[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Order of Service for Sunday, March 22, World Water Day

Fri Mar 20 11:33:05 CDT 2026

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*. The FUUSM fridge has lots
of store-bought cookies, chips, pretzels, and leftovers from previous
weeks, but we will gratefully accept all contributions, especially fresh
ones. Coffee Hour is when our social safety net is woven. Thanks to all the
volunteer weavers.

Protecting Water, Protecting Life, Vic Elam will present the reflection

“Where water flows, equality grows.” UN-Water

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   Adeline Bailey, worship leader

Prelude   “d'Edriophthalma,” by Erik Satie; Randall Kidder, pianist

Chalice Lighting  “All Water Is One Water,”  by Rev. Mel Hoover & Rev. Rose
Edington

Special Music  “River Run Free,”   words and music by Douglas E.
Wagner, performed
by the FUUSM choir under the direction of Martha Webster

Responsive Reading  #570  in Singing the Living Tradition, “Prayer for the
Earth,” by Barbara Deming

Time for All Ages The Water Princess, by Susan Verde, illustrated by Peter
H. Reynolds

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   “Where Gentle Tides Go Rolling By,”   traditional Asian melody

Reflection      “Protecting Water, Protecting Life,” Vic Elam, presenter

*Please rise in body or spirit

*Closing Hymn #175 in Singing the Living Tradition, “We Celebrate the Web
of Life," Lyrics by Alicia S. Carpenter, © 1990; used with permission of
the Estate of Alicia Carpenter; music: Melchior Vulpius

Closing Words: “Protecting Marietta’s Water”  Jim Reed

Postlude   “La Mer,” by Suzanne Ciani

Announcements

Facebook Live ends

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

Extinguishing the Chalice/Benediction “Water,” by Melissa Jeter

***  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, Bruce Henthorn, Virginia Henthorn, and
Cathy Rees; today’s host, Dawn Hewitt, and greeter, Scott Lacey; the FUUSM
Choir and its director, Martha Webster; today’s worship leader, Adeline
Bailey; our pianist, Randall Kidder; and today’s guest presenter, Vic Elam.

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

Announcements

Today, Friday, March 20: Eid al Fitr and Vernal Equinox! Spring has sprung!

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   5:30 p.m., Singing the Resistance, sanctuary. Learn music to protest by,
   with Lori Flis.

Saturday, March 21

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

Sunday, March 22

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   9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
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   9:30 a.m., Buildings & Grounds Committee meeting, RE parlor.
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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary, Zoom and Facebook. See order of
   service above.
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   11 a.m., MOV Friends meeting (Quakers), RE parlor.

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

Monday, March 23

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

Tuesday, March 24

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   3:30–6:30, Girl Scouts in social hall
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   4:30, private use of RE parlor (Roger Kalter)
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   6 p.m. private use of RE parlor (Dawn Hewitt and George Banziger)

Saturday, March 28

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   9 a.m.–noon, Buildings & Grounds Committee Work Day: no experience or
   tools needed, just a willingness to help. For planning purposes, please
   contact Roger Kalter if you will attend: (740) 525-1833.
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   Noon–2 p.m., No Kings rally, East Muskingum Park.

Sunday, March 29

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   9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
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   9:30 a.m., Religious Exploration Class, social hall. “We affirm, defend,
   and promote the equality, worth and dignity of every person.” Come join the
   discussion and share your thoughts.
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   9:30 a.m., Buildings & Grounds Committee meeting, RE parlor.
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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary, Zoom and Facebook :Feast of
   Liberation, Food for Thought: A Passover Reflection. In this collaborative
   worship service, Rev. Evan Young and Rev. Hilary Krivchenia will illuminate
   insights to be gained through a multilayered holiday and a multilayered
   faith.
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   Coffee hour! 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. 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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