<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24259"><br></div><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24384"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24383"><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24451"><div id="yiv5008022292"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24450"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24449"><div id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21374">Back on May 24 (my 70th birthday), Pope Francis issued a letter (240 + paragraphs) not only to the 1.5 billion members of the organization he heads, but also to the rest of us, asking us to consider the situation on our planet, and what we bring and what we can do. In skimming through the text, I really like the tone and the inclusiveness of it. Who would think of writing something about climate change and using the word "Praise" in the title?</div><div id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21374"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21374">Ellen Howie, Steve Harrington and I are organizing this study / conversation. Won't you join us? We are planning a getting started session either THIS WEDNESDAY or NEXT MONDAY.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv5008022292yqt9970297131" id="yiv5008022292yqtfd82012"><div id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21389" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21388" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div class="yiv5008022292y_msg_container" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21387"><div id="yiv5008022292"><div id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21386"><div class="yiv5008022292qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24530"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv5008022292yqt1599492497" id="yiv5008022292yqt54176"><blockquote id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21397" type="cite"><div id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21396"><div class="yiv5008022292gmail_extra" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21395"><div class="yiv5008022292gmail_quote" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21394"><blockquote class="yiv5008022292gmail_quote" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21393" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21392"><div id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21391" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21403"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21401"><span id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21598">Join us if you can. Just follow this link </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_21399"><span id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_23028"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_23027" target="_blank" href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LRGWX5Y">An online conversation -- Laudato Si (Praise Be) Survey</a><br clear="none"></span></div><div id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_22160" style="width:450px;font-family:'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:5px;background-color:#ffffff;"><table id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_22159" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:450px;height:auto;display:block;"><tbody id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_22158"><tr id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_23025"><td colspan="7" rowspan="1" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_23024" style="height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;border-collapse:collapse;"><div id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_23023" style="min-height:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1px;line-height:0px;"> </div></td></tr><tr id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_22157"><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_22156" style="width:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="width:14px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:14pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_23021" style="height:6px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_23020" style="min-height:6px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:6pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" style="width:20px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:0pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="width:20px;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:20pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="5" width="1" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;font-size:1pt;"> </div></td></tr><tr id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_22167"><td colspan="2" rowspan="1" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_22166" style="width:100%;vertical-align:middle;font-family:'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';"><div id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_22165" style="line-height:16.5px;background-color:#ffffff;width:414px;"><div id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_22164" style="word-wrap:break-word;"><span></span><span></span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_22163" target="_blank" href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LRGWX5Y" style="text-decoration:none!important;text-decoration:none;color:#000000!important;line-height:100%;font-size:18px;display:block;"><span id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_22162" style="margin:0;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:3px;font-size:18px;line-height:21px;max-height:43px;color:#000000;overflow:hidden!important;display:inline-block;">An online conversation -- Laudato Si (Praise Be) Survey</span></a><div id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_23017" style="font-size:13px;line-height:20px;color:#999999;max-height:81px;font-family:'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';overflow:hidden;">Web survey powered by <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://surveymonkey.com/">SurveyMonkey.com</a>. 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Forward this email</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_22151"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_23001"><span id="yiv5008022292yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_23000">Need more detail? Continue reading</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>APPROACH TO THE STUDY</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Inviting folks from any or all of the following groups</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>1. alive today and interested in what is going on here on Earth</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>2. associated with Institutes of Cultural Affairs around the world, present and past</span></div><div></div><div dir="ltr">3. practicing and using ToP methods as facilitators, trainers or champions</div><div dir="ltr">4. friends and associates of any of us -- Ellen, Jim, Steve, or YOU</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Organize the time from now to the end of 2015 to go through the encyclical. There are 6 chapters, plus a beginniing introduction and a couple of prayers and notes at the end. We are suggesting the following:</div><div dir="ltr">Focus one week on each chapter, perhaps with an online session of an hour to an hour and a half, either on Free Conference Call, Google Hangouts or Skype. </div><div dir="ltr">One or two of us would take each chapter (a partner would make it more interesting)</div><div dir="ltr">Whoever was doing the chapter would </div><div dir="ltr"> go through it and create and share online a visual image of what is being said along with some guiding questions for a conversation or dialogue or charting/study of that chapter</div><div dir="ltr"> guide the online session<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"> perhaps also be available a couple of times during "their" week via email or twitter or phone for questions, conversations, tweeting, etc.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">We are working on the technology end: way to hold the weekly dialogues, share collaborative documents, keep in contact, welcome broader participation</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Simple visuals, lively questions, collegial dialogue. Join us. </div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Praise be!</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24505"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://partnersinparticipation.com/?page_id=123">Jim Wiegel</a> <br clear="none"><div class="yiv5008022292MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;line-height:18.3999996185303px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">“If you want an adventure . . . what a time to be alive!”. Joanna Macy</span></div><br clear="none"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:white;">401 North Beverly Way,Tolleson, Arizona 85353</span><div class="yiv5008022292MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="">623-363-3277</a></span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="yiv5008022292MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:marilyn.oyler@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:marilyn.oyler@gmail.com"><span style="color:blue;">jfwiegel@yahoo.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="yiv5008022292MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/">www.partnersinparticipation.com</a></span></span></div><br clear="none"><div><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://partnersinparticipation.com/?page_id=10">Upcoming ToP training opportunities in Arizona</a></span></div><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">More info on:</div><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><br clear="none"></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24521"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://partnersinparticipation.com/?page_id=48">ToP® Facilitation Methods</a> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24519"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://partnersinparticipation.com/?page_id=50">ToP® Strategic Planning</a>: </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24517"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz3mniiYCdI">Mastering the Technology of Participation</a> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24515"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24513"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.top-training.net/">Register on line / see the ToP National Schedule</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24511">AICP Planners: 14.5 CM for all ToP® courses</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24509"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24507"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://partnersinparticipation.com/?page_id=203">The AZ ToP® Community of Practice</a> meets the 1st Friday, of every month, 1-4 pm, at ACYR, <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/648+N+5th+Ave/@33.456329,-112.080545,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x872b123a5312512d:0x93c9f71171108956?hl=">648 N. 5th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85003</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447098375861_24504"><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>