<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff">Martha,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff">2 items<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff">1. I am having a senior moment -the meeting will be at 5:00?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff">2. Will we see your dear self at the Wednesday Sustenance Lunch. Did you get my e-mail?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff">Maggie<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 9:31 PM Martha McGovern via Council <<a href="mailto:council@fuusm.org">council@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>



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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%">Minutes 
for December 4, 2019 Meeting of the Worship & Music Committee 
<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">** Next Meeting:<span>  </span>January 15, 
2020<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In Attendance:<span>  </span>Adeline Bailey, Kat Hawbaker, Martha 
McGovern, Maggie Meyer, Suzyn Mills<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1">
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Minutes of <span> </span>November 6 were 
  approved.<u></u><u></u></span> 
  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Correspondence:<span>  </span>Martha will send a thank you to Katy 
  McDaniel, Jane Tumas-Serna, Nancy Lee, Andrew Clovis, Gary Hamilton & 
  Men’s Group.<u></u><u></u></span> 
  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Reports from Specific Task 
  Teams: <u></u><u></u></span>
  <ol style="margin-top:0in" type="a">
    <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Aesthetics Team: Jane, Nancy, 
    and Andrew have organized the decoration materials and developed a plan for 
    the Sanctuary and outside of the church.<span>  </span>Gary Hamilton will coordinate 
    decoration of the outside of the church.</span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%"><u></u><u></u></span></b> 

    </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Special Music Team<b>: </b>Suzyn reported on future 
    music:<span>  </span>“Bring Me Little Water, 
    Sylvie,” a song by Shari Ballantyne, a song by the trio.<span>  </span><u>Choir</u>: <span> </span>Dec. 22 – “Hanukkah Hayom”<span>   </span>Dec. 24 – “Calypso Lullaby” 
    & “Night of Silence”<span>  
    </span>January 5 -- Owen & Elsie Cejka duet</span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%"><u></u><u></u></span></b> 

    </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Worship Associates 
    Team:</span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%"><span>  </span>Kat and Jim</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%"> 
    Rapp will plan a refresher for WAs in the spring.<span>  </span><b><u>Approved statement about the Native 
    Americans of this area</u>:<span>  </span>We 
    acknowledge that our building occupies the traditional land of various 
    Native American tribes, and we try to walk respectfully and lightly upon 
    that land.</b> <b><u></u><u></u></b></span></li></ol></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%">Martha</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%"> 
will update the checklists and scripts, send them to all WAs, and have a copy 
accessible for use on Sundays in the Sanctuary/Social Hall.<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1" start="3">
  <ol style="margin-top:0in" type="a" start="4">
    <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%">Piano 
    Task Force<b>: </b><u></u><u></u></span>
    </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%">Technology 
    Task Force: <span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></li></ol></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Establish a process for 
preparation for incorporating technology.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span><span>            
</span>Involve Mike Bailey.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Arrange practices well in advance 
of service/program.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Include Kelli 
McDermott.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Use visual displays in Opening 
and Closing of service.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For books, show only 
illustrations.<span>  
</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1" start="3">
  <ol style="margin-top:0in" type="a" start="6">
    <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%">Task 
    Force for the Time for All Ages: <b><span> </span></b>Ralph created a list.<span>  </span>Use <a href="mailto:tfaa@fuusm.org" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">tfaa@fuusm.org</font></a> 
    in the “to” line.<u></u><u></u></span> 
    </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%">The 
    Storage Committee:<span>  </span>Maggie will 
    set the first meeting for early in 2020.<span>  </span>Storage of the clavimover and 
    clearance of the office closet for installation of a safe are two issues 
    needing immediate action.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></li></ol>
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Expenditures</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">:<span>  </span><u></u><u></u></span>
  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">New Theme for 2019-2020:<span>  </span>How do we address the paradox of 
  “We”?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> <b><span> </span><u></u><u></u></b></span> 
  </li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Assessment of Service: 
  <u></u><u></u></span></b></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span>What went well: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span>What to refine: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span>Thematic/coherent:<span>  </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span>Spirituality/Faith Tradition:<span>  </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span>Life Span:<span>  </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1" start="7">
  <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Services for <span> </span>September - January</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">:<span>  </span><b><u></u><u></u></b></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>1<span>          
</span>Kat – Advent/Interfaith Service:<span>  
</span>Many Candles, One Light<span>  
</span>WA:<span>  </span>Gene 
Barry<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>8<span>          
</span>Kat – ALL AGES Community Card Project<span>  </span></span><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%">John 
Maddox, Diane McMichael,Teens</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>                                    
</span>No Randy<span>     
</span>Do Sanctuary decoration, too.<span>  
</span>WA:<span>  </span>Chris 
Jacobs<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>15<span>        </span>Kat – 
Ribbon Ceremony<span>  </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%">Marietta 
Merry & Bright –<i>Afternoon cookies 
& cocoa in Muskingham Park<u></u><u></u></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span><span>                        
</span>WA:<span>  </span>Rebecca 
Phillips<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">22<span>        </span>Kat – 
What sustains us in this season?<span>  
</span>Solstice<span>    
</span>WA:<span>  </span>Dawn Hewitt<span>   </span><i>CHOIR</i><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Christmas Eve Service<span>  </span>12/24 (Tuesday)<span>  </span>The Story of Christmas in Music 
??</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:rgb(192,0,0)"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">WA:<span>  </span>Suzyn Mills <i>CHOIR<u></u><u></u></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>29<span>        </span>Kat 
and Jim Rapp – Worship Leaders – Fire Communion<span>      </span><span style="color:rgb(192,0,0)"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">January <b>2020</b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>5<span>          
</span>Kat -- Topsy-Turvy Twelfth Night<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>12<span>        </span>Kat 
-- #UU the Vote Launch<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>19<span>        </span>Kat – 
Honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a Day of 
Service<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>26<span>        </span>(NO 
Kat)<span>  </span>Guest speaker – Wes Clarke – 
Mounds of Marietta: Reminders of Others Who <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>                                                                                    
</span><span>      
</span>Walked These Lands<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sustainability Forum – January 
31-February 1</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">February <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>2<span>          
</span>Charter Sunday <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>9<span>          
</span>World Interfaith Harmony Week<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>16<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>23<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">March<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>1<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>8<span>          
</span>[no Kat]<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>15<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>22<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>29<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><u><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%">Possible 
Topics and speakers for future services:</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>  </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The 
nature of prayer – Rain Dance was <u>envisioning</u>, 4 types – supplication, 
thanksgiving, contrition, praise<span>    </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(paraphrase)<span>  </span>Abraham Lincoln: If you want to raise 
the likelihood of the future you have predicted, get involved in creating 
it.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Barbara Kingsolver:<span>  </span>“The very least you can do in your life 
is to figure out what you hope for.<span>  
</span>And the most you can do is live inside that hope.<span>  </span>Not admire it from a distance but live 
right in it, under its roof.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Forgiveness as recurring service 
– connected with Yom Kippur “We forgive ourselves and each other.<span>  </span>We begin again in 
Love.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">clarification of various 
service/outreach activities of the local congregation and endeavors with UUA, 
UUSC, etc. and their relationship with FUUSM principles, 
mission<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Need for tracking and regular 
reporting? For example in Finance Committee records and Annual Meeting<span>  </span>report??<span>   </span>Do our church finances align with 
our mission?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Possible speakers:<span>  </span>artists: Dani, 
Morgan/Owen<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Workshop service:<span>  </span>prayer flags – Kat and Peg will take the 
lead on the service; Jane Tumas-Serna is willing to help.<span>  </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Mind 
maps may help the congregation identify how they are active in FUUSM 
efforts/activities and what additional options they would 
like.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Moral 
leadership:<span>  </span>Truman and Berlin Air 
Lift<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.75in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Martha will arrange with poets, 
artists for future services in March or other month<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Susan 
Sheppard (sp?) -- “To Be Indian” Native American experience, poem from Riverside 
Artists event, gourd by Kathy Norosky, other art work? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“Arrow Heads” by Nellie Hufford 
Ruby, wall art by Betsy Cook<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 1in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Appalachian Woman – Virginia 
Killian painting, poem by Kari Gunter-Seymour, reader was Athens project 
leader<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rancho Mirage Writers Festival 
(published on February 17, 2017) – Questions from Bret <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>Stephens:<span>  
</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Are we a country that seeks and 
attracts human capital and believes in being fundamentally open 
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">to the world?<span>  </span>Are we a self-critical country or a 
country of blamers?<span>  </span>Do we define 
our interests <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">according to our values or vice 
versa?<span>  </span>Do we have a healthy 
innovation culture?<span>  </span>Do we have a 
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">healthy civic culture?<span>  </span>Are we still a nation of optimists?<span>  </span>What are our attitudes 
toward<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">foreigners, failure, global 
leadership, change, each other?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Touchstone REACH Packet, Hungry 
Town</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">, multiple 
intelligences with additional one - existential-spiritual, powerful children’s 
stories, ages of women, This I Believe, family stories as carriers of family 
values, June Teenth celebration, reflections of people who grew up in UU 
congregation (Jay Phillips, Mike Bailey, Dean Banziger), Bill Bauer and <b>Peg Clifford</b> on suicide and 
kindness,<span>  </span>reflections of former 
ministers,<b> </b>Living Mindfully – 
Prepare for the Unexpected<b> </b>(Robin 
Bozian, Anita Newhart, Sue Montera, Virginia Mayle), Quill as a storyteller, 
Quakers on consensus, morality of artificial intelligence. <b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hal Walker – <b>Suzyn<span>     </span></b>Michael Dowd – <b>Adeline</b><span>  </span>-- perhaps in 2018<span>  </span>-- See email with 
update.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Catherine Roma – <b>Kat<span> 
</span><u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span><b>Peg Clifford</b> – What does 
democracy look like to whom?, We are all brothers (Day of the Dead), 
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>                        
</span>5 words for learning in Hebrew, immigration – world map of our 
origins<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>                        
</span>Cooperation with other churches – bus trip to African-American Museum in 
DC or <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>                        
</span>Underground Railroad in Cincinnati<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>Protest – contrast burning cross & burning flag<span>  </span>(Barb Kidd)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>Diversity: awareness of brain injury – (Beverly 
Bradley)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span>            
</span>Summer Institute:<span>  
</span>Encouraging attendance, using resources<span>  </span>e.g., Non-Violent Communication <span></span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Attention to awareness of 
previous residents on land in our area and need for our light 
presence<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Peg Clifford – “Where did I come 
from & why?” testimonials from members/friends<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Visual Arts </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(social justice, 
spirituality)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Shelley Graffs – Singing in 
Sacred Circle, etc.<span>  </span><a href="mailto:graffs@cinci.rr.com" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">graffs@cinci.rr.com</font></a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Trauma-Informed Care/ 
Trauma-Informed Schools</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";line-height:115%"><span>                                                  
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