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Service<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">This week the service is pre-recorded
and will be available from three sources.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">1) Youtube: Only available with this
link (i.e. not <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>searchable):<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN
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href="https://youtu.be/1LGK3eYaHI8"><FONT
color=#0000ff>https://youtu.be/1LGK3eYaHI8</FONT></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">2) The church’s Facebook Page, (a
direct link to the page is at the bottom of the home page of our website
<A href="http://fuusm.org/"><FONT color=#0000ff>fuusm.org</FONT></A>),
and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">3) Ralph Olander will play it via
screen share at the usual ZOOM session starting at 11:00 (or
so).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><FONT size=3>Sun. May 24,
2020 (11am)<SPAN class=apple-tab-span><B><SPAN style="COLOR: #121212">
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">This info will also be available on
the FUUSM website Homepage in the Announcement for this
service.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">First Unitarian Universalist Society
of Marietta<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">232 Third Street, Marietta, OH<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><A
href="http://www.fuusm.org/"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><FONT
color=#0000ff>www.fuusm.org</FONT></SPAN></B></A><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Order of Service for Memorial Day
Remote Service on May 24, 2020<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">The Reverend Kat Hawbaker and Martha
McGovern</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">“Accepting the
Torch”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"
align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">*Recorded Gathering Music – “Down A
Country Lane” – Randall Kidder<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Welcome</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Welcome to the May 24<SUP>th</SUP>
service of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our minister, The Reverend Kathryn
Hawbaker, and I,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Martha McGovern,
will be leading the worship together today.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">As part of the Marietta Community, 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.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Though our building is
historic, we seek to be a liberal religious voice and example in the Mid-Ohio
Valley community by interacting with open minds, loving hearts, and helping
hands.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Today’s service observes Memorial
Day, a day dedicated to honoring<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>those who served in the armed forces and to mourning those who sacrificed
their lives for our country and its ideals.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This year, we realize in a new way the
meaning of “service” to the common good of our country.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are filled with gratitude and
admiration for all those on the front line of battle against the pandemic
<U>and</U> for all those doing their parts – large and small – in this common
public health effort.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Chalice Lighting</SPAN></U></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>#434</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 2">
</SPAN>(Anon.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>May we be reminded by the chalice flame of our highest aspirations, and
inspired to bring our gifts of love and service to the altar of humanity.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">May we know once again that we are
not isolated beings but connected, in mystery and miracle, to the universe, to
this community and to each other.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">*#360 Here We Have Gathered – verses
1 and 3 <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Here we have gathered, gathered side by side, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">circle of kinship, come and step
inside.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">May all who seek here find a kindly
word, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">may all who speak here feel they have
been heard.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Sing now together this, our hearts’
own song.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Life has its battles, sorrows, and
regret: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">but in the shadows, let us not
forget: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">we who now gather know each other’s
pain; <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">kindness can heal us: as we give, we
gain.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Sing now in friendship this, our
hearts’ own song.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Homily/Reflection</SPAN></U></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">For many of us, Memorial Day stirs up
a mixture of emotions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Perhaps some
of us are more inclined to expend our efforts to build peace than to take up
arms for battle.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Perhaps for some
of us it is difficult to think about the scars and sorrows that wars have
visited upon our friends and families.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Nevertheless, Memorial Day calls for us to face reality and to give
respect to those who have fallen.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">The reflection today will consist
primarily of two poems.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The first
poem is “Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It is a variation on a poem by Roman Christian poet Prudentius of the
4<SUP>th</SUP> Century.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The solemn
words of the poem describe surrendering<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>the bodies of fallen warriors to the embrace of the Earth:
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Take Him, Earth, for
Cherishing<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Bodies, human, do I bring thee.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Take them, Earth, for cherishing;
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">To thy tender breast receive them,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Noble even in their
ruin.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Take, O take them, mighty
Earth.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Take again thy servants’
souls.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Engrave their names and pour a
fragrant<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Balm upon their icy
stones.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Take them, Earth, for
cherishing;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">To thy tender breast receive
them.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Noble even in their
ruin,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Bodies, human, do I bring
thee.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Take them Earth, for
cherishing.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">The second poem is reading #583 in
our hymnal, “The Young Dead Soldiers” by Archibald MacLeish.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This poem emphasizes that we, the
living, inherit the responsibility to carry on, to defend the ideals of our
republic, to learn from the past and to take steps for the preservation of the
health not only of our nation but also of the greater world.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The word “health” in this context refers
to all aspects of a healthy democratic society. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">The Young Dead
Soldiers</SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>by Archibald
MacLeish<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">The young dead soldiers do not
speak.<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Nevertheless, they are heard in the
still houses: who has not heard <o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>them?</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">They have a silence that speaks for
them at night and when the <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>clock counts.<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">They say: We were young. We have
died. Remember us.</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">They say: We have done what we could
but until it is finished it is <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>not done.<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">They say: We have given our lives but
until it is finished no one can <o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>know what our lives gave.</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">They say: Our deaths are not ours;
they are yours; they will mean <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>what you make them.<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">They say: Whether our lives and our
deaths were for peace and a <o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>new hope or for nothing we cannot say; it is you who must
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>say this.</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">They say: We leave you our
deaths.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Give them their meaning.<I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">We were young, they say. We have
died. Remember us.</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Interlude</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"> – “Where Have All The Flowers Gone”
– Peter, Paul & Mary<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">I recommend to you the children’s
book <U>The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans</U> by
Barbara Elizabeth Walsh.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>During World War I, Moina supported the soldiers in many ways – knitting
socks and sweaters; rolling bandages for the Red Cross; delivering books,
magazines, and candy to their camps; wishing them well as they departed from the
train station.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Her actions remind
me of the mask-making, food distribution, and cheering that many have done in
recent days.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Then, when she was considered too old
to be a canteen worker for soldiers on leave, Moina wondered what else she could
do to be supportive.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She read the
poem “We Shall Not Sleep” by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae about soldiers
buried in Flanders Field.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The poem
ends with the words:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">To you from failing hands we
throw<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">The torch; be yours to hold it
high.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">If ye break faith with us who
die<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">We shall not sleep, though poppies
grow In Flanders fields.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Moina realized what she could
do.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She committed herself to using
the symbol of the red poppy as a way both to honor the fallen and to raise funds
for the needs of returning service-men and women and their families.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now – at both Memorial Day and Veterans
Day – we can make donations to veterans’ groups and wear red poppies to show our
appreciation for the service they have given.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">We can also act on our own
commitments to ongoing service in defense of the common good and toward the
strengthening of peaceful, just societies worldwide.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The pandemic has revealed many weak
spots in our safety nets and many holes of injustice in our economic and social
fabric.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Let us move forward with
the faith and quiet strength of flowers toward
transformation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Interlude - “Tears Next Door” by
Maggie Baugh (from Youtube)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Extinguishing of Chalice/Benediction
</SPAN></U></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Words of #184<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Be Ye Lamps Unto Yourselves<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(words of Gautama
Buddha)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">As we, warriors all, extinguish the
chalice and rejoin the world, let us heed the words of
Buddha:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Be ye lamps unto yourselves; be your own confidence; hold
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>to the truth within yourselves as to the only lamp.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Remembrance in the Memorial
Garden</SPAN></U></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">“When We Are Gone” - Rev. Kat
Hawbaker<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">“Remembering Our Own”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>-<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Music: “Be Ye Lamps Unto Yourselves” by Chancel Choir 1<SUP>st</SUP> UU
Church of Oakland<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Memorial
Garden<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Rev. Benjamin
Clark,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hilda
Feaster,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ruth
Tepley,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Allen &
Jean Rupp<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Viola
Stegner,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Esther &
Lee Walp,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr. Robert
Putnam,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Clyde
Cokeley,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Ethel
Goddard,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jules & Mary Simon,<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ethel & Raymond
Guthrie,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Ruth Barry,<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Golda & Eleanor
Barrows,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mildred &
Louis B. Kalter,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Mabel
Weinstock,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dawn
Inabnet,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Goldie
Haas,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Iva B.
Dutton,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Gen
Mills,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Luana
Maddox,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>L.P.
McGovern,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Doris
Gracey<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>The Harrison
Family,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Cynthia &
Darryl Ting,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Nancy
& Ernie Novak<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Please join us for Check-In on Zoom
immediately following the service.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%'>ANNOUNCEMENTS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Many thanks to
Ralph Olander for patiently recording the service, for skillfully creating the
final video for today’s service, and for successfully identifying a way to share
it with the congregation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Cakes for the
Queen of Heaven<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Mondays
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style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>May 25
</SPAN></B><SPAN
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style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Wed. Noon
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style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #121212; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Dial
by location +1 301 715 8592 (Germantown) +1 312 626 6799
(Chicago)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #121212; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Meeting
ID: 925 7407 6629 Password: 267064<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Please
notify the office (fuusm)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "TimesNewRomanPSMT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "TimesNewRomanPSMT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT'>Please
register/RSVP for the Annual Congregational Meeting and answer 2 questions for
UUA data collection purposes. If we don’t ask, we are only
guessing.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "TimesNewRomanPSMT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "TimesNewRomanPSMT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT'>Your
registration will help us manage this new kind of meeting and enhance our
democratic process. While only members are authorized to vote, friends and
guests may speak and listen at meetings.</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Do you plan to
attend the Annual Congregational Meeting by Zoom? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>(1) Do you
identify as a person of color (which may include African Descent, Asian/Pacific
Islander, Caribbean, Latinx, Hispanic, Middle Eastern/Arab, Native/American
Indian and other indigenous ancestry, and Multiracial)?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>(2) Do you
identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer
(LGBTQ)?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>The <B>Today’s
Issues </B>group is resuming its regular meetings, Sunday at 9:30, in Zoom until
such time as in-person meetings are advisable.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>The Zoom Room
opens at 9 a.m. at the following URL: <SPAN
style="COLOR: #4688ff">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88222987556<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Discussion goes
from 9:30 to 11</SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>, at which time
you can switch to the UU church service.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>If you prefer
you can dial in by telephone (but you won't see the
pictures):<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>+1 312 626 6799
US (Chicago) or +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) Meeting ID: 882 2298
7556<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Building and
Grounds</SPAN></B><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'> meeting is this
Sunday, May 24th, at 9:30am. We will meet via Zoom and I will send out an agenda
and a Zoom link later in the week. Please let me know if you have items for the
agenda.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Thanks,
Joe<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>LOOKING
AHEAD<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Sat. June 6
Plant Sale<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'>Sun. June 7<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Flower
Communion<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #1f1f1e'>Due
to coronavirus concerns, the plant sale committee has decided to postpone our
big plant sale until the fall. However, we will be holding a smaller members and
friends sale: online presales only with pickup on June 6. Please stay tuned for
details.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #1f1f1e'>If
you were planning to donate plants to the sale, hooray! We can always use more
plants to sell. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #1f1f1e'>However,
because we are creating an online catalog, we will need very specific
information from you:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #1f1f1e'>•
plant name<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #1f1f1e'>•
number of plants/clumps/containers (because we can sell only as many as we
have)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #1f1f1e'>•
size of plant/container (to allow us to price them for the online
catalog)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #1f1f1e'>•
plant description—& if you have a photo, that is even
better!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #1f1f1e'>•
whether it is a native plant (if you know)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #1f1f1e'>•
growing requirements (sun/shade, how much water, that kind of
thing)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #1f1f1e'><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #1f1f1e'>Please
send your list of plants to me (</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #4688ff'>bennphil@hotmail.com</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #1f1f1e'>)
no later than 11:00 PM Sunday, May 24. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #1f1f1e'>The
online catalog should arrive in your e-mail inbox on May 30. Details on how to
order will<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; COLOR: #1f1f1e'>arrive
in a later message</SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style='FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P>
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