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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The email below was in the church lady’s inbox this morning. There were no injuries or fatalities, but the congregation is understandably shaken. The Association of UU Administrators encourages all UUs to send cards of support and encouragement to the congregation. The address follows the media release. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dawn Hewitt<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office assistant<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:church-admin-uu@lists.uua.org">AUUA Treasurer via Church-admin-uu</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, July 26, 2023 1:20 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:church-admin-uu@lists.uua.org">church-admin-uu@lists.uua.org</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:auuatreasurer@gmail.com">AUUA Treasurer</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Church-admin-uu] AUUA Board Response to the attack on Community UU Church in Plano, TX</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Early on the morning of Sunday, July 23, 2023 Community Unitarian Universalist Church in Plano, Texas was the target of a firebomb attack. Luckily, no one was injured and damage to the building was contained to the front entrance area. We offer our praise to the local first responders, including police and fire personnel, for their work and to the CUUC staff and leadership for their quick response. A worship service was able to be held in the building on Sunday morning.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The incident has been difficult for the congregation and staff as it is being investigated as a potential hate crime. Being a liberal congregation in an atmosphere of mistrust and hate is difficult during these times. Things are also complicated since the congregation is in the midst of a ministerial transition and their new minister does not officially start until August 1. The North Texas Unitarian Universalist Congregations, the local cluster, is working with CUUC and has encouraged them to contact UU Trauma Ministries for additional support. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We encourage administrators to work with your congregation to <u>send messages of support and love to Community Unitarian Universalist Church. Let’s fill their walls with loving cards and other messages to show them they are not in this alone. </u>The congregation will also be collecting donations to help offset the cost of repairs The mailing address for the congregation is:</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Community Unitarian Universalist Church</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>2875 East Parker Road</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Plano, TX 75074</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>May we all find ways to support each other in these difficult times.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>AUUA Board Members</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Christina Fulton, President</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Karena Stroh, Vice-President</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Carol Lewis, Treasurer</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Laurie Lantz, Secretary</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Lewis Copulsky, Member-at-Large</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Janni Kretlow, Member-at-Large</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Daniel Polk, Member-at-Large</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Le Aundra Salazar-Slaughter,Member-at-Large</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br /><table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;"><tr><td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><img src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;"/></a></td><td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color: #41424e; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Virus-free.<a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank" style="color: #4453ea;">www.avg.com</a></td></tr></table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"> </a></div></body></html>