<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-size: 16px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: georgia,serif;"><div>Thanks, Jim</div><div><br></div><div><span>A joyful Christmas to you and your family.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Zoe</span></div><div><br><br></div><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: #0000ff 2px solid; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: black;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: James Wiegel via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>
<br>Sent: Dec 13, 2017 3:16 PM
<br>To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net>, Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>
<br>Cc: James Wiegel <jfwiegel@yahoo.com>
<br>Subject: [Oe List ...] Greetings at the ending of the year. Sending our love and best wishes
<br><br><zzzhtml><zzzhead><zzzmeta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="content-type"></zzzmeta></zzzhead><zzzbody dir="auto"><div><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">At this time of year, people in Nicaragua celebrate "La Griteria", to me a combination of caroling and trick or treat. Folks walk from house to house and shout out, "What is the source of the overwhelming joy that is flooding our hearts?" And the reply is, "The Virgin has conceived!!" Then they share treats, socialize, sing together, and on to the next house. . . . keeps going until the treats are all gone.</span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div class="ydp723d72c9yahoo_quoted" id="ydp723d72c9yahoo_quoted_4128849098"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div id="ydp723d72c9yiv1734001046"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><br></div><div>So. here's hoping, in the midst of all that is flooding your heart these days, that you recognize some overwhelming joy and, maybe even shout out, "What is the source of this overwhelming joy that is flooding our hearts?"</div><div><br></div><div>. . . and maybe, even someone replies, and you share treats, socialize, sing together.</div><div><br></div><div>. . . not to ignore all else that is flooding our hearts, but to recognize the joy as well.</div><div><br></div><div>The Wiegels</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp723d72c9yiv1734001046ydpf70b2f41signature"><a href="http://partnersinparticipation.com/?page_id=123" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jim Wiegel</a> <br><p class="ydp723d72c9yiv1734001046ydpf70b2f41MsoNormal" 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);">“That which consumes me is not man, nor the earth, nor the heavens, but the flame which consumes man, earth, and sky." Nikos Kazantzakis</span></p><br><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:white;">401 North Beverly Way,Tolleson, Arizona 85353</span><p class="ydp723d72c9yiv1734001046ydpf70b2f41MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">623-363-3277</span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="ydp723d72c9yiv1734001046ydpf70b2f41MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:marilyn.oyler@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:blue;">jfwiegel@yahoo.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:'Segoe UI', sans-serif;"></span></p><p class="ydp723d72c9yiv1734001046ydpf70b2f41MsoNormal" 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 href="http://www.partnersinparticipation.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.partnersinparticipation.com</a></span></span></p></div></div></div></div>
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