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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, Annie. This is very helpful as a start!</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Martha</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:worship@fuusm.org">Annie Warmke via Worship</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:40 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:worship@fuusm.org">worship@fuusm.org</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:annie@bluerockstation.com">Annie Warmke</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Worship] Worship & Music Committee meeting 5:30 p.m. Wed.October 7</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>I have some ideas - I think better in the morning. Some thoughts to get it all started. I'm making no definitive statement here - just offering some ideas. Annie</p><p>Starting with Robin's reflection service it would be good to include an action we could practice to confront disrespect in public (or with others we know) and relate that one to what if we see or know someone is being abused. Do we approach the situation, access the danger for ourselves & others, or call the law? Good to know what to do ahead of time so we can react in a way that doesn't make us feel bad about our response.</p><p><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>How can we be mindful and authentic in cherishing all life? Offering a thread of how to learn tools for being mindful and authentic in cherishing all life?</span></b></p><p>Oct. 25th we could offer an insight on what to do on voting day if someone is disrespectful or causing trouble.</p><p>Nov. 1 Use the example Martha just sent about responding to someone if they spout untruthful facts <span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Kat, Jane T-S, Martha McG - Day of the Dead & All Souls</span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%'>Nov. 8 <span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> How to respond to someone who seems heartless in their approach to others? Spiritual Sustenance (possible election fall out issues to be addressed)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 15 Words that women find offensive and how to respond to others who use those words? Women’s Group on 2020-2021 theme ??</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 22 Words to explain how we cherish all life - animal life, insects, the soil, the earth environment...thinking through our own personal mission statement of one sentence as a tool for talking to others Thanksgiving</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 29 Words to explain/describe our spiritual beliefs? <i>Advent begins</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>December</span><o:p></o:p></p><p> 6 Words to describe a random act of kindness that exemplifies cherishing all life? St. Nicholas Day (host at Muskingum Park so other members of faith community can participate)</p><p> 13 More random acts of kindness - One of the committees will do the reflection?</p><p> 20 Random Acts of being authentic for January, February and March with a way to wrap it all up in early spring with something outdoors at the park</p><p> 27 ?? Random acts of stepping out to share our FUUSM principles - Fire communion</p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 10/4/2020 10:17 PM, Martha McGovern via Worship wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Please note the change in starting time – 5:30 p.m</b>. (Adeline and Martha will be attending another Zoom meeting about holiday options.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please bring (or email) readings that can serve as resources for thematic services.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Agenda for October 7, 2020 Meeting of the Worship & Music Committee</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%'>5:30 p.m</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>. because of other workshop on Zoom right before W & M Meeting </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Chalice Lighting</span></u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>: Related to Simone Weill’s doctrine of attention: “Each conversation the narrator has is an exercise in attention: an occasion for her to shed her sense of self and to wait to receive the being she is looking at, just as she is, in all her truth.” [Aging Ungracefully in The New Yorker, 9/14/2020, Merve Emre] Weill: “The capacity to give one’s attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing. The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say to him: ‘What are you going through?’ It is a recognition that the sufferer exists, not only as a unit in a collection, or a specimen from the social category labeled ‘unfortunate,’ but as a man, exactly like us, who was one day stamped with a special mark by affliction.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Minutes of September meeting to be approved.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Theme for 2020- 2021: How can we be mindful and authentic in cherishing all life? </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Sharing: Committee members will bring “anchor readings” for the theme as resources for development of worship services.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>482 – Jacob Trapp “half of language is to listen”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>576 – A Litany of Restoration – Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley “It will not matter.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>437 – Let Us Worship (and let us learn to love) – Kenneth L. Patton</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>484 – “To live content with small means;” – William Henry Channing</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>679 – Buddhism “Be ye lamps unto yourselves”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>505 – Thich Nhat Hanh “Let us be a peace”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Moving Forward with Virtual Worship and Return to In-Church Services:</span></u><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span></b><u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>What are next steps</span></u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>??</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Kat will share additional information about a service called <u>Worshipcast</u> that deals with copyright issues for music. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Update from Kat, others </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Reflection on Service – </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>What went well: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>What to refine: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Thematic/coherent:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Spirituality/Faith Tradition:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Life Span:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Financial Matters: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Martha Webster is asking for guidance as she plans music for services. The Committee brainstormed some ideas: aim for special music once per month, feature family groups, talk with Jay Warmke and WOUB about coordinating multiple singers on Zoom, be a guest speaker on the healing power of music. <b>Further update???</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>The Committee decided to ask committees/groups to reflect on how they are, or intend to be, mindful and authentic in cherishing all life and then to be a part of, or to take responsibility for, a worship service on that 2020-2021 theme. The Committee hopes that this approach will deepen insight into the purpose of the committee/group, will increase involvement of members/friends, and will inform the congregation of the activities of the committees/groups. Adeline included information about this initiative in The Confluence for October. <b>Martha</b> will report on contacts with the Board, Board of Trust Governors, Green Sanctuary, Caring Committee, Men’s Group, Women’s Group, Building & Grounds, Membership, BRIDGES, Finance, and W & M Committee.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>September - December</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Possible Topics and Speakers</span></u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Committees reflect on being mindful/authentic toward cherishing all life in time of pandemic</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Swap/Share with Charleston UU, Athens UU – Kat </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>UU Vote</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>From Interfaith Power & Light – Democracy Values & the 2020 Election: A Reflection Guide for Faith Communities – Martha</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Women & Vote Empowerment – Annie</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>History of Voting – Jann Adams ??</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Black Lives Matter (Panel -- Moni, Geroge B, Darryl T, Ted G) – Kat ??</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Gospel Music and/or Blues -- Sadie Johnson </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>BLM and Sumner School in Parkersburg <b>[Peg – contact Peshka Calloway for October 18, 25???</b>]</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>September <b>?? When Launch theme??</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 6 Kat - The Inherent Worth & Dignity of Essential Workers WA - Peg Clifford </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 13 Kat - Positivity in Pandemic (Kristen – artist)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 20 Kat with Annie Warmke Water Ceremony + Autumn Equinox</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 27 Kat - Congregational Meeting “Mindful About Money” </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>October </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 4 Annie Warmke & Suzyn Mills – Experiences of Voting </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>{<i>Blessing of Animals in Courtyard}</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 11 Kat - Indigenous People’s Day</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 18 Kat - Robin Bozian & colleagues – Ending Violence for Everyone – EVE, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 25 Kat – Gather the Spirit, Harvest the Power video-UUA’s UU the Vote</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>November</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 1 Kat, Jane T-S, Martha McG - Day of the Dead & All Souls</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 8 Spiritual Sustenance</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 15 Women’s Group on 2020-2021 theme ??</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 22 Thanksgiving</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 29 <i>Advent begins</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>December</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 6</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 13</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 20</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> <b><i>24 Christmas Eve</i></b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 27</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Possible Topics and speakers for future services:</span></u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b>***</b>Wenda Sheard from Athens UU proposes collaboration<span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, perhaps in spring 2020, in which Athens and Marietta would do a joint service, at Athens church one Sunday and Marietta church another Sunday. Offer came via <a href="mailto:Robin@bozian.com">Robin@bozian.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Jim Rapp</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> – idea to connect historical events/movements to FUUSM - “From These Pews”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Martha</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> will communicate to Rev. Elizabeth Teal of the Jacksonville, Florida UU congregation that we will welcome her as a guest speaker and will coordinate dates, probably in the summer. 904-874-0047 <a href="mailto:reverendteal@gmail.com">reverendteal@gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Kat </span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>will open discussion with Rev. Elizabeth Maleke , Williamstown Presbyterian, about a pulpit exchange or team preaching. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Forgiveness as recurring service – connected with Yom Kippur “We forgive ourselves and each other. We begin again in Love.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>clarification of various service/outreach activities of the local congregation and endeavors with UUA, UUSC, etc. and their relationship with FUUSM principles, mission</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Need for tracking and regular reporting? For example in Finance Committee records and Annual Meeting report?? Do our church finances align with our mission?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Possible speakers: artists: Dani, Morgan/Owen</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Mind maps may help the congregation identify how they are active in FUUSM efforts/activities and what additional options they would like.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Moral leadership: Truman and Berlin Air Lift</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Rancho Mirage Writers Festival (published on February 17, 2017) – Questions from Bret </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> Stephens: Are we a country that seeks and attracts human capital and believes in being </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> fundamentally open to the world? Are we a self-critical country or a country of blamers? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> Do we define our interests according to our values or vice versa? Do we have a healthy </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> innovation culture? Do we have a healthy civic culture? Are we still a nation of </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> optimists? What are our attitudes toward foreigners, failure, global leadership, change, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> each other? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Touchstone REACH Packet, Hungry Town</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>, multiple intelligences with additional one - existential-spiritual, powerful children’s stories, ages of women, This I Believe, family stories as carriers of family values, June Teenth celebration, reflections of people who grew up in UU congregation (Jay Phillips, Mike Bailey, Dean Banziger), Bill Bauer and <b>Peg Clifford</b> on suicide and kindness, reflections of former ministers,<b> </b>Living Mindfully – Prepare for the Unexpected<b> </b>(Robin Bozian, Anita Newhart, Sue Montera, Virginia Mayle), Quill as a storyteller, Quakers on consensus, morality of artificial intelligence. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Hal Walker – <b>Suzyn </b>Catherine Roma – <b>Kat </b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Peg Clifford</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> – What does democracy look like to whom?, We are all brothers (Day of the Dead), </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 5 words for learning in Hebrew, immigration – world map of our origins</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> Cooperation with other churches – bus trip to African-American Museum in DC or </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> Underground Railroad in Cincinnati</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.3pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Protest – contrast burning cross & burning flag (Barb Kidd)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.3pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Diversity: awareness of brain injury – (Beverly Bradley)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:108.3pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif'>Summer Institute: Encouraging attendance, using resources e.g., Non-Violent Communication </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal 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