[Fuusm-l] Fwd: FUUSM order of service for Sunday, August 24

[Mike Bailey]

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.*
Dedicating Our Little Library
Having a “cosmic religious sense,” the individual feels “the nobility and
marvelous order which are revealed in nature and . . . seeks to experience
the totality of existence as a unity full of significance.” —Albert
Einstein, from I Am a Part of Infinity: The Spiritual Journey of Albert
Einstein, by Kieran Fox

Welcome Song    “Whoever You Are” 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 Shari Ballantine & Martha
McGovern, worship
leaders

Prelude  “On Earth Peace”  François Couperin (1668-1733); Randall Kidder,
pianist

Chalice Lighting     #523, “Prayer from India

*Please rise in body or spirit.

*Opening Hymn #22 in Singing the Living Tradition “Dear Weaver of Our
Lives’ Design,” verses 1–3,  Nancy C Dorian, words; Nikolaus Herman, music

Time for All Ages  The Golden Rule,    by Ilene Cooper;  illustrated by
Gabi Swiatowska

“You begin by using your imagination.”

Collection of Offerings

Offertory    “If Every Woman in the World”   #1026 in Singing the
Journey; words:
Karen Mackay and Nancy L. Nordlie; music: Karen Mackay

Reflection  Our Little Library: What Books Shall We Share?

 presenters: Shari Ballantyne, Martha McGovern, Stephanie “Squish” Rector,
Katie McDaniel, Josie Jeffery, and Griffin Jeffery

*Closing Hymn  #124 in Singing the Living Tradition “Be That Guide” Carl G.
Seaburg, words;

Thomas Benjamin, music

Closing Words

Postlude  “The Cradle”   Larry Young (Khalid Yasim)

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

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

Extinguishing the Chalice/Benediction

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

Thanks to Lela Erb for childcare; our tech crew, Mike Bailey and Ralph
Olander; our Design & Decoration team, Martha McGovern and Stephanie
“Squish” Rector; today’s collection counter, Scott Lacey; our Coffee Hour
volunteers, Martha McGovern, Betsy Kalter, and Aurora Davis; today’s host, Dawn
Hewitt, and greeters, Stephanie “Squish” Rector and Joey Thomas; our
pianist, Randall Kidder; and our worship leaders, Shari Ballantyne and Martha
McGovern.

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

Announcements

Celebration of the Lives of Sam and Else Lamba

Aug. 30 at 9:30 a.m., meet at Point Park in Parkersburg to catch the
sternwheeler to Blenerhassett Island, where Sam and Else’s ashes will be
released at 10:30. Celebration of life and picnic to follow at noon at Fort
Boreman Park.

Haikus Wanted!

Feel free to send haikus you have written to Dawn on or before 10 a.m. on
Monday, August 25. She will compile them and submit them for publication in The
Confluence, and maybe we'll post a link to them on the FUUSM website!

Coffee Hour Volunteers Needed!

Coffee Hour volunteers are urgently needed for the third Sunday of odd
months (starting Sept. 21), the first Sunday of even months (starting  Oct.
5) and  the fourth Sunday of even months (starting Oct. 24). That’s a
three-hour shift just six times per year! If you can help, please talk to,
email, text or call Dawn.

Today

   -

   Coffee hour!  Social hall. Ends at 1 p.m.

Monday, August 25

   -

   7 p.m., Finance Committee meeting via Zoom

Tuesday, August 26

   -

   2:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scouts in social hall.

Wednesday, August 27

   -

   6 p.m., Men’s Group potluck, social hall. Jim Grecni will host.

Saturday, August 30

   -

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

   9:30 a.m., Celebration of Lives of Else and Sam Lamba, Point Park,
   Parkersburg

Sunday, August 31

   -

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

   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary. Celebrating Labor Day, with Eric
   Engle, guest speaker, and Moon Mullen, guest musician.
   -

   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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