[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service for Sunday, January 7, 2024

Fri Jan 5 12:29:23 CST 2024

 Please join us at 11 a.m. Sunday in person in the sanctuary, or join us
via Facebook Live, or on Zoom, at
https://zoomus/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09
<https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09>Meeting
ID: 948 2218 3499 Passcode: fuusm2323.
Because Covid is resurging locally, we encourage in-person attendees to
wear masks.
And if you enjoy Coffee Hour, please bring a food item to share!
A Whale of a Tale: Challenging Our Myths

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  Adeline Bailey, worship associate

Acknowledging Native Lands

Prelude   “Des pas sur la neige (Footprints in the Snow)”  Claude
Debussy; Randall
Kidder, pianist

Chalice Lighting     Prayer from Kaktovik Presbyterian Church, Sept.9, 2012

Video  Inupiaq Whale Hunt Near Barrow (northwestern) Alaska, GBH,
production resource for PBS

*Please rise in body or spirit.

*Opening Hymn #298 in Singing the Living Tradition  “Wake Now My Senses,”
v.1,2,4

    words: Thomas J.S. Mikelson; traditional Irish melody

Time for All Ages  A story from Eight Little Indians, by Josephine Lovell

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 “Waterways”   Ludovico Einaudi

Sermon A Whale of a Tale, Nancy Luthy

Bowhead whale hunt successful off coast at Kaktovik, northeastern Alaska

*Closing Hymn #318 in Singing the Living Tradition, “We Would Be One,” words:
Samuel Anthony Wright; music: Jean Sibelius, “Finlandia”

Benediction

Extinguishing Chalice Light

Postlude “Final Snowfall,” Michael Gettel

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

Joys and Sorrows/Wheel of Life

(Zoom participants are invited to share, too.)

Closing Words

❄ ❄ ❄

Welcome! We’re glad you’re here!

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   Thanks to our childcare staff, Owen Cejka, Lela Erb, and Deborah Lauer.
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   We are grateful to our pianist, Randall Kidder; to our tech crew, Mike
   Bailey and Ralph Olander; to our Design & Decoration Task force, Jane
   Tumas-Serna, Joey Thomas, and Steph Rector; to our Coffee Hour
   volunteers; to today’s hosts, Darryl and Cynthia Ting; to our worship
   associate, Adeline Bailey; and to Nancy Luthy, for that whale of a
   reflection!

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

Announcements

Special thanks to our Design & Decoration Task Force for transitioning our
holiday season decorations to the winter/beginning of the year decor, and
also for facilitating the Fire Ceremony. The Task Force takes care to
create a welcoming and peaceful sanctuary and a context that conveys the
principles and values of our congregation. If you would like to assist,
please speak to Jane Tumas-Serna.

Sunday, January 7

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   9:30 a.m., Today's Issues discussion, RE parlor; Choir practice,
   sanctuary.
   - 11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary, Zoom Facebook live (see above).
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   Coffee hour! Virginia Henthorn and Patty Troisi will be serving.
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   Please help undecorate the sanctuary.
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   12:15 p.m., Committee on Ministries meeting, RE parlor.
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   6:30 p.m., Tai Chi class, social hall.

Monday, January 8

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    6:30 p.m., Board of Trustees meeting, RE parlor.

Tuesday, January 9

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   Noon, UU+Plus Women’s Book Group, Parkersburg Country Club.
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   3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout troop meets in social hall.

 Wednesday, January 10

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   Noon, Meditation via Zoom.
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   6 p.m., Women’s Group potluck, hosted by Megan Krivchenia and Cynthia
   Ting at The Clubhouse at the Fields. RSVP by emailing mlkriv at yahoo.com.

Friday, January 12

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   9:30 a.m., Membership Committee meeting, RE parlor.

Saturday, January 13

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   3-5 p.m., African drumming, FUUSM social hall; $15 donation suggested.

Sunday, January 14

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   9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary; Today’s issues discussion, RE
   parlor.
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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary; Quaker meeting, 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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