<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Current FUUSM Standard Sunday Service Format </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Time of Gathering & Greeting </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class="">(Open Zoom Room ~10:30-10:55)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Musical Prelude & (Welcome Slide)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class="">11AM</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class="">Service begins</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class="">Joys & Sorrows at the end (w/o FB)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Zoom Link</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Topic: August Sunday Services </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> Aug 23, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Join Zoom Meeting</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(4, 51, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 51, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09" class="">https://zoom.us/j/94822183499?pwd=ZVhkMHZWSnR1bTI5czZWRk1zdFFmQT09<span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Meeting ID: 948 2218 3499<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Passcode: fuusm2323</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Dial in by phone from your location</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">+1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Same Meeting ID (as above): 948 2218 3499<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Different Passcode: 772050</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Welcome to the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta (Mid-Ohio Valley). </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Please enjoy a time of gathering and greeting one another via Zoom </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">until the Welcome Slide appears and the Prelude begins, denoting the start of the service. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We ask that you mute yourselves (or we can help) to establish a reverent space and pause for the beginning of the service.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">At the end of the service there is a brief time to share Joys & Sorrows, </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">and then an additional open time of sharing and socializing.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Please be mindful that the service via Zoom is also streamed Live to FaceBook, </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">and because of this the time of Joys & Sorrows will not be included in public postings.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Luminari; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Covenant<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> #471<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">arranged by L. Griswold Williams</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Love is the doctrine of this church,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The quest of truth is its sacrament, and service is its prayer.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">To dwell together in peace, to seek knowledge in freedom,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">To serve human need, to the end that all souls shall grow into harmony with the Divine-</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Thus do we covenant with each other and with God.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Traditionally, there are four types of prayers – prayer of petition, of praise, </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">of thanks, of forgiveness. When we take this new approach toward prayer, </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">these traditional forms break open and become channels that lead to insight. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Order of Service<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sunday August 23, 2020</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Our mission is to nurture a diverse community, </i></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""><i class="">devoted to spiritual growth and freedom of thought for the benefit of all.</i></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">(10:30) <b class="">Gathering & Greeting<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b>(11am) <b class="">Welcome Slide </b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 11px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Luminari; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Prelude </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Make Channels for the Streams of Love</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></i></b>Randall Kidder, Pianist<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b class=""><i class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></i></b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">American folk melody, arr. by Annabel M. Buchanan (1889-1983); Words by Richard Chenevix Trench (1807-1886)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 18px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Luminari; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Welcome</span><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Martha McGovern, Worship Leader</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Luminari; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Opening Chant </span><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><i class="">Listen People Listen<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </i></b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker, Minister</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class="">Listen, people, listen, <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>listen to the waters</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class="">calling us like rivers, running to the sea.</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Luminari; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Chalice Lighting </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <b class="">Beginnings of a Poem… </b></span><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">-Mereth DunnEstry (1985)</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Luminari; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Offering </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">– Thank you for your donations and pledge payments.</span></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: Luminari; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Reflection: Prayer & Poetry</span><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Prayer of Petition <b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b>Prayer Song <i class="">From You I Receive</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Prayer of Praise</span><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Prayer Song </span><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><i class="">Earth My Body</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Prayer of Thanksgiving<b class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b>Prayer Song <i class="">Give Thanks</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Prayer of Forgiveness<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Prayer Song <i class="">We Begin Again in Love<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Prayer of Loving Gaze<i class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 18px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Luminari; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Poem<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""><i class="">The Summer Day<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">-Mary Oliver</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Luminari; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Poem</span><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b class=""><i class="">What I Know</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""> </b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">-The old man at Underbrow Cottage (Ron Tepley)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>in response to Mary Oliver’s poem <i class="">In Blackwater Woods</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Luminari; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 18px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Luminari; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Benediction <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Sanctuaries of Silence</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">-Gordon Hempton</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Luminari; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class="">When I listen, I have to be quiet. I become very peaceful </i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and I think what I enjoy most about listening is that I disappear, I disappear.</i></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 18px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><i class=""></i></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Luminari; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Invitation to Share Joys & Sorrows</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div></body></html>