[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of service for Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026: Looking and Moving Forward

Fri Jan 2 11:10:09 CST 2026

Dawn,

Could you please remove me from the email list. Thank you.

Neil

On Fri, Jan 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM Dawn Hewitt, FUUSM office assistant via
Fuusm-l <fuusm-l at fuusm.org> wrote:

> 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*. All contributions, *especially
> fresh ones*, will be gratefully received. Yummy treats (and coffee) are
> an important part of our Sunday community experience. Volunteers (like you)
> make it happen.
>
> Looking and Moving Forward, with our minister, Rev. Evan Young
>
> “Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning, but a going on.” —Hal
> Borland
>
> Welcome Song “Come, Come, Whoever You Are”  Words: adapted from Rumi; music:
> Lynn Adair Ungar
>
> Come, come, whoever you are,
>
> wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving.
>
> Ours is no caravan of despair,
>
> come, yet again come.
>
> Welcome & Honoring Indigenous Peoples  Rev. Evan Young, worship leader
>
> Prelude “Years of Pilgrimage,” Franz Liszt, composer; Randall Kidder,
> pianist
>
> Chalice Lighting      by Lois Van Leer
>
> We light this chalice on the brink of a new year,
> Letting go of what has been,
> Open and hopeful for what may come,
> Renewed, restored, ready
> To live Life fully anew.
> May we move forward with intention.
>
> *Please rise in body or spirit.
>
> *Opening Hymn #194 in Singing the Living Tradition, “Faith Is a Forest,” words:
> Shelley Jackson Denham; music: Chinese folk song
>
> Reading by Anaïs Nin
>
> Time for All Ages  The Weight of the Glass*, * a parable
>
> Sending Song  “Go Now in Peace”       Natalie Sleeth, words and music
>
> Go now in peace. Go now in peace.
>
> May the spirit of love surround you
>
> Everywhere, everywhere, you may go.
>
> Collection of Offerings
>
> Offertory   “Now’s the Time,” by Charlie Parker
>
> Reflection      Looking and Moving Forward,  Rev. Evan Young
>
> *Closing Hymn #396 in Singing the Living Tradition, “I Know This Rose
> Will Open,” words and music by Mary E. Grigolia
>
> Announcements
>
> Closing Words by T. S. Eliot
>
> Postlude “New Era Rag,” James Scott
>
> 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, Ralph Olander, and intern Griffin Jeffery; our Design &
> Decoration team, Martha McGovern and Stephanie Thomas; today’s collection
> counter, Jim Reed; today’s Coffee Hour volunteers, Joan Coffey, Nancy
> Luthy, and Cathy Rees; today’s host, Darryl Ting, and greeters, Jim and Rose
> Reed; and our minister, the Rev. Evan Young.
>
> If you would like to learn more about membership or participation in FUUSM
> congregational life, please speak to today’s host, Darryl.
>
> Announcements
>
> It’s Almost Time to Turn In Guest At Your Table Donations
>
> Next Sunday, Jan. 11, is the final day for our Guest at Your Table—UUA
> service project. Envelopes are available for a cash donation or a check.
> Please make checks payable to UUSC  and write GAYT on the Memo Line. Thank
> you for your generosity. — Nancy Luthy
>
> Sunday, Jan. 4
>
>    -
>
>    9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
>    -
>
>    9:30 a.m., Today’s Issues discussion.  RE building parlor
>    -
>
>    11 a.m., Sunday service, Looking & Moving Forward, with Rev. Evan
>    Young (see order of service above)
>
>
>    -
>
>    Coffee hour!  Social hall. Ends at 1 p.m.
>
> Monday, Jan. 5
>
>    -
>
>    1 p.m., fire inspection with Captain Steve Hill
>    -
>
>    2 p.m., Caring Committee meeting via Zoom
>    -
>
>    6:30 p.m., FUUSM Board of Trustees meeting, RE parlor
>
> Tuesday, Jan. 6
>
>    -
>
>    3:30–6:30, Girl Scouts in social hall
>    -
>
>    4:30, private use of RE parlor (Roger Kalter)
>
> Wednesday, Jan. 7
>
>    -
>
>    11 a.m., Worship & Music Committee meeting, RE parlor.
>    -
>
>    5:30-8 p.m. MOV Indivisible (Lori Flis)
>
> Sunday, Jan. 11
>
>    -
>
>    9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary
>    -
>
>    11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary: Involving All for Community Strength.
>
>    Tiffany Neill, superintendent of the Washington County Board of
>    Developmental Disabilities, will provide the reflection.
>    -
>
>    11 a.m., MOV Friends, Quaker meeting, RE parlor
>    -
>
>    12:15 p.m., Coffee hour, social hall
>
>
> 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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