[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, Sunday, Dec. 7: Hope, Ribbon Ceremony

[Dawn Hewitt, FUUSM office assistant]

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 treat to share at coffee hour*. We still have ample
tortilla chips, crackers, and store-bought cookies, but all contributions,
especially fresh ones, will be gratefully received. Yummy treats (and
coffee) are an important part of our Sunday tradition. Volunteers (like
you) make it happen.
Ribbon Ceremony, Third Sunday of Advent, Hope

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” —Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Welcome Song “Whoever You Are,” by Hal Walker

Whoever you are, we welcome you

Wherever you come from, we welcome you

Whomever you love, we welcome you.

Welcome Betsy Liller, worship leader

Prelude “Ribbon in the Sky,” by Stevie Wonder; Randall Kidder, pianist

Chalice Lighting  by Macrina Wiederkehr

Special Music  “A Yuletide Greeting,” words & music: Victor C.
Johnson; performed
by the FUUSM choir, under the direction of Martha Webster

Time for All Ages Hope is a Rainbow,  by Hoda Kotb;  illustrated by Chloe
Dominique

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   “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” by Walter Kent

Introduction to the Ribbon Ceremony

Holiday Struggles and Finding Hope

Pair and Share

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   What is most challenging to you during the holiday season?
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   What do you cherish about the holiday season?
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   What nurtures your hope?

Take a minute to gather your thoughts and then find a partner. When the
gong sounds, take two minutes to share with your partner. When the gong
sounds again, switch roles. You will then be invited up to share.

*Please rise in body or spirit.

*Closing Hymn  #349 in Singing the Living Tradition, “We Gather
Together”  words:Dorthy
Caiger Senghas and Robert E. Senghas;  music: Adrian Valerius’s Nederlandtsch
Gedenckclanck

Announcements

Postlude   “Winter Wonderland,”  by Felix Bernard

Facebook Live ends

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

Extinguishing the Chalice, Emily Dickinson

***  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 intern Griffin Jeffery; our Design & Decoration
team, Martha McGovern and Stephanie Thomas; today’s collection counter, Ellen
Bond; today’s Coffee Hour volunteers, George Banziger, and Scott Lacey;
today’s host, Darryl Ting, and greeter, Norla Arnold; the FUUSM Choir and
its director, Martha Webster; and today’s worship leader, Betsy Liller.

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

Announcements

Sunday, Dec. 7


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   9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary
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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary: Second Sunday of Advent: Hope: The
   Ribbon Ceremony. (See Order of Service above.)


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   12:15 p.m., Coffee Hour, social hall, ends at 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 9

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   Noon, UU+ Women’s Book Group, Parkersburg Country Club.
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   3:30–6:30, Girl Scouts in social hall.
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   4:30, private use of RE parlor (Roger Kalter).

Wednesday, Dec. 10

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   6 p.m., Women’s Group potluck, The Fields Clubhouse in Williamstown.
   Martha McGovern & Suzyn Mills will host. Please RSVP to
   suzynmills at gmail.com by Tuesday, Dec. 9.

Saturday, Dec. 13

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   10:30, Tai Chi reunion, social hall.

Sunday, Dec. 14: Hanukkah begins at Sunset.

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   9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary, Third Sunday of Advent: Peace; What
   Is Hanukkah? Rev. Hilary Krivchenia, guest speaker.
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   11 a.m., MOV Friends, Quaker meeting, RE parlor.
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   12:15 p.m., 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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