[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of service for Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025

Fri Oct 31 11:47:11 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 treat to share at coffee hour*. We still do not need
tortilla chips or crackers, but last week's leftovers are slim pickins. 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.

El Día de los Muertos *Celebration, Rev. Hilary Krivchenia, guest speaker*

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 Peoples      Suzyn Mills, worship associate

Prelude  “I Remember,” by Sarah Quartel, performed by the FUUSM choir, directed
by Martha Webster

Chalice Lighting

*Please rise in body or spirit.

*Opening Hymn  “Let the Mystery Be,” words and music: Iris DeMent

(See screen for lyrics.)

Time for All Ages  “The Spirit of Tio Fernando,” by Janice Levy; illustrations
by Morella Fuenmayor

Sending Song #118 in Singing the Living Tradition, “This Little Light of
Mine,” African American Spiritual

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine (three times)

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

Collection of Offerings

Offertory   “Time to Fly,” by Mare Wakefield and Nomad

Reading “Día de los Muertos,” by Abelardo B. Delgado

Sharing of Names

Musical Interlude “To See the World,” words: William Blake; Norwegian melody

Reflection    El Día de los Muertos and Its Lessons   Rev. Hilary Krivchenia
,guest speaker

*Closing Hymn “Gathering of Spirits,” words and music: Carrie Newcomer

(See screen for lyrics.)

Benediction

Postlude   “Songs Stay Sung,” by Zoe Mulford, sung with Windborne

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

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

Extinguishing the Chalice

***  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, Martha
McGovern and Stephanie
“Squish” Thomas; today’s collection counter, Lori Flis; today’s Coffee Hour
volunteers, Joan Coffey, Nancy Luthy, and Cathy Rees; today’s host, Darryl
Ting, and greeter, Norla Arnold; the FUUSM Choir and its director, Martha
Webster; today’s worship associate, Suzyn Mills, and guest speaker, Rev.
Hilary Krivchenia.

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

Announcements

Today, Friday, Oct. 31: Halloween, Samhain begins (halfway through autumn,
end of harvest season)

Saturday, Nov. 1: Day of the Dead; Samhain

Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m.; set your clocks back an hour before
going to bed!

Sunday, Nov. 2: Day of the Dead

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   9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary
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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary.  El Dia De Los Muertos and Its
   Lessons, with Rev. Hilary Krivchena, guest speaker. Please bring a photo
   or memento of a loved one who has passed for display in the sanctuary.

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   Coffee hour! Social hall. Ends at 1 p.m. Please do your best to help the
   coffee crew leave the social hall clean and tidy because….
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   2:30–7:30 p.m., Peoples Bank Theater has rented our social hall for use
   by Mountain Stage!

Monday, Nov. 3

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   2 p.m., Membership Committee card stamping workday, RE parlor
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   2 p.m., Caring Committee meeting via Zoom.
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   6:30 p.m., FUUSM Board of Trustees meeting, RE parlor.

Tuesday, Nov. 4

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   2:30–6:30, Girl Scouts, social hall

Wednesday, Nov. 5

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   5 p.m., Worship & Music Committee meeting, RE parlor.
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   5:30-8 p.m., MOV Indivisible (Lori Flis)

Saturday, Nov. 8

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   3 p.m. Piano tuner Chris Purdy (rescheduled).

Sunday, Nov. 9

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   9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary
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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary: The Practice of Gratitude, Dayenu: A
   Global Perspective, by Rev. Diane Diachishin via Zoom.
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   11 a.m., MOV Friends (Quakers) meeting, RE parlor
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   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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