[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service for Sept. 7, Water Ceremony

Fri Sep 5 11:43:03 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

Regarding coffee hour: There's not much in the way of leftovers. We have
finally consumed most of the tonnage of crackers in stock--although there
are still some, and 1 1/2 bags of tortilla chips). It's going to be slim
pickins at coffee hour unless many people contribute. If you enjoy coffee
hour, *please contribute*.
Water Ceremony

“They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water
but the voice of life, the voice of being, the voice of perpetual Becoming.”

—Hermann Hesse, in Siddhartha

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     Martha McGovern, worship leader

Prelude   “Mah Chi,”  written and performed by Laura Serna-Maytorena

Chalice Lighting “This House,” by Kenneth L. Patton, #444in Singing the
Living Tradition

This house is for the ingathering of nature and human nature.

It is a house of friendships, a haven in trouble, an open room for the
encouragement
of our struggle.

It is a house of freedom, guarding the dignity and worth of every person.

It offers a platform for the free voice, for declaring—both in times
of security
and danger—the full and undivided conflict of opinion.

It is a house of truth-seeking, where scientists can encourage
devotion to their
quest, where mystics can abide in a community of searchers.

It is a house of art, adorning its celebrations with melodies and
handiworks.

It is a house of prophecy, outrunning times past and times present in
visions of growth and progress.

This house is a cradle for our dreams, the workshop of our common endeavor.

Collection of Offerings

Offertory   “Walk on Waters,”  written and sung by Laura Serna-Maytorena

Water Ceremony     Diana Bonnell, Lori Flis, Nohl Johnson, Mike Lang

“The Vessel of Compassion” and

 #1074 in Singing the Journey “Turn the World Around”   Harry Belafonte

The Young Person from the East with the spirit of Air

We come from the air, living in the air, go back to the air, turn the world
around.

The Parent from the South with the spirit of Fire

We come from the fire, living in the fire, go back to the fire, turn the
world around.

The Leader from the West with the spirit of Water

We come from the water, living in the water, go back to the water, turn the
world around.

The Elder from the North with the spirit of Earth

We come from the earth, living in the earth, go back to the earth, turn the
world around.

Invitation to the Congregation: This is the time for you to come up and
share

where your sample of water has come from and what it represents. Please
line up in both aisles, and then alternate sides to speak at the microphones

and add water to the vessel. (If you would like help with pouring the water
into the vessel, please use the Joys & Sorrows microphone.)

The Four Representatives honor the stories from all directions, refill
their containers from the Vessel of Compassion, and return to their homes.

*Please rise in body or spirit.

*We are of the Spirit, truly of the Spirit, only can the Spirit, turn the
world around.

* FUUSM Affirmation (see screen)

Closing Words by Collum Roberts

Postlude “Southwind,”   written and sung by Laura Serna-Maytorena

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

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

Benediction

***  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” Rector; today’s collection counter, Mike Lang; our Coffee Hour
volunteers, Joan Coffee, Nancy Luthy, and Cathy Rees; today’s host, Darryl and
Cynthia Ting; and our worship leader, Martha McGovern. If you would like to
learn more about membership or participation in FUUSM congregational life,
please speak to today’s hosts.

Announcements

Today

   -

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

Monday, Sept. 8

   -

   6:30 p.m., FUUSM Board of Trustees meeting, RE parlor.
   -

   2 p.m., Caring Committee via Zoom

Tuesday, Sept. 9

   -

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

Wednesday, Sept. 10

   -

   6 p.m., Women’s Group potluck, social hall. Steph Rector and Anita
   Newhart will host.

Saturday, Sept. 13

   -

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

Sunday, Sept. 14

   -

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

   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary. Insights from UUA General Assembly
   2025,  Don Poole, guest speaker.
   -

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

   1 p.m., Card Shower for Stephanie Rector and Joey Thomas, to celebrate
   their upcoming wedding, and you’re invited!

-- 
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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