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WWW.HEARINK.COM 19:15:40:13 WELCOME TO THE 2010 SERVICE FOR THE 19:17:14:00 LIVING TRADITION. 19:17:14:21 I'M BETH SYVERSON, YOUR MUSIC 19:17:17:22 LEADER FOR THIS SECTION. 19:17:19:15 WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH A FEW 19:17:21:06 SONGS TO GET EVERYONE IN THE MOOD 19:17:22:03 FOR WORSHIP WITH OUR FELLOW 19:17:23:28 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS WHO ARE 19:17:25:01 CELEBRATING THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO 19:17:29:03 HAVE BUILT AND CONTINUE TO BUILD 19:17:30:12 OUR DENOMINATION. 19:17:31:06 ALL THE MUSIC IN TONIGHT'S SERVICE 19:17:32:16 IS COMPOSED OR ARRANGED BY 19:17:34:21 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS. 19:17:37:03 OUR FIRST SONG IS WE GIVE THANKS BY 19:17:40:10 WENDY LUELLA PERKINS, A UNITARIAN 19:17:42:06 UNIVERSALIST MINISTER FROM KINGSTON 19:17:45:06 ONTARIO. 19:17:47:00 [SINGING "WE GIVE THANKS" BY WENDY 19:17:47:00 LUELLA PERKINS] 19:17:49:13 OUR NEXT SONG IS BY ANOTHER 19:18:58:24 CANADIAN UU, JOYCE POLEY, WHO IS A 19:19:01:13 SINGER/SONGWRITER AND SONG LEADER 19:19:03:00 WHO LIVES IN SURREY, BRITISH 19:19:04:12 COLUMBIA. 19:19:05:24 LET'S SING "WHEN OUR HEART IS IN A 19:19:06:18 HOLY PLACE" TOGETHER. 19:19:09:13 [SINGING "WHEN OUR HEART IS IN A 19:19:09:13 HOLY PLACE" BY JOYCE POLEY] 19:19:10:22 AND NEXT WE'LL SING "LET THIS BE A 19:21:43:12 HOUSE OF PEACE," A BEAUTIFUL LITANY 19:21:45:28 OF INTENTION WITH TEXT INSPIRED BY 19:21:48:18 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST POET AND 19:21:50:12 PROPHET KENNETH PATTON AND WITH 19:21:53:25 MUSIC BY OUR OWN UU TROUBADOUR JIM 19:21:59:28 SCOTT. 19:22:00:16 JIM HAS LED SERVICES AND PERFORMED 19:22:02:18 CONCERTS IN OVER 300 UNITARIAN 19:22:04:09 UNIVERSALIST CHURCHES THROUGH NORTH 19:22:05:18 AMERICA. 19:22:06:06 HE IS HERE IN PERSON TO LEAD US IN 19:22:08:07 THE SONG TONIGHT. 19:22:09:07 AT THE END OF THE SONG WE'LL DO A 19:22:10:18 LITTLE IMPROVISATION. 19:22:11:24 EVERYONE WILL HARMONIZE AND 19:22:14:22 IMPROVISE AS YOU WILL. 19:22:18:12 [SINGING "LET THIS BE A HOUSE OF 2 19:22:18:12 PEACE" BY JIM SCOTT] 19:22:19:12 JIM SCOTT. 19:26:05:24 THANK YOU, GYM. 19:26:07:03 THE FINAL SONG IN OUR INGATHERING 19:26:09:09 MUSIC IS BY SINGER/SONGWRITER AMY 19:26:13:00 CAROL WEBB. 19:26:13:27 SHE'S HERE TO LEAD HER SONG 19:26:15:03 "STAND!," WHICH IS SUNG BY THE GA 19:26:17:00 CHOIR DURING THE SUNDAY SERVICE AT 19:26:18:00 THE 2009 SALT LAKE CITY GENERAL 19:26:19:16 ASSEMBLY, ALSO LED BY AMY LAST 19:26:21:27 YEAR. 19:26:22:09 HERE SHE IS TO LEAD IT AGAIN. 19:26:24:09 [SINGING "STAND!" BY AMY CAROL 19:26:24:09 WEBB] 19:26:25:09 HELLO, FRIENDS. 19:30:26:03 I'M BETH MILLER. 19:30:29:22 I'M DIRECTOR OF THE I KNOW HE IS 19:30:31:24 TRY AND PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AT 19:30:33:21 THE UUA AND IT'S MIGRATE PLEASURE 19:30:36:01 AND PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME YOU TO 19:30:37:06 THIS YEAR'S SERVICE OF THE LIVING 19:30:38:15 TRADITION. 19:30:42:01 THIS EVENING WE WILL REMEMBER THOSE 19:30:43:25 WHO HAVE DIED, THOSE MINISTERS WHO 19:30:45:15 HAVE DIED IN THE LAST YEAR WE WIG 19:30:50:09 THANK THOSE WHO ARE RETIRING FROM 19:30:51:13 ACTIVE SERVICE AND WE WILL 19:30:52:22 CONGRATULATE THOSE RECEIVING 19:30:53:21 MINISTERIAL FELLOWSHIPS AND 19:30:56:27 CREDENTIALS AT RELIGIOUS EDUCATORS 19:30:59:04 AND CREDENTIALED MUSIC LEADERS. 19:31:01:12 WE WILL HEAR FINE PREACHING AND 19:31:03:15 EXCELLENT MUSIC. 19:31:04:22 WE WILL SING TOGETHER AND WE WILL 19:31:07:15 OFFER THIS GIFT TO OUR MINISTERS 19:31:13:16 AND PROFESSIONALS. 19:31:14:01 THOSE COMING BEFORE US TONIGHT HAVE 19:31:15:21 ACCEPTED A POWERFUL CALL TO THE 19:31:17:21 WORK OF RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP OF THE 19:31:20:28 NEWLY CREDENTIALED BRING THE GIFTS 19:31:23:00 OF THEIR MINDS AND THEIR HEARTS AND 19:31:24:24 THEIR SOULS AND PLACE THEM ON THE 19:31:27:18 ALTER OF OUR COLLECTIVE FAITH IN 19:31:30:25 OUR PRESENCE THIS EVENING, AND 19:31:32:03 THAT'S AN AWESOME THING. 19:31:34:12 THESE INDIVIDUALS EMBODY A 19:31:36:06 SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR HIGH 19:31:39:21 HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF UNITARIAN 19:31:43:21 UNIVERSALISM. 3 19:31:44:09 AND AS WE REMEMBER THE DECEASED AND 19:31:48:12 THANK THE RETIRING, WE ARE MINDFUL 19:31:50:15 OF THE MANY WAYS IN WHICH THEIR 19:31:52:15 LIVES HAVE TOUCHED AND SHAPED OUR 19:31:54:10 LIVES IN THE PAST AND IN THE 19:31:55:15 PRESENT. 19:31:56:06 TOGETHER THESE PEOPLE REPRESENT THE 19:31:58:27 LIVING TRADITION WE SHARE. 19:32:01:22 AND THIS SERVICE HONORS THEM AND 19:32:04:15 THAT TRADITION. 19:32:06:24 ONCE AGAIN, THEN, WELCOME. 19:32:08:21 MAY THIS BE A ROUSING TIME, A 19:32:11:22 HALLOWED TIME, A TIME FOR EACH OF 19:32:14:06 US TO BE TOUCHED BY THE MYSTERY AND 19:32:16:03 WONDER THAT WE RECOGNIZE AS THE 19:32:19:06 SACRED. 19:32:22:12 SO NOW LET US RISE IN BODY AND/OR 19:32:25:16 SPIRIT AND JOIN TOGETHER IN THE 19:32:28:00 PROCESSIONAL HYMN, RANK BY RANK, 19:32:29:27 AGAIN WE STAND, TO WELCOME OUR 19:32:31:09 RELIGIOUS PROFESSIONALS AS THEY 19:32:33:28 PROCESS THIS EVENING. 19:32:35:06 WE'LL BEGIN WITH AN INSTRUMENTAL 19:32:36:24 FIRST AND THEN WE'LL SING AND 19:32:38:06 THEY'LL BE INSTRUMENTAL VERSES 19:32:39:25 INTERSPERSED BETWEEN THE SONG 19:32:42:00 VERSES. 19:32:42:07 JUST FOLLOW ALONG ON THE SCREEN AND 19:32:44:03 YOU'LL CATCH ON. 19:32:45:00 [PROCESSIONAL - CONGREGATOIN 19:32:45:00 SINGING; LYRICS ON SCREEN] 19:32:46:15 WELCOME, COLLEAGUES. 19:37:46:12 YOU MAY ALL BE SEATED. 19:37:53:16 WE LIGHT THE CHALICE THIS EVENING 19:37:55:22 TO HONOR BOTH THE FULLNESS OF THE 19:37:57:24 PAST WHICH GROUNDS US AND THE 19:37:59:06 VIBRANCY OF THE FUTURE WHICH 19:38:01:28 BECKONS US ONWARD, KINDLING THE 19:38:04:24 FLAME OF OUR FAITH THIS EVENING AS 19:38:06:06 THE REVEREND DIANA HEATH LIGHTS OF 19:38:09:22 THE REVEREND WILLIAM J. METZGER ONE 19:38:13:24 OF THE 23 BELOVED MINISTERS WHO 19:38:16:09 PASSED AWAY SINCE LAST WE GATHERED 19:38:18:19 AT THE SERVICE OF THE LIVING 19:38:20:00 TRADITION. 19:38:21:24 MAY THE FLAME KINDLED IN THIS 19:38:24:06 CHALICE TONIGHT FLOW FOR THE LIVES 19:38:26:19 TRANSFORMED BY FAITH AND GIVEN 19:38:28:21 FREELY IN THE SERVICE OF LOVE AND 19:38:30:24 JUSTICE. 4 19:38:33:03 THANK YOU. 19:38:38:01 AND NOW THESE WORDS OF INVOCATION 19:38:39:27 WRITTEN AS A COVENANT BY ANOTHER OF 19:38:41:15 OUR MINISTERS WHO PASSED AWAY IN 19:38:43:19 THIS PAST YEAR, REVEREND WALTER OIL 19:38:46:21 JONES. 19:38:48:09 HE WRITES, MINDFUL OF TRUTH EVER 19:38:51:13 EXCEEDING OUR KNOWLEDGE AND 19:38:53:21 COMMUNITY EVER EXCEEDING OUR 19:38:55:21 PRACTICE, REVERENTLY, WE COVENANT 19:38:58:21 TOGETHER, BEGINNING WITH OURSELVES 19:39:01:07 AS WE ARE, TO SHARE THE STRENGTH OF 19:39:04:18 INTEGRITY AND THE HERITAGE OF THE 19:39:06:18 SPIRIT IN THE UNENDING QUEST FOR 19:39:09:15 WISDOM AND LOVE. 19:39:13:27 MAY OUR TIME OF WORSHIP TOGETHER 19:39:15:12 MAKE IT SO. 19:39:16:16 AMEN. 19:39:33:15 LIFT YOUR VOICE! 19:39:42:21 LIFT YOUR VOICE! 19:39:46:00 LIFT YOUR VOICE! 19:39:49:12 LIFT YOUR VOICE! 19:39:52:24 LIFT YOUR VOICE! 19:39:55:19 LIFT YOUR VOICE! 19:40:01:27 LIFT YOUR VOICE! 19:40:04:06 LIFT YOUR VOICE! 19:40:07:19 AND SING! 19:40:10:00 AND SING! 19:40:12:27 AND SING! 19:40:15:19 AND SING! 19:40:23:21 LIFT YOUR VOICE AND SING IN 19:40:37:10 CELEBRATION! 19:40:39:12 SPIRIT CALLS AND MOVES OUR HEARTS 19:40:41:12 TO PRAISE. 19:40:44:03 COME AND SEE THE WORLD ALIVE WITH 19:40:46:22 WONDER. 19:40:49:09 DARE TO DREAM THE EARTH A PLACE OF 19:40:51:24 PEACE. 19:40:55:10 LIFT YOUR VOICE AND SING IN 19:40:57:09 CELEBRATION! 19:41:00:03 SPIRIT CALLS AND MOVES OUR HEARTS 19:41:02:13 TO PRAISE. 19:41:05:06 COME AND SEE THE WORLD ALIVE WITH 19:41:07:27 WONDER. 19:41:10:24 DARE TO DREAM THE EARTH A PLACE OF 19:41:13:01 PEACE. 19:41:16:21 LIFT YOUR VOICE! 19:41:19:03 LIFT YOUR VOICE! 19:41:22:07 LIFT YOUR VOICE! 19:41:26:18 LIFT YOUR VOICE! 5 19:41:32:16 AND SING! 19:41:35:21 SING! 19:41:37:15 SING! 19:41:40:16 SING! 19:41:43:24 >> IN THIS ANNUAL SERVICE, WE HONOR 19:41:58:03 THOSE WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR 19:42:00:04 LIFE'S WORK TO THE MINISTRY AS WE 19:42:04:18 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS SHARE. 19:42:07:06 WE BEGIN, AS WE HAVE FOR 19:42:08:13 GENERATIONS, WITH THE ROLL CALL OF 19:42:11:00 THOSE WHO HAVE DIED IN THE PAST 19:42:12:24 YEAR. 19:42:15:24 SOME WHOSE NAMES WE CALL TONIGHT 19:42:18:07 HAD LONG CAREERS AND LONG 19:42:20:15 RETIREMENT AND DIED PEACEFULLY AT 19:42:23:27 ADVANCED AGES. 19:42:26:25 OTHERS DIED TOO SOON, STILL ENGAGED 19:42:31:00 IN ACTIVE AND VITAL MINISTRY. 19:42:34:04 ALL WILL BE REMEMBERED WITH 19:42:36:04 APPRECIATION AND AFFECTION BY THOSE 19:42:39:18 THEY LOVED AND THOSE THEY SERVED. 19:42:43:13 AS I CALL THE ROLL OF THOSE 19:42:46:03 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST MINISTERS 19:42:48:18 WHO HAVE DIED IN THE PAST YEAR AND 19:42:51:15 WE VIEW THEIR IMAGES ON THE 19:42:53:22 SCREENS, HOLD THE MEMORY OF THEIR 19:42:56:03 MINISTRY IN YOUR HEARTS. 19:42:57:27 [POWER POINT PRESENTATION] 19:43:00:19 PAUL WILL BE REMEMBERED AT NEXT 19:45:28:13 YEAR'S SERVE OF THE LIVING 19:45:29:21 TRADITION. 19:45:34:24 PLEADS JOIN ME IN A TIME OF 19:45:36:10 REFLECTION AND PRAYER. 19:45:39:09 COME, SPIRIT OF COMPASSION, OF 19:45:43:15 HUMILITY, OF GRATITUDE THAT LIVES 19:45:48:00 WITHIN EACH OF US AND AMONG US ALL. 19:45:52:19 MAY OUR HEARTS BE FILLED WITH 19:45:54:10 PROFOUND GRATITUDE TO THE SERVICE 19:45:57:12 OF THESE MINISTERS WHO HAVE DIED. 19:46:00:25 IN THEIR LIVES, THEY HEARD THE CALL 19:46:03:03 OF LOVE AND ANSWERED THAT CALL WITH 19:46:07:06 LIVES OF COMMITMENT AND SERVICE. 19:46:11:19 THEY KEPT THE FAITH. 19:46:13:24 THEY SHAPED OUR FAITH. 19:46:15:21 THEY PASSED ON A LIVING VITAL 19:46:18:07 TRADITION. 19:46:20:03 THEY SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF THE 19:46:22:03 POWER OF LOVE. 19:46:24:09 THEY TAUGHT THE PRINCIPLES OF OUR 19:46:26:04 FAITH AND THEY TAUGHT MOST 6 19:46:29:03 POWERFULLY BY THE LIVES THEY LED. 19:46:33:25 THEIR WORK IS OUR WORK. 19:46:36:06 THEIR MINISTRY IS OUR MINISTRY. 19:46:39:18 IT IS THE MINISTRY OF EACH AND 19:46:41:28 EVERY ONE OF US. 19:46:44:12 MAY THE LIVES OF THESE FAITHFUL 19:46:46:18 MINISTERS INSPIRE US. 19:46:49:28 WE PRAY, ALSO, FOR COMFORT AND 19:46:52:00 CONSOLATION FOR THOSE CLOSEST TO 19:46:54:27 THESE MINISTERS. 19:46:56:15 MAY THOSE WHO KNEW AND LOVED THEM 19:46:59:22 FEEL OUR COMPASSION AND OUR THANKS. 19:47:03:21 WE GRIEVE WITH THEM. 19:47:08:00 WE ALSO CELEBRATE WITH THEM THESE 19:47:11:00 EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. 19:47:13:24 NOW, IN SILENCE, LET EACH OF US 19:47:17:18 HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AND 19:47:19:27 REFLECT ON OUR OWN PLACE IN THIS 19:47:23:16 LIVING TRADITION. 19:47:55:22 >> THIS DARKNESS SURROUNDS AND 19:48:42:21 SWALLOWS ME WHOLE. 19:48:51:27 FREE OF MIND, FREE OF BODY, FREE 19:49:14:19 EVEN OF BREATH. 19:49:18:12 ALL IS JOY, ALL IS BOUNDLESS. 19:49:46:10 JOY IS ALL BOUNDLESS JOY. 19:50:50:12 FREE OF MIND, FREE OF BODY, FREE 19:51:07:03 EVEN OF BREATH 19:51:26:09 >> THE 28 MINISTERS WHOM WE ARE 19:51:43:22 RECOGNIZING NEXT ANSWERED THE CALL 19:51:47:09 TO ORDAINED MINISTRY AND HAVE 19:51:50:06 SERVED OUR MOVEMENT WITH COURAGE, 19:51:52:28 COMPASSION, CONSCIENCE, AND 19:51:57:06 CREATIVITY. 19:51:59:15 TOGETHER, THEY HAVE GIVEN NEARLY 19:52:03:06 620 YEARS OF SERVICE. 19:52:07:19 AND THAT'S JUST THE TIME THAT 19:52:09:10 THEY'VE SERVED AS ORDAINED PERSONS. 19:52:13:06 BEFORE THEIR ORDINATION AND HIS I'M 19:52:14:24 SURE FOLLOWING THEIR RETIREMENT, 19:52:16:10 THEIR SERVICE WILL CONTINUE, 19:52:18:24 BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHO THESE 19:52:20:00 PEOPLE ARE. 19:52:23:00 WHETHER THEY DISCOVERED THEIR 19:52:25:04 CALLING YOUNG AND FOLLOWED IT 19:52:27:00 LIFELONG OR WHETHER THEY DISCOVERED 19:52:29:24 IN THEIR MIDDLE YEARS, WE ARE 19:52:32:13 GRATEFUL THAT THEY DISCOVERED 19:52:34:12 MINISTRIES AND MINISTRY DISCOVERED 19:52:37:15 THEM. 19:52:40:01 THEY PASSED LIFE THROUGH THE FIRE 7 19:52:43:09 OF THOUGHT AND THOUGHT THROUGH THE 19:52:45:18 FIRE OF LIFE AND OUR CONGREGATION 19:52:50:01 AND OUR MOVEMENT ARE THE BETTER FOR 19:52:52:15 IT. 19:52:54:09 AFTER ALL NAMES ARE READ, OUR 19:52:56:15 RETIRING MINISTERS WILL STAND AND 19:52:59:27 RECEIVE THE CONGREGATIONS 19:53:01:09 RECOGNITION FOR THEIR DEDICATED 19:53:02:21 SERVICE, AND ITS BEST WISHES FOR A 19:53:05:01 LONG AND HALE RETIREMENT. 19:53:10:21 [NAMES READ] 19:55:13:21 [ APPLAUSE ] 19:55:14:03 MAY WE JOIN TOGETHER NOW IN THE 19:55:55:09 LITANY OF APPRECIATION IN THE ORDER 19:55:58:04 OF SERVICE? 19:56:01:27 FOR THE LIFE PASSAGES YOU 19:56:03:21 SANCTIFIED; CARE YOU OFFERED, 19:56:08:13 SILENT WITNESS YOU BORE; AND FOR 19:56:10:21 ALL THE TEARS OF JOY AND SORROW YOU 19:56:13:21 SHED WITH YOUR PEOPLE. 19:56:18:18 >> WE REJOICE AND GIVE THANKS FOR 19:56:20:15 THE GIFTS OF YOUR HEART. 19:56:24:07 >> FOR THE WORDS YOU OFFERED IN 19:56:25:07 TRUTH AND LOVE; WORDS OF PROPHECY, 19:56:28:18 INSTRUCTION, COMFORT, AND 19:56:31:21 INVITATION; POEMS, PRAYERS, 19:56:35:21 LAMENTS, AND CELEBRATIONS. 19:56:39:12 >> WE REJOICE AND GIVE THANKS FOR 19:56:41:22 THE GIFTS OF YOUR MIND. 19:56:44:24 >> FOR YOUR VISION OF THE WORLD 19:56:46:06 MORE PEACEFUL AND JUST; FOR STUDY 19:56:49:03 AND ACTION, RALLIES AND MARCHES, 19:56:51:18 LETTERS AND PETITIONS, PHONE CALLS 19:56:54:03 AND MEETINGS: 19:56:55:27 >> WE REJOICE AND GIVE THANKS FOR 19:56:58:16 THE GIFTS OF YOUR PASSION. 19:57:02:00 >> FOR PREACHING, TEACHING, 19:57:04:15 WITNESSING, ORGANIZING, 19:57:07:07 FACILITATING, SUPPORTING, AND BEING 19:57:10:12 THERE. 19:57:12:12 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN 19:57:13:16 CONGREGATIONS AND COMMUNITY; FOR 19:57:16:18 SOULS TOUCHED, HEARTS INSPIRED, AND 19:57:20:00 LIVES TRANSFORMED: 19:57:23:10 >> WE REJOICE AND GIVE THANKS FOR 19:57:26:15 THE GIFTS OF YOUR DEDICATED 19:57:28:09 SERVICE. 19:57:29:28 MAY YOUR DAYS BE LONG AND JOYFUL, 19:57:32:27 AND WHEN YOUR END-TIME IS NEAR, MAY 19:57:35:21 THE SERENITY OF A LIFE WELL LIVED 8 19:57:39:07 BE YOUR JOY. 19:57:41:00 AMEN. 19:57:42:06 >> NOW IS THE TIME FOR HEARTS TO BE 19:58:12:12 OPEN; NO BETTER TIME, THIS MOMENT 19:58:16:16 OF GRACE. 19:58:18:27 THIS IS THE DAY, WE CAN'T WAIT FOR 19:58:22:27 TOMORROW, OR SOMEDAY: NOW IS THE 19:58:28:06 TIME. 19:58:38:12 NOW IS THE TIME FOR PLANTING AND 19:58:41:09 TENDING SEEDS BORNE OF HOPE, 19:58:45:07 COMMITMENT AND FAITH. 19:58:47:27 CHERISH THIS CASE, AND THE POWER IN 19:58:51:19 KNOWING WHY WE SAY: NOW IS THE 19:58:57:12 TIME. 19:58:58:06 LOVE IS THE LESSON, AND THE LEGACY 19:59:10:13 WE KNOW. 19:59:14:09 NOW IS THE SEASON FOR THE SEEDS OF 19:59:20:10 LOVE TO GROW, AND SO. 19:59:27:21 NOW IS THE TIME FOR VISION AND 19:59:31:06 COURAGE, WITNESS TO LOVE, TO SPIRIT 19:59:35:06 AND TRUTH. 19:59:36:19 NO BETTER DAY THAN THE PROMISE OF 19:59:40:27 THIS ONE, SO WE SAY: NOW IS THE 19:59:45:15 TIME. 19:59:48:21 NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO BE OPEN; 19:59:54:15 NO BETTER TIME, THIS MOMENT OF 19:59:56:16 GRACE. 19:59:59:15 THIS IS THE DAY, WE CAN'T WAIT FOR 20:00:02:00 TOMORROW, OR SOMEDAY: NOW IS THE 20:00:06:24 TIME. 20:00:09:21 NOW IS THE TIME. 20:00:12:04 NOW IS THE TIME. 20:00:14:16 NOW IS THE TIME. 20:00:17:12 NOW IS THE TIME. 20:00:20:25 >> THANK YOU, CHOIR. 20:00:50:21 FOR THE PAST FIVE MONTHS, I HAVE 20:00:53:04 HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ON 20:00:55:00 SABBATICAL AND MATERNITY LEAVE. 20:00:59:22 NOW, THIS MEANS THAT I'VE HAD THE 20:01:01:12 OPPORTUNITY TO READ A LOT MORE THAN 20:01:03:03 I USUALLY DO IN THE BUSY MONTHS OF 20:01:05:15 SPRING IN A CONGREGATION, ALTHOUGH 20:01:08:10 I'M PROBABLY NOT READING A LOT OF 20:01:10:24 THE SAME THINGS THAT MY COLLEAGUES 20:01:12:12 ARE READING SINCE BEING HOME FROM 20:01:14:25 CHURCH IN THE EVENINGS DURING THE 20:01:16:01 WEEK MEANS I'M NOW ON BEDTIME DUTY. 20:01:19:24 I'VE BEEN READING A LOT OF TODD 20:01:21:21 PARR AND FANCY NANCY AND DR. SEUSS 20:01:25:09 TO OUR FOUR-YEAR-OLD, AND OF COURSE 9 20:01:27:03 WE'VE HAD TO READ IT'S NOT THE 20:01:28:18 STORK, BECAUSE THERE IS A NEW BABY 20:01:31:15 IN THE HOUSE. 20:01:33:12 RECENTLY, THAT FOUR-YEAR-OLD PULLED 20:01:35:24 OFF THE SHELF OUR COPY OF THE 20:01:38:01 VELVETEEN RABBIT. 20:01:40:00 SHE DOESN'T YET QUITE GRASP THE 20:01:42:15 SUBTLETY IN THIS MESSAGE ABOUT TOYS 20:01:44:19 BECOMING REAL, AND YET STILL SHE 20:01:48:00 LISTENS INTENTLY AS I READ TO HER. 20:01:53:09 REAL ISN'T HOW YOU ARE MADE, SAYS 20:01:58:06 THE SKIN HORSE TO THE VELVETEEN 20:01:59:24 RABBIT. 20:02:00:12 IT'S A THING THAT HAPPENS TO YOU 20:02:03:04 WHEN A CHILD LOVES YOU FOR A LONG, 20:02:05:09 LONG TIME, NOT JUST TO PLAY WITH, 20:02:08:09 BUT REALLY LOVES YOU. 20:02:10:16 THEN YOU BECOME REAL. 20:02:13:15 IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE. 20:02:16:00 YOU BECOME. 20:02:18:04 IT TAKES A LONG TIME. 20:02:21:09 THAT'S WHY IT DOESN'T OFTEN HAPPEN 20:02:23:21 TO PEOPLE WHO BREAK EASILY, OR HAVE 20:02:26:19 SHARP EDGES, OR WHO HAVE TO BE 20:02:29:00 CAREFULLY KEPT. 20:02:30:09 GENERALLY, BY THE TIME YOU ARE 20:02:32:24 REAL, MOST OF YOUR HAIR HAS BEEN 20:02:34:25 LOVED OFF AND YOUR EYES DROP OUT 20:02:37:00 AND YOU GET LOOSE IN THE JOINTS AND 20:02:38:18 VERY SHABBY. 20:02:41:06 BUT THESE THINGS DON'T MATTER AT 20:02:43:22 ALL, BECAUSE ONCE YOU ARE REAL YOU 20:02:46:21 CAN'T BE UGLY, EXCEPT TO PEOPLE WHO 20:02:50:16 DON'T UNDERSTAND. 20:02:55:24 AS I READ TO HER, I'M TEARFUL 20:02:58:15 THINKING, THIS IS WHAT I WANT FOR 20:03:01:10 YOU, MY CHILD. 20:03:03:24 FOR YOU TO BE LOVED, REALLY LOVED. 20:03:11:01 TO HAVE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE WHO 20:03:12:15 LOVE YOU BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE TO 20:03:15:06 KNOW YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, NOT 20:03:18:22 MERELY FOR WHAT THEY CAN SEE ON THE 20:03:20:21 SURFACE, NOT FOR WHO THEY NEED OR 20:03:23:21 WANT YOU TO BE. 20:03:25:10 BUT WHO LOVE YOU SIMPLY FOR YOU. 20:03:30:21 REAL ISN'T HOW YOU ARE MADE. 20:03:33:19 YOU BECOME. 20:03:35:16 IT TAKES A LONG TIME. 20:03:40:00 LOVE, IN THIS SENSE, FOR US WHO ARE 20:03:42:07 NOT STORYBOOK TOYS, IS NOT 10 20:03:45:00 NECESSARILY ABOUT AFFECTION OR AD 20:03:48:09 RACE. 20:03:49:19 IT'S NOT ABOUT ROMANCE OR BEING A 20:03:52:00 PARENT. 20:03:56:21 THIS LOVE IS ABOUT MAKING A CHOICE, 20:03:58:16 A CHOICE TO TURN TOWARD ONE 20:03:59:28 ANOTHER. 20:04:02:27 TO SAY, I WILL LOOK AT YOU. 20:04:06:13 I WANT TO KNOW YOU. 20:04:08:22 I WILL TRY TO SEE YOU FOR YOU. 20:04:14:00 I WILL NOT TURN AWAY. 20:04:17:10 I WILL NOT IGNORE YOU, PRETEND YOU 20:04:20:12 DON'T EXIST OR DON'T HAVE NEEDS OR 20:04:22:06 AREN'T LEGITIMATELY MY HUMAN 20:04:24:07 SIBLING. 20:04:26:12 I WILL LOOK AND SEE YOU. 20:04:32:10 AS ANNIE DILLARD SAID, WE ARE HERE 20:04:34:27 TO AN BET CREATION AND TO WITNESS 20:04:36:18 TO IT, TO NOTICE EACH OTHER'S 20:04:39:13 BEAUTIFUL FACES AND COMPLEX NATURES 20:04:42:06 SO THAT CREATION NEED NOT PLAY TO 20:04:44:27 AN EMPTY HOUSE. 20:04:49:10 AND HOW OFTEN, REALLY, DO WE 20:04:52:06 GENUINELY SEE EACH OTHER WITH THE 20:04:57:04 DESIRE TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER BEYOND 20:05:00:09 WHAT WE CAN SEE ON THE SURFACE? 20:05:03:12 OR DO WE STOP THERE, NOTICING ONLY 20:05:05:04 THE SHABBINESS, THE QUIRKINESS, OR 20:05:09:06 MAYBE THE POLISHED VENEER? 20:05:12:03 OR DO WE TAKE TIME TO SEE THROUGH 20:05:14:04 THAT TO THE BEAUTIFUL FACES AND 20:05:16:21 COMPLEX NATURES OF OUR COMPANIONS? 20:05:24:07 I CERTAINLY CAN SAY THAT I AM VERY 20:05:28:06 MUCH IN TOUCH WITH MY OWN NEEDS AND 20:05:31:01 DESIRES. 20:05:33:03 MUCH OF MY ENERGY IS FOCUSED ON 20:05:35:09 PROTECTING AND DEFENDING THOSE 20:05:37:01 NEEDS AND DESIRES. 20:05:40:00 MINE. 20:05:43:00 BUT I HAVE PLEDGED MYSELF TO A 20:05:45:10 RELIGIOUS TRADITION THAT DEMANDS OF 20:05:47:21 ME MORE THAN SIMPLY GETTING MY OWN 20:05:49:27 NEEDS MET. 20:05:53:06 OUR RELIGION DEMANDS SOMETHING OF 20:05:55:10 US. 20:05:56:12 IT DEMANDS THAT WE REACH BEYOND OUR 20:05:58:24 MOST BASIC HUMAN IMPULSES AND TO 20:06:02:01 STRIVE FOR WHOLENESS, FOR BEAUTY, 20:06:04:18 FOR TRANSFORMATION. 20:06:07:06 IT DEMANDS THAT WE ACCEPT AND 11 20:06:09:06 ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER IN OUR 20:06:12:03 SPIRITUAL GROWTH; THAT WE RESPECT 20:06:14:09 OUR INTERDEPENDENCE WITH ONE 20:06:15:27 ANOTHER AND WITH ALL OF LIFE; THAT 20:06:18:16 WE ACTIVELY PROMOTE PEACE AND 20:06:21:06 JUSTICE, LIBERTY, EQUITY, 20:06:24:16 COMPASSION IN OUR HUMAN 20:06:26:10 RELATIONSHIPS. 20:06:28:12 AND I KNOW THAT IF BEING A 20:06:29:24 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST MEANS 20:06:31:24 ANYTHING AT ALL TO ME, THEN I MUST 20:06:34:01 ACCEPT THOSE DEMANDS AS MORE THAN 20:06:38:24 MERE WORDS ON A PAGE. 20:06:41:01 THEY ARE MY RELIGIOUS CALLING, A 20:06:44:00 CALLING THAT WOULD HAVE US TO BE IN 20:06:46:18 REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, 20:06:49:25 A CALLING THAT WOULD HAVE US 20:06:51:07 RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE MORE THAN 20:06:53:15 MERE INDIVIDUALS SHARING THE SAME 20:06:54:27 SPACE. 20:06:57:04 WE ARE BEINGS WHO DEPEND ON ONE 20:06:59:00 ANOTHER IF WE ARE TO BE WHOLE. 20:07:02:09 WE MUST BE SEEN AND HEARD AND KNOWN 20:07:04:24 BY OTHER LOVING, LIVING BEINGS IF 20:07:07:27 WE ARE TO FULFILL OUR RELIGIOUS 20:07:09:09 CALLING. 20:07:11:06 AND IF I AM TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT 20:07:13:06 ENDEAVOR, THEN I MUST SEE, REALLY 20:07:15:27 SEE OTHERS' BEAUTIFUL FACES AND 20:07:18:21 COMPLEX NATURES, NOT JUST AS A 20:07:22:04 PROJECTION OF OR A RESPONSE TO MY 20:07:23:24 OWN NEEDS AND DESIRES, BUT FOR WHO 20:07:26:12 THEY ARE. 20:07:28:15 THAT IS LOVE. 20:07:31:22 THAT'S BETTING CREATION. 20:07:34:24 THAT IS MAKING LIFE REAL. 20:07:40:13 MANY OF US, AND I ASSURE YOU I 20:07:42:15 INCLUDE MYSELF, ARE IN THE HABIT OF 20:07:45:09 TURNING AWAY, AWAY FROM THOSE WITH 20:07:49:27 WHOM WE DISAGREE, OR WHO MAKE US 20:07:52:09 UNCOMFORTABLE, OR WHO OFFEND US, OR 20:07:55:07 WHO BAFFLE US. 20:07:59:00 WE DON'T NOTICE BEAUTIFUL FACES AND 20:08:01:03 COMPLEX NATURES, NOT IF OUR FIRST 20:08:02:22 IMPRESSION IS OF SOMEONE WHO IS TOO 20:08:05:09 DIFFERENT, OR TOO POOR, OR TOO 20:08:08:15 WEALTHY, OR TOO RELIGIOUS, OR TOO 20:08:12:06 CONSERVATIVE OR TOO LIBERAL OR 20:08:15:03 REALLY JUST TOO MUCH. 20:08:18:19 IT'S EASY TO TURN AWAY. 12 20:08:21:15 IT'S COMFORTABLE TO TURN AWAY. 20:08:24:12 MAYBE SOMETIMES IT'S RIGHT TO TURN 20:08:25:27 AWAY, BUT NOT ALWAYS, NOT 20:08:29:09 GENERALLY, AND NOT IN COVENANTAL 20:08:32:09 RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY. 20:08:35:04 AND I DARE SAY THAT NOT ONE OF US 20:08:37:18 IS HERE BECAUSE WE TRULY BELIEVE 20:08:40:21 THAT EASE AND COMFORT ARE THE ONLY 20:08:44:15 PURPOSES OF A RELIGIOUS LIFE OR A 20:08:46:27 SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY. 20:08:49:28 MAYBE ALL THIS TALK OF REAL 20:08:51:25 CONNECTION, OF LOVING ONE ANOTHER, 20:08:53:09 OF STRIVING FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH IS 20:08:54:18 JUST TALK. 20:08:56:21 BUT I REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT. 20:08:59:01 I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE HERE NOT JUST 20:09:01:00 AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BUT AT HOME IN 20:09:02:15 OUR CONGREGATIONS BECAUSE WE ARE 20:09:05:01 COMPELLED BY A SENSE THAT A 20:09:07:03 MEANINGFUL LIFE REQUIRES US TO 20:09:08:24 CONNECT WITH SOMETHING BEYOND 20:09:10:03 OURSELVES. 20:09:12:10 WE ARE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS, 20:09:14:07 BECAUSE WE ARE LONGING. 20:09:16:21 WE LONG TO MATTER, TO MAKE A 20:09:19:09 DIFFERENCE IN OUR WORLD, IN OUR OWN 20:09:22:07 LIVES, AND IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS. 20:09:25:00 AND SO WHEN WE TURN AWAY FROM OR AT 20:09:29:07 LEAST DON'T TURN TOWARD ONE 20:09:30:22 ANOTHER, WE DO SO AT THE EXPENSE OF 20:09:33:27 OUR OWN LONGINGS, AT THE EXPENSE OF 20:09:37:07 OUR RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT. 20:09:41:21 BARRIERS EXIST BETWEEN US. 20:09:45:13 SOMETIMES WE EXPLICITLY SHUT ONE 20:09:47:22 ANOTHER OUT. 20:09:51:12 MORE PERSUASIVELY, ALBEIT 20:09:53:06 UNDERSTANDABLY IN OUR BUSY LIVES, 20:09:55:15 WE SIMPLY DO NOT ENGAGE WITH ONE 20:10:00:03 ANOTHER. 20:10:00:09 WE DON'T TAKE TIME TO REALLY SEE 20:10:01:21 THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF ONE 20:10:04:00 ANOTHER'S LIVES. 20:10:06:18 WE DON'T NOTICE ONE ANOTHER'S 20:10:08:03 BEAUTIFUL FACES AND COMPLEX 20:10:09:00 NATURES. 20:10:15:09 IF WE IMAGINE WHO WE ARE, WHO WE 20:10:17:18 ARE MEANT TO BE, WHO WE ARE 20:10:20:01 BECOMING, WE HERE ON THE STAGE, 20:10:24:27 ESPECIALLY THOSE AT THE BEGINNING 20:10:26:03 OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL MINISTRIES, 13 20:10:27:25 BUT REALLY ALL OF US, A PEOPLE 20:10:31:21 LONGING TO BE REAL. 20:10:35:07 LET US IMAGINE WHAT REAL 20:10:37:09 RELATIONSHIPS, REAL LOVE MIGHT LOOK 20:10:40:12 LIKE. 20:10:42:07 IMAGINE WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE TO 20:10:44:09 DEVOTE TIME IN THE BUSINESS AND THE 20:10:46:06 BUSYNESS OF OUR LIVES TO TALK WITH 20:10:48:21 ONE ANOTHER ABOUT WHAT REALLY 20:10:51:15 MATTERS TO US. 20:10:55:06 IMAGINE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF WE 20:10:56:25 PAUSED IN THE BUSYNESS LONG ENOUGH 20:10:58:19 TO ASK QUESTIONS LIKE, WHO ARE YOU? 20:11:04:18 WHAT DO YOU LOVE? 20:11:08:00 WHAT MAKES YOUR HEART SING? 20:11:09:21 IMAGINE WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE FOR 20:11:14:25 SOMEONE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS OF 20:11:17:15 YOU AND FOR YOU TO ANSWER. 20:11:23:04 IT FEELS A LITTLE RISKY TO ME. 20:11:26:09 IT FEELS A LITTLE VULNERABLE. 20:11:30:19 AND IT FEELS HOPEFUL. 20:11:34:12 I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A RISK. 20:11:37:00 I THINK WE NEED TO DARE OURSELVES 20:11:38:19 TO GET A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE IN 20:11:42:21 SERVICE OF GOOD, OF LOVE, OF GOD. 20:11:48:27 A MEMBER OF MY CONGREGATION 20:11:50:21 SUGGESTED EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT IF 20:11:53:03 WE REALLY WANT TO GROW SPIRITUALLY, 20:11:56:27 THEN WE OUGHT TO DARE OURSELVES TO 20:11:59:00 DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T RELY ON 20:12:01:24 BEING WELL-INFORMED OR FORMALLY 20:12:04:25 EDUCATED. 20:12:07:00 IF IT RELIES ON US BEING HUMAN. 20:12:13:16 LOOK AROUND YOU RIGHT NOW. 20:12:17:09 LOOK AROUND AT THE PEOPLE AROUND 20:12:18:21 YOU AND IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT 20:12:20:19 LEARN IF YOU SPOKE OPENLY AND 20:12:23:00 HONESTLY ABOUT YOURSELF WITH 20:12:24:24 SOMEONE YOU SEE NEARBY. 20:12:27:21 IMAGINE ALL THE THINGS SHE DOESN'T 20:12:29:25 YET KNOW ABOUT YOU, ABOUT WHAT 20:12:33:00 REALLY MAKES YOU TICK, WHAT YOU 20:12:36:25 LOVE, WHO YOU ARE. 20:12:40:15 IMAGINE WHAT KINDS OF THINGS YOU 20:12:41:24 MIGHT LEARN ABOUT HIM. 20:12:44:10 IMAGINE WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN AT AN 20:12:46:15 ANNUAL MEETING IN YOUR HOME 20:12:47:15 CONGREGATION IF YOU REALLY DID COME 20:12:49:03 TO SEE ONE ANOTHER'S BEAUTIFUL 20:12:50:25 FACES AND COMPLEX NATURES. 14 20:12:55:12 IMAGINE SEEING ONE ANOTHER FOR THE 20:12:57:15 FIRST TIME IN A NEW WAY. 20:13:02:24 IMAGINE LOVING ONE ANOTHER INTO 20:13:05:24 BECOMING REAL. 20:13:09:10 THINK OF SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE WHOM 20:13:11:09 YOU'VE DISMISSED, WRITTEN OFF, 20:13:13:09 CONVINCED YOURSELF YOU CAN NOT 20:13:14:25 RELATE TO, OR PUT IN A BOX. 20:13:17:12 SHE IS THE HARD-HEADED ONE. 20:13:20:21 HE IS THE SELF-INVOLVED ONE. 20:13:23:10 THERE'S THE ATHEIST, THE DIFFICULT 20:13:26:00 ONE, THE WEIRD ONE, THE ONE WHO 20:13:27:21 CAN'T KEEP HIS KID UNDER CONTROL ON 20:13:29:09 SUNDAY MORNING. 20:13:32:10 AND NOW IMAGINE SITTING DOWN WITH 20:13:34:09 THAT PERSON FOR 30 MINUTES AND 20:13:36:27 ASKING, WHAT DO YOU LOVE? 20:13:41:07 WHAT MAKES YOUR HEART SING? 20:13:44:18 WHEN ARE YOU THE HAPPIEST? 20:13:49:07 WHAT DIFFERENCE DO YOU WANT TO HELP 20:13:51:21 BRING ABOUT IN THIS WORLD? 20:13:54:03 IMAGINE THAT SOMEONE ASKED YOU 20:13:57:01 THOSE QUESTIONS AND THAT THAT 20:13:59:06 PERSON CARED, REALLY CARED TO HEAR 20:14:03:06 YOUR ANSWERS. 20:14:09:12 THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO EACH OF 20:14:11:06 US, MORE BEAUTY, MORE COMPLEXITY, 20:14:14:22 MORE DEPTH, THAN WE OFTEN SEE IN 20:14:17:18 ONE ANOTHER OR ALLOW TO BE EXPOSED 20:14:19:18 IN OURSELVES. 20:14:21:22 THERE IS MORE TO UNITARIAN 20:14:26:00 UNIVERSALISM, TOO, AND MORE TO THE 20:14:27:12 WORLD IN WHICH WE EXIST. 20:14:30:01 WE DO MUCH GOOD AND SACRED WORK 20:14:33:27 TOGETHER. 20:14:36:12 JUSTICE-MAKING, RELIGIOUS 20:14:38:01 EDUCATION, MUSIC, THEOLOGY. 20:14:40:15 EVEN OUR BUSINESS IS SACRED 20:14:42:09 BUSINESS, AND THE IMPASSIONED 20:14:44:10 DEBATE IS IMPORTANT. 20:14:48:09 BUT OFTEN WE UNDERTAKE THE SACRED 20:14:50:12 WORK WITHOUT ADEQUATE 20:14:52:19 ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT AT THE HEART OF 20:14:55:27 IT ALL IS A PERSON AND ANOTHER 20:14:59:03 PERSON AND ANOTHER PERSON AND 20:15:02:10 ANOTHER, EACH WITH A DIVINE SPARK, 20:15:06:06 EACH WITH A POWERFUL SPIRIT, EACH 20:15:08:21 LONGING TO BE NOTICED, TO BE REAL. 20:15:15:27 AND JUST AS EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY 20:15:18:10 MIGHT HEED THE CALL TO NOTICE ONE 15 20:15:20:00 ANOTHER, TO REALLY LOVE ONE 20:15:22:09 ANOTHER, WE MIGHT ALSO CONSIDER 20:15:24:09 THAT WE ARE CALLED COLLECTIVELY TO 20:15:27:16 ABET CREATION AND TO WITNESS TO IT. 20:15:34:16 I THINK WE MAY HAVE HAD SUCH A 20:15:36:01 MOMENT DURING A PLENARY SESSION ON 20:15:37:12 THE LAST DAY OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY 20:15:38:27 THREE YEARS AGO IN PORTLAND. 20:15:43:10 DELEGATES WERE DEBATING THE 20:15:45:00 PROPOSED ACTION OF IMMEDIATE 20:15:46:09 WITNESS ABOUT REPEALING DON'T ASK, 20:15:47:27 DON'T TELL LEGISLATION. 20:15:49:06 THE DEBATE WAS HEATED, TO MY 20:15:51:15 SURPRISE, AS ADVOCATES FOR CLEAR 20:15:53:18 RIGHTS WERE AT BOTH THE PRO AND THE 20:15:55:21 CON MICROPHONES WITH EQUALLY 20:15:58:07 COMPELLING AND JUSTIFIED 20:16:01:15 PERSPECTIVES. 20:16:02:15 WHEN IT SEEMED THAT THE ENTIRE 20:16:04:15 ASSEMBLY HALL JUST MIGHT ERUPT, UUA 20:16:07:27 BOARD MEMBER TAMARA PAYNE-ALEX 20:16:10:21 STEPPED TO THE PROCEDURAL 20:16:11:21 MICROPHONE, ACKNOWLEDGING THE 20:16:13:13 PASSION AND IMPORTANCE OF THE 20:16:14:04 DEBATE, SHE SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO 20:16:17:03 RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT IS PROBABLY 20:16:18:21 MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHETHER THIS 20:16:20:19 ACTION OF IMMEDIATE WITNESS IS 20:16:21:19 PASSED IS THE CONVERSATION AND ITS 20:16:24:24 COMPLEX ISSUES. 20:16:28:12 AND SHE LOOKED UP AND ASKED THE 20:16:29:25 MODERATOR WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE 20:16:32:18 TIME FOR PRAYER. 20:16:37:13 GINI COURTER RESPONDED, THERE 20:16:39:22 SHOULD ALWAYS BE TIME FOR PRAYER. 20:16:44:00 AND ALL OF US, HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS 20:16:46:07 OF US ENTERED INTO SILENCE. 20:16:50:18 OVERWHELMING SILENCE IN AN ORDINARY 20:16:54:16 CAVERNOUS CONVENTION CENTER HALL 20:16:56:07 LIKE THIS ONE. 20:16:59:09 AND WE PRAYED, AT LEAST I DID. 20:17:02:19 AND SOMETHING CHANGED. 20:17:05:01 IT WASN'T DRAMATIC AND IT PROBABLY 20:17:07:06 DIDN'T IMPACT EVERY INDIVIDUAL 20:17:08:12 EXACTLY AS IT DID ME, BUT SOMETHING 20:17:10:16 DEFINITELY CHANGED IN THAT 20:17:13:18 GATHERING OF IMPASSIONED UNITARIAN 20:17:15:03 UNIVERSALISTS. 20:17:16:15 WE SILENCED THE DEBATE JUST 20:17:19:15 BRIEFLY, AND IN THAT SILENCE WAS A 16 20:17:22:03 MOMENT TO SEE AND TO HEAR WITHOUT 20:17:26:25 THE CLAMMER OF WORDS, TO SEE, TO 20:17:30:21 UNDERSTAND SOMETHING HOLE THAT I 20:17:35:15 TRANSCENDED MERE SIDES IN A DEBATE. 20:17:38:09 IN THAT MOMENT, WE SAW GLIMPSES OF 20:17:41:04 ONE ANOTHER'S BEAUTIFUL FACES. 20:17:44:18 WE WERE REMINDED OF OUR OWN COMPLEX 20:17:46:06 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST NATURE. 20:17:50:10 AND AS I SAT IN THE BACK WITH MY 20:17:52:24 THEN ONE-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN MY ARMS, 20:17:56:03 I WAS REMINDED THAT THESE ARE THE 20:17:58:04 PEOPLE THAT I WANT TO BE HER 20:18:00:27 RELIGIOUS PEOPLE. 20:18:04:15 THESE PEOPLE WILL LOVE HER. 20:18:08:21 THEY WILL SEE HER. 20:18:10:27 THEY WILL HELP HER TO BE REAL. 20:18:19:09 WE HAVE REALLY BIG PLANS, YOU AND I 20:18:21:03 DO. 20:18:21:24 PLANS TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD. 20:18:26:18 IF WE ARE TO SUCCEED, WE MUST 20:18:28:27 TRANSFORM THAT WORLD ONE LIFE AT A 20:18:31:22 TIME. 20:18:34:06 AS OUR RELATIONSHIPS GROW IN 20:18:36:15 STRENGTH AND IN DEPTH, SO DOES OUR 20:18:38:13 COMMITMENT TO ONE ANOTHER, A 20:18:40:04 COMMITMENT THAT MULTIPLIES WITH 20:18:41:27 EACH REAL CONNECTION WE MAKE. 20:18:45:09 REAL TRANSFORMATION TAKES PATIENCE 20:18:47:16 AND DEDICATION AND COURAGE, COURAGE 20:18:54:06 FOR EACH OF US TO BREAK OUT OF OUR 20:18:55:25 COMFORTABLE SPIRITUAL ZONE, 20:18:57:15 WHATEVER THAT IS FOR US. 20:19:00:06 AND SO TONIGHT, I DARE YOU TO 20:19:05:21 FIGURE OUT WHAT IS TRULY MEANINGFUL 20:19:07:27 TO YOU. 20:19:10:24 WHERE IS YOUR COMFORT? 20:19:13:07 WHERE ARE THE BARRIERS THAT 20:19:14:21 SEPARATE YOU FROM OTHERS? 20:19:18:00 AND TO TAKE THE RISK OF REALLY 20:19:20:16 GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER. 20:19:24:06 I DARE YOU TO TRY SPEAKING TO 20:19:25:27 SOMEONE OUTSIDE YOUR CONGREGATION 20:19:29:04 NOT ABOUT A CAUSE, BUT ABOUT THE 20:19:32:24 FAITH OF YOUR HEART. 20:19:35:00 I DARE YOU TO TURN TOWARD SOMEONE 20:19:38:00 WHO'S FAITH OR LIFE OR CULTURE IS 20:19:41:06 VERY DIFFERENT FROM YOUR OWN AND 20:19:43:25 THEN LISTEN. 20:19:46:15 LISTEN TO WHAT MAKES THEIR HEART 20:19:48:27 SING. 17 20:19:51:19 NOTICE THEIR BEAUTIFUL FACE AND 20:19:55:00 COMPLEX NATURE. 20:19:58:12 LOVE ONE ANOTHER. 20:20:02:19 LOVE ONE ANOTHER INTO BEING REAL. 20:20:10:16 MAY IT BE SO FOR EVERY ONE OF US. 20:20:15:15 AMEN. 20:20:16:09 >> AND NOW LET US RISE AND SING 20:20:36:15 TOGETHER, "WE ARE BUILDING A NEW 20:20:36:27 WAY." 20:20:38:06 [SINGING "BUILDING A NEW WAY"} 20:20:40:21 >> LOVE. 20:23:22:12 DAY-IN AND DAY-OUT THE MINISTERS, 20:23:26:04 RELIGIOUS EDUCATORS, MUSICIANS, AND 20:23:28:27 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OF OUR 20:23:31:19 CONGREGATIONS, DISTRICTS, AND 20:23:35:09 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS DEMONSTRATE 20:23:39:09 THEIR LOVE FOR YOU, YOUR FAMILIES, 20:23:44:03 AND OUR FAITH. 20:23:47:09 THROUGH CRAFTING MEANINGFUL 20:23:48:25 WORSHIPS, MEETING THE PASTORAL 20:23:52:15 NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, 20:23:55:18 COORDINATING PROGRAMMING FOR ALL 20:23:58:10 AGES, BRINGING OUR UNITARIAN 20:24:01:27 UNIVERSALIST VALUES TO THE BROADER 20:24:04:19 COMMUNITY, ATTENDING TO THE ENDLESS 20:24:08:15 ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF 20:24:10:24 CONGREGATIONAL AND DISTRICT AND 20:24:13:22 ASSOCIATION LIFE, AND WORKING TO 20:24:16:09 ENSURE THAT OUR PRECIOUS FAITH IS 20:24:22:07 SUSTAINED WELL INTO THE FUTURE. 20:24:26:21 THE STAFF OF UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 20:24:29:28 CONGREGATIONS, DISTRICTS, AND 20:24:32:21 RELATED ORGANIZATIONS ARE THERE FOR 20:24:34:21 YOU WEEK AFTER WEEK IN GOOD TIMES 20:24:42:15 AND WHEN THE UNFORESEEN HAPPENS TO 20:24:45:24 YOU AND YOURS. 20:24:49:10 AT TIMES OUR RELIGIOUS 20:24:52:06 PROFESSIONALS AND THEIR FAMILIES 20:24:55:00 NEED OUR HELP TO COPE WITH THEIR 20:24:58:01 OWN UNFORESEEN CHALLENGES. 20:25:02:09 WHEN FACING A FINANCIAL EMERGENCY, 20:25:06:01 MINISTERS AND OTHER RELIGIOUS 20:25:08:24 PROFESSIONALS KNOW THAT THEY CAN 20:25:10:06 TURN TO THE LIVING TRADITION FUND 20:25:12:00 FOR HELP. 20:25:14:13 DURING THIS PAST YEAR, THE 20:25:17:18 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION 20:25:19:15 WAS ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE $150,000 TO 20:25:24:16 RELIGIOUS PROFESSIONALS IN NEED. 20:25:28:18 SOME USE THE FUNDS TO HELP PAY 18 20:25:31:09 EXTRAORDINARY MEDICAL CARE. 20:25:34:21 SOME RETIREES AND SURVIVORS PAID 20:25:37:09 THEIR WINTER UTILITY BILLS OR 20:25:40:03 REPAIRED THEIR AGING CARS. 20:25:43:15 NEWLY FELLOWSHIPPED MINISTERS 20:25:45:15 RECEIVE HELP TO PAY THEIR SEMINARY 20:25:47:27 LOANS. 20:25:49:10 AND SOME, SOME USE WHAT WE ARE ABLE 20:25:53:03 TO GIVE TO BUY GROCERIES. 20:25:57:19 THE LIVING TRADITION FUND IS 20:25:59:07 REPLENISHED EACH YEAR AT THIS 20:26:01:27 SERVICE. 20:26:04:18 WITHOUT YOU, THERE WOULDN'T BE A 20:26:07:04 LIVING TRADITION FUND. 20:26:10:06 AS THE COLLECTION BASKET PASSES 20:26:12:18 DOWN YOUR ROW, CONSIDER HOW YOU 20:26:17:15 HAVE PERSONALLY BENEFITED FROM THE 20:26:19:27 HARD WORK, CREATIVITY, AND LOVE OF 20:26:24:19 ONE OR MORE RELIGIOUS 20:26:25:27 PROFESSIONALS, SOME OF WHOM ARE 20:26:28:12 UNDOUBTEDLY BEING RECOGNIZED 20:26:30:09 TONIGHT. 20:26:32:07 BE GENEROUS. 20:26:33:22 THE FINANCIAL NEEDS OF OUR 20:26:35:15 RELIGIOUS PROFESSIONALS ARE GREAT. 20:26:38:15 IF YOU WISH TO CHARGE YOUR GIFTS, 20:26:41:01 USE THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE TO 20:26:42:27 PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION. 20:26:46:00 IF YOU WISH TO WRITE A CHECK, MAKE 20:26:47:28 IT PAYABLE TO THE LIVING TRADITION 20:26:50:07 FUND. 20:26:51:18 IF YOU PREFER, YOU CAN MAKE A 20:26:53:15 PLEDGE, WHICH YOU CAN PAY WHEN 20:26:56:06 YOU'RE BACK HOME AFTER YOUR 20:26:57:16 VACATION. 20:26:59:15 WE'LL EVEN REMIND YOU. 20:27:02:15 AND OF COURSE, WE'LL GRACIOUSLY 20:27:05:07 ACCEPT YOUR CASH DONATIONS. 20:27:08:00 YOUR DONATION WILL BE RECEIVED AS 20:27:10:00 AN EXPRESSION OF YOUR FAITH AND 20:27:12:25 YOUR LOVE FOR THE MINISTERS AND 20:27:15:06 OTHER RELIGIOUS PROFESSIONALS WHO 20:27:16:27 ARE THERE FOR YOU WHEN YOU NEED 20:27:19:06 THEM. 20:27:21:10 WE ARE THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 20:27:24:06 ASSOCIATION. 20:27:26:06 TOGETHER WE ARE LOVE'S EXPRESSION. 20:27:29:19 PLEASE JOIN IN SAYING THOSE WORDS 20:27:32:00 WITH ME. 20:27:33:21 WE ARE THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 19 20:27:36:15 ASSOCIATION. 20:27:38:09 TOGETHER WE ARE LOVE'S EXPRESSION. 20:27:41:12 THANK YOU. 20:27:43:18 [OFFERTORY] 20:27:48:25 [ APPLAUSE ] 20:33:22:03 >> IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND A PLEASURE 20:33:35:15 TO AFFIRM AND RECOGNIZE MINISTERS 20:33:38:18 WHO HAVE RECEIVED FINAL FELLOWSHIP, 20:33:41:07 RELIGIOUS EDUCATORS WHO HAVE 20:33:43:00 RECEIVED MASTER AND CREDENTIALED 20:33:45:15 LEVEL CREDENTIALING, AND MUSIC 20:33:48:19 LEADERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED MUSIC 20:33:50:10 LEADERSHIP CREDENTIALING. 20:33:54:24 MINISTERS WHO HAVE ATTAINED FINAL 20:33:56:19 FELLOWSHIP, IN ADDITION TO 20:33:58:15 COMPLETING ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS 20:34:00:00 OF PRELIMINARY FELLOWSHIP, HAVE 20:34:02:00 SPENT AT LEAST THREE YEARS IN 20:34:04:04 ACTIVE MINISTRY BEING EVALUATED AND 20:34:08:09 DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS IN PARISH, 20:34:11:09 COMMUNITY AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 20:34:13:07 SETTINGS. 20:34:16:15 >> CREDENTIALED RELIGIOUS EDUCATORS 20:34:21:16 MASTER AND CREDENTIALED LEVELS HAVE 20:34:24:09 SPENT AT LEAST TWO TO FIVE YEARS 20:34:25:21 SERVING OUR CONGREGATIONS AND 20:34:26:27 COMMUNITIES, HAVE UNDERTAKEN 20:34:29:25 EXTENSIVE EDUCATION AND TRAINING 20:34:31:27 AND HAVE BEEN EVALUATED IN NUMEROUS 20:34:33:21 COMPETENCY AREAS ESSENTIAL TO 20:34:36:16 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION LEADERSHIP. 20:34:39:21 CREDENTIALED MUSIC LEADERS HAVE 20:34:41:18 SPENT AT LEAST FOUR YEARS SERVING 20:34:43:16 OUR CONGREGATIONS, HAVE COMPLETED A 20:34:46:03 RIGOROUS THREE-YEAR ACADEMIC AND 20:34:48:18 SKILL-BASED CURRICULUM, AND HAVE 20:34:50:19 BEEN EVALUATED BY THEIR 20:34:52:01 CONGREGATIONS, THEIR PEERS, AND THE 20:34:55:00 ASSOCIATION. 20:34:56:09 >> ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE 20:35:00:13 WORKED HARD, DEDICATED MANY HOURS, 20:35:03:09 AND COMMITTED THEIR LIVES TO 20:35:05:18 BECOMING EXPERIENCED, PROFESSIONAL 20:35:07:19 RELIGIOUS LEADERS. 20:35:11:06 THEIR CALLING AND ONGOING 20:35:12:21 COMMITMENT WILL CONTINUE TO 20:35:15:00 TRANSFORM LIVES AND PROFOUNDLY 20:35:17:04 IMPACT OUR MOVEMENT. 20:35:21:06 >> IT IS WITH GRATITUDE FOR THEIR 20:35:23:03 SERVICE THAT WE READ THE NAMES OF 20 20:35:24:28 MINISTERS WHO HAVE ATTAINED FINAL 20:35:27:00 FELLOWSHIP, THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATORS 20:35:30:03 WHO HAVE ATTAINED A MASTER OR 20:35:31:22 CREDENTIALED LEVEL CREDENTIAL, AND 20:35:34:09 THE MUSICIANS WHO HAVE ATTAINED THE 20:35:36:00 MUSIC LEADERSHIP CREDENTIAL. 20:35:37:25 WHEN ALL THE NAMES HAVE BEEN READ, 20:35:40:00 PLEASE RISE AND RECEIVE THE 20:35:42:03 CONGREGATION'S WORDS OF 20:35:43:24 AFFIRMATION. 20:35:45:04 [READING NAMES] 20:35:46:22 >> UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 20:39:54:19 CREDENTIALED MUSIC LEADERS. 20:39:57:00 [READING NAMES] 20:40:14:06 [ APPLAUSE ] 20:40:14:25 >> AND WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN 20:40:55:16 THE LITANY OF AFFIRMATION. 20:40:58:27 >> YOU HAVE BEEN TRIED AND TESTED. 20:41:02:03 YOUR CALL HAS BEEN CHALLENGED. 20:41:04:07 YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONGREGATION 20:41:07:00 AND COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN EXAMINED, 20:41:09:21 APPRAISED AND MEASURED. 20:41:13:04 AND YOU HAVE SUCCEEDED. 20:41:16:24 >> WE GIVE THANKS FOR YOUR DEVOTION 20:41:19:06 AND CELEBRATE YOUR SUCCESS. 20:41:21:07 >> THE UUA CREDENTIALING COMMITTEES 20:41:25:09 HAVE SCRUTINIZED YOU AND FOUND YOU 20:41:27:28 WORTHY. 20:41:29:04 YOUR EXPERTISE AND SKILL HAVE BEEN 20:41:31:06 EVALUATED, ACCEPTED, AND 20:41:34:24 APPRECIATED BY THOSE YOU HAVE 20:41:37:07 SERVED. 20:41:37:27 >> WE AFFIRM YOUR CALLING AND 20:41:39:24 REJOICE IN YOUR ACHIEVEMENT. 20:41:44:19 >> AS YOU STAND BEFORE US TONIGHT, 20:41:48:06 WE NAME YOU AND PROCLAIM OUR 20:41:49:24 CONFIRMATION OF YOUR FULL 20:41:51:25 CREDENTIALS AS UNITARIAN 20:41:54:21 UNIVERSALIST MINISTERS IN FINAL 20:41:56:21 FELLOWSHIP, MASTERED AND 20:41:59:19 CREDENTIALED LEVEL RELIGIOUS 20:42:01:07 EDUCATORS, AND CREDENTIALED MUSIC 20:42:06:03 LEADERS. 20:42:06:15 >> WE GIVE THANKS FOR YOUR 20:42:07:25 LEADERSHIP AND PRAY THESE BLESSINGS 20:42:09:24 WILL BE YOURS: GROWING EXCELLENCE, 20:42:13:00 DEEPENING SATISFACTION AND PROFOUND 20:42:15:25 AWARENESS OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE AND 20:42:18:15 LOVE AND SURROUNDING AND UPHOLDING 20:42:20:18 YOU ALWAYS. 21 20:42:21:15 AMEN. 20:42:23:01 >> IT IS ONCE AGAIN MY PRIVILEGE 20:42:47:03 AND PLEASURE TO WELCOME INTO 20:42:48:21 PRELIMINARY FELLOWSHIP THE 50 WOMEN 20:42:51:19 AND MEN WHO, DURING THE PAST YEAR, 20:42:54:03 HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR 20:42:56:12 SERVICE IN THE UNITARIAN 20:42:57:03 UNIVERSALIST MINISTRY. 20:43:01:27 EACH OF THESE MINISTERIAL 20:43:04:18 COLLEAGUES HAS TRAVELED A UNIQUE 20:43:07:28 ACADEMIC, PERSONAL, AND 20:43:09:15 PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY TO CROSS THIS 20:43:10:24 SIGNIFICANT THRESHOLD. 20:43:14:24 THE TRANSITION INTO PROFESSIONAL 20:43:16:22 RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP IS NOT A 20:43:19:00 JOURNEY FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. 20:43:21:24 [ LAUGHTER ] 20:43:22:24 >> MY NEW COLLEAGUES, YOU BRING 20:43:25:10 WITH YOU THE KNOWLEDGE AND 20:43:26:09 CONFIDENCE GAINED OF HAVING BEEN 20:43:28:03 RIGOROUSLY TESTED AND AFFIRMED. 20:43:32:22 WHETHER YOUR SERVICE TO OUR LARGER 20:43:35:03 ASSOCIATION IS WITHIN, OR BEYOND 20:43:37:00 THE WALLS OF OUR CONGREGATIONS, THE 20:43:40:01 MINISTRY YOU SERVE IS NEEDED NOW 20:43:42:18 MORE THAN EVER. 20:43:47:04 ALL THESE MINISTERS DESERVE OUR 20:43:49:06 HONOR AND PRAISE FOR HOLDING FAST 20:43:50:27 TO THEIR CALL TO MINISTRY AND 20:43:53:09 MAINTAINING UNSHAKEABLE FAITH IN 20:43:56:22 THE PROGRESS OF THE UNITARIAN 20:43:58:06 UNIVERSALIST TRADITION. 20:44:01:06 I AM HUMBLED TO CONSIDER YOU MY 20:44:04:16 COLLEAGUES. 20:44:08:18 >> AND FOR THOSE WHO ARRIVED LATE 20:44:11:10 AND DID NOT HEAR OUR RESPECTFUL 20:44:13:01 REQUEST THAT YOU RESERVE YOUR 20:44:15:15 WELL-DESERVED EXPRESSIONS OF JOY 20:44:19:07 AND SUPPORT FOR THESE WHO HAVE 20:44:21:18 COMPLETED THEIR PRELIMINARY 20:44:22:18 FELLOWSHIP, WE ASK THAT YOU RESERVE 20:44:24:21 THEM AND SHARE THIS TOGETHER WHEN 20:44:28:01 ALL THE NAMES HAVE BEEN READ. 20:44:29:21 [NAMES READ] 20:44:30:12 >> WILL THE NEW MINISTERS PLEASE 20:49:16:21 RISE IN BODY OR IN SPIRIT TO 20:49:19:00 RECEIVE OUR HEARTFELT WELCOME. 20:49:21:06 [ APPLAUSE ] 20:49:21:24 >> PLEASE JOIN WITH ME IN THE 20:50:09:15 LITANY OF WELCOME. 22 20:50:11:24 FROM THE EARLY STIRRINGS IN YOUR 20:50:14:07 HEART, THAT FIRST FAINT ECHO OF A 20:50:16:18 CALLING TO SOMETHING LARGER THAN 20:50:18:09 YOU EVER IMAGINED YOU COULD BECOME, 20:50:21:25 HERE YOU STAND BEFORE THIS 20:50:23:06 CONGREGATION REPRESENTING ALL 20:50:26:27 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST 20:50:28:13 CONGREGATIONS. 20:50:30:22 >> ON BEHALF OF THE LIVING 20:50:32:00 TRADITION WE SHARE, WE WELCOME YOU 20:50:34:21 AS RELIGIOUS LEADERS. 20:50:36:19 >> YOU HAVE JOURNEYED FAR, STUDIED 20:50:40:24 HARD, LEARNED MORE THAN YOU COULD 20:50:44:06 HAVE ANTICIPATED, AND HAD 20:50:46:22 EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE STRENGTHENED 20:50:49:09 THAT ECHO INTO A FULL COMMITMENT. 20:50:54:13 FROM ASPIRANT TO CANDIDATE TO 20:50:58:18 MINISTER, YOU STAND BEFORE US 20:51:00:19 TRANSFORMED, AND YET YOU ARE ONLY 20:51:04:27 JUST BEGINNING. 20:51:06:09 THE TRUE TEST OF YOUR CALLING LIES 20:51:10:22 BEFORE YOU. 20:51:11:10 >> WE HONOR YOUR ACHIEVEMENT AND 20:51:14:06 RECOGNIZE YOUR CALLING. 20:51:16:00 AS YOU JOURNEY ON, MAY YOUR SENSE 20:51:18:22 OF HOLY PURPOSE GROW AS YOUR 20:51:21:06 MINISTRY CONTINUES TO MOLD AND 20:51:23:03 SHAPE YOU. 20:51:25:28 >> WE HAVE RECOGNIZED YOU AND 20:51:28:15 CALLED YOU BY NAME, AND WE ARE YOU 20:51:33:19 ARE ORDAINED, WE WILL REJOICE AS WE 20:51:36:07 PLACE THE TITLE REVEREND BEFORE 20:51:37:24 YOUR NAME. 20:51:39:09 AS IS OFTEN SAID IN UNITARIAN 20:51:40:15 UNIVERSALIST CHILD DEDICATIONS, MAY 20:51:45:27 YOU WEAR THIS NAME IN HONOR AND IN 20:51:48:09 PEACE AND IN COURAGE SUCH THAT ALL 20:51:50:19 THE DAYS OF YOUR LIVES, THOSE WHO 20:51:53:24 LOOK UPON YOUR NAME WILL FIND IT 20:51:56:06 GOOD. 20:51:56:27 MAY YOUR MINISTRY BE BLESSED AND A 20:51:59:19 BLESSING TO MANY. 20:52:01:09 AMEN. 20:52:05:28 [SINGING "BE OURS A RELIGION"] 20:52:20:12 >>> WITHOUT INDIVIDUALS, NOTHING 20:53:38:09 CHANGES. 20:53:40:04 LET US THEREFORE LOVE ONE ANOTHER 20:53:42:21 AS VESSELS OF YET UNREVEALED TRUTH. 20:53:48:01 WITHOUT INSTITUTIONS, NOTHING 20:53:50:21 ENDURES. 23 20:53:52:09 LET US THEREFORE CARE FOR OUR 20:53:54:12 ASSOCIATION AND ITS CONGREGATIONS 20:53:57:15 AS VESSELS OF THE TRUTHS, OLD AND 20:54:00:12 EVER-NEW, OF FREEDOM, REASON, AND 20:54:05:27 TOLERANCE. 20:54:09:09 CARE FOR OUR CHURCHES! 20:54:12:10 LOVE ONE ANOTHER! 20:54:15:00 AND ALL WILL BE WELL, AND ALL 20:54:17:21 MANNER OF THING SHALL BE WELL. 20:54:21:13 GO IN -- AND NOW ONCE AGAIN LET US 20:54:28:09 RISE IN BODY OR IN SPIRIT TO SING 20:54:30:07 OUR RECESSIONAL HYMN, FOR ALL THE 20:54:32:21 SAINTS. 20:54:35:00 WE'LL BEGIN WITH AN INSTRUMENTAL 20:54:36:10 VERSE. 20:54:36:22 [SING "FOR ALL THE SAINTS"] 20:54:41:09 [ APPLAUSE ] CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY: HEAR INK. 314-427-1113. 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