Yaffa and Fatima Shalom, Salaam, adapted by Fawzia
Gilani-Williams; illustrations by Chiara Fedele

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 Four Sabras, Leonard Bernstein (ca.1950s)

No.I. Ilana, “The Dreamer”

No.II. Idele, “The Chassidele” (means "little Jew" in Hebrew)

   (Sabra, tsabar in Hebrew, refers to a Jewish person born in Israel, or
before 1948 in Palestine. See additional notes on back cover.)

Reflection     Israel and Palestine: The 2023 Gaza War       Janice Terry,
PhD

*Closing Hymn “Soon the Dawn Will Arrive”  words: Ehud Manor, music: Nurit
Hirsh

   #146 in Singing the Living Tradition

Benediction

Postlude   Four Sabras, Leonard Bernstein

No.III. Yosi, “The Jokester”

No.IV. Dina, “The Tomboy Who Weeps Alone”

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

Joys and Sorrows (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 our childcare staff, Owen Cejka and Deborah Lauer.
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   We are grateful to our pianist, Randall Kidder; our Decor Team; our tech
   crew, Mike Bailey and Ralph Olander; our Coffee Hour volunteers;
today’s host,
   Elaine Barr, and greeter, Jonathan Brier; our worship leader, Suzyn
   Mills; to the FUUSM Choir, directed by Martha Webster; and to our guest
   speaker, Dr. Janice Terry.

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

Announcements

Today, Sunday, February 25

   - 9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary. New members are always welcome!
   - 9:30 a.m., *Buildings & Grounds Committee meeting, *social hall.
   - *Today's Issues* will not meet today.
   - 11 a.m., *Sunday service *(see above)
   - 11 a.m., MOV Quakers, RE parlor.

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   Coffee hour! Social hall. (Ends by 1 p.m.)
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   1 p.m., Workshop on Conflict Resolution, social hall, moderated by
   George Banziger.

Monday, February 26

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   7 p.m., Finance Committee meeting via Zoom.

Tuesday, February 27

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   3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout Troop in social hall.
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   6:00–9 p.m., The Work That Reconnects workshop series, session 5 via
   Zoom (registration required).

Wednesday, February 28

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   Noon, Meditation via Zoom
   <https://zoom.us/j/93461686559?pwd=Zm9Wdk1ZbjR0Rm56UGREOG5YZE5uZz09>.
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   6:30 p.m. Choir practice, sanctuary.

Sunday, March 3

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   9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary. New members are always welcome!
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   Today’s Issues discussion will not meet.
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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary: Community Benefit Agreements:
   Building local power for a prosperous future, Natalia Rudiak of
   ReImagine Appalachia, guest speaker.
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   Coffee hour! Social hall. Ends at 1:30 p.m.
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   12:15 p.m., Committee on Ministries, RE parlor.

FUUSM Office hours:  Mon.,Tu., Th., Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (740) 373-1238,
fuusm.office at gmail.com. Rev. Hawbaker is on sabbatical through March 2024.

Notes to Four Sabras, by Leonard Bernstein

Randall Kidder

Each Sabra refers to a vignette or portrait of a different fictitious
Israeli child. A “sabra” is also what was known in the past as a
prickly-pear cactus, now usually referred to as a cactus-pear, the inside
of which is edible.

I, “Ilana” eventually became "Candide's Lament" in Bernstein's score for
Candide.

II,  “Idele” depicts a dialogue between a Rav (teacher), played by the left
hand, who intones lessons in a melody which recalls Mussorgsky's “Samuel
Goldenberg” and “Schmuyle” from Pictures at an Exhibition, and Idele, a
very distracted young boy, the melody of which is played by the right hand.
Personally, I can't help but wonder if Bernstein's sense of humor might
also have been referencing two Biblical verses: Jonah 4:11, “... persons
who do not know their right hand from their left;” and Matthew 6:3, “...do
not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.”

III, “Yosi.” The piece is 37 measures long. There are 8 changes in time
signature, and changes between major and minor tonality every few measures;
it begins in G-Major but ends in C-Major. Dynamics range from very loud to
very soft. The rhythms are reminiscent of the “jump” sequence in West Side
Story's “Dance at the Gym.”

IV, “Dina” is written in three sections, fast - slow - fast, with the first
part written within a two-octave range but the recapitulation is written in
a five-octave range. Bernstein later adapted the slow middle section for
some of the soundtrack to the 1954 film On the Waterfront.

-- 
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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