[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Weekly Update, Feb. 26, 2024

Mon Feb 26 11:40:51 CST 2024

 What did the coffee say about its visit to FUUSM?  (Read on!)
*Announcements*

*Please Pledge!*
Please fill out and return your FY2024–2025 FUUSM pledge form if you have
not done so already. Knowing how much operating revenue to expect for the
next fiscal year is critical to preparing a budget! We *deeply *appreciate
your donations, but if you can tell us how much to expect for July 1, 2024
through June 30, 2025, we'll appreciate them even more!  If you did not
receive or misplaced your pledge form, please see George Banziger or the
church lady.

*Honoring Brodie DeLancy*
A memorial service for Brodie DeLancy will be Sunday, March 3, or Monday,
March 4, with Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker officiating. Details forthcoming. Those
who wish to help out the DeLancy family during this sad time are encouraged
to send a check directly to the family to help with expenses. Laura
Delancy, 13333 SR 550, Fleming, OH 45729.

*Please Sign Up to Help with Coffee Hour & Cleanup*
The current schedule of Coffee Hour & Cleanup volunteers will run through
March 31. But starting in April, let's try something new: Will you sign up
to help out with Coffee Hour just six times per year?  Please claim the
first or second or third or fourth Sunday of every odd month, or every even
month, and email *dawnbirder at gmail.com <dawnbirder at gmail.com> *with your
preference. (Coordinating Coffee Hour is *not *in the church lady's job
description.) Six times of year on a regular schedule? That's not too
demanding, is it? Coffee Hour depends upon volunteers, and if not enough
people step up, what will we do??  Please sign up!  What did the coffee say
about its visit to FUUSM? "I got mugged!"

Today, 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. Is your community navigating
   potential sustainable economic investment? Learn how Community Benefits
   Plans can help ensure economic development projects contribute to local and
   equitable prosperity. This session will cover the key components and local
   levers to create meaningful Community Benefits Agreements between private
   developers and community residents. Natalia serves as the Director of
   Special Projects at ReImagine Appalachia where she has the privilege of
   advocating and organizing alongside local elected officials, faith leaders,
   and other partners. Current projects include planning for community benefit
   agreements and repurposing shuttered coal plants. She also leads the
   ReImagine Your Community Visioning Project, helping grassroots leaders plan
   for a sustainable economic future. Natalia's career spans the fields of
   sustainability, education, and public health, with a focus on equity and
   inclusion. She grew up in a working-class, immigrant household, and was the
   youngest woman elected to Pittsburgh City Council, where she won and served
   two terms. Natalia earned her MSc in Public Policy and Management from
   Carnegie Mellon University as well as her BA in International Affairs from
   George Washington University, and is based in Pittsburgh, PA.
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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.
-- 
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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