[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, Sunday, April 6: David Torbett, guest speaker

Fri Apr 4 11:43:18 CDT 2025

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. We are still rich in
crackers and corn chips, and have some miscellaneous leftover odds and
ends. Fresh fruit, veggies, and homemade contributions are encouraged and
appreciated. Please help make FUUSM more welcoming and coffee hour more
enjoyable by bringing something tasty to share.

They Might Not Come for You, David Torbett, PhD, guest speaker

“True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system
in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights of
others.” —Jonathan Sacks, rabbi and member of the House of Lords of the
United Kingdom

Welcome Song    “Whoever You Are, We Welcome You,” by Hal Walker

Whoever you are, we welcome you.

Wherever you come from, we welcome you.

Whomever you love, we welcome you.

Welcome & Honoring Indigenous People  Martha McGovern, worship leader

Prelude“Hymn to Freedom” (first chorus), by Oscar Peterson; Randall Kidder,
pianist

Chalice Lighting inspired by the words of Dillman Baker Sorrells

*Please rise in body or spirit.

*Opening Hymn “Wake, Now, My Senses,” verses 1,3,4 #298 in Singing the
Living Tradition; words: Thomas J.S.Mikelson; music: Traditional Irish
melody

Time for All Ages  Why do we celebrate Passover?

Sending Song  “Go Now in Peace,” Natalie Sleeth, words and music

Go now in peace. Go now in peace.

May the spirit of love surround you

Everywhere, everywhere, you may go.

Collection of Offerings

Offertory   “Can I See Another's Woe?”   Melody based on "Veni Redemptor
Gentium," Enchiridion, Erfurt, 1524

Reflection They Might Not Come for You, David Torbett, PhD

*Closing Hymn  “Once to Every Soul and Nation,” #119 in Singing the Living
Tradition; words: James Russell Lowell; music: Thomas John Williams

Responsive Closing Words  “Liberation Is Costly”adapted from Bishop Desmond
Tutu

Liberation is costly. Even after the Lord had delivered the Israelites from
Egypt, they had to travel through the desert.

They had to bear the responsibilities and difficulties of freedom.

We must remember that liberation is costly. It needs unity.

We must hold hands and refuse to be divided. We must be ready.

Some of us will not see the day of our liberation physically.

But those people will have contributed to the struggle.

Let us be united, let us be filled with hope, let us be those who respect
one another.

Postlude   “Theme for a Futuristic Movie,” by Michael Roth

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

Joys and Sorrows (Zoom participants are invited to share, too.)

Benediction / Extinguishing the Chalice

***  Welcome! We’re glad you’re here! ***

Thanks to our childcare staff, Owen Cejka, and Lela Erb; our tech crew, Mike
Bailey, Ralph Olander, and Meabh (Maeve) Daly; our Design & Decoration
team, including Stephanie Rector and Martha McGovern; our Coffee Hour
volunteers, George Banziger, MickiAnne Henkels, and Betsy Kalter; today’s host,
Mike Lang, and greeter, Scott Lacey; our pianist, Randall Kidder; our
worship leader, Martha McGovern; and our guest speaker, Dr. David Torbett.

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

Announcements

Saturday, April 5

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   9:30-10:30 a.m., Tai Chi for beginners, social hall (Darryl Ting)

Sunday, April 6

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

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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary, with Dr. David Torbett, guest
   speaker.
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   Coffee hour!  Social hall. Ends at 1 p.m.

Monday, April 7

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   2 p.m., Caring Committee meeting via Zoom.
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   6:30 p.m., Board of Trustees meeting, RE parlor.

Tuesday, April 8

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   Noon, UU+ Women’s Reading group, Parkersburg Country Club
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   3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout Troop meets in the social hall.
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   4:30–6:30 p.m. private use of RE parlor (Kim McMichael)
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   6:30 p.m., Game Night, social hall. You’re invited!

Wednesday, April 9

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   5:30 p.m., Women’s Group potluck, social hall. Virginia Henthorn and
   Lori Fahn will host.

Thursday, April 10

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   7-8 p.m., Hour of Environmental Action, social hall (Green Sanctuary
   Committee). Sean O’Leary of the Ohio River Valley Institute will speak.

Friday, April 11

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   6-8 p.m., Green Sanctuary Sustainable Supper, social hall. A potluck,
   and you’re invited to bring and share a dish that is prepared
   conscientiously: it can be vegetarian, vegan, or contain organic and/or
   locally grown ingredients, including humanely raised and slaughtered meat.
   Special guests: the AmeriCorps crew working at Ohio River Islands National
   Wildlife Refuge (who won’t be contributing to the potluck, so cook big!).

Saturday, April 12

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   9:30-10:30 a.m., Tai Chi for beginners, social hall (Darryl Ting)

Sunday, April 13

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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary: Darryl Ting will provide the
   reflection, titled Today. How can we live this day so that we have
   something to be proud of at the end of our days?
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   11 a.m., Quaker meeting (MOV Friends), RE parlor
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   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.

-- 
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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