<div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?</font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Announcements:</font></div><div><b><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">All ELVES on deck Sunday! </font></b></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Many helpers are needed to decorate FUUSM (both indoors and out) after the service on Sunday. It's going to be a busy time, with Coffee Hour, the Holiday Card Workshop, and decorating all going on at the same time. (Outdoor elves should dress warmly—we expect decorating outdoors to take about 45 minutes.) Many elf hands make light work!  (<u>Please be an elf</u>! We need your help!) </font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><b><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Thanksgiving Meals for Community Resource Patrons</font></b></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Thanks to those who have volunteered to help distribute Thanksgiving Meals from Norwood Church to patrons of the Community Resource Center from <b>11 a.m. to 1 p.m. </b>(NOTE THE CORRECTED TIME). Nancy Lee and Shari Ballantyne said exactly the right number of helpers have already volunteered. No more helpers are needed. KUDOS to Nancy and Shari for coming up with this plan of genuine community service and interfaith cooperation. </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">The week ahead:</font></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Tuesday, Nov. 26</font></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">3:30–6:30 p.m., Girl Scout Troop meets in the social hall.</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">6:30 p.m., Shari Ballantyne’s game night, social hall.</font></span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Thursday, Nov. 28: HAPPY THANKSGIVING! FUUSM Office closed. </font></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">11 a.m.–1 p.m., <b>meals from Norwood United Methodist Church will be served in the social hall to Community Resource Center patrons. </b></font></span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">Sunday, December 1: First day of Advent</font></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">9:30 a.m.,</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Choir practice, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">sanctuary. </span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">11 a.m., </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Sunday service, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">sanctuary: Keepers of Hope. </span></font></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Immediately afterward,<b> holiday greeting card “workshop,” sanctuary decorating,</b> <b>outdoor decorating, </b>and <b>coffee hour </b>simultaneously or one after the other.<b> Please help!</b>!</span></font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">FUUSM Office hours this week: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Mon.,Tu., Fri. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. (740) 373-1238, </span><a href="mailto:fuusm.office@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">fuusm.office@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></font><span style="font-size:large">They have the same middle name.</span></font></p></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br></font><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dawn Hewitt</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Office assistant</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">232 Third St.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Marietta, OH 45750</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">(740)373-1238</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m.--2 p.m. </font><br></div></div></div></div>