[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of service, Sunday, Aug. 31

Fri Aug 29 12:11:35 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 something yummy to share at Coffee Hour. The fridge is nearly
bare--except for several varieties of crackers, a 1/2 bag of tortilla
chips, a new jar of salsa, and three cookies in the freezer. That's not a
very welcoming spread! If you enjoy coffee hour, please contribute.

Celebrating Labor Day:  No Democracy Without Working-Class Solidarity: Eric
Engle, guest speaker

“The most effective anti-poverty program this nation has ever had is labor
unions. Pay Ms. Reyes and Mr. Jones a fair wage and … they won’t be poor.
And neither will their kids. And maybe those kids can get some education.
This is a way to sow the seeds of worth and dignity; this is the way of
justice,

equity, and compassion in human relations. Unions are one of the few hopes
for poor working people in the United States—and the world.”

—from David Breeden’s 2015 Worship Web article, “Putting ‘Labor’ Back in
Labor Day”

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           Adeline Bailey, worship leader

Prelude   “Solidarity Forever,”words by Ralph Chaplin, 1915; Michael “Moon”
Mullen, guest musician

Chalice Lighting for Labor Day, words by Paul Dalzell

Responsive Reading “We Labor in Love,”   Amanda Udis-Kessler

On Labor Day we honor our work, physical and mental, paid and unpaid,
joyous and heartbreaking.

We give thanks for work’s gifts, suffer its difficulties, and strive to
make labor just and joyous for all.

Our work can build our society, provide for our material needs, and give
our life meaning.

We labor in gratitude.

Our work can damage our society and the planet, fail to sustain our
material needs, and be meaningless.

We join together to create work that supports the well-being of all.

Our work can heal the world, help us understand who we are, and keep us
safe.

We labor in joy.

Our work can harm the world, demean us, and expose us to danger.

We join together to create work that is safe and humane.

Our work can fill our days with accomplishments and our lives with stories.

We labor in love.

Our work can dissatisfy and alienate us; we may not be able to find enough
work or any work.

We join together to create work that blesses us, all people, and the planet.

This Labor Day and all Labor Days to come,

May our work, and all work, serve humanity and all living beings.

Story for All Ages  Labor Day,  by Carmen Bredeson

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   “Bright Morning Stars,” American folk tune, Randall Kidder,
pianist (recorded)

Reflection      No Democracy Without Working-Class Solidarity: Unions As More
than Just Service Organizations       Eric Engle, guest speaker

Closing Words by Shari Woodbury

Postlude   “Paradise Once’t,”  written and performed by Michael “Moon”
Mullen

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

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

Benediction / Extinguishing the Chalice words by Emily Richards

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

Thanks to our childcare staff, Owen Cejka and Lela Erb; our tech crew, Mike
Bailey and Ralph Olander; our Design & Decoration team, Stephanie “Squish”
Rector and Martha McGovern; today’s collection counter, George Banziger;
our Coffee Hour volunteers, Nancy Lee, Beth Lepore, and Martha McGovern;
today’s host, Mike Lang, and greeter, Scott Lacey; today’s worship
leader, Adeline
Bailey; special musician, Michael “Moon” Mullen; and guest speaker, Eric
Engle.

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

Announcements

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 (fuusm.office at gmail.com), call (740-373-1238), or text (812-320-3449)
Dawn, the church lady.

Can You Chip in for Purchase of Holiday Cards?

Holidays are coming! Please help us purchase holiday cards for our annual
greeting card project, in which we send notes of holiday joy and
encouragement to every resident of our local nursing homes and rehab
facilities. A donation box is in the social hall. Thanks!  —Membership
Committee

Card Shower for Squish and Joey

To honor and celebrate the upcoming (Oct. 4) wedding of Stephanie “Squish”
Rector and Joey Thomas, we will hold a card shower immediately after Coffee
Hour (starting at 1 p.m.) on Sunday, Sept. 14. You’re invited! Please bring
a card of good wishes to give to the happy couple.

Labor Day Rallies

Indivisible MOV Labor Day rallies are planned for 10:30 in Marietta at the
Williamstown Bridge (Ohio side); 11 a.m. at Tomlinson Park in Williamstown;
and at noon in front of  South Parkersburg High School; at 12:30 at
Parkersburg City Park; and at 6:30 p.m. at the IBEW building on 7th Street
in Parkersburg.

Saturday, August 30

   -  9:30–10:30 a.m., Tai Chi for beginners, social hall (Darryl Ting).
   - 9:30 a.m. Memorial service for Else and Sam Lamba, Blennerhassett
   Island; meet at Point Park in Parkersburg to catch the sternwheeler to the
   island. Ashes will be released at 10:30. Celebration and picnic to follow
   at noon at Fort Boreman Park.

*Sunday, August 31*

   - 9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
   - 11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary.
   -

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

Monday, Sept 1: Labor Day Holiday, FUUSM Office closed.

   -

   6:30 p.m., FUUSM Board of Trustees meeting, postponed to 9/8.
   -

   Labor Day rally sponsored by Indivisible MOV (see below).

Tuesday, Sept. 2

   -

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

Wednesday, Sept. 3

   -

   5 p.m., Worship & Music Committee meeting, RE parlor.
   -

   6:30  Indivisible MOV meeting, the Gathering Place.

Saturday, Sept. 6

   -

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

   2–8 p.m., Save Ohio Parks HQ in social hall (George Banziger).

Sunday, Sept. 7

   -

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

   9:30 a.m., Buildings & Grounds Committee meeting, RE parlor and Zoom.
   -

   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary: Annual Water Ceremony.
   -

   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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