<div dir="ltr"><div>I'd love to ask for some help for the Listening Circle.  Here's the invitation:</div><div><br></div><div><table class="gmail-Bs gmail-nH gmail-iY" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-Bu"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-if"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-aHU"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-hx"><div class="gmail-nH"><div tabindex="-1" class="gmail-h7"><div class="gmail-Bk"><div class="gmail-G3 gmail-G2"><div><div id="gmail-:4n5"><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads"><div class="gmail-gs"><div class="gmail-ii gmail-gt gmail-adP gmail-adO" id="gmail-:48a"><div class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15b33ef588592b8d" id="gmail-:4tu"><div dir="ltr"><p style="background:white;margin:0px;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"ar blanca";font-size:18pt">Join our Listening Circle on </span><b><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"ar blanca";font-size:18pt">Passage and Sanctuary</span></b><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-family:"ar blanca";font-size:18pt"> to share <u>stories, poems, songs, and images</u> of radical change, finding a new home, a new identity, flight from discrimination…ethnic cleansing…poverty…war…climate change--- or to listen to others share their stories.<span style="margin:0px">  </span>All Welcome to share or to listen.</span></p><p style="background:white;margin:0px;text-indent:0.5in"><i><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-size:18pt"> </span></i></p><p align="center" style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:center;text-indent:0.5in"><b><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-size:18pt">Saturday, April 15</span></b></p><p align="center" style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:center;text-indent:0.5in"><b><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-size:18pt">3 p.m. to 5 p.m.</span></b></p><p align="center" style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:center;text-indent:0.5in"><b><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-size:18pt">Unitarian Church of Montpelier</span></b></p><p align="center" style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:center;text-indent:0.5in"><b><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-size:18pt"><br></span></b></p><p style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-size:18pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:107%;font-family:"calibri",sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><i><font color="#000000">What does “sanctuary” mean to you personally?</font></i><span style="margin:0px"><i><font color="#000000">  </font></i></span><i><font color="#000000">Have you ever needed it?</font></i><span style="margin:0px"><i><font color="#000000">  </font></i></span><i><font color="#000000">Lost it?</font></i><span style="margin:0px"><i><font color="#000000">  </font></i></span><i><font color="#000000">Found it?</font></i></span><span style="margin:0px;line-height:107%;font-family:"calibri",sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000">  <i>Given it?</i> </font></span><font color="#000000">There is no one in this city, or this country, who has not personally or historically (through ancestors) experienced the loss of a home (one interpretation of “sanctuary”), or a homeland, and/or the need for a haven (another meaning).</font><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000">  </font></span><font color="#000000">What does it mean for us to offer such shelter to others?</font></span><b> </b></span></p><p align="center" style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:center;text-indent:0.5in"><b><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-size:18pt"> </span></b></p><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-m_-7460503936316971514gmail-m_-6794384794021515145HOEnZb gmail-adL"><div class="gmail-m_-7460503936316971514gmail-m_-6794384794021515145h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" id="gmail-:4lq" style="display:none"><div class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-undefined" id="gmail-:4eh"></div></div><div class="gmail-hi"></div></div><div class="gmail-ajx"></div></div><div class="gmail-gA gmail-gt gmail-acV"><div class="gmail-gB gmail-xu"><table class="gmail-cf gmail-gz gmail-ac0" id="gmail-:4k2" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td><div tabindex="0" class="gmail-cKWzSc gmail-mD"><img class="gmail-mL" alt="" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif"> <span class="gmail-mG">Reply</span></div></td><td></td><td><div tabindex="0" class="gmail-XymfBd gmail-mD"><img class="gmail-mI" alt="" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif"> <span class="gmail-mG">Forward</span></div></td><td></td><td class="gmail-io"><div class="gmail-adA"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="gmail-ip gmail-iq"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div tabindex="-1" class="gmail-h7 gmail-ie gmail-nH gmail-oy8Mbf"><div class="gmail-Bk"><div class="gmail-G3 gmail-G2 gmail-a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px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-size:18pt"><br></span></b></p><p style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0.5in"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-size:18pt"><span style="margin:0px;line-height:107%;font-family:"calibri",sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><i><font color="#000000">What does “sanctuary” mean to you personally?</font></i><span style="margin:0px"><i><font color="#000000">  </font></i></span><i><font color="#000000">Have you ever needed it?</font></i><span style="margin:0px"><i><font color="#000000">  </font></i></span><i><font color="#000000">Lost it?</font></i><span style="margin:0px"><i><font color="#000000">  </font></i></span><i><font color="#000000">Found it?</font></i></span><span style="margin:0px;line-height:107%;font-family:"calibri",sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000">  <i>Given it?</i> </font></span><font color="#000000">There is no one in this city, or this country, who has not personally or historically (through ancestors) experienced the loss of a home (one interpretation of “sanctuary”), or a homeland, and/or the need for a haven (another meaning).</font><span style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000">  </font></span><font color="#000000">What does it mean for us to offer such shelter to others?</font></span><b> </b></span></p><p align="center" style="background:white;margin:0px;text-align:center;text-indent:0.5in"><b><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(35,31,32);font-size:18pt"> </span></b></p><div class="gmail-m_-476699216120256941m_6942617391071894449gmail-m_-6794384794021515145HOEnZb"><div class="gmail-m_-476699216120256941m_6942617391071894449gmail-m_-6794384794021515145h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-l2 gmail-ov"><div class="gmail-ae3" id="gmail-:4p9"><div><div class="gmail-l6"><br></div></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div></td><td class="gmail-Bu gmail-yM"><div class="gmail-Bt" style="width:0px"></div><div class="gmail-nH" style="width:0px"><div class="gmail-no"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-nn" style="width:0px"><div style="height:64ex"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-dJ"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 3:09 PM, Ansel Ploog via SRCAction <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:srcaction@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org" target="_blank">srcaction@unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
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I know, we JUST had a meeting.  But so it goes.  If you would like to add something to the agenda, please email me before Saturday.  ALSO, please send me any upcoming events so I can compile them as well.<br>
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The Details:<br>
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Social Responsibility Meeting: Sunday, April 9 - 11:30-12:30, Fireplace room at UCM<br>
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Peace,<br>
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Ansel<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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