<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Dear Ellie et al,<div>Yes, indeed ,thanks in all things!</div><div>Dick and I are down here in Charleston with our son Jim and his wife Claudia, snowbirds for the first time ever...so thanks for their hospitality and for all those around the world offering hospitality to many in need.</div><div>Thanks for your meditation. I continue to write a daily haiku.</div><div>Love to all,</div><div>Ellen <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 25, 2020, at 10:40 PM, Ellie Stock via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<div style="font-weight:normal;">Last Sunday, Thanksgiving Sunday (also the Reign of Christ in the Christian Liturgical Calendar), I led Second Presbyterian Church's (St. Louis) Sunday Forum Group, reflecting on Giving Thanks, the Spirit of Gratitude. During the week before the participants were invited to write down/keep a mini journal (list, words, poetry, art, etc.) of their experiences of gratitude each day. </div>
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<div style="font-weight:normal;">The first 15 minutes of the session was prayer and context and the rest was conversation reflecting on our experiences of gratitude.</div>
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<div style="">As we participate on this nation's observance of Thanksgiving, I thought I would share this session with you for your own refection and observations of your experiences of gratitude. So, <span style="font-weight:bold;">attached</span> is a synopsis of the session.</div>
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<div style="font-weight:normal;">Giving deep thanks for all of you and our years of collegiality. Hope you all have a beautiful day. </div>
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<div style="font-weight:normal;">Blessings!</div>
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<div style="font-weight:normal;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:10pt;">elliestock@aol.com <br>
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<div><GIVING THANKS, THE SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE, SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SUNDAY FORUM,, 11-22-2020.docx></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Dialogue mailing list</span><br><span>Dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</span><br><span>http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>