[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024: all-ages Thanksgiving

[Dawn Hewitt, FUUSM office assistant]

*Wants and Needs*, with Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker, her final service as FUUSM's
minister.
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. Our larder is relatively empty....

“The invitation is clear: to be ridiculously courageous in love. To love as
if it matters, as if the world depends on it.” —Rosemerry W. Trommer

Welcome Song #360 in Singing the Living Tradition, “Here We Have
Gathered,”  Alicia S. Carpenter;  Genevan psalter

Welcome  Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker

Acknowledging Native Lands

Prelude   “Chanson de Matin,” Op. 15, No. 2, Edward Elgar; Cindy Puls,
cello; Randall Kidder, piano

Chalice Lighting  “The Great Turning,” Lisa Garcia-Sampson

Choral Performance  “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor”  music: Irving
Berlin; words:
Emma Lazarus and Irving Berlin; arranged by David Chase; performed by the
FUUSM choir, under the direction of Martha Webster, accompanied by Cindy
Puls and Randall Kidder

Readings

*Please rise in body or spirit.

*Hymn #407 in Singing the Living Tradition, “We’re Gonna Sit at the Welcome
Table,”  traditional

Time for All Ages Make Do

*Song  #1024 in Singing the Journey, “When the Spirit Says Do,”
African-American
spiritual

Meditation

Collection of Offerings

Offertory “Ave Maria-Meditation,”   Johann Sebastian Bach;  arranged by
Charles François Gounod; Cindy Puls, cello; and Randall Kidder, piano

Reflection  What We Want and What We Need  Rev. Hawbaker

*Closing Hymn  “For All the Good People,"  words and music: Ken Hicks

Benediction “Peace, Salaam, Shalom,”  Emma’s Revolution

Postlude     “Le Cygne” (“The Swan”) Charles-Camille Saint-Saens; Cindy
Puls, cello; and Randall Kidder, piano

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

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

Closing Words / Extinguishing the Chalice

Going Forth Music “We’ve Got the Power,”   South African

Reflection Source Citation:  www.mantisandmoon.com

***  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 Coffee
Hour volunteers, Shari Ballantyne, Virginia Henthorn, Nancy Lee, and Nancy
Luthy; the FUUSM Choir, under the direction of Martha Webster; our
pianist, Randall
Kidder; our Decor & Decoration team, Jane Tumas Serna and Stephanie
“Squish” Rector; today’s host, Dawn Hewitt; and our minister, Rev. Kathryn
Hawbaker. Special thanks to guest cellist Cindy Puls.

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

Announcements

Staff gifts: A box labeled “staff gifts” is in the sanctuary entry for
those wishing to contribute to a holiday bonus for FUUSM staff. This is the
last Sunday to contribute.


Today

   - 9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
   - 9:30 a.m., Buildings & Grounds Committee, social hall.
   - 11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary (see above)
   - 11 a.m., Quaker meeting (MOV Friends), RE parlor
   - *Coffee hour!* Social hall. Come to the campfire in the courtyard and
   enjoy a s’more.

Tuesday, Nov. 26

   -

   3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout Troop meets in the social hall.
   -

   6:30 p.m., Shari Ballantyne’s game night, social hall.

Thursday, Nov. 28: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!  FUUSM Office closed.

   -

   Noon–2 p.m., meals (from Norwood United Methodist Church) will be served
   in the social hall to Community Resource Center patrons.

Sunday, December 1: First day of Advent

   -

   9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
   -

   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary: Holiday greeting card “workshop” and
   sanctuary decoration after an abbreviated service.
   -

   Coffee hour!  Social hall. 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.

Rev. Hawbaker has completed her term of service. What a time we’ve had!


-- 
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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