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>>  HELLO, EVERYBODY.  HELLO, EVERYBODY.  HELLO.  IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, CLAP ONCE.  IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, CLAP THREE TIMES.  SO EVERYBODY, I'M ELANDRIA WILLIAMS.
>>  AND I AM BARB GREVE.
>>  BOTH WE ARE YOUR CO-MODERATORS OF YOUR UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION.
>>  AND I'M SUSAN FREDERICK GRAY AND I'M HONORED TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION.
>>  WELCOME TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU INCREDIBLE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS TO KANSAS CITY FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 2018.
>>  WELCOME.  UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS FROM NEAR AND FAR.  FROM ALL ACROSS THE WORLD WE GATHER AS A COLLECTIVE BODY OF FAITH.
>>  IT IS GOOD TO BE TOGETHER.  LET THE BANNER PARADE BEGIN.
[APPLAUSE]
>>  I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE FIFTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION.
[APPLAUSE]
>>  FAMILY OF FAITH, WE ARE GATHERED HERE ONCE AGAIN AND WE BEGIN OUR GATHERING BY CENTERING OURSELVES AND OPENING OUR HEARTS TO ONE ANOTHER.  SPIRIT OF LIFE WE RECOGNIZE WE GATHER IN A TIME OF TREMENDOUS HEARTBREAK WHERE WE BRING GRIEF, LOSS, HANGER, AND PAIN WEIGHING HEAVY ON OUR HEARTS AND OUR SPIRITS.  WE ARE MINDALFUL OF THE WAYS THAT THE FORCES OF CRIMINALIZATION ARE DENIGRATING AND DE-HUMANIZING LIVES ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY AND ALL OVER THE PLANET.  AND IT IS NOT RIGHT.  AND IT HAS NOT BEEN RIGHT.  EVEN AS WE GATHER, THERE WERE SEVERAL SHOOTINGS HERE RIGHT IN KANSAS CITY, RIGHT HERE NEAR THE CONVENTION CENTER.  POLICE RELATED SHOOTINGS, THOSE IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.  WE GATHER TO CALL OURSELVES BACK TO THE DEEPEST SOURCES OF OUR HUMANITY.  TOP NURTURED IN THIS WEEK BY THE RESOURCES OF LOVE AND FELLOWSHIP, THE RESOURCES OF MUSIC AND SONG, THE RESOURCES OF JOY WHICH WE NEED TO SURVIVE AND WHICH REMIND US WHY WE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION, FOR OUR OWN ACROSS THE WORLD.  FOR THE HUMAN SPIRIT TO BE LIBERATED.  BROKEN FREE OF THE CHAINS OF OPPRESSION SPIRIT OF LIFE, GATHER US TOGETHER AS A FAMILY OF CARE AND SAFETY AND IN JOY:  MAY WE BE RENEWED AND STRENGTHENED THROUGH YOU THIS GATHERING THAT WE MAY KEEP SHOWING UP FAITHFULLY EACH DAY, ANSWERING THE CALL TO LOVE, ANSWERING THE CALL OF OUR VALUES.  LITTLE GOOD TO BE TOGETHER.  MAY WE BE NOURISHED BY THIS COMMUNITY AND OUR FAITH JUST AS WE ARE NOURISHED BY THIS EARTH AND THE RESOURCES ON WHICH WE DEPEND FOR LIFE.  BLESSED BE AND AMEN.
>> THE PROPOSED RULES OF PROCEDURE CAN BE FOUND ON PAGES 70 THROUGH 72 OF THE FINAL AGENDA OR PROGRAM BOOK.  THESE RULES WILL GOVERN OUR CONSIDERATION OF, AND VOTING UPON, THE BUSINESS ITEMS THAT COME BEFORE US DURING OUR GENERAL SESSIONS.  THE RULES ARE LARGELY THE SAME AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I WANT TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO.  PLEASE NOTE THAT RULE 5 PROVIDES THAT NO AMENDMENTS TO A BUSINESS RESOLUTION, BYLAW CHANGE OR RULE CHANGE WILL BE IN ORDER UNLESS SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE MINI-ASSEMBLY FOR THAT ITEM.WHICH MEANS EITHER GO TO THE MINI ASSEMBLY YOURSELF, HAVE SOMEONE GO THERE FOR YOU, OR SUBMIT IT ONLINE OR E-MAIL.  ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THAT RULE 6B INDICATES THAT 30 MINUTES ARE ALLOWED FOR DISCUSSION OF ANY PROPOSED BYLAW OR RULE AMENDMENT, RESOLUTION, OR ACTION ON A REPORT THAT IS ON OR ADMIT TO THE FINAL AGENDA.  BEFORE THE DEBATE BEGINS,
TIME WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU TO INFORMALLY DISCUSS THE AGENDA ITEM WITH OTHERS SITTING AROUND YOU; THIS INFORMAL DISCUSSION TIME WILL NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE THIRTY-MINUTE LIMIT.  THE THIRTY MINUTES OF DEBATE TIME DOES INCLUDE TIME DEVOTED TO DISCUSSING ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.   AS A REMINDER, RULE 7 PROVIDES THAT SEPARATE MICROPHONES WILL BE DESIGNATED AS PRO AND CONCERN.  YOU GOT THE DIFFERENCE?  UH-HUH.  CONCERN.  WE'LL GET THERE AGAIN TOMORROW WHEN WE SAY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO IS A CONCERN, FOR
DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED BYLAW AMENDMENTS, RULES, RESOLUTIONS OR ACTIONS.  THE PRO MICROPHONE IS UP FRONT ON THE LEFT.  THE CONCERN MICROPHONE IS UP
FRONT ON THE RIGHT. THERE IS ALSO AN AMENDMENT MICROPHONE WHICH HAS BEEN PLACED AT THE FRONT OF THE ARENA, AND A PROCEDURAL MICROPHONE WHICH HAS BEEN PLACED IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF ME.  PLEASE NOTE THAT POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND POINTS OF INFORMATION MUST BE MADE FROM THE PROCEDURAL MIKE, NOT FROM THE PRO OR CON MIKES OR THE AMENDMENT MIKE. BY THE WAY, ONLY DELEGATES MAY SPEAK FROM THE
MICROPHONES, EXCEPT BY EXPRESS PERMISSION
OF A CO-MODERATOR.OR A MODERATOR THAT'S ON THE STAGE.
I STRONGLY URGE THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
ATTENDING GENERAL ASSEMBLY GENERAL
SESSIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME TO READ THE RULES
OF PROCEDURE. PARTICULARLY LOOK AT RULE 6 ON
PAGE 70 OF THE RULES, SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND
THE TIME LIMITS IN EFFECT. NO PERSON MAY
SPEAK ON ANY MOTION FOR MORE THAN TWO
MINUTES.WE WILL DO A REVIEW OF THE RULES EVERY TIME WE VOTE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER FROM TODAY.
BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH OUR BUSINESS, I WANT
TO INTRODUCE YOU TO TOM BEAN, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL.
[APPLAUSE]
TOM IS AMAZING.
AND NINA ELMO PARLIAMENTARIAN. SHE'LL BE HERE TOMORROW AND WE'LL INTRODUCE HER THEN.  ARE WE CLEAR?  YES.
WILL THE BOARD SECRETARY MAKE THE
APPROPRIATE MOTION WITH RESPECT TO THE RULES
OF PROCEDURE?
N
>> MOVED THAT THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF
THIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS SET FORTH IN FULL ON PAGES 70
THROUGH 72 OF THE FINAL AGENDA BE ADOPTED.
CO-MODERATOR: IS THERE A SECOND?
>>
DOES ANYONE WANT TO DISCUSS THE RULES?
THERE BEING NO TIME FOR
THERE BEING NO TIME FOR NIFURTHER DISCUSSION
OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, DISCUSSION IS NOW
CLOSED, AND A VOTE IS IN ORDER. ALL THOSE IN
FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, PLEASE DO SO BY RAISING YOUR VOTING CARD.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
LET'S WAIT FOR THE OFF-SITE DELEGATES TO VOTE ON
THESE RULES. WONDERFUL.  98% YES, TWO ABSTAIN.  THE MOTION VARIES.  WE DID A THING.
>>  MY NAME IS BARB GREVE, AND I
SERVE AS A HOSPICE CHAPLAIN, THE RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION ASSISTANT AT THE UU CHURCH OF
PALO ALTO, AND AM ONE OF THE CO-MODERATORS
OF THIS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION OF
CONGREGATIONS.
[APPLAUSE]
HELLO, MY NAME IS ELANDRIA WILLIAMS AND I AM A MEMBER OF TENNESSEE VALLEY UU CHURCH IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.
I AM ALSO THE TRAINING DIRECTOR OF
PEOPLE?S HUB AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPER FOR
COOPERATION JACKSON AND AM ONE OF THE COMODERATORS
OF THIS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
ASSOCIATION OF CONGREGATIONS
[APPLAUSE]
>>  AS WE GATHER HERE AT THIS GENERAL
ASSEMBLY, WE DO SO IN WITH AWARENESS OF ALL
THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AROUND US AND
HERE WITHIN OUR OWN FAITH TRADITION. EACH ONE
OF US HAS DIFFERENT SOURCES OF STRENGTH AND
INSPIRATION. FOR MANY OF US, ONE OF THESE
SOURCES IS OUR ANCESTORS ? THOSE WHO HAVE
COME BEFORE US, WHO HAVE NAVIGATED
TROUBLED WATERS, AND WHOSE DREAMS, ACTIONS
WISDOM, AND STRENGTH WE BUILD UPON. EACH
YEAR, SOME OF OUR CONTEMPORARIES MAKE THE
GREAT TRANSITION TO JOIN THE ANCESTORS. THIS
YEAR IS NO DIFFERENT.
FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW WE HONOR ONE
OF OUR MODERATOR PREDECESSORS, DENNY
DAVIDOFF. ALONG WITH DENNY, WE HONOR
DANIELLE GLAD AND ALYCE GOWDY-WRIGHT. ALL
THREE WERE FRIENDS AND MENTORS TO MANY OF
US HERE IN THE HALL. MAY THIS OPEN CHAIR
WHICH WILL REMAIN AS SUCH THROUGHOUT
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HONOR THEM AND ALL THE
OTHER ANCESTORS IN OUR LIVES. ALL WERE
IMPORTANT.
>>  IT IS CUSTOMARY THAT WHEN THE BOARD
MEET TOGETHER PHYSICALLY, WE LEAVE AN OPEN CHAIR AT THE
BOARD TABLE. THIS CHAIR HONORS THE SPIRITS THAT
HAVE BLESSED PROCEEDINGS IN THE PAST, AND
LEAVES SPACE FOR OBSERVERS TO JOIN US WHEN
APPROPRIATE. IT IS AN IMPORTANT AND SACRED
CUSTOM.
IN THE SPIRIT OF REMEMBERING AND HONORING
OUR ANCESTORS IN SOME AFRICAN AND AFRICAN
AMERICAN CULTURES WE POUR LIBATIONS.
LIBATIONS ARE POURED TO HONOR THEIR LIVES
THEIR COURAGE AND TO REMEMBER THE LESSONS
THAT THEY TAUGHT US. AS WE POUR LIBATIONS THIS
EVENING, WE DO SO TO REMEMBER AND DENNY
DAVIDOFF, DANIELLE GLAD, AND ALYCE GOWDYWRIGHT
ALONG WITH THOSE IN YOUR LIFE WHO
HAVE HAD GREAT VALUE. WE WILL BEGIN BY FIRST
CALLING OUT SOME NAMES FROM HERE AND AFTER
WE CALL EACH NAME WE WILL POUR SOME WATER
ONTO THIS PLANT AND WE WILL ALL SAY
ASHE. CAN EVERYONE SAY ASHE WITH ME?
REPEAT AFTER ME ASHE. ASHE.
DENNY DAVIDOFF
ASHE
DANIELLE GLAD
ASHE
ALYCE GOWDY-WRIGHT
ASHE
MARLYS BRINKMAN
IBRAHIM BABA FARAJAJE
NOW PLEASE SAY A NAME AND DURING THIS
PROCESS WE WILL ALL SAY ASHE UNTIL ALL THE
WATER HAS BEEN POURED.
ASHE
ASHE
ASHE
ASHE
ASHE
ASHE
ASHE
ASHE
WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE THAT ARE STILL
HERE AND THOSE YET TO COME. WE KNOW THAT
WE ARE JOINED BY ELDERS BOTH OF OUR FAITH AND
THOSE WE ARE IN COMMUNITY WITH. IF YOU
CONSIDER YOURSELF AN ELDER PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND OR MAKE SOME NOISE. LET?S ALL SAY
THANK YOU FOR WHAT THEY HAVE AND ARE GIVING
US.
[APPLAUSE]
>>  LET'S ADD A WE LOVE YOU WITH THAT.
WE LOVE YOU.
>>  NOW FOR THOSE OF US YELDERS OR IF YOU HAVEN?T
REACHED YELDER STATUS THOSE OF US THAT ARE IN
IN THE MIDDLE AND PROVIDING CARE, BALANCE
AND SUPPORT TO BOTH THE ELDERS AND THE
YOUNGER FOLKS. IF YOU ARE THEIR RAISE YOUR
HAND OR MAKE SOME NOISE.
LET US ALL SAY
THANK YOU FOR WHAT THEY HAVE AND ARE GIVING
US.
REPEAT AFTER ME: THANK YOU AND LOVE
YOU
NOW FOR THOSE WHO ARE YOUNGER AND NOT JUST
YOUNG AT HEART. THE YOUTH THAT ARE LEADING
THE WAY IN SO MANY WAYS AND HELPING THE
REST OF US TAKE NOTICE. IF YOU ARE A YOUTH
PLEASE EITHER RAISE OR HAND OR MAKE SOME
NOISE. LET US ALL SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT THEY
HAVE AND ARE GIVING US.
>>  THANK YOU AND LOVE YOU
>>  NOW FOR THOSE THAT HAVE YET TO COME. SOME
ARE ALMOST HERE ABOUT TO BE BORN AND OTHERS
WE DON?T EVEN NOW ABOUT. LET?S OFFER A
MOMENT OF SILENCE SENDING THEM LOVE.
THANKS.
>>  WE WELCOME OUR
2018 GA CHAPLAINS. THE CHAPLAINS ARE
AVAILABLE DURING GA AND WILL OFTEN BE IN THE
CHAPLAIN OFFICE IN ROOM 2206.
[APPLAUSE]
>>  BELOVED UNITARIAN GREETEDINGS.
BELOVED UNITARIAN
UNIVERSALISTS FAR AND WIDE! I AM REV. REBEKAH SAVAGE
YOUR CO-LEAD FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHAPLAINS. THIS IS
REV. ALEX HOLT ALSO YOUR CO-LEAD CHAPLAIN. IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR TEAM OF GA CHAPLAINS:
REV. NEAL ANDERSON
REV. KATIE ROMANO GRIFFIN
REV. KATE LANDIS
REV. QIYAMAH RAHMAN
AND REV. CATHY HARRINGTON IS SERVING AS OUR OFFSITE ONLINE CHAPLAIN.
THESE GENEROUS SOULS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ROOM 2206
NEXT TO THE RIGHT RELATIONS TEAM IN THE CONVENTION
CENTER. OUR GA CHAPLAINS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PASTORAL AND
SPIRITUAL SUPPORT FOR THE DURATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
YOU CAN CONTACT OUR TEAM BY CALLING 617-948-4244, 24
HOURS A DAY. ALL GA CHAPLAINS WILL BE WEARING A CHAPLAIN HAT TO BE RECOGNIZABLE DURING PROGRAM HOURS. WE ARE
HERE TO SUPPORT AND SERVE YOUR SPIRITUAL NEEDS.
WE WILL ALSO BE OFFERING MORNING SPIRITUAL PRACTICE IN THE MEDITATION ROOM OF THE CONVENTION CENTER FROM 7-:30AM.
SO COME BY AND SAY HI, ASK FOR A BLESSING OR LAY YOUR BURDEN DOWN. WE ARE HONORED TO JOURNEY WITH YOU WHILEAT GA.
[APPLAUSE]
>>  PLEASE WELCOME THE COCHAIRS
OF YOUR 2018 RIGHT RELATIONSHIP
TEAM, HANNAH ROBERTS VILLNAVE AND
YADENEE HAILU.
[APPLAUSE]
>>  WELCOME TO
THIS INCREDIBLE GATHERING OF UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS. IT?S AN HONOR TO BE SERVING AS THE CO-CHAIRS OF YOUR RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TEAM. I?M YADENEE HAILU AND I?M HANNAH ROBERTS VILLNAVE, AND WE?RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING THIS GA TOGETHER ENGAGED IN THE STICKY, BEAUTIFUL WORK OF CO-CREATING COMMUNITY THAT REFLECTS OUR HIGHEST VALUES.   JOINING US ON THE TEAM THIS YEAR ARE:
MARY EARLY-ZALD
SHARI HALLIDAY-QUAN
JULIAN SHARP
STEPHEN CARMODY
JIM LEWIS
MIGUEL RIVERA YOUNG
RACHAEL MILES
AND ELIZABETH MOUNT
THIS YEAR, WE ARE PARTICULARLY EXCITED TO BE PARTNERING WITH THE NEW SAFETY TEAM, AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR GA CHAPLAINS.
MAYBE YOU?RE WONDERING HOW THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TEAM FITS INTO THAT CONSTELLATION OF GROUPS! WE?RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU IN WORKING THROUGH ISSUES THAT DEVELOP WITHIN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMUNITY. OUR SUPPORT TAKES MANY FORMS, FROM HOLDING SPACE FOR YOUR EXPERIENCES, TO ACTING AS THOUGHT PARTNERS FOR PARTICIPATION, TO ACCOMPANYING AND FACILITATING THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND TRANSFORMING RELATIONSHIPS.
IF YOU NEED US, YOU CAN FIND US IN ROOM 2205 HERE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, BY CALLING US AT THE NUMBER IN THE PROGRAM BOOK AND APP, OR BY FINDING SOMEBODY IN ASTYLE-ISH TEAL VEST.
AS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS, WE STRIVE TO CREATE COMMUNITY THAT HONORS THE WAYS THE DIVINE SHOWS UP IN EACH OF US.
AND WE ARE STRIVING TO ROOT OUT WHITE SUPREMACY, THE HETEROPATRIARCHY, DISABILITY ERASURE, AND THE MANY OTHER.   WAYS OUR SOCIETY FAILS TO HONOR THE DIVINE IN EACH AND ALL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THIS WORK WILL CREATE DEEP DISCOMFORT AND UNCERTAINTY PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE OF US WHO MOVE IN THE WORLD WITH PRIVILEGED IDENTITIES. BREATHE. OFTEN.
WE INVITE YOU TO SPEND THESE DAYS TOGETHER LETTING GO OF BEING FLAWLESS OR CERTAIN. JOIN US IN FINDING NEW WAYS TO BE CURIOUS, OPEN, COURAGEOUS AND HUMBLE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
THANKS, AND HAVE A GREAT GA.
[APPLAUSE]
>>  PLEASE WELCOME THE COCHAIRS OF YOUR 2018 SAFETY TEAM, INDIA HARRIS AND CHRIS CRAFT.
[APPLAUSE]
>>  SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO END WHITE SUPREMACY.  IS THAT TRUE?
[APPLAUSE]
>>  MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUILD ALTERNATIVE INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES AND CULTURES AND CONGREGATIONS TO ADVANCE RACIAL JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY AND CREATE LIBERATION FOR ALL OF OUR PEOPLE, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES, ALL OF OUR FAMILIES.  IS THAT TRUE?
[APPLAUSE]
SO AS A SMALL STEP IN THAT DIRECTION, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAVING A SAFETY TEAM AS A STEP TOWARDS AN ALTERNATIVE TO MASS INCARCERATION AND RACIST POLICING IN THIS COUNTRY, AND SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING YOU THAT IF THERE IS A SITUATION OF CONFLICT WHERE SOMEONE IS NOT SAFE, WHETHER THAT IS AN INTERNAL ISSUE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OR BECAUSE OF EXTERNAL POLICE, SECURITY GUARDS, OR SOMEONE WHO IS HERE TO DISRUPT THE ASSEMBLY, THAT YOU TALK WITH SOMEONE FROM THE SAFETY TEAM AND WORK WITH THE SAFETY TEAM INSTEAD OF CALLING THE POLICE.  DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT?  DOES THAT SOUND GOOD?
[APPLAUSE]
>>  SO THE SAFETY TEAM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING A HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OF THE SPACE, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.  THEY'RE READY AND WILLING TO INTERVENE IN AND DEESCALATE CONFLICT BETWEEN PATIENCE, SECURITY, POLICE, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.  OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE HERE TO OFFER SUPPORT WHEN YOU ARE FEELING HARASSED AND UNSAFE.  YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM BY THEIR BRIGHT ORANGE VESTS.  RIGHT?
[APPLAUSE]
THEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE FLOOR IN PLENARY, EVENING PROGRAMMING, CIRCULATING THROUGH YOU OUT WORKSHOPS, AND ALSO SHARING A ROOM WITH THE RIGHT RELATIONS TEAM, ROOM 2205.
>> AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP SUPPORT GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO BE A POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE SPACE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BUILD UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM AS A LIBERATING FORCE, BECAUSE WE NEED JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY IN A WAY THAT CALLS ON ALL OF US TO BRING OUR BEST.  SO TO DO THAT, WE'RE ENCOURAGING FOUR THINGS YOU ALL CAN CAN DO TO HELP INCREASE SAFETY IN THE POWER OF THIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY:  TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES, HYDRATE, EAT, REST.  WHEN YOU GO OUT, GO OUT WITH A BUDDY OR IN SMALL GROUPS.  WHEN YOU GO OUT, BE ALERT AND BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND EACH OTHER.  IF YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NEED HELP, OFFER HELP.  IF YOU NEED HELP, ASK FOR HELP.  IF THE INTERDEPENDENT WEB OF LIFE.  ARE YOU ALL WITH ME?
>>  WE ARE ALL A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IN THIS SPACE THAT WE ARE LOVING AND CARING TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER, THAT WHATEVER FEAR OR WHATEVER CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE DON'T BOOMERANG AND AFFECT NEGATIVELY OUR YOUTH, PEOPLE OF COLOR, FOLKS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, LGBT FOLKS, QUEER FOLKS, ET?CETERA.  WITH WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS WELCOME IN THIS SPACE AND THAT EVERYBODY IS TAKEN CARE OF.  THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>>  SO DOES EVERYONE REMEMBER THE FOUR THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO?  UH-HUH.  SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BUDDY, WE CAN HELP YOU FIND ONE.  MAYBE NOT ELANDRIA, BUT SOMEBODY CAN.  WE ARE BUDDIES.  THE THING I WANT TO SAY, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, SO ONE OF THE SADDEST EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE HAPPENED AT A GENERAL ASSEMBLY A WHILE AGO IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS.  THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN, EVER, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER IN VERY DIFFERENT WAYS.  ALL RIGHTY?  FOR THOSE OF WHO YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU DON NEED TO, BUT YOU CAN GO TO THE TJ DISTRICT BALL WORKSHOP AND HEAR AGAIN WHERE WE ARE DIFFERENT NOW FROM WHERE WE WERE.  WHAT THAT MEANS IS ALL OF THOSE YOUNG FOLKS OVER THERE AND ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS HALL AND THOSE THAT AREN'T ARE YOURS.  DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?  SO IF THEY'RE IN THE HOTEL, ASSUME THEY BELONG THERE.  IF THEY'RE IN THE ELEVATOR, ASSUME THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.  IF THEY'RE IN THIS HALL, ASSUME THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.  EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE ON A NAME TAG, UNLESS THEY ARE CAUSING YOU A MASSIVE, MASSIVE PROBLEM, BE ALL RIGHT.  OKAY?  CAN WE DO THAT?  ALL RIGHTY?
[APPLAUSE]
>>  BECAUSE I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT IS HARD.  FOR SOME OF US, WHEN WE GO OUTSIDE THE DOOR, THE THING WE HOPE IN OUR SAFE COMMUNITIES IS THAT WE ARE HELPED.  AND THE THING THAT HURTS THE HARDEST IS TO NOT EVEN BE SEEN AS A PERSON AND AS ONE OF THE UU COMMUNITY INSIDE YOUR OWN PLACE.  SO LET'S LOVE ON EACH OTHER IN A WHOLE OTHER WAY.
IS THAT DOABLE?  TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY, I LOVE YOU.  I LOVE YOU.  ALL RIGHTY.  THANK YOU.
>> PLEASE WELCOME PATTY CAMERON, WHO IS HERE TO TELL US ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES AT THIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THE GA PLANNING COMMITTEE AND PATTY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OVER THE YEARS IN MAKING GA MORE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE TO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE.
>> MY NAME IS PATTY CAMERON AND IT?S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO COORDINATE ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY. BUT ACCESSIBILITY IS NOT MY JOB ALONE. IT IS OUR COLLECTIVE ROLE TO PRACTICE RADICAL HOSPITALITY ? A COMMUNITY THAT INCLUDES EVERYONE ? THOSE WHO USE MOBILITY EQUIPMENT, LISTENING DEVICES, INTERPRETERS, HAVE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES, ASSIST DOGS, OR NEED SPECIAL SEATING TO ACCOMMODATE FOR VISION OR HEARING. IT?S OUR COLLECTIVE ROLE TO WELCOME ALL!   OUR SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE REGISTERED HERE AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE THAT ALLOWS EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN GA. COME VISIT OUR TABLE IN THE MAIN LOBBY.  I INVITE YOU TO BE WITH ONE ANOTHER THIS WEEK IN WAYS THAT ALLOW YOU TO PRACTICE RADICAL HOSPITALITY, STRETCH YOUR COMFORT ZONE, ENRICH YOUR SPIRIT, AND WIDEN YOUR FIELD AS YOU TAKE IN ALL THOSE AROUND YOU WHETHER THEY WALK OR RIDE. PLEASE RESERVE THE ELEVATORS FOR PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY OR HEALTH NEEDS.
WE ARE ALL PART OF THIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ? ONE BELOVED COMMUNITY ? A BRIGHT, WONDERFUL COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES. BE WITH EACH OTHER IN LOVING KINDNESS. ENJOY GA! THANK YOU!
[APPLAUSE]
>>  I DECIDED TO DO THIS AFTER PATTY TALKED.  SO THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST GA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO MODERATORS ON SCOOTERS.  AND SO SOMETIMES THE SCOOTERS WILL BE UP HERE.  SOMETIMES THEY WON'T BE.  THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER THING.  I HAVE MASSIVE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY.  SO IF YOU EAT AN ORANGE AROUND ME, I'M GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.  IF YOU OPEN A GRAPE FRUIT, I'M GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.  IF YOU WEAR SOME INTERESTING SCENT THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME TANGERINE FLAVOR, I'M ALSO GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.  AND I THINK YOU DON'T REALLY WANT ME IN THE HOSPITAL.  OTHERWISE ONE OF YOU MIGHT BE UP HERE, AND BARB WILL BE, OH, MY GOODNESS.  SO IF WE CAN, AND I KNOW THIS IS REALLY HARD, MY PLAN WAS I HAVE LOTS OF INSTRUCTIONS, TO TRY TO NOT EAT ORANGES OR GRAPEFRUITS IN THIS SESSION HALL AND REALLY LOOK AT YOUR CENTS, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ALLERGIC TO THINGS THAT IT'S HARD TO KNOW.  SO ALTHOUGH WE CAN DO CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES F YOU DECIDE NOT TO WEAR PERFUME, CAN PEOPLE FOR A COUPLE DAYS LET GO OF THE COLOGNE AND PERFUME SO THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK AROUND YOU?  THANK YOU.
>>  I THINK WE CAN DO IT.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE US, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHEDULE SET FORTH IN YOUR PROGRAM BOOK I DECLARE THAT THIS GENERAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL STAND IN RECESS UNTIL 9:15 AM ON THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018.
[APPLAUSE]
>> BUT DON'T GO ANYWHERE.  OUR BUSINESS HAS ENDED, AND WHILE SOME MIGHT THINK OUR BUSINESS IS WORSHIP, AND I WOULD AGREE, WE ALSO HAVE DYNAMIC WORSHIP FOR YOU TONIGHT, SO MAY OUR WORSHIP BEGIN.
[APPLAUSE]
>>  GOOD EVENING, GA.  HELLO.  I AM LEON BURKE.  I AM THE MUSIC COORDINATOR FOR THIS GA, AND AS A PROUD BORN MISSOURIAN, WELCOME TO MISSOURI.
[APPLAUSE]
WORSHIP SHOULD BEGIN WITH SINGING, SO PLEASE JOIN MY SUCCESSOR, DR.?EMILY JAWARSKI, AND THE GA BAND WITH MARCUS GRAHAKW AS THEIR LEADER.  PLEASE RISE IN BODY OR SPIRIT AND JOIN US IN THIS SPECIAL GA EDITION OF WE GIVE THANKS FOR THIS PRECIOUS DAY.  FOLLOW US.
[SINGING "WE GIVE THANKS"]
[APPLAUSE]
>>  AN ENDURING SYMBOL OF OUR FAITH, CONNECTING US TO OUR RELIGIOUS ANCESTORS, WE LIGHT THIS CHALICE.  THE WARMTH OF ITS FLAME BECKONS US TO BE TOGETHER IN PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL SPACES.  THE FLICKERING YET STEADFAST LIFE ASKS US TO STRETCH AND GROW, REACHING TOWARD EACH OTHER IN FAMILIAR, WELCOME, AND REACH OUT TO THOSE SEEKING TO JOIN US.  IN THE SHADOW AND SHIMMER OF THIS CHALICE, MAY WE LACE OUR LIVES CLOSER TOGETHER IN THE DAYS TO COME.  MAY IT BE SO.  BLESSED BE, ASHE, SHALOM, AND SO IT IS.  AMEN.
OVER JAGGED GRANITE MOUNTAINS WE TRAVELED, OR THROUGH UNDULATING FIELDS OF CORN TURNED LIQUID GOLD IN THE SUNLIGHT.
IN A SILVER BIRD WE WINGED ABOVE SAPPHIRE-FACETED GREAT LAKES OR ACROSS THE TUMBLING GREEN APPALACHIANS.
THROUGH THE UMBER DESERT, PAST RED ROCKS STREAKED WITH CREAM.
PULLED BY THE WIND THROUGH THE SILVER PRAIRIES AND PAST THE METALLIC GLEAM OF BIG-CITY SKYSCRAPERS.
ACROSS HUMAN-MADE BORDERS, CRIMSON DIVIDING LINES ON A MAP.
FLYING ABOVE OCEANS TEAL WITH WHITE FOAM--ALL THIS TO BE TOGETHER.
TO GAZE INTO OUR NEIGHBORS' EYES AND THERE FIND DIVINITY.
IN THE WEAVING TOGETHER OF OUR DIFFERENCES, HOLINESS.
WE BRING OUR PAIN, PASSION, AND PURPOSE, WE BRING OUR WHOLE SELVES INTO THE TAPESTRY OF COMMUNITY.
LET US WORSHIP TOGETHER.
THE WORLD'S UNRAVELING
>>  SOMETIMES, WE FIND OURSELVES UNRAVELING.
>>  OTHER TIMES WE FIND OURSELVES ENTANGLED BY FEAR AND HOPELESSNESS;
>>  WE ARE CHALLENGED WHEN OTHERS POINT TO THE AGONIES OF THEIR LIVES.
>>  WE MIGHT WANT TO TURN OUR EYES AND EARS AND HEARTS AWAY FROM THEIR PAIN
>>  SOMETIMES WE FIND IN THE UNRAVELING A PART OF US WE HAVE HIDDEN AWAY -- A PART OF US THAT MAKES US STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL. WE REJOICE.
>>  WE EXPERIENCE A GLIMPSE OF THE HOLY AS THINGS FALL APART.
>>  MAYBE WE FIND A PART OF US WE DID NOT KNOW WAS THERE, A PART WE WISH NOT TO HAVE EXPOSED, A PART WE WANT NO ONE TO KNOW ABOUT. OUR DELUSIONS BECOME APPARENT. IN THIS UNRAVELING, WE FIND PAIN. WE SUFFER.
>>  THERE SEEMS NO WAY OUT OF SUFFERING AND PAIN.
>>  SOMETIMES WE FIND OUR BELOVED COMMUNITY UNRAVELING INTO LOVE AND TRUTH. WE FIND STRANDS THAT MAKE US STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL.
>>  WE FIND THE UGLY STRANDS TOO. WE TRY TO IGNORE THEM BUT COME TO REALIZE THAT WE CONTINUE TO FRAY IF WE DELUDE OURSELVES THEY DO NOT MATTER.
>>  WITH OPEN HANDS, WE HOLD ALL THE BROKEN AND BEAUTIFUL STRANDS AND WE FIND THEY ARE WAITING TO BE REWOVEN WITH PATIENT HANDS AND HEARTS.
>> ASHE AND AMEN
FUENTE DE AMORE/SPIRIT OF LIFE
FUENTE DE AMOR, VEN HACIA M?.
>>  ASHE AND AMEN
>>  GOOD EVENING.  PLEASE RISE IN BODY OR SPIRIT AND JOIN ME IN SINGING IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH,
FUENTE DE AMORE/SPIRIT OF LIFE
>>  KATIE:  WORK LOOMS.
>>  NEAL:  PLAIN WEAVE.
>>  KATIE:  THE WOVEN CONTEXT.
THE TIGHT FABRIC.
THE THREAD INCREASES.
>> NEAL:  TWINING THE STRING.
KNITTING THE YARN.
MESHING THE WARP AND WOOF.
>>  KATIE:  EVE AND ADAM.
YIN AND YANG.
>>  NEAL:  ANIMA AND ANIMUS.
SHAKTI AND SHIVA.
GROOVE AND TONGUE.
>>  KATIE:  COMING CLEAN TO SOMETHING WHOLE.
WHOLLY HOLY.
>>  NEAL:  WHOLLY NEW.
>>  KATIE AND NEAL:  MADE OF BOTH.
>>  NEAL: TWIRLING CROSSED STRANDS
INTO THICKER ROPE.
>>  SOMETIMES A PHRASE GETS UNDER YOUR SKIN.  THE THEME OF OUR GATHERING, ALL ARE CALLED, STRUCK ME, OH, HOW CHALLENGING IT IS TO DRESS EARN HOW?-- DISCERN HOW WE ARE CALLED TO DISCERN, TO HEAR THE STILL SMALL VOICE WITHIN OR THE BOOMING CALL TO SIDE WITH LOVE.  AS WE ENTER INTO THESE DAYS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE SHARED COMMITMENT TO LIVE OUR VALUES, I INVITE YOU TO CONSIDER THIS.  WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO BE CALLED?  WHAT DO OUR
COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL CALLS LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE WE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS GATHERED PHYSICALLY AND VIRTUALLY IN KANSAS CITY CALLED TO DO IN THIS MOMENT?AND HOW YOU CAN OUR CALLS GROW INTO HARMONY?  IN A SPIRIT OF HARMONY AND
WITH THE HELP OF MY NEW FRIEND KIYA HEARTWOOD, I PUT MY THOUGHTS INTO SONG.
[APPLAUSE]
>>  RECALL CALLED.  CAN I GET AN AMEN?  AMEN.
BELOVEDS, BREATHE INTO THIS SPACE. ARRIVE FULLY IN THIS MOMENT IN THIS WHOLLY HOLY MOMENT TOGETHER.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD, THE WAYS IN WHICH COVENANT HAS BEEN BROKEN AROUND US: THE FABRIC OF LIFE TORN ASUNDER. WE HOLD IN OUR GENTLE KEEPING THE SUFFERING OF THE BELOVEDS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, IN OUR MIDST, AND THE TENDER SPOTS WITHIN US.
WITH OUR PRAYERS AND HEARTS EXPANDING, WE CONTINUE TO WEAVE TOGETHER - IN THE STRENGTH AND POWER THAT PROCLAIMS THAT WE ARE CALLED TO BE A BLESSING THIS WORLD.CAN I GET AN AMEN?  IT
>>  AMEN.
>>  THAT'S RIGHT.  ALL ARE CALLED.  RECEIVE THESE WORDS.
"OLAM CHESED YIBANEH"
AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH, RABBI MENACHEM CREDITOR WROTE A CHANT FOR HIS DAUGHTER WHO WAS BORN IN THE WAKE OF THE TRAGEDY. OLAM CHESED YIBANEH - I WILL BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
IT IS A CHANT THAT AFFIRMS LIFE AND HOPE ? AND STRENGTHENS OUR BONDS AS A BELOVED COMMUNITY.
OLAM CHESED YIBANEH - I WILL BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
YOU WILL BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
AND IF WE BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
THEN GOD WILL BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.THIS IS A HEARTBEAT OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
I INVITE YOU TO CONNECT WITH THIS POWERFUL TRANSFORMATIVE LOVE, THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR FAITH NOW.
RECEIVE NOW THESE WORDS OF BLESSING, FOR YOU ARE A PRECIOUS GIFT, A BEAUTIFUL STRAND IN THE TAPESTRY OF OUR FAITH.I INVITED YOU
WHEN I SAY, "BELOVEDS, LET US PROCLAIM OUR CALLING", I INVITE YOU TO RESPOND: I WILL BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
"BELOVEDS, LET US PROCLAIM OUR CALLING", I INVITE YOU TO
WE WILL BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
WHEN WE WEAVE TOGETHER THE STRANDS OF LIFE, WHAT IS CREATED IS A FABRIC BORN OF OUR ENTIRE SELVES - OUR STORIES, STRUGGLES, JOYS AND HOPES. WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER.
BELOVEDS, LET US PROCLAIM OUR CALLING:
WE WILL BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
FOR THE SPARK OF THE DIVINE THAT LIVES WITHIN EACH ONE OF US. FOR THE STRANDS OF COMPASSION THAT HOLD US TOGETHER IN THIS SACRED FABRIC OF LIFE. WE COMMIT TO CONTINUE ON IN WEAVING TOGETHER EVEN WHEN IT IS HARD? KNOWING THAT LOVE ASKS US TO BE VULNERABLE. WE COMMIT TO SEEKING REAL CONNECTIONS, BELIEVING THAT GRACE AND MERCY GUIDE OUR PATH.
BELOVEDS, LET US PROCLAIM OUR CALLING:
WE WILL BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
>>  FOR OUR ANCESTORS, THE BRAVE SOULS WHO CONCEIVED A WORLD THAT COULD BE ONE DAY - THE RADICALS, PEACEMAKERS, AGITATORS AND JUSTICE BEARERS. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US, SACRIFICING THEIR SAFETY, SACRIFICING THEIR FREEDOM TO PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS THAT RADICAL WELCOME AND INCLUSION IN THE BELOVED COMMUNITY IS POSSIBLE.
BELOVEDS, LET US PROCLAIM OUR CALLING:
>>  WE WILL BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
>>  FOR OUR BELOVED KIN, NEAR AND FAR, WHO RISK SAFETY IN PROCLAIMING THEIR TRUTH AND ASK US TO RECEIVE THEIR STORIES AS A PART OF OUR OWN IN LOVE. WE COMMIT TO THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND MEANING AS A PART OF OUR SACRED JOURNEY.
BELOVEDS, LET US PROCLAIM OUR CALLING:
>>  WE WILL BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
>>  FOR OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF TODAY AND TOMORROW, WE WEAVE THIS FABRIC TOGETHER AND MAKE SPACE FOR THEIR LEGACY THAT IS NOT YET KNOWN.  FOR THEY ARE THE FUTURE OF OUR FAITH.  WE COMMIT TO LIVING OUT OUR CALLS IN WAYS THAT LEAVES THE WORLD BETTER, BETTER FOR OUR
CHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.
BELOVEDS, LET US PROCLAIM OUR CALLING:
>>  WE WILL BUILD THIS WORLD WITH LOVE.
>>  AS WE ARE CALLED TO BE
A BLESSING IN THE WORLD, WE PROCLAIM THAT WE ARE CO-CREATORS WITH THE SACRED PULSE OF LIFE TO BRING FORTH JUSTICE, TRUTH AND BEAUTY?
WE AFFIRM OUR POWERFUL INTENTION, ASKING HOLY COMPASSION TO BE OUR GUIDE.
BELOVEDS, LET US PROCLAIM OUR CALLING:
>>  WE WILL BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
>>  OLAM CHESED YIBANEH.
I WILL BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
YOU WILL BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
AND IF WE BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
THEN GOD WILL BUILD THIS WORLD FROM LOVE.
MAY YOU KNOW PEACE IN YOUR HEARTS AS THIS SACRED FABRIC UNFURLS BEFORE US, CHERISHED KIN OF MY FAITH COMMUNITY, MAY YOU FIND STRENGTH IN THE HOLY, HOLY MOMENT OF RENEWAL AND TRANSFORMATION.  BELOVED, MAY YOU BE THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU ARE CALLED AND CREATED TO BE IN OUR BRUISED AND HURTING WORLD, FOR WE ARE THAT POWER OF LOVE THAT WILL BRING ABOUT A NEW DAY.  SO AMEN, ASHE.  MAY IT BE SO.
>>  I WOULD LIKE TO ASK NOW EVERYONE IN THE HALL TO RISE IN BODY OR SPIRIT AND SING OUR CONCLUDING HYMN, COME AND GO WITH ME TO THAT LAND.  EVERYBODY GET ON UP HERE.  ALL RIGHT?  MAESTRO?
>>  OUR CO-CREATOR OF THE BELOVED WORLD THAT WE WANT TO SEE.  THE BELOVED WORLD THAT WE HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH BY OUR ANCESTORS TO BUILD, THE BELOVED WORLD THAT OUR CHILDREN NEED FROM US.  WILL YOU BUILD THIS WORLD?  WILL YOU BUILD THIS WORLD?  THIS WEEK WE WILL BE OFFERED SO MANY GIFTS, THE GIFTS OF WORKSHOPS, THE GIFTS OF THE WARE LECTURE, THE GIFTS OF THE ENERGY OF OUR YOUTH AS THEY ROAM FREELY OUR HALLWAYS.  THE GIFTS THAT WE WILL LEARN FROM THE COMMISSION ON INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE.  WE HAVE WORK TO DO AND I KNOW, LOOKING OUT HERE AT ALL OF OUR BEAUTIFUL FACES AND THOSE IN THE INTERNET THAT I CAN'T SEE, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE THERE, THAT WE ARE ONE FAMILY, CO-CREATOR.  LET US HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEK WITH ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH WE WILL RUB AGAINST EACH OTHER AND GET ON EACH OTHER'S NERVES, BUT WE WILL LOVE EACH OTHER THROUGH IT.  LET'S SING.
THERE WILL BE SINGING IN THAT LAND
THERE WILL BE SINGING IN THAT LANDS WHERE I'M BOUND.
[APPLAUSE]
>>  SEE YOU TOMORROW.

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