<div dir="ltr"><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">How many UUs does it take to change a lightbulb (version 263)?</font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4"><b>Virtual Blessing of the Animals<br></b></font></div><div><font style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">Email photos of your beloved pets to <a href="mailto:revkatgreen@gmail.com">revkatgreen@gmail.com</a> by 5 p.m. Friday to include in next Sunday's virtual Blessing of the Animals. <br></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div>
<p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4be384f6-7fff-e844-7c45-ebb6e62f28a0"><font size="4"><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Events this week<br></span></font></p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><b>Today, </b><span style="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">Monday, September 25</span></span></font><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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="4"><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"> 7 p.m.,</span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"> Finance Committee </span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">meeting via Zoom.</span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"> </span></font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Tuesday, September 26</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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="4"><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">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:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Wednesday, September 27</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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="4"><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Noon,</span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"> Meditation </span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">via Zoom, </span><span style="line-height:110%;color:black;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">at </span><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><span></span><span style="line-height:110%;color:black"><a href="https://zoom.us/j/92667643995?pwd=RXc4YUQrUXRDa1ZHMmxOZ280MkFkUT09" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://zoom.us/j/92667643995?pwd=RXc4YUQrUXRDa1ZHMmxOZ280MkFkUT09</a>,
Meeting ID: 926 6764 3995 Passcode: OMWed12</span><span></span><span style="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></font></p></li></ul><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><font size="4"><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Saturday, September 30</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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="4"><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">6 p.m., </span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Sustainable Supper potluck, </span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">social hall. Hosted by the Green Sanctuary Committee. Please RSVP to </span><a href="mailto:dawnbirder@gmail.com" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">dawnbirder@gmail.com</span></a><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"> by 7 p.m. Friday. What does “sustainably produced” food mean to you? It could be organic, fair trade, local, home-grown, vegan, vegetarian,or meat that is local, or humanely raised and slaughtered. Just like Unitarian Universalism, we all have our own values and insights. The important thing is to </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">think about </span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">where our food comes from and how it was produced. Let’s put our values to the taste test!</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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 style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4">It takes 20 UUs to change a lightbulb: Seven on the Green Sanctuary <br>Committee to discuss the ecological implications of compact fluorescent vs. <br>LED bulbs; six on the Social Justice Committee to discuss labor practices; <br>six on the Aesthetics Committee to discuss the exact tint and wattage, and <br>one member of Buildings and Grounds who goes ahead and changes the <br>bulb and informs the committee afterward.</font><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">
</span></font></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"> Sunday, October 1</span></font></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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="4"><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">9:30 a.m., </span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Choir </span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">practice</span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">,</span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"> sanctuary; </span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"></span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"> Today’s Issues </span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">discussion</span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">,</span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"> RE parlor.</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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="4"><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">11 a.m., </span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Sunday service</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"> Celebrations of the Harvest Season</span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">, including a virtual Blessing of the Animals, sanctuary; </span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Quaker meeting, RE parlor.</span></font></p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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="4"><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">12:15 p.m., </span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Committee on Ministries </span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">meeting, RE parlor.</span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;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="4"><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">6:30 p.m., Tai Chi class, social hall.</span></font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><font size="4"><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">FUUSM Office hours: </span><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"> Mon.,Tu., Th., Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (740) 373-1238, <a href="mailto:fuusm@suddenlinkmail.com">fuusm@suddenlinkmail.com</a> or </span><a href="mailto:fuusm.office@gmail.com" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">fuusm.office@gmail.com</span></a><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">. Rev. Hawbaker is generally in the office Mon., Wed., and Friday, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Appointments available by text or phone at (937) 470-4151, or email to </span><a href="mailto:revkatgreen@gmail.com" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">revkatgreen@gmail.com</span></a><span style="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;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">.</span></font></p>

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