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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><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>Your church lady is BACK! Thank you to Jane Tumas-Serna, Debra Miller, Ted Goertzel, and Rev. Kat for covering my duties while I was vacationing. (I had a wonderful time!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p><span style='font-size:120pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>Here’s the first half of your weekly joke: "Unitarian Universalists prefer buffet to catered," a UU was saying while admiring and choosing among the varied the selections available during coffee hour. "What's wrong with catered food?" interrupted another UU, catching only the last part of the conversation. (Read on…)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>Lyrics to Offertory<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>There was not enough space in Sunday’s order of service to include the English translation of the offertory, “Gracias a la Vida,” by Violeta Parra. Martha McGovern, the Worship and Music committee chair asked me to share them with you here: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><br>Thank you to life, that has given me so much<br>It has given me two bright stars that when they are shown<br>I can perfectly distinguish black from white<br>And on the sky, their big starry sky<br>And in the crowd, the man that I love<br><br>Thank you to life, that has given me so much<br>It has given me the ear that in all its width<br>Every night and day<br>Crickets and canaries, hammers, turbines<br>Barks, rain<br>And the very sweet voice of my good lover<br><br>Thank you to life, that has given me so much<br>It has given me sound and the alphabet<br>Which came with words that I think and proclaim<br>A mother, a friend, a brothеr, and a shining light<br>The route to the soul of thе one that I love<br><br>Thank you to life, that has given me so much<br>It has given me the stride of my tired feet<br>With which I walked through cities and puddles<br>Beaches and deserts, mountains and plains<br>And the house of yours, your street and your backyard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>Thank you to life, that has given me so much<br>It gave me the heart that beats in its frame<br>When I look at the fruits of the human brain<br>When I look at the good, that is far from the bad<br>When I look at the bottom of your clear eyes<br><br>Thank you to life, that has given me so much<br>It has given me laughter and it has given me crying<br>So I can distinguish blessings from brokenness<br>The two ingredients that make up my chants<br>And your chants, that are the same chants<br>And everyone's chants, that are my own chants<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><br>Thank you to life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>This week at FUUSM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'>Today, Monday, August 28</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>7:00 p.m. <b>Finance Committee</b> on Zoom. Join Zoom Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87073012982?pwd=WDlXbS9HTU1CNld1a1gwanVSUCtoUT09"><span style='color:#1155CC'>https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87073012982?pwd=WDlXbS9HTU1CNld1a1gwanVSUCtoUT09</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'>Tuesday, August 29</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>2:15 p.m. Bowed Psaltery Group, an open, private group hosted by Dawn Hewitt in the RE parlor.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout troop meets in social hall.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'>Wednesday, August 30</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'>Noon, <b>Meditation </b>via Zoom. Meeting ID: 926 6764 3995 Passcode: OMWed12</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><a href="https://zoom.us/j/92667643995?pwd=RXc4YUQrUXRDa1ZHMmxOZ280MkFkUT09"><span style='color:#1155CC'>https://zoom.us/j/92667643995?pwd=RXc4YUQrUXRDa1ZHMmxOZ280MkFkUT09</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'> <b>Sunday, September 3 </b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'>9:30 a.m., <b>Choir practice</b>, sanctuary. Your voice is welcome!</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'>11 a.m., <b>Sunday service</b>, <i>Finding Ourselves in the Changing World of Work</i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'>Coffee hour! </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'>Social hall</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'>12:15 p.m.,<b> Committee on Ministries, </b>RE parlor.<b> </b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'>Monday, September 4:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'> LABOR DAY<b>, FUUSM office will be closed. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p></div><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>The punch line: “I was referring to theology, not food,” said the first UU speaker. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:black'>FUUSM Office hours: Mon.,Tu., Th., Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (740) 373-1238, <a href="mailto:fuusm.office@gmail.com">fuusm.office@gmail.com</a>.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'> <span style='color:black'>Rev. 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