<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><b>REMINDER - REV. PAUL DODENHOFF'S ZOOM DISCUSSION WILL BE THIS <u>FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 AT 7:00 PM</u>. </b></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><b>ARTICLE:</b> The article is written by
Diana Butler Bass, one of today's most progressive Christian theologians and sociologists
of religion. <a href="https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/more-than-god-talk" target="_blank">https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/more-than-god-talk</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>SUPREME COURT: </b>As we've seen this past
week with the nomination of Amy Coney Barret to the Supreme Court by Donald
Trump, religion is once again becoming an issue in this year's election. As
much as we believe in separation of church and state and should fight for
that, religion has always played a role in our national politics and
likely will do so in the future. </font><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">So how do we navigate the confluence of these two during this election period
and after it's over? How do we discuss them with our neighbors and friends and
with those who may disagree with us? </span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">This article offers some help in thinking about them and about those questions.</span></font></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="line-height:107%"><br>
</span><span class="gmail_default"><b>HOMEWORK: </b>Watch the Presidential debate. If you missed it, you can read the article on the debate highlights <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/us/politics/trump-biden-debate.html">HERE</a>. Or watch the video clip <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000007368667/presidential-debate-highlights.html">HERE</a>.</span><br clear="all"></font><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><b><br></b></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4"><font color="#000000"><span class="gmail_default"><b>ZOOM LINK:</b> Go to the website: </span></font><a href="http://uucpalisades.org">uucpalisades.org</a><span class="gmail_default" style="">. When you click on upcoming events and open the link, you have to type in a password. Hint - It's the same password to login to the UUCP members section of the website.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span></font><font color="#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></font></p><div><img src="cid:ii_kfptn7j50" alt="Zoom Meetings.jpg" width="371" height="300"><br></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></b></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Liandra Pires</font></span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Marketing & Communications
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of the Palisades (UUCP)</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="mailto:Communications@uucpalisades.org" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.6667px" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Communications@uucpalisades.org</font></a><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1Ide2VsB5Be5ZGb9X0pz3CDaof-MLvjoc&revid=0B5RAg5pmCNcDTGd3NDk0dHF6VE9LTnJOVjVoVVZkRURsaUt3PQ" width="96" height="96"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="http://uucpalisades.org/" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">UUCP Website</font></a><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/UUCPalisades/?ref=settings" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Facebook</font></a><br></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><a href="https://twitter.com/UUCPalisades" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Twitter</font></a><br></font></p></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/uucpalisades/?hl=en" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">Instagram</font></a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPBmlqcRJuYjjW8TrkBLOmQ" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">YouTube</font></a></div><p><span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>