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On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 03:31:04 PM MST, Jean Watts <jeankwatts@icloud.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><div>I am unable to join the meeting. Please send me a Zoom invite.<div class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022">Jean</div><div class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><div><blockquote type="cite" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><div id="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022yqt69537" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022yqt3644528570"><div class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022">On Sep 12, 2022, at 8:36 PM, James Wiegel via OE <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:</div><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><div class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp10c9739dyahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022">on next TUESDAY, September 20th 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Central (Chicago) time.</div><div class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"></div></div><div id="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyahoo_quoted_3195886196" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022">
<div dir="ltr" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022">Join Ruth Gilbert, Nancy Trask and I (Jim Wiegel) (along with the author, Andy Stanton-Henry) for a refreshing dive into this intriguing take on the kind of leadership we need these days! On We will look at the introduction and briefly review the 12 practices and, if there is interest we will organize a book study group over the coming weeks. RECOVERING ABUNDANCE is available as a Kindle book and also a paperback on Amazon and a number of other booksellers on line. Come, join us! Not sure?? come anyway. You won't need the book in hand for this intro session.</div>
<div class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"></div><div class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><div id="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><div class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309s1">You can "Look Inside" the book on Amazon and see the introduction and first chapter to get started</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309s1"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.amazon.com/Recovering-Abundance-Practices-Small-Town-Leaders/dp/1506474004/ref=rvi_8/136-2166465-4500806?pd_rd_w=Waums&pf_rd_p=f5690a4d-f2bb-45d9-9d1b-736fee412437&pf_rd_r=2T2AEED9PMERYWT99HJ0&pd_rd_r=76481c9b-593d-4189-8578-cfb832abce75&pd_rd_wg=VZHKG&pd_rd_i=1506474004&psc=1&asin=B09G2GKWRS&revisionId=c75daf18&format=1&depth=2" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click HERE to browse the book</a><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309s1"><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309s1">For those who are unable to browse the introduction on line, I have attached a .PDF at the end of this message.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309s1"><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022">This book invites readers to live a new story--to join a movement of renewal for small towns and rural communities. <span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309Apple-converted-space"> </span>Offering twelve civic-spiritual practices, rooted in Jesus's miracle among the multitude, that rural and small-town leaders can use to renew their congregations and communities. </div><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:24px;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309p2"><span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309s1"></span><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309s1">Through these twelve practices, Henry helps readers tune in to an alternative story, one he discovered in his own rural Ohio community. Yes, he saw the commonly lamented decline and devastation that have brought suffering to rural Americans and that seem to foster resentment and despair.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:24px;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309s1"></span><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309s1">However, as he dug deeper into the stories of his neighbors, he began to notice that small towns and rural regions are working. They are working to build inclusive, thriving, local economies, to weave a welcoming social fabric in their region, to co-create a positive future--following the practices he explores in this book.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:24px;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309s1"></span><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309s1">Recovering Abundance is a new story about the agency and creativity of what Henry calls "ordinary leaders," not a story about scarcity and deprivation but one of abundance and generosity.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309s1"><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309s1"><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"></span></div><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><div dir="ltr" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><span style="font-size:13pt;" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022">Jim Wiegel</span><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><div class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><p class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309p1"><span class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022ydp1bb968feyiv3707397309s1">“A revolution is on the horizon: a wholesale transformation of the world economy and the way people live.” Fred Krupp<br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"></span></p></div></div></div></div>
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</div></div><span><Introduction to Recovering Abundance.pdf></span><span><Recovering Abundance Chart.pdf></span>_______________________________________________<br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022">OE mailing list<br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net<br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="none" class="ydpafb2c341yiv4384271022"></div></div></div></div>
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