[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service for Sunday, Feb. 22

Fri Feb 20 10:20:18 CST 2026

Feb. 20 is  World Day of Social Justice. Today would be an extra good day
to make a positive change for others, or for the common good.

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 tasty treat to share at coffee hour.*  Leftovers are slim
pickin's. All contributions, *especially fresh ones*, will be gratefully
received. Yummy treats (and coffee) are an important part of our Sunday
experience. Volunteers (like you) make it happen.

Summer Institute: Learning, Laughing & Lounging, with Diana Bonnell and
Lori Flis

“Only when we conquer our fear of falling, we can learn how to fly.”
—anonymous

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 Nancy Luthy, *worship leader

Prelude “Metamorphosis," composer and pianist: Randall Kidder

Chalice Lighting  Lisa Garcia-Sampson

*Please rise in body or spirit.

*Opening Hymn #131 in Singing the Living Tradition, “Love Will Guide
Us,” words:
Sally Rogers; music: traditional

Time for All Ages  The Caterpillar and the Butterfly, by Michael
Rosenblum; illustrated
by Polina Poluektova

Sending Song   “This Little Light of Mine” African American Spiritual

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.

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

Collection of Offerings

Offertory   “Let Love Continue Long,” John Ireland

Reading “The Super Chrysalis,” by John J. Prendergast, PhD

Special Music   “Common Ground,” performed by Jim Scott; music: Ivan
Lins; words
by Jim Scott, Paul Winter, Michael Holmes, Joel Sattler, and John Guth

Reflection      Summer Institute: Learning, Laughing and Lounging   Diana
Bonnell and Lori Flis

*Closing Hymn #121 in Singing the Living Tradition, "We'll Build a
Land,” words:
Barbara Zanotti; music: Carolyn McDade

Closing Words

Postlude   “First Light,”    Michael Whalen

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

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

Extinguishing the Chalice    adapted from “Out of the Flames” Sara Eileen
LaWall

***  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, Mike
Lang; today’s Coffee Hour volunteers, Martha McGovern, and Jim and Rose Reed;
today’s host, Adeline Bailey, and greeter, Scott Lacey; today’s worship
leader, Nancy Luthy; our pianist, Randall Kidder; our minister, the Rev.
Evan Young, and today’s guest presenters, Diana Bonnell and Lori Flis.

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

Announcements

Today, Feb. 20: Confluence content due

   - 6 p.m., Open Mic Night! Doors open at 6; entertainment begins at 6:30;
   cost is $10 per person, and includes cheap wine, cheap snacks, and the
   cheapest entertainment in town! Questions? Call or text Nancy Lee at
   740-630-6326, or email her at nwolske17 at yahoo.com

*Saturday, Feb. 21*

   - 10:30 a.m., Tai Chi reunion, social hall.

*Sunday, Feb. 22*

   - 9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
   - 9:30 a.m..  Today’s Issues Discussion in the RE Parlor
   - 9:30 a.m., Religious Exploration: Becoming Better Through Sharing,
   topic: Words to Live By, social hall
   - 9:30 a.m., Buildings & Grounds Committee meeting, RE building 2nd floor
   meeting room and via Zoom.
   - 11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary. “Summer Institute: Learning,
   Laughing & Lounging,” presented by Diana Bonnell and Lori Flis
   - 11 a.m., MOV Friends meeting, RE parlor.
   - Coffee hour!  Social hall. Ends at 1 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 23

   -

   6:30 p.m., Finance Committee meeting via Zoom.

Tuesday, Feb. 24

   -

   3:30–6:30, Girl Scouts in social hall
   -

   4:30, private use of RE parlor (Roger Kalter)
   -

   6 p.m. private use of RE parlor (Dawn Hewitt & George Banziger)
   Washington County for Safe Drinking Water organizing committee.

Saturday, Feb. 28

   -

   11 a.m. –1 p.m., Empty Bowls, First United Methodist Church,
   Williamstown.

Sunday, March 1

   -

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

   9:30 a.m., Religious Exploration: Becoming Better Through Sharing,
   social hall
   -

   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary, Zoom and Facebook Live: Purim:
   Celebrating Freedom, with Lori Fahn, guest speaker

FUUSM Office hours:  Mon.,Tu., Th., Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (740) 373-1238,
fuusm.office at gmail.com. Rev. Evan Young is available by appointment
remotely on Mondays and Thursdays from noon–3:30 p.m., and in his office
Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m.–3 p.m., (740) 590-3780,
fuusm.minister 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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