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Unitarian Universalist Association Thank you for the positive feedback on today's and previous Monday Meditations. We are glad to know that the meditations are beautiful and comforting, and we enjoy sharing them with you.

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This week's Monday Meditation is "May We Look with Gratitude Upon this Day" by Michael R. Leduc.
It begins:
"May we look with gratitude upon this day, for the beauty of the world,
for the first radiance of dawn and the last smoldering glow of sunset."
To read the full meditation, please visit http://www.uua.org/spiritualli...fe/worshipweb/meditationsand/submissions /5498.shtml
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May we look with gratitude upon this day, for the beauty of the world, for the first radiance of dawn and the last smoldering glow of sunset.
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Shahab Abdolvand Dear friends , does anyone know how many people are UU in the world ?

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Want to be a leader in the General Assembly 2010 Youth Caucus and attend GA for free? Apply for GA Youth Caucus staff and program facilitator positions!
More information is available at http://www.uua.org/members/youth/21389.s html
Applications are due by December 15th.
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Youth Caucus is a group of UU youth, ages 14-20, that participates in regular General Assembly programming and holds programming specifically for youth, including daily meetings to discuss and take part in GA business.

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New UU World article: "UUA health plan blends insurance with social justice" http://www.uuworld.org/news/articles/152 725.shtml
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"This melding of standard medical care with special consideration for the needs of women, gays and lesbians, and the chronically ill, make the UUA’s health plan unique, say organizers."

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Resources for congregations observing Transgender Day of Remembrance are available at http://www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrar y/leaderslibrary/56991.shtml
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In many Unitarian Universalist congregations, a moment during a Sunday worship service has been set aside to remember that violence and hatred still exist, and to grieve the lives changed and lost due to this violence.

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The UUA Bookstore is offering free shipping on all standard, domestic orders through November 24th. For gift suggestions, please visit the bookstore's holiday gift guides at http://www.uuabookstore.org/client/clien t_pages/HolidayNav.cfm
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Suggestions for books and other gifts in the following categories: children's books, inspiring reading, enlightening reading, wrapped gifts, and featured items.

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This week's Monday Meditation is "A Survival Meditation" by Nathan Walker.
It begins:
"breathing in
i am aware of my pain.
breathing out
i am aware that i am not my pain.
breathing in
i am aware of my past.
breathing out
i am aware that i am not my past."
To read the full meditation, please visit http://www.uua.org/spirituallif...e/worshipweb/meditationsand/submissions/ 111664.shtml
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breathing in i am aware of my pain. breathing out i am aware that i am not my pain. breathing in i am aware of my past. breathing out i am aware that i am not my past.
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Unitarian Universalist youth, and adults who work with youth, are invited to apply to attend a free training and service event on January 15 - 18, 2010. This training will equip youth and adult teams with the skills needed to be leaders in the interfaith youth movement.
The application deadline is December 1, 2009. For ...more information, please visit: http://www.uua.org/members/youth/interfa ith/
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This year, thanks to a generous grant from the Shelter Rock Large Grant Fund, the Unitarian Universalist Association has partnered with the Interfaith Youth Core to bring interfaith leadership and service opportunities to our youth. ...
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In Memoriam: Rev. Polly L. Guild
Rev. Eric M. Cherry, UUA Director of International Resources, writes: "The Unitarian Universalist Association joins the family and
friends of the Reverend Polly L. Guild and the entire global community
of Unitarians and Universalists in mourning Polly’s death on November
7, 2009. Polly was ...an incredibly talented, deeply committed, and always
wise woman who served UUA congregations as a spiritual leader, and the
entire world as a tireless ambassador of faith, hope and love. We will
all deeply miss her warm heart, kind smile, keen insight and loving
spirit."
To read more about Rev. Guild's leadership and service to Unitarian Universalism, please visit http://www.uua.org/news/newssubmissions/ 152577.shtml
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Polly was an incredibly talented, deeply committed, and always wise woman who served UUA congregations as a spiritual leader, and the entire world as a tireless ambassador of faith, hope and love. We will all deeply miss her warm heart, kind smile, keen insight and loving spirit.
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Seanan R. Holland, ministerial intern for the Church of the Larger Fellowship and lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, reflects on Veterans Day: http://www.uua.org/news/newssubmissions/ 152662.shtml
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Today is Veterans Day. Our country is at war, and last week, we experienced an unusual and very tragic shooting spree at one of our military bases. For some, Veterans Day can be difficult enough without the weight of such events. But the day is before us. It is asking something of us, regardless of ...

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In Memoriam: Jerry Davidoff, Unitarian Universalist Lay Leader:
Jerry Davidoff died November 7, 2009, at the Connecticut Hospice unit
at Norwalk Hospital of complications from encephalitis, a virus of the
brain. He was 83. Mr. Davidoff was an attorney by profession, a former
elected official in his longtime home of Westpor...t, CT, a champion of
civil liberties, and a nationally active lay leader in the Unitarian
Universalist faith movement.
To read more about Mr. Davidoff's extraordinary contributions to Unitarian Universalism, please visit http://www.uua.org/news/newssubmissions/ 152626.shtml
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Jerry Davidoff was an attorney by profession, a former elected official in his longtime home of Westport, CT, a champion of civil liberties, and a nationally active lay leader in the Unitarian Universalist faith movement.
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The Winter 2009 issue of UU World is available online at: http://www.uuworld.org/issues/winter2009 .shtml
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Includes "The religious left" by Dan McKanan, "What moves you?" by Rev. Peter Morales, and "A poet's grief" by Kimberly French.















































