<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thinking of everyone this Thanksgiving and hoping that this time with family, friends, neighbors and community is sweet and happy.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I am so grateful for all the ways in which you have touched my life and my heart. Thank you for the generosity and warmth of your welcome this Summer, and for regularly participating in our online services together. Especially this past Sunday when many of you stayed for Coffee Hour and shared so deeply and honestly. What a gift we gave each other. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Let me share one of my favorite poems about the spirt and essence of the Thanksgiving Holiday.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">With love and every best wish.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Rev Pippa</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: 700;">Gratitude</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">It turns what we have into enough and more.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">perfect timing and mistakes into important events.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">It can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations </span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">into important and beneficial lessons.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today,</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">and creates a vision for tomorrow.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-align: center;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">\u2013 Melody Beattie</span></p></div><br></div></div></body></html>