[Fuusm-l] FUUSM Weekly update for March 30

Mon Mar 30 11:33:38 CDT 2026

Expect to be tired tomorrow. Why?

*Please donate your time, talent, or services to the FUUSM auction!*
It is time once again for our favorite FUUSM fundraiser, the FUUSM Service
Auction, which will be held April 25 at the KofC hall in Harmar. Doors open
at 6, bidding will start at 6:30. As you know, the success of this event
rides on the creative and generous shoulders of all of us. So how can you
help? Here are just a few ideas ...

For the live auction:

   - Host an event at your home or the social hall, such as a card or games
   party, dinner/brunch/lunch, movie night
   - Share your knowledge and skills:  Cooking, or arts & crafts
   - Lead a hike or offer a tour
   - Offer a useful service: handyperson, yard & garden, meal/food prep,
   window washing, power washing

Or for the silent auction:

   - Quality art
   - Vintage/antiques
   - New or like new small appliances & household items
   - Unique garden decor

Cindy Brown recently emailed a form to submit your auction
offerings--information she'll need to make the auction catalog, which is a
Very Big Deal. Send it to lablibn at gmail.com, or drop it off at the FUUSM
office. SOON!

*The week ahead*

Tuesday, March 31

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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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   March 31 is the last day of a 31-day march!

Wednesday, April 1: Don’t be an April Fool!

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   10:15 a.m., Worship & Music Committee, RE parlor

Thursday, April 2

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   2:05 p.m., FUUSM Auction Quartet practice, RE parlor

Sunday, April 5

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   9:30 a.m., Choir practice, sanctuary.
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   11 a.m., Sunday service, sanctuary, Zoom and Facebook
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   Coffee hour!  Social hall. Ends at 1 p.m.
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   12:30 p.m., *Egg hunt! *FUUSM courtyard

*Mark your calendar for these dates down the road:*

Friday, April 17

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   5:30 p.m., Music of the Sayyids and the Dervishes, an evening of piano
   music in the musical idiom of the Middle East, performed by Randall
Kidder. Sayyids
   and Dervishes occupies a special place in the body of works by Armenian
   philosopher, composer and mystic George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (1877-1949)
   and Ukrainian composer Thomas De Hartmann (1885-1956).   (
   https://www.gfnyc.org/ )  Meditative and mindful, these compositions
   stem from melodies and music Gurdjieff heard in remote monasteries in Asia
   and the Middle East. The Dervish pieces are often characterized by powerful
   dance rhythms, full of spiritual fervor, while the music of the Sayyids
   presents more of a mystery. During the two intermissions, guests will enjoy
   a sumptuous selection of Middle Eastern mezze, desserts, and beverages.
   Those who attended the 2025 FUUSM service auction paid $35 for each ticket.
   This event is open to the public, and attendees are encouraged to donate,
   with all donations going to FUUSM.

Wednesday, April 22: Earth Day

   - 7 p.m., free film screening of The Extraordinary Caterpillar, hosted
   by the Green Sanctuary Committee. Please come! It’s a wonderful movie— not
   a made-for-children film, but curious children will enjoy it, too.

Friday, April 24

   - 11 a.m., Celebration of life for Margaret Fredericks

*Saturday, April 25*

   - 9 a.m. –2 p.m., *Household Hazardous Waste Collection*, Americas
   Styrenics Employee Parking Lot, 17401 Route 7 (between Marietta and
   Belpre). Note: this is for residents of Washington County, ONLY. Acceptable
   for dropoff: insecticides, herbicides, pesticides, antifreeze, watch
   batteries, used oil, rat poison, solvents, transmission fluid, household
   cleaners, gasoline, auto batteries, fertilizers, stains, paint, household
   batteries (put tape on each end), wood strippers, creosote, bleach, moth
   balls, pool chemicals, kerosene, radiator cleaners, grease, ammonia,
   sealants, degreasers, cesspool cleaners, photo chemicals, brake fluid,
   engine cleaners, metal polish, paint thinner, fluorescent light tubes and
   bulbs, glue, automotive freon, varnish, lighter fluid, oil filters, diesel,
   adhesives, propane cylinders, and intact mercury thermometers. There is no
   charge to drop off these items.

The following items will *not* be accepted: Tires, ammunition, explosives,
fireworks, smoke detectors, flares, radioactive materials, gun powder,
electronics, TVs, pressurized fire extinguishers, appliances, isocyanate
cans & cylinders (urethane foam insulation). No wastes will be accepted
from industrial, commercial, government or agricultural generators.

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   10 a.m.–1 p.m., *Earth Day Marietta*, Armory Square. FUUSM'S Green
   Sanctuary Committee will have a booth, along with Citizen's Climate
   Lobby, Washington County for Safe Drinking Water, Mid-Ohio Valley Climate
   Action, and Friends of the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge—all
   groups FUUSM folks support.
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   1 p.m. –5 p.m., *tree planting at Buckley Island*. Meet at 1 p.m. at the
   Williamstown boat launch. Sign a waiver and board a boat! No tools or
   experience necessary. Spend the afternoon improving the habitat on Buckley
   Island. How cool is that?
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   6 p.m.–10 p.m., FUUSM’s annual Service Auction!!! Knights of Columbus
   Hall, 312 Franklin St. in Harmar. Bidding starts at 6:30.

Saturday, May 9

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   10 a.m. — 2 p.m., Annual FUUSM Plant and Bake Sale!

Sunday, June 7

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   5–7 p.m., FUUSM Valley Gem cruise, a service-auction event.

-- 
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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