[Fuusm-l] Fwd: FUUSM Order of service for Dec. 21: " The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!"

[Dawn Hewitt]

> Thanks to Mike Bailey for letting me know that this message didn't go through when I sent it at 1:13 this afternoon. Hope it goes this time!  --dawn
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Dawn Hewitt, FUUSM office assistant <fuusm.office at gmail.com <mailto:fuusm.office at gmail.com>>
> Date: Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
> Subject: FUUSM Order of service for Dec. 21: " The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!"
> To: FUUSM ALL Everyone <fuusm-l at fuusm.org <mailto:fuusm-l at fuusm.org>>
> 
> 
> 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. 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. (Read more about it in the calendar below.)
> JOY: The Best(Interactive, No-Rehearsal) Christmas Pageant Ever!
> written by UU minister Rev. Norman Allen
> “I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.” —Luke 2:10
> Welcome Song “Enter, Rejoice and Come In”     Louise Ruspini, words & music
> Enter, rejoice, and come in.
> Enter, rejoice, and come in.
> Today will be a joyful day, 
> Enter, rejoice, and come in. 
> Welcome & Honoring Indigenous Peoples, Adeline Bailey, worship leader 
> Prelude “Away in a Manger”, Pixabay content by Maksym Dudchyk, from Christmas Music: Bells
> Lighting the Chalice and Advent Candles      words of the Rev. Rosemary Morrison  
> Collection of Offerings
> Offertory   “Ode to Joy” (remix), Ludwig van Beethoven, Randall Kidder, pianist
> *Please rise in body or spirit.
> *Opening Hymn #253 in Singing the Living Tradition, “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” John Francis Wade, words and music
> The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
> Guest stars Shari Ballantyne, Suzyn Mills, Stephanie Thomas
> Narrator Adeline Bailey
> Villagers/shepherds/animals Thaddeus Shea, Dawn Hewitt
> Other special roles  Volunteers from the congregation, PLEASE!
> Scene One: “What’s Up With That?”
> Hymn #246, in Singing the Living Tradition, “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” words: Phillips Brooks, music: Lewis H. Redner 
> Scene Two: “You Try It!”
> Hymn #237, in Singing the Living Tradition, “The First Nowell,” words: English carol; music: William Sandy’s Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern
> Scene Three: “What’s That Noise?”
> Hymn #239, in Singing the Living Tradition, “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” African American spiritual 
> Scene Four: “Talking with Angels”
> Hymn #231, in Singing the Living Tradition, “Angels We Have Heard on High,” words: Earl Bowman Marlatt, music: French carol
> Scene Five: “Hearts Full of Love”
> Hymn #245, in Singing the Living Tradition, “Joy to the World,” words: Isaac Watts; music: Methodist Collection of Tunes
> Announcements
> Facebook Live ends
> Joys and Concerns (Zoom participants are invited to share, too.)
> Benediction/Extinguishing the Chalice adapted from a 2023 sermon by Rev. Beth Dana for the First UU of Dallas, TX
> ***  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, George Banziger; today’s Coffee Hour volunteers, Susan and Tom Henderson and Judy Segall; today’s host, Mike Lang, and greeter, Scott Lacey; today’s worship leader, Adeline Bailey, and to all who participated in the pageant.
> If you would like to learn more about membership or participation in FUUSM congregational life, please speak to today’s host, Mike. 
> Announcements
> Saturday, Dec. 20: Confluence content due
> 8 a.m. – 1 p.m., private use of social hall (Willa O’Neill)
> Sunday, Dec. 21
> 9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary
> 12:15 p.m., Coffee Hour, social hall ends at 1 p.m. It's a festivus miracle! We've also got a bag of pretzels, several packages of store-bought cookies, plus odds and ends left over from two weeks ago. So, there's enough food for a not very exciting coffee hour spread. Please bring something fresh if you can. 
> 12:30ish, Green Sanctuary Committee meeting, RE parlor
> Monday, Dec. 22
> 6:30 p.m., Finance Committee meeting via Zoom.
> Tuesday, Dec. 23: Festivus
> 3:30–6:30, Girl Scouts in social hall
> 4:30, private use of RE parlor (Roger Kalter)
> Wednesday, Dec. 24
> 7 p.m., Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
> Thursday, Dec. 25: Christmas, FUUSM Office closed
> Friday, Dec. 26: Kwanzaa begins
> Sunday, Dec. 28
> 9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary
> 11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary; Annual Fire Ceremony
> 11 a.m., MOV Friends, Quaker meeting, RE parlor
> 12:15 p.m., Coffee Hour, social hall, ends at 1 p.m.
> 
> Staff Gifts 
> Today is the last day we’ll be collecting for staff holiday gifts. Please write checks to FUUSM with “staff gifts” in the memo line, and place in the labeled box in the entryway or social hall. Our staff includes Owen Cejka and Lela Erb, childcare attendants; Wendy Frye Paskawych, building steward; Martha Webster, choir director; Randall Kidder, pianist; and Dawn Hewitt, office assistant. Thanks to those who have already given! 
> 
> FUUSM Office hours:  Mon.,Tu., Th., Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (740) 373-1238, fuusm.office at gmail.com <mailto:fuusm.office at gmail.com>.
> 
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> 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.
> 
> 
> --
> 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.
> 
> 
> --
> 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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