<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">At our last meeting we agreed that the Men's Group would prepare a service for the church as a whole, and I agreed to coordinate this with Martha McGovern. We have settled on March 14 as the date. I volunteered to coordinate this, and I hope to recruit a few volunteers at the meeting tonight.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Martha and I have agreed that the Men's Group will select/share a reading and present the Reflection. The Worship Leader will prepare the other elements of the service.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">The overall theme for the year is supposed to be "cherishing all life". Martha suggests that: "<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">isn’t the fact that you create a setting in which individuals can express their concerns and the challenges they are facing and are truly listened to related to being mindful and authentic? Aren’t all members/friends of FUUSM welcomed? That seems to touch on cherishing of all life." Also, our volunteering to do chores for the church ("leaf raking, holiday lights, etc.) is relevant, she suggests: "</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Why do the men help? Aren’t some projects related to care of the Earth, the community, the congregation?"</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><u></u> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">As I see it, what we need are perhaps three volunteers to speak about what the Men's Group means to them and/or to the church community. Some of the members who have been most active in organizing the group and the work projects would be most appropriate, e.g., Roger, Darrel, Gary. One thing we would like to do is recruit some of the men who belong to the church but haven't come to our men's activities. We also need a reading, I can search for one unless one of you has something in mind. We might also want to do some kind of remembrance of Ron Tepley as part of the service, realling his role in our group. I assume the service will be in Zoom, given how the pandemic is going.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I am sending this email to encourage you to give this a little thought before the meeting tonight. If you have other ideas, that's great. I just promised to pull it together, I don't have strong feelings about the content.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><u></u> </p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 10:39 PM Mike Bailey via men <<a href="mailto:men@fuusm.org">men@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_-6134985174751543241WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Mike Bailey is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Topic: FUUSM Men's Group<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Time: Wednesday January 20, 7 pm<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’ve set this up as a recurring meeting although I was not asked to do more than this one. Note that it is different than your usual men’s group meeting ID, and that it has a password instead of a waiting room. I am lazy.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I think we should leave the discussion subject open in case something actually happens during the day on Wednesday.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Join Zoom Meeting<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81110638433?pwd=Zy9pWVdzQ2R3Y0tIR3lpQWlGaW9Kdz09" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81110638433?pwd=Zy9pWVdzQ2R3Y0tIR3lpQWlGaW9Kdz09</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Meeting ID: 811 1063 8433<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Passcode: manspace<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">One tap mobile<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">+13126266799,,81110638433#,,,,*78153257# US (Chicago)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">+19292056099,,81110638433#,,,,*78153257# US (New York)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dial by your location<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Meeting ID: 811 1063 8433<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Passcode: 78153257<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Find your local number: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kydXeddZb" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kydXeddZb</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows 10<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Mike<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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