Service of the Living Tradition
The Ministries and Faith Development Staff Group invites you to join us at this service where we honor fellowshipped and credentialed religious leaders, remember those who have died, recognize those who have completed active service, and welcome those who have received fellowship or credentialed status in the past year.
The Service of the Living Tradition (SLT) is open to the public. General Assembly registration is not required.
The 2012 sermon will be delivered by Rev. Karen I. Tse.
An international human rights attorney and ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, Reverend Karen I. Tse works with Rule of Law initiatives across the globe. Tse received her Master's degree from Harvard University School of Divinity, and received her J.D. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law.
Rev. Tse first developed her interest in the cross section of criminal law and human rights as a Thomas J. Watson fellow in 1986 after observing Southeast Asian refugees detained in local prison without trial. After graduating from law school, Tse worked as a San Francisco public defender. Later on in 1994, Tse continued her passion for criminal justice and moved to Cambodia to train the country's first cadre of public defenders. There, she served as a United Nations Judicial Mentor. Under the Auspices of the United Nations Center for Human Rights in Cambodia and the Cambodia Defenders Project, she trained judges and prosecutors and established the first arraignment court in Cambodia.
In 2000, Tse founded International Bridges to Justice (IBJ), a non-profit organization which aims to eradicate torture in the 21st century and protect due process rights for accused people throughout the world. IBJ is dedicated to protecting the legal rights of everyday citizens in developing countries, and has a special focus on the indigent accused. The organization focuses on institutionalizing defender practices by training public defenders, or legal aid lawyers, in countries where their help is needed. IBJ has expanded to countries throughout Africa and Asia, including Rwanda, Burundi, China, Cambodia, India, and Zimbabwe.
As a social entrepreneur, Tse is supported by the Skoll, Echoing Green and Ashoka foundations. Tse has negotiated and implemented measures in judicial reform with the Chinese, Vietnamese and Cambodian governments.
Sermons of the SLT Since 1997
The following documents are Flash video files unless otherwise noted.
2011 “The Face of God or a Face in the Crowd?,” Michael Schuler
Watch the 2011 Service (Video, Script, and Captioning)
2010 "Beautiful Faces and Complex Natures," Paige Getty
Watch the 2010 Service
2009 "A Lifetime Isn’t Long Enough (PDF)," Mary Harrington
Watch the 2009 Service
2008 "Remind Us Again, Brave Friends (PDF)," Victoria Safford
Watch the 2008 Service
2007 Bill and Barbara Hamilton-Holway
Watch the 2007 Service
The following documents are PDF files.
2006 "To Live In This World," Judith Meyer
2005 "Out From Walden," Patrick O’Neill
2004 "Count It All Joy," Rosemary Bray McNatt
2003 "Give 'Em The Old Razzle Dazzle," Gary E. Smith
2002 "Only By Your Presence," Barbara Pescan
2001 "Called! By Whom? To What?" Richard S. Gilbert
2000 "Imagining a New World," Marilyn Sewell
1999 "Other Pulpits, Other Ministries," Mark Belletini
1998 "Truth Telling," Barbara Merritt
1997 "Too Swift to Stop, Too Sweet to Lose," William F. Schulz (Schulz gave two sermons with the same title, one at each of the two SLTs; both are included here.)
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Last updated on Tuesday, September 27, 2011.
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