<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello, everyone!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I hope that you received the notice sent a couple weeks ago that the fall Committee of Chairs meeting will now take place on <b>Tuesday, November 9th at 6:30pm </b>over Zoom. (We hope to finish by 8pm but possibly 8:30pm.)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><b><i>Is there someone on this list (or someone on your committee/team) who would be willing to work with me on facilitating the meeting?</i></b></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">You can look forward to learning more about the 8th Principle Project, reviewing the Board's Annual Goals, hearing more about the Air Quality Project and Tech Upgrades, and reflecting on the spiritual gifts you and others offer to our shared ministry.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><b>Please RSVP by next Friday, November 5</b> to let me know if you or a representative from your committee/team will be able to make the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>With thanks,</div><div>Joan</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font color="#0b5394"><b>Rev. Joan Javier-Duval</b></font><font color="#000000"> |<b> </b></font></font><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><font color="#0b5394">Minister</font></b></span><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Pronouns: she/her/hers</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Unitarian Church of Montpelier</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ucm.revjoan@gmail.com" target="_blank">ucm.revjoan@gmail.com</a> | <span style="font-size:small">802-223-7861 x1 | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/joaniemj" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/RevJoanUU" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span></font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-size:small"><i><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></i></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#444444"><font size="2" style="font-size:small"><i>"We are each other's harvest; </i></font><i style="font-size:small"><font size="2">we are each other's business; </font><font size="2">we are each other's magnitude and bond."</font><font size="2"> --Gwendolyn Brooks</font></i></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 1:42 PM Elaine Ball via CoC <<a href="mailto:coc@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org">coc@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.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 dir="ltr">Dear CoC -- <div><br></div><div>Thank you all for the amazing work you are all doing with your Committees this Church Year so far! </div><div><br></div><div>We had been hopeful that we would be able to have a Committee of Chairs Meeting this evening, however, I wanted to write, on behalf of the Staff and Executive Team, to reschedule our <b>Fall CoC Meeting for Tuesday, November 9, 2021</b> -- and to ask, would there be a Chair and/or Committee/Team willing or available to assist with the facilitation of this Fall Meeting?</div><div><br></div><div>We would love for the primary focus of this gathering to be <b>Spiritual Leadership Development</b> -- a time for us to ground ourselves and connect with each other in gratitude and reflection on the Spiritual Gifts that we each bring to the work that we do here (paid and unpaid).</div><div><br></div><div>If this sounds like a topic that would appeal to you and/or your Committee/Team in a facilitation role, please let me and/or anyone on the Executive Team (Rev. Joan, Leslie Parr, Dawn Evans, and Claudia Clark) know that you are interested in helping to plan/facilitate the meeting. We would be most grateful for any and all assistance you may be willing/able to offer.</div><div><br></div><div>Gratefully,</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#674ea7"><b>Elaine Ball | Congregational Life Coordinator</b></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#674ea7"><b>pronouns: she/her<br></b></font><div><font color="#000000">Unitarian Church of Montpelier</font></div><div><font color="#000000">130 Main St | Montpelier, VT 05602</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><a href="mailto:ucm.membership@gmail.com" target="_blank">ucm.membership@gmail.com</a> | 802.595.9801 | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UnitarianChurchofMontpelier" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfMipEfmOgMIjHW0sEYKekw" target="_blank">YouTube</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><i>"We have to walk in a way that we only print peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh</i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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