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<font size="4">What did the coffee say about its visit to FUUSM?  (Read on!)</font></div><div>
<div><font size="4"><b style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Announcements</b></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><b>Please Pledge!<br></b></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Please
 fill out and return your FY2024–2025 FUUSM pledge form if you have not 
done so already. Knowing how much operating revenue to expect for the 
next fiscal year is critical to preparing a budget! We <u>deeply </u>appreciate
 your donations, but if you can tell us how much to expect for July 1, 
2024 through June 30, 2025, we'll appreciate them even more!  If you did
 not receive or misplaced your pledge form, please see George Banziger 
or the church lady. <br></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><b style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Honoring Brodie DeLancy</b></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">A memorial service for Brodie DeLancy will be Sunday, March 3, or Monday, March 4, with Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker officiating. Details forthcoming. Those
 who wish to help out the DeLancy family during this sad time are encouraged to send a check directly to the family to help 
with expenses. Laura Delancy, 13333 SR 550, Fleming, OH 45729. <br></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="4"><b style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Please Sign Up to Help with Coffee Hour & Cleanup</b></font></div><div><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">The
 current schedule of Coffee Hour & Cleanup volunteers will run 
through March 31. But starting in April, let's try something new: Will 
you sign up to help out with Coffee Hour just six times per year?  
Please claim the first or second or third or fourth Sunday of every odd 
month, or every even month, and email <b><a href="mailto:dawnbirder@gmail.com" target="_blank">dawnbirder@gmail.com</a> </b>with your preference. (Coordinating Coffee Hour is <u>not </u>in
 the church lady's job description.) Six times of year on a regular 
schedule? That's not too demanding, is it? Coffee Hour depends upon 
volunteers, and if not enough people step up, what will we do??  Please 
sign up!  </span>
What did the coffee say about its visit to FUUSM? "I got mugged!"



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</div><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">Today, Monday, February 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-wrap"><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></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, February 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-wrap"><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">3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout Troop in social hall.</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-wrap"><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">6:00–9 p.m.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;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">The Work That Reconnects</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"> workshop series, session 5 via Zoom (registration required). </span></font></p></li></ul><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"></span></font><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, February 28 </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-wrap"><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 </span><a href="https://zoom.us/j/93461686559?pwd=Zm9Wdk1ZbjR0Rm56UGREOG5YZE5uZz09" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" target="_blank"><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">Zoom</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></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-wrap"><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. </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 practice,</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></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">Sunday, March 3</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-wrap"><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 practice,</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. New members are always welcome!</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-wrap"><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: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 will not meet.</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-wrap"><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: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:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Community Benefit Agreements: Building local power for a prosperous future</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">, Natalia Rudiak of ReImagine Appalachia, guest speaker. </span>Is your community navigating potential sustainable economic investment? Learn how Community Benefits Plans can help ensure economic development projects contribute to local and equitable prosperity. This session will cover the key components and local levers to create meaningful Community Benefits Agreements between private developers and community residents. <span class="gmail-il">Natalia</span> serves as the Director of Special Projects at ReImagine Appalachia where she has the privilege of advocating and organizing alongside local elected officials, faith leaders, and other partners. Current projects include planning for community benefit agreements and repurposing shuttered coal plants. She also leads the ReImagine Your Community Visioning Project, helping grassroots leaders plan for a sustainable economic future. <span class="gmail-il">Natalia</span>'s career spans the fields of sustainability, education, and public health, with a focus on equity and inclusion. She grew up in a working-class, immigrant household, and was the youngest woman elected to Pittsburgh City Council, where she won and served two terms. <span class="gmail-il">Natalia</span> earned her MSc in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University as well as her BA in International Affairs from George Washington University, and is based in Pittsburgh, PA.  
</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-wrap"><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:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">Coffee hour! </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. Ends at 1:30 p.m.</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-wrap"><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"> RE parlor. </span></font></p></li></ul><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><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, </span><a href="mailto:fuusm.office@gmail.com" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif" target="_blank"><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 on sabbatical through March 2024. </span></font></p><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dawn Hewitt</div><div>Office assistant</div><div>First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta</div><div>232 Third St.</div><div>Marietta, OH 45750</div><div>(740)373-1238</div><div>Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m.--2 p.m. <br></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="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?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-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" 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="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank" style="color:#4453ea">www.avast.com</a></td></tr></table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div>