<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="Verdana" class="">Dear UUCP Family,</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="Verdana" class="">After last Sunday’s sermon
several congregants requested info on the "Sharing the Love" event I spoke about and a link to the event video. Info Below: </font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="Verdana" class="">Feel free to share.</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="Verdana" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font face="Verdana" class="">With gratitude and love, Rev. Sonia</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class=""><font face="Verdana" class="">______</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class=""><font face="Verdana" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class=""><font face="Verdana" class="">SHARING THE LOVE ❤️</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class="">To help celebrate my 60th birthday, my community was invited to help me create a different kind of celebration. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class="">I asked them to help me give back what came to me so easily in my lifetime: Food, Warmth and Love. My hope is to give out 60 blessing bags filled wih useful items to people experiencing homeless in NYC, A registry on Amazon was set up for easy ordering of donation suggestions to fill the bags and auto delivery to my address. The response was way beyond my expectations. 💟</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141); min-height: 19px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class="">On Sunday Dec 18th, 2016, a few dear friends and I had the pleasure and honor to gift 60 backpacks, $250 Gift in Cards and 60 glass hearts necklaces with hand written envelopes that read “You are Loved” to people experiencing homelessness around NYC. From the steps of St Mary’s Church in Times Square, to a mens shelter off the FDR drive to Penn station. Each bag also included a Street Sheet providing locations for additional assistance </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141); min-height: 19px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class="">People were grateful to accept these backpacks, but the receiving of “You are Loved” envelopes with heart necklaces, just cracked open peoples hearts, as it did all of ours to offer them. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141); min-height: 19px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class="">I’m so grateful to all who contributed in the many ways they did. It’s amazing how loving and generous people are. People want to help and are often just looking for an opportunity to do so.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141); min-height: 19px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class="">This event was documented in the hope it may inspire others to celebrate their birthdays in a similar way. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">Sharing the Love- Video: </b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#66018d" face="Palatino" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 1, 141); font-size: 14px;" class=""><a href="https://vimeo.com/196678312" class="">https://vimeo.com/196678312</a></span></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class=""> If you have an interest in creating an event like this, feel free to contact me for additional details and support.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141); min-height: 19px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class="">in oneness and peace,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class="">Rev. Sonia Ketchian</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino; color: rgb(102, 1, 141);" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Co-Minister Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades <br class="">201-819-6135<br class=""><a href="http://www.uucpalisades.org" class="">www.uucpalisades.org</a><br class="">✝️☪️🕉✡️☯️☸️💟</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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