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Dear UCM members and friends,</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#ffffff;font-family:'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:20px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">As we return to our shared life of spiritual community to begin this 2020-2021 church year, our lives are marked by uncertainty and this coming year will be like any other this community has shared. There is no getting around this. But, there is getting through it.</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#ffffff;font-family:'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:20px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">We are all part of a long line of ancestors who have gotten through and made meaning with one another in this basic human endeavor of living through the joys and sorrows of our days - sometimes through very difficult days.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#ffffff;font-family:'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:20px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">We, the UCM Governing Board, hope you all had as good a summer as could be expected in these difficult and tumultuous times. We are very excited to start the new church year and get back to connecting through our online Sunday services and virtual coffee hours! In case you haven’t yet heard, the Board and the Executive Team (ET), with the guidance of the Covid-19 Task Force, have formally decided that <strong>we will not have any in-person services until at least January 2021. </strong></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#ffffff;font-family:'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:20px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">The Board held its annual retreat on August 15. It was a productive day of discussion and connection . . . . . .<br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#ffffff;font-family:'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:20px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">We are eager to start our 2020-2021 church year with all of you and hope that you had a chance for some relaxation and fun over the summer months.</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#ffffff;font-family:'Lato','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:20px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Your Executive Team (ET) manages the day-to-day operations of the church. We took a break from meeting during the month of July and are now fully immersed once again in handling the operational matters of our congregation.</p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:14px">Sunday, September 13, 2020 - 10AM (online)</span></strong><br>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#404040;font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">On Sunday, September 13, we will gather once again as a whole church community into our shared life of worship and spiritual practice. We resume our virtual services as we continue to live with the presence of Covid-19 and the need for physical distancing. Though we gather from different places, we join together on this Ingathering Sunday to reconnect with one another and to honor the role of water in our lives in our annual Water Ceremony. </p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#404040;font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">To participate in this service, you are invited to have a vessel of water near you during the service. The water can come from a source with personal meaning to you (or be symbolic of this place). You can also send in a "selfie" photo or short video (5-10 seconds) of yourself with your water or near the source of the water to be included in the service. In your brief video, state the name of the source of your water, for example, “Waters of Curtis Pond.” Send submissions to <a href="mailto:ucm.worship.arts@gmail.com" target="_blank">ucm.worship.arts@gmail.com</a> by Friday, September 11.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#404040;font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Zoom link for worship: <a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=2a8e8ef3d1&e=5e9e4f6ef5" style="color:#b44444;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/91253504912?pwd=NkVOVWVaOGtqbVJsOHZ0bTBTUnRaUT09</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#404040;font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Or, dial (929) 436-2866, Meeting ID: 912 5350 4912, Passcode: 37861.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#404040;font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">You are also invited to go to the church grounds to participate in the “Mindful Water Path,” anytime from Thursday, September 10 through Sunday, September 13. The water path will share readings for meditation and stations at which you can choose to share your water. If you'd like to have your photo or video taken at church with your water for inclusion in the Sunday service, please contact Rev. Joan to arrange a time on Thursday or Friday to meet up, <a href="mailto:ucm.revjoan@gmail.com" target="_blank">ucm.revjoan@gmail.com</a>.</p>
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In mid-August, we welcomed a Ministerial Intern to UCM. Verdis L. Robinson (He/Him) is the Lenora Montgomery Scholar of Excellence at Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago, where he is an Aspirant for the Unitarian Universalist ministry, and a candidate for a Master of Divinity.<br>
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We made over 50 care packages for families and are still in process of delivering them. Let us know if we missed you! We're hearing clearly a request for socially distanced activities like an Outdoor Children's Chapel time for families to connect more deeply with ourselves, one another, and nature. Families also want to engage in service projects. We'll also try out a twice-monthly pre-worship Children's Chapel on Zoom, with a focus on connecting, mindfulness, fun, and our UU values in action.<br>
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To allow time for other program coordinating, the Story for All Ages will return to the traditional rhythm of twice monthly instead of weekly. Liza is hoping to try out an outdoor, socially-distanced story time for young children mid-week in the church yard.<br>
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All in-person activities will be outside and following the brand-new <a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=6ceea1d925&e=5e9e4f6ef5" style="color:#b44444;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Covid Guidelines created by the UCM Covid Task Force</a>. </p>
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H.S. Youth Group will connect twice monthly through both online and in-person activities and service projects. Bridging of high school seniors will begin as usual in the winter, though likely online. </p>
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UCM is joining the 200 congregations -- mostly UU -- that have participated in Beloved Conversations over the past ten years. <a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=88e272dbdb&e=5e9e4f6ef5" style="color:#b44444;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Learn more here</a> and then pre-register by Sept. 15th for a discounted UCM group rate <a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=c9525d0d3a&e=5e9e4f6ef5" style="color:#b44444;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">here</a>. <a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=17a312c8ba&e=5e9e4f6ef5" style="color:#b44444;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Financial assistance available -- requests</a> due by Sept. 11th. <strong>We're over halfway to our goal of 30 committed participants from UCM. Join us!</strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#404040;font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">We are seeking facilitators to help launch <a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=c077e86967&e=5e9e4f6ef5" style="color:#b44444;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Chalice Circles</a> at different points in the church year. These include Seasoned Souls, Small Group Ministry (SGM), and Soul Matters. We are considering a SGM especially for parents. Although primarily online still, people are astonished at the level of deep listening and close bonds that can form in these small groups! Sign-ups will be in the weekly e-news for groups starting up in October.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#404040;font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">Watch the weekly e-news for details on these and other ideas. Please reach out if you'd like to help give wings to any of these ideas. We'll try things out for the fall, and adapt the recipe as we go!</p>
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UCM's Communications Team has been hard at work through the spring and summer months, updating our website - <a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=37e72257a5&e=5e9e4f6ef5" style="color:#b44444;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://www.ucmvt.org</a> - and creating a <a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=6c6f1cb156&e=5e9e4f6ef5" style="color:#b44444;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Unitarian Church of Montpelier YouTube </a><a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=5b6f85e40c&e=5e9e4f6ef5" style="color:#b44444;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">channel</a>! Check out both, bookmark them, and subscribe, to stay connected with everything happening at UCM this church year. Also, find us on our <a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=e419701cd9&e=5e9e4f6ef5" style="color:#b44444;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">public Facebook Page (Unitarian Church of Montpelier)</a> and our <a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=deb4b3b5a4&e=5e9e4f6ef5" style="color:#b44444;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">private Facebook Group (Friends of UCM</a>). Stay in touch!</span><br>
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If you are a newcomer and/or recent visitor to UCM, welcome! We would love for you to learn more about who we are and what we are all about, by checking out our new <strong>Five Pathways to Membership</strong> program -- <a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=c5400a1329&e=5e9e4f6ef5" style="color:#b44444;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">watch an introductory video here</a>, and <a href="https://ucmvt.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=40d52449ed4f4a7f7c42bb657&id=52f0d3921e&e=5e9e4f6ef5" style="color:#b44444;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">read more on our website, here</a>. This is also an excellent resource for long-time friends of our congregation, who are considering becoming official UCM Members. If you have any questions, or would just like to have a more in-depth conversation about Membership, contact Congregational Life Coordinator, Elaine Ball, at <a href="mailto:ucm.membership@gmail.com" target="_blank">ucm.membership@gmail.com</a>.<br>
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Our first-ever virtual <strong>New Member Sunday will be on Sunday, October 4 at 10:00 a.m. on Zoom,</strong> and you are invited! If you have recently signed the Membership Book, we invite you to participate in this welcoming service. Please submit a brief bio and a few photos of yourself for us to share as we welcome you into our beloved community -- <a href="mailto:ucm.membership@gmail.com" target="_blank">ucm.membership@gmail.com</a>.<br>
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<strong>Hospitality is an All-Church Ministry!</strong> This church year will be unique in both challenging and exciting ways. Our familiar in-person Worship Services and Coffee Hours won't be held in the building for the foreseeable future, which means that our beloved Hospitality Volunteers won't be serving each week as Baristas, Elevator Operators, Greeters, Kids' Snack Table Hosts, and Ushers ... but, <strong>we still need your help! </strong>Especially during this time of online services, we need virtual Greeters to help us welcome friends, members, newcomers, and visitors on Zoom, YouTube, and Facebook. <strong>Contact our Membership & Hospitality Committee Chair, Barbara Thompson (<a href="mailto:tducksoup@gmail.com" target="_blank">tducksoup@gmail.com</a>), if you are available and interested in volunteering this year!</strong>
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