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There are few UU congregations in Wyoming, and recently when an elderly UU died  in a small town, the family approached a Methodist minister and asked her if she 
could perform the service. She said she would be happy to do so, but to be on the safe side, she had to contact her bishop in
 Denver for permission.  A few days later she received a reply, from the bishop......</font><p><font size="4"><b>Announcements <br></b></font></p><font size="2"><b>Green Jacket</b><br>Did you leave a green jacket in the sanctuary yesterday? Wendy, our excellent building steward, found it and hung on the coat rack at the bottom of the steps. <br></font><p><b><font size="2">S</font>ave the Date for a Sustainable Supper: September 30</b><br>FUUSM's Green Sanctuary Committee invites you to a potluck Sustainable Supper at 6 p.m. Saturday, September 30, in the FUUSM Social Hall. As you plan a dish to share, consider the social and environmental impacts of the ingredients and processing required for those<font size="2">items to arrive in your kitchen. This is mindful cooking, and as a Unitarian Universalist, it is up to you to figure out what "righteous" food is. Vegan? Vegetarian? Meat from an animal that was locally and humanely raised and slaughtered? Home-grown? Locally grown? Organic? Fairly traded? What were the working conditions of those who grew or harvested the raw ingredients? We leave it to each person to decide what constitutes "righteous" food choices, and then to prepare a delicious meal to share with others who have done the same mindfulness exercise in their food planning. At the meal--in the past we've called them "Just Dinners"--we often discuss sustainable food as we enjoy it, as well as other aspects of sustainable living. We hope you'll join us! Please RSVP to Dawn at <a href="mailto:hewitt@earth-maker.com">hewitt@earth-maker.com</a> so we know how many chairs to set up! By the way, The Methodist bishop replied: "Permission granted. Bury all the Unitarians you want!"</font></p><p><font size="2"><b>Don't forget: </b>Be <u>kinder than necessary</u> this week!  That's good advice from Concretia!<br></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>The week ahead</b><b><br></b></font></p><p>
</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-837030d3-7fff-bba6-9125-66707b7b7fa7"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Today, Monday, September 18</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">6–8 p.m., </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Caring for Trans Families</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> webinar</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">social hall.</span></font></p></li></ul><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday, September 19</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:3pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout troop meets in social hall.</span></font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Wednesday, September 20: October </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Confluence</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> content due</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Noon,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Meditation </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">via </span><span style="font-f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s about the committee, hoping to involve more members and friends. Many hands make light work, and<u> all </u>our committees do important, work!</span></font></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">6:30 p.m., Tai Chi class, social hall.<br></span></font></li></ul><font size="2"><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br></font><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">Dawn Hewitt</font></div><div><font size="2">Office assistant</font></div><div><font size="2">First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta</font></div><div><font size="2">232 Third St.</font></div><div><font size="2">Marietta, OH 45750</font></div><div><font size="2">(740)373-1238</font></div><div><font size="2">Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m.--2 p.m. <br></font></div></div></div></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=webmail" 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=webmail" 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>