[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service, Sunday, June 15: Flower Ceremony

Fri Jun 13 10:47:41 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 still have plenty of
crackers and tortilla chips. Help make FUUSM more welcoming and coffee hour
more enjoyable by bringing something tasty to share.

*Flower Ceremony *

Welcome Song “Peace, Salam, Shalom” Pat Humphries, of Emma’s Revolution

Peace, Salaam, Shalom (four times)

Welcome Shari Ballantyne and Nancy Lee, worship leaders

Prelude   “Heliotrope Bouquet”  by Scott Joplin and Louis Chauvin; Randall
Kidder, pianist

Chalice Lighting “If I Were a Flower”

*Please rise in body or spirit.

*Opening Hymn “For Flowers that Bloom about Our Feet,” anonymous lyricist;
Severus Gastorius, music; #76  in Singing the Living Tradition

Reading “It Only Takes One”

Collection of Offerings

Offertory   “Oh, Give Us Pleasure in the Flowers Today” Cyril V. Taylor

Flower Ceremony

Please proceed to the front to place your flower in a vase. If you would
like to share something significant about your flower, please use a
microphone.

*Closing Hymn  “Spring Has Now Unwrapped the Flowers,” Piae Cantones,
words;Thomas Benjamin, music; #63 in Singing the Living Tradition

Postlude   “Praise in Springtime,”    by Thomas Benjamin

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

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

Extinguishing the Chalice

Please join us immediately after the service for the annual congregational
photo, and afterward, as you leave, take a different flower home with you!

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

Thanks to our childcare staff, Lela Erb; our tech crew, Mike Bailey and Ralph
Olander; our Design & Decoration team, primarily Stephanie “Squish” Rector;
today’s greeter and collection counter, Scott Lacey; our Coffee Hour
volunteers, Betsy Kalter and Judy Segall; today’s host, Mike Lang; our
pianist, Randall Kidder; and our worship leaders, Shari Ballantyne and Nancy
Lee.

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

Announcements

NO SERVICE HERE NEXT WEEK! June 22 will be a field trip. We encourage
members and friends to attend the Mid-Ohio Valley Multi-Cultural Festival
at Belpre Civitan Park. On Sunday at noon there will be Interfaith
Devotions. Also scheduled for Sunday afternoon are: 12:30 p.m., Steve Free,
a musician who combines Native American and Appalachian influences; 1:40
p.m., Ugata, a drum performance; 2:50 p.m., Hula Dancers; and 4 p.m., OYO,
a group that weaves together folk, honky-tonk, bluegrass, and rock. For
car-pooling, meet at FUUSM at 10:15 a.m.

(We had originally planned our traditional potluck picnic, but we learned
that facilities were not available to do so at Civitan Park. So, no picnic.)

Last Chance to Sign Up for An Evening at Campus Martius! Join us for FUN &
FUND Raising from 5:30–8 p.m. on Sunday, June 22. $35 per person for ages
18 and older; FREE for 17 and younger accompanied by a paying adult. This
fun event is a benefit for FUUSM, and it supports Campus Martius, an
incredible local historical resource. Discover all kinds of interesting
local history as you have the evening to explore.The whole museum will be
open for our private event, which will include a museum scavenger hunt,
heavy appetizers, and trivia to top off the evening! RSVP to Dawn Hewitt
TODAY!!

We will NOT be able to accommodate event-night ticket sales at the door.

Today, Friday, June 13

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   11 a.m.–1 p.m., private use of sanctuary (Randall Kidder).

Saturday, June 14

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   9:30 a.m., Tai Chi for beginners, social hall.

Sunday, June 15

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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary: Father’s Day and Flower Ceremony.

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   Coffee hour! Social hall. Ends at 1 p.m.
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   12:30ish, Green Sanctuary Committee meeting, RE parlor

Tuesday, June 17

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   2:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout Troop, social hall.

Wednesday, June 18

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   6 p.m., Men’s Group potluck, social hall. Gary Hamilton and Bill McClain
   host.

Thursday, June 19: Juneteenth!  FUUSM Office closed.

Friday, June 20: July Confluence content due

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   11 a.m.–1 p.m., private use of sanctuary (Randall Kidder).

Saturday, June 21: Summer Solstice

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

Sunday, June 22:

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   NO SERVICE AT FUUSM! Instead, please attend the Interfaith Devotions at
   noon, at the Multi-Cultural Festival at Civitan Park in Belpre.
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   11 a.m., Quaker meeting (MOV Friends), RE parlor
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   5:30-8 p.m., An Evening at Campus Martius! (advance registration and
   payment required)

FUUSM Office hours:  Mon.,Tu., Th., Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (740) 373-1238,
fuusm.office at gmail.co <fuusm.office at gmail.com>.
Note: On Monday, June 16, FUUSM office hours will be 10 a.m.–noon, and 1–3
p.m. (closed noon-1, so Dawn can attend Steve Meyer's visitation).
-- 
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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