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  <title>Stillness on the Spiral Journey</title>
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      <div class="thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.uua.org/files/styles/square_480x480/public/2024-12/WinterSolstice2021-SacredCave.jpg?h=5a135609&amp;itok=CH1gs7qW" width="480" height="480" alt="In a snowy bank, a small cave has been dug out: about two feet wide and a foot tall. Inside that cave are two glowing candles, a metal goblet, and a plate with small items. " class="img-fluid image-style-square-480x480" /></div><p class="author">Geoff Duke</p>: <div class="body">I’ve found it helpful to think about parts of my life as cycles or spirals instead of a single, often meandering path.</div>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 01:19:57 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Happy Holidays!</title>
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      <div class="thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.uua.org/files/styles/square_480x480/public/2024-12/CER%20Staff%202024.jpg?h=f174ef7f&amp;itok=xyMoysDW" width="480" height="480" alt="CER Staff Team at Hocking Hills. Includes Megan Foley, Beth Casebolt, Sana, Saeed, Renee Ruchoztke, Alia Shinbrough and Lenore Bajare-Dukes in front of a metal and stone tree sculpture." class="img-fluid image-style-square-480x480" /></div><p class="author">Central East Region of the UUA</p>: <div class="body">Happy Holidays from the Central East Region! Your team at the UUA wish you a season of joy, peace, love and connection.</div>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:00:01 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Live These Moments</title>
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      <div class="thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.uua.org/files/styles/square_480x480/public/2024-12/person_Dharamshala.jpg?h=5c96fcd8&amp;itok=X18pkO1Y" width="480" height="480" alt="A brown-skinned person wearing a puffy jacket has their back to the camera, viewing lush mountains covered in coniferous trees in Dharamshala, India." class="img-fluid image-style-square-480x480" /></div><p class="author">Rumni Saha</p>: <div class="body">Holiness is within us; wholeness is around us.</div>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 01:12:19 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>The Support of Community</title>
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      <div class="thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.uua.org/files/styles/square_480x480/public/2024-12/meerkatnobackground.png?h=14b8637e&amp;itok=SXQ9xlGy" width="480" height="480" alt="a stuffed meerkat wearing a purple tshirt that reads CER in white, with a heart necklace and a multicolored scarf. the mascot of the CER Staff." class="img-fluid image-style-square-480x480" /></div><p class="author">Beth Casebolt</p>: <div class="body">If you have seen this lovely meerkat pop up in some of our staff photos and wondered why it was there, the CER Staff has a mascot. But our mascot is more than just a symbol.</div>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:13:18 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Ordinary Miracles</title>
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      <div class="thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.uua.org/files/styles/square_480x480/public/2024-12/holiday_blurred_background_gathering.jpg?h=deaec4b9&amp;itok=Y2AukulD" width="480" height="480" alt="In the foreground, the edge of a Christmas tree decorated with baubles and a blurred string of white lights. In the background, a blurred grouping of people indoors, as if at a restaurant or party. " class="img-fluid image-style-square-480x480" /></div><p class="author">Kim Mason</p>: <div class="body">The winter holidays are beautiful and celebratory; they’re also hard and complicated.</div>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:50:58 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>How to Donate to the Pink Haven Campaign on Faithify</title>
  <link>https://www.uuworld.org/articles/help-transgender-two-spirit-gender-expansive-donate-pink-haven-fundraiser</link>
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      <div class="thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.uua.org/files/styles/square_480x480/public/2024-12/Screenshot%202024-12-02%20at%205.36.35%E2%80%AFPM.png?h=0065d3e7&amp;itok=4bHaGv_z" width="480" height="480" alt="Two hands holding a transgender pride flag shaped like a heart." class="img-fluid image-style-square-480x480" /></div><p class="author">Maryann Batlle</p>: <div class="body">The coalition provides potentially life-saving aid to transgender, two-spirit, and other gender-expansive people.</div>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 17:40:07 -0500</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Maryann Batlle</dc:creator>
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  <title>Indicators of thriving in RE – with and beyond the numbers</title>
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      <div class="thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.uua.org/files/styles/square_480x480/public/2024-12/ai-generated-8485804_1280.jpg?h=ecfff384&amp;itok=8RUnVUf6" width="480" height="480" alt="image of a lasagna in a red ceramic pan." class="img-fluid image-style-square-480x480" /></div><p class="author">Lenore Bajare-Dukes</p>: <div class="body">The UUA has released the full data from the 2024 UUA Certification Report, and there is a lot to learn—and to celebrate! And we have good news to report this year: across our denomination, participation in religious education programs has grown by 16%.</div>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:21:35 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Living Abundantly</title>
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      <div class="thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.uua.org/files/styles/square_480x480/public/2024-11/dirt_in_gardener_hand.jpg?h=3c1d3ba1&amp;itok=Rr5knX9R" width="480" height="480" alt="Outdoors in a field, a person crouches near the ground. In their hand is a clump of soil, which they&#039;re displaying to the camera." class="img-fluid image-style-square-480x480" /></div><p class="author">Rayla D. Mattson</p>: <div class="body">May we recognize that our gardens and our lives can grow abundantly, even when we don’t understand how.</div>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:45:58 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>Congregational Resources for Fall 2024</title>
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      <div class="thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" src="https://www.uua.org/files/styles/square_480x480/public/2024-10/Threats%20from%20Without%2C%20Care%20from%20Within%20thumbnail%20%281%29.png?h=5b3035e0&amp;itok=7OOnxeAq" width="480" height="480" alt="Several arms and hands with different skin tones are intertwined and connected." class="img-fluid image-style-square-480x480" /></div><p class="author">Central East Region of the UUA</p>: <div class="body">Over the past several weeks, the UUA has been sending emails with resources to congregations in response to the election results. We have compiled some of those resources here for you. This is by no means an exhaustive list but we hope it helps you find what you are looking for.Resources for...</div>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:18:27 -0500</pubDate>
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  <title>LGBTQ+ Youth Survival Guide: 2024 and Beyond</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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