from Cleveland... to the World General Assembly 2001 Cleveland, OH ~ June 21-25

Social Witness in Worship  Planning Committee

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"Have We Won the War Yet?" is the question Rev. Kate Rohde asks in her sermon, winner of the annual sermon contest sponsored jointly by the Commission on Social Witness (http://www.uua.org/csw/) and the UU Ministers Association (http://www.uuma.org/ ). Rev. Rhode cites incarceration rates in the US and the harm done to innocent civilians in Central America as two of many problems created by American polices. What we need, she says, is a reduction of harm through effective drug education programs, research, and treatment for the addicted. She sees irony in the acts of leading politicians who advocate punishment for relatively minor drug offenses then confess their own use of these same substances.

The Jubilee Singers from All Souls Church (http://www.all-souls.org/ ) in Washington D.C. provided music for the service. Justin Whitaker, winner of the essay contest sponsored by Young Religious Unitarian Universalists and the Commission on Social Witness, lit the chalice. Whitaker's essay, "A Moral What?", is about responsible consumption.

The Commission on Social Witness sponsored the sermon contest jointly with the UUMA and the essay contest with YRUU. These contests will continue as annual events.

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