[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, Sunday, May 12, 2024: Celebrating Families

Fri May 10 12:28:21 CDT 2024

 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 food item to share at Coffee Hour*! To help out the
volunteer servicers who will clean up afterward, finger foods require fewer
dishes. Please consider bringing your own travel mug and opting for a
napkin, but no plate or fork (when possible).
Celebrating Families
Worship leader Suzyn Mills has planned an eclectic and engaging ensemble of
music and readings.

Welcome Song   #395 in Singing the Living Tradition  “Sing and Rejoice,”
traditional round

Welcome & Acknowledgement of Native Lands   Suzyn Mills, worship leader

Prelude  #338 in Singing the Living Tradition,   “I Seek the Spirit of a
Child,”  music: traditional English melody; Randall Kidder, pianist

Chalice Lighting   by  Donna Hedges

Special Music  “Musica Gloria,"  words: Joseph M. Martin; music: Mark Hayes,
performed by the FUUSM Choir, Martha Webster, conductor

Reading   “Native American Legend,”   by Laron G. Smith; read by Ami Rush

*Please rise in body or spirit.

*Opening Hymn  #360 in Singing the Living Tradition, “Here We Have
Gathered,” words: Alicia S. Carpenter; music: Genevan psalter

Time for All Ages “Our Class Is a Family,” Shannon Olsen, author; Sandie
Sonke, illustrator

Sending Song  “Go Now In Peace,”  by 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 #357 in Singing the Living Tradition, “Bright Morning Star,” music:
American folk song

Reading “Only Once In Your Life,” by Bob Marley; read by Darryl Ting

Special Music     “What A Wonderful World,” by Bob Thiele and George David
Weiss; performed by Martha Webster

Reading “Dear Daughter,” by Donna Ashworth; read by Rebecca Philllips
Special Music  “Vincent (Starry, Starry Night),” by Don MacLean;    performed
by Shari Ballantyne
Reading “Questions My Daughter Asked Me,”  by Nancy Willard; read by Betsy
Kalter & Rileigh Trembly

Special Music  “We Live This Way,” by Zoe Mulford & John
McCutcheon; performed by Zoe Mulford

Reading “Calling All Grandmothers,” by Alice Walker; read by Nancy Luthy
Special Music  “Turn Around,” by Malvina Reynolds; performed by Tria
(Adeline Bailey, Dawn Hewitt, and Suzyn Mills)

Reading by Pete Buttigieg; read by Mike Lang

Special Music  “I’m My Own Grandpa,” by Dwight Latham & Moe Jaffe;
performed by Dennis Warner

Reading   by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; read by Martha McGovern

Benediction

Postlude  “Now I Recall My Childhood,” music: Alfred Morton Smith

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

Joys and Sorrows/Wheel of Life   (Zoom participants are invited to share,
too.)

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Welcome! We’re glad you’re here!

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   Thanks to our childcare staff, Owen Cejka, Lela Erb, Deborah Lauer, and Levi
   Weppler.
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   We are grateful to our pianist, Randall Kidder; to our tech crew, Mike
   Bailey and Ralph Olander; to our Coffee Hour volunteers, Beth Lepore,
   Shari Balantyne, and Adeline Bailey; to our Decor & Decoration team, led
   by Jane Tumas Serna; to today’s host, Dawn Hewitt, and greeters, Stephanie
   (Squish) Rector and Joey Thomas; to all involved in today’s service,
   including the FUUSM Choir, conducted by Martha Webster; and to today’s
   worship leader, Suzyn Mills.

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 *(last of the season), sanctuary.
   - 9:30 a.m., *New UU class*, social hall.
   - 11 a.m., *Sunday service* (see above), sanctuary.
   - 11 a.m., MOV Quaker meeting, RE parlor
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   Coffee hour! Social hall. Ends at 1:15 p.m.

Monday, May 13

   -

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

Tuesday, May 14

   -

   Noon, UU-plus Women’s Book Group, Parkersburg Country Club.
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   3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout Troop in social hall.
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   7–9 p.m., The Work that Reconnects, Hilary Krivchenia, social hall.

Wednesday, May 15

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   Noon, Meditation via Zoom.
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   6 p.m., Men’s Group potluck, social hall. Paul Dunn will host.

Friday, May 17

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   9 a.m.–3 p.m.-ish, Plant Sale setup.
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   7–9 p.m., Private group use of social hall (Laura DeLancy’s Stitch &
   ?itch group).

Saturday, May 18

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   10 a.m.–2 p.m., Plant sale, FUUSM courtyard.

Sunday, May 19

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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary.
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   Coffee Hour!!  Social hall. Ends at 1:15 p.m.
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   12:30 p.m., Green Sanctuary Committee meeting, RE parlor.
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   1:30 p.m., tentative outside group use of social hall (Karen Binkley)

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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