EVENT: B2018 0623 WORSHIP 8AM CAPTIONS PROVIDED BY: HEAR INK HTTP://WWW.HEARINK.COM PHONE: 314-427-1113 **********DISCLAIMER********** THE FOLLOWING IS AN UNEDITED ROUGH DRAFT TRANSLATION FROM THE CART CAPTIONER'S OUTPUT FILE. THIS TRANSCRIPT IS NOT VERBATIM AND HAS NOT BEEN PROOFREAD. TO DO SO IS AN EXTRA FEE. THIS FILE MAY CONTAIN ERRORS. PLEASE CHECK WITH THE SPEAKER(S) FOR ANY CLARIFICATION. THIS TRANSCRIPT MAY NOT BE COPIED OR DISSEMINATED TO ANYONE UNLESS YOU OBTAIN WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE OFFICE OR SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT IS PROVIDING CART CAPTIONING TO YOU; FINALLY, THIS TRANSCRIPT MAY NOT BE USED IN A COURT OF LAW. **********DISCLAIMER********** >> GOOD MORNING. I'M BURN AND THIS IS TRACIA. WE SERVE AS YOUTH CAUCUS CHAPLAINS, AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED TODAY, WE WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS. BEFORE AND SINCE ARRIVING AT YOUTH CAUCUS, THERE HAS BEEN BIG CARD NEWS IN THE WORLD ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A CHILD OR A YOUTH IN OUR WORLD TODAY. WE ARE AWARE OF THE ENORMOUS SUFFERING BROUGHT ON BY POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND TRAUMA IN SOCIETY. IN OUR SERVICE TODAY, WE'LL BE SPEAKING FRANKLY ABOUT DIFFICULT ISSUES IN THE NEWS AND IN OUR UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST YOUTH LIVES. OUR TOPICS INCLUDE GUN VIOLENCE, BULLYING, AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE. WE WANTED TO OFFER THIS CONTENT WARNING SO THAT YOU CAN PREPARE TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND ONE ANOTHER IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE, INCLUDING STEPPING AWAY FROM THE SERVICE. PLEASE KNOW THAT TODAY'S SPEAKERS ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND THAT WE HAVE AND APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. AND PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND ONE ANOTHER AND REMEMBER THAT CHAPLAINS ARE AVAILABLE FOR AND WITHIN YOUTH CAUCUS, AS WELL AS IN OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMUNITY. WE'RE HERE THIS MORNING TO SAY FEAR NOT. AS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST YOUTH, WE ARE ENERGIZED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD. SINCE WE GOT HERE, WE'VE BEEN CONNECTING WITH ONE ANOTHER, LEARNING WITH AND FROM ONE ANOTHER. KNOW THAT THERE ARE LUMINARY LEADERS READY TO LIGHT THIS WORLD UP WITH LOVE AND AMONG US OUR SUMMER SEMINARIANS PREPARING TO SHARE SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS. WITH CONGREGATIONS AND THE WORLD, WE CELEBRATE AND THRIVE AND WE ARE HURTING. JUST LIKE ALL PEOPLE. AND KNOW THAT YOUTH ARE AT THE GENERAL SESSIONS AND GAME NIGHTS, TOO, BECAUSE BEING INVOLVED IN THE WORK AND THE PLAY HELPS US TO STAY HEALTHY FOR THE LONG HAUL. AND THIS IS LONG HAUL WORK. WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE IS MUCH TO DO AND WE ARE CALLED TO BE PART OF THE CHANGE FOR THE GOOD. AND WE SAY WE ARE STRONG OF SPIRIT, VULNERABLE, AND TENDER, AND WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SAY FEAR NOT. WE ARE ALREADY HERE TO LOVE THE HELL OUT OF THIS WORLD. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING! WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED BREAKING NEWS THAT THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD ARE OUR ONLY HOPE! UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST YOUTH ARE CALLED TO SERVE THE WORLD, AND ONE ANOTHER, WITH JUSTICE, COMPASSION AND ABIDING LOVE! >> OUR STORIES THIS MORNING COME FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY - INDIANA, COLORADO, CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA AND RIGHT HERE IN KANSAS CITY. OUR ACE REPORTERS WILL BE SHARING MORE NEWS, WITH WEATHER, AND TRAFFIC, AFTER THIS WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS: YOUTH SPONSORS: A VITAL PART OF THE UUA GENERAL ASSEMBLY YOUTH CAUCUS COMMUNITY. SPONSORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING OF THE YOUTH AT ALL TIMES THROUGHOUT GA. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. >> GOOD MORNING! THE WEATHER... SEEMS TO BE A GROWING PROBLEM. THE 2017 HURRICANE SEASON WAS ONE OF THE WORST IN HISTORY WITH $282.16 MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES AND (THOUSANDS OF DEATHS OF US CITIZENS IN PUERTO RICO). WITH THE 2018 SEASON UPON US, THERE ARE ALREADY SIGNS THAT IT MAY DEVASTATE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE STILL TRYING TO REBUILD. WILDFIRES HAVE BECOME THE NORM IN PARTS OF THE WEST OF THE UNITED STATES. HEAT WAVES AND LARGE PERIODS OF RAIN AND FLOOD HAVE BECOME MORE COMMON. LAST WINTER IT SNOWED IN PLACES WHERE THE SNOW RARELY FALLS AND DID NOT IN PLACES WHERE IT DOES. EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS ARE ON THE RISE AND IT SEEMS THAT EVERY NEWS CHANNEL IS HAVING THE SAME DEBATE: WHERE BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY AND SOME PUNDIT ARGUE IF CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL. AS JOHN OLIVER ONCE SAID, "YOU DO NOT NEED A DEBATE ON FACT. [APPLAUSE] YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE THE DEBATE WHICH NUMBER IS BIGGER 15 OR 5 OR DO OWLS EXIST OR ARE THERE HATS." THE EARTH AND HER HEALTH IS A PROBLEM AND FOR THE YOUTH OF THIS WORLD IT IS SCARY BECAUSE WE WANT THE FUTURE TO BE ON A PLANET THAT IS GREEN AND FULL OF LIFE. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW MY KIDS NEW YORK CITY ABOVE WATER. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE MY KIDS TO THE ZOO AND SEE A POLAR BEAR IN REAL LIFE AND NOT JUST READ ABOUT THEM IN BOOKS. I WANT MY KIDS TO GROW UP IN A WORLD WHERE THEY CAN BREATH CLEAN AIR AND DRINK CLEAN WATER, AND LIVE A LIFE SURROUNDED BY NATURE AND LIFE. KIDS ARE DOING SOME AMAZING THINGS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE IN INDIANA WHERE I LIVE. GROUPS OF YOUTH HAVE GOTTEN RESOLUTIONS PASSED THRU 3 MAJOR CITIES INCLUDING THE CAPITAL OF INDIANAPOLIS. THESE RESOLUTIONS MAKE THE CITY AGREE TO GO CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2035. [APPLAUSE] YOUTH ARE WORKING TO GET SIMILAR RESOLUTION PASSED IN 3 EVEN MORE TOWN IN THE STATE. HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR JONNY COHEN CREATED GREEN SHIELD IN HIS GARAGE - IT'S AN INEXPENSIVE DEVICE WHEN PUT ON A SCHOOL BUS DECREASES FUEL USE BY 25% . AND IF WE LOOK AT THE BIG WEATHER MAP - WE SEE LITTLE MISS FLINT, MARI COPENY WHO REMINDS US THAT IT'S FOUR AND A HALF YEARS SINCE THERE WAS CLEAN WATER IN HER CITY. AND SO MANY OTHER PLACES. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE DESPAIR, AND WE ARE TIED UP IN KNOTS OF WORRY. AND... WE GATHER AS FAITHFUL JUSTICE MAKERS TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO - ALL OF US - YOUNG, OLD, AND IN BETWEEN. EVEN IF WE ARE AFRAID, OR OVERWHELMED BY THE STORMS THAT THREATEN OUR LIVES. FRIENDS, LET'S REMEMBER THE FIRE OF COMMITMENT THAT CONNECTS OUR LIVES AND LET'S JOIN IN WORSHIP, TOGETHER. >> THIS IS A MULTI PART SONG BY THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MUSICIANS, AND WE ALL NEED YOUR VOICES TO GET THIS CHALICE LIT THIS MORNING. PLEASE JOIN US AS YOUR VOICES IN SPIRIT ARISE IN THIS MOMENT. >> GOOD MORNING, Y'ALL. FRANCISCO AND I ARE PLEASED AND PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS AMAZING YOUTH-LED TEAM TODAY - AND WE AND IF YOU WOULD RISE IF YOU ARE WILLING OR ABLE AND CELEBRATE WITH US, AND WE'RE GOING TO TEACH YOU A SONG THAT'S GOT FOUR PARTS. SO JUST GET YOUR PART AND HANG ON. ALL RIGHT? [APPLAUSE] >> I'M HERE TO REPORT RAPE IS THE ONLY CRIME WHERE THE VICTIM BECOMES THE ACCUSED. I WAS AN SLEEPING ON THE MOTOR COACH COMING HOME FROM AN ORCHESTRAL MUSIC FESTIVAL. I WOKE UP TO A FELLOW MUSICIAN TEARING IN BETWEEN MY LEGS. STRANGELY ENOUGH, EARLIER THAT DAY, WE HAD BEEN DANCING AND LAUGHING TOGETHER. I WOKE UP STARTLED AND FELT MY THROAT BURN. BUT I MADE THE MISTAKE THAT LOTS OF SURVIVORS DO. I TOLD NO ONE. STILL, WORD GOT OUT AND MY NAME WAS SLANDERED. I WAS CALLED NAMES SUCH AS A RAPE CALLER AND A SLUT. I WAS ASKING FOR IT. MY HOUSE WAS EGGED MULTIPLE TIMES. I WAS TOLD TO KILL MYSELF ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. I FELT ALONE. MY PRIDE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE SHATTERED. MY COMMUNITY WAS SHOCKED. HOW YOU COULD ANYONE DO SOMETHING SO DISGUSTING? HOW COULD OTHERS BE SO CRUEL? MANY DEMANDED I REMAIN QUIET. THEY TORMENTED MY FRIENDS FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE ASSAILANT. I KNEW MANY SURVIVORS WERE AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT AND I REFUSED TO BE ONE OF THEM. THERE ARE MORE SEVERE CASES AND SCENARIOS. MY FRIENDS AND I DECIDED ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH. SHORTLY AFTER OTHER INDIVIDUALS HEARD MY STORY AND DECIDED TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THEIR ASSAILANTS, TOO. IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM IS IT EVER OKAY FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOU ARE LESS THAN WHOLE. IT IS NEVER OKAY FOR SOMEONE TO CAUSE YOU TO FEEL SILENCED AND BELITTLED. THERE ARE NO IFS, ANDS, BUTS ABOUT IT. SO LET ME CONCLUDE WITH THIS. IF ANY OF YOU HERE TODAY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE HORRORS OF RAPE, SEXUAL ABUSE, ASSAULT, OR HARASSMENT, SPEAK OUT. THIS IS A PLACE OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND SUPPORT. YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS. YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY HERE STRONGER THAN A BULL. DIG YOUR HEELS INTO THE EARTH AND STAND YOUR GROUND, FOR YOU ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG. AND LASTLY, BE BRAVE, BE BOLD, MAKE A CHANGE, AND BE LOUD AS HELL. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> ENOUGH? ENOUGH!MY NAME IS SOPHIE JOHNSTON AND I AM REPORTING TODAY FROM COLORADO AND BEYOND. AS A QUEER KID IN HIGH SCHOOL, THINGS ARE MESSY. IT SEEMS AS IF YOU ARE A FACING A STRICT DICHOTOMY AT ALL TIMES - GAY OR STRAIGHT, OUT OR CLOSETED, CIS OR TRANS. WHEN REALLY YOU MAY BE BOTH, ALL, OR NEITHER. HOWEVER, BEYOND THIS POLARITY, LGBTQ HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE ORGANIZING WITHIN THEIR GSA'S. IN THE PAST, THESE THREE LETTERS STOOD FOR GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE, BUT IN AN EFFORT TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS, MANY GROUPS ARE NOW GENDER SEXUALITY ALLIANCES. WITH NATIONAL ISSUES SUCH AS BATHROOMS, HEALTHCARE, AND PURCHASING WEDDING CAKES, WE SEE MORE THAN JUST COURT CASES, AND RATHER FEEL AS IF OUR HEARTS ON BEING ON TRIAL. AS SOCIETY PUTS US UNDERNEATH A LEGAL SPOTLIGHT, WE HANDLE OUR OWN QUESTIONS OF SEXUALITY, GENDER, WHETHER OR NOT TO COME OUT, AND IF WE ARE SAFE. WE COME TOGETHER TO GSA TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER THROUGH QUEERNESS IN HIGH SCHOOL. TAKING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AND OUR CONFUSION AND OUR LOVE AND OUR ANGER, WE TRANSLATE THAT INTO A DETERMINATION TO CREATE A JUST AND LOVING WORLD. IN SCHOOLS, MANY GROUPS ARE IDENTIFYING GENDER INCLUSIVE RESTROOMS TO BE USED BY NON-BINARY STUDENTS, IF NOT CHANGING MAIN RESTROOM FACILITIES TO BE UNGENDERED. WE'VE ALSO ACCOMPANIED OUR FRIENDS TO DISCUSS THEIR PRONOUNS WITH TEACHERS. WE TAKE THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR GROUP AND SPREAD IT THROUGH NEIGHBORING AREAS. WITHIN MY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HAVE ALL OF THE SCHOOL'S GSAS MEETING TOGETHER AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER TO CREATE A WIDER SUPPORT SYSTEM AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT DAYS TWICE A YEAR. WE HAVE ALSO ESTABLISHED CONTACT WITH GROUPS IN NEARBY COLLEGES TO CREATE AN INTERGENERATIONAL COALITION. WE'VE PARTNERED WITH LOCAL GROUPS THAT CARE FOR LGBTQ YOUTH THAT DON'T HAVE SAFE PLACES TO STAY. BUT DON'T DOUBT THAT WE GO FURTHER. EACH YEAR IN DENVER, WE ATTEND THE LGBTQ LOBBY DAY AT THE STATE CAPITAL TO PERSONALLY TALK TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT ISSUES THAT MATTER TO US AND WHY THEY SHOULD CARE. THIS PAST YEAR, WE SAW AN ISSUE PASS THROUGH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT WOULD ALLOW TRANS FOLK TO CHANGE THEIR GENDER MARKER ON THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE WITHOUT HAVING TO STATE THAT A CHANGE HAD BEEN MADE. WE ARE INVOLVING OURSELVES IN THIS WORLD. WE LIFT UP OUR HEARTS DESPITE THE FEAR THAT THEY MAY BE BROKEN BY SOCIETY. WE ARE ENOUGH AND WE WILL DO MORE THAN ENOUGH TO PROTECT THIS INHERENT TRUTH. [APPLAUSE] REPORTING LIVE FROM, NEW HAVEN , CONNECTICUT. I'M PABLO AND I ATTEND THE UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF NEW HAVEN WHICH HAS A STRONG COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS. PERSONALLY, I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON BEHALF OF REFUGEES SINCE I WAS 11. IT BEGAN WHEN A FEW FRIENDS ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL IRIS RUN FOR REFUGEES, A FUNDRAISER HOSTED BY INTEGRATED REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT SERVICES. AFTER THE RACE I STARTED TO GET REALLY INVOLVED IN THE SUMMER OF 2015. IRIS WAS SEEKING HELP FOR A UCC CONGREGATION THAT WAS SETTING UP AN APARTMENT FOR A SYRIAN FAMILY AND NEEDED HELP CLEANING THE APARTMENT AND MOVING FURNITURE. WHILE THE REQUEST WENT OUT TO THE WHOLE CONGREGATION, ONLY A FEW YOUTH AND THEIR PARENTS RESPONDED. THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF AN AMAZING JOURNEY FOR ME THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.IN JANUARY OF 2016, I HELPED SET UP AN APARTMENT WITH THE YOUTH IN MY CONGREGATION. WE MOVED AN APARTMENT FULL OF FURNITURE IN THE SNOW. JUST AFTER 2016'S ELECTION, OUR CONGREGATION BECAME THE LEADERS OF THE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT COALITION, THAT CO-SPONSORED AN IRAQI FAMILY. WAY BEGAN RAISING MONEY AND COLLECTING HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, THEN PUMP ISSUED HIS TRAVEL BAN, SEVERELY RESTRICTING REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, OUR GROUP WAS DISCOURAGED. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WERE WE GOING TO DO. SOME OF US PROTESTED ON THE STREET AND FRONT OF TOWN HALL. MY MOM REASSURED OUR GROUP, TELLING THEM THAT WE WOULD RESETTLE PEOPLE, EVEN IF IT MEANT SUPPORTING EFFORTS OF UU'S IN CANADA, RATHER THAN RESETTLING PEOPLE IN CONNECTICUT. THEN THE FIRST BAN WAS LIFTED RIGHT AS WE THOUGHT ALL HOPE WAS LOST.AS A MEMBER OF THE RESETTLEMENT TEAM, I HAVE HELPED SET UP AN IRAQI FAMILY'S APARTMENT WE HAVE BEEN SPONSOR BEING SINCE APRIL OF 2017. I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN TO IT HELP THEM ADJUST TO AMERICA. I HAVE ALSO BEEN A TOP FUNDRAISER IN THE IRIS RUN FOR REFUGEES FOR THREE OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND RECENTLY MADE A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO FOR THEM LAST YEAR. THIS SUMMER, THE DAY AFTER I GET BACK FROM GA, JUNE 25TH I PLAN TO SERVE AS AN INTERN AT IRIS WORKING WITH CHILDREN IN THE SUMMER LEARNING CAMP PROGRAM. I WILL ALSO CONTINUE HELPING THE IRAQI FAMILY WE CO-SPONSORED AS THEY BECOME MORE INDEPENDENT. I WANT MY CHILDREN TO GROW UP IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE AND EVEN OUR PRESIDENT DON'T THINK REFUGEES ARE BAD PEOPLE. FROM THE TIME I HAVE SPENT WORKING WITH REFUGEES I CAN TELL YOU THEY ARE SOME OF THE NICEST, HARD WORKING AND CARING PEOPLE I'VE MET. I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THE HATRED, ENOUGH OF OUR THE PEOPLE WHO TELL THEM "YOU AREN'T WELCOME HERE." THIS IS WHY WE ALL SHOULD DO MORE THAN ENOUGH TO SUPPORT REFUGEES. [APPLAUSE] ENOUGH. I'M ALLISON LUCK REPORTING LIVE FROM DAVIS, CALIFORNIA, AND WASHINGTON DC AND PARKLAND, FLORIDA AND RIGHT HERE ON THE PLAZA AND IN DOZENS AND CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ENOUGH! I GOT OUT OF SCHOOL AT NOON ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14. I WALKED OUT OF MY PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS, WATER BOTTLE AND KEYS IN HAND, AND STARTED THE WALK TO MY CAR. I OPENED THE TWITTER APP ON MY PHONE. PULLED DOWN TO REFRESH. IMMEDIATELY MY FEED WAS FILLED WITH REPORTS, IMAGES, AND VIDEOS OF A GRUESOME SHOOTING IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA. I REACHED MY CAR, UNLOCKED IT, SET DOWN MY BACKPACK, AND SAT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. I CLICKED ON A VIDEO. I WATCHED A YOUNG GIRL GET DRAGGED ACROSS A CLASSROOM BY HER PEERS. SHE HAD JUST BEEN SHOT. I CLOSED THE APP. I DROVE HOME IN SILENCE. FOR THE NEXT HOUR, THE NEXT DAY, THE NEXT WEEK AND MONTH MY THOUGHTS WERE CONSUMED BY THIS SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED MORE THAN 3,000 MILES AWAY. IN FACT, FOR THE PAST 129 DAYS, DURING WHICH WE'VE SEEN AT LEAST 15 MORE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, THE PARKLAND SHOOTING HAS BEEN ON MY MIND. IT WAS ON MY MIND WHEN ONLY 20 STUDENTS FROM MY SCHOOL PARTICIPATED IN A WALK OUT. IT WAS ON MY MIND WHEN MY MOTHER AND I FLEW TO WASHINGTON DC FROM CALIFORNIA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MARCH FOR OUR LIVES. IT WAS ON MY MIND WHEN SOMEONE I'VE ATTENDED SCHOOL WITH FOR SIX YEARS THREATENED TO BRING AN ASSAULT RIFLE INTO SCHOOL AND SHOOT ALL OF THE WOMEN ON CAMPUS. AS A TEENAGER, I AM NOT EXPECTED TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT TOPICS AS CONTROVERSIAL AS GUN CONTROL. I'VE RECEIVED SHOCKED EXPRESSIONS, EXCLAMATIONS OF SURPRISE, UNWARRANTED OPINIONS. I'VE GOTTEN THE "YOU LIBERALS JUST WANT TO TAKE AWAY OUR GUNS" AND THE "TEENAGERS ARE TOO YOUNG TO HAVE A SAY IN POLICY MAKING." AND YET HERE WE ARE. MOVEMENTS ORGANIZED BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CREATING STUDENT BRANCHES, MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE TURNING UP AND MAKING THE CHANGES WE WANT TO SEE. YOUNG PEOPLE, STUDENTS, TEENAGERS, WE HAVE ALL DECIDED THAT WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH. ENOUGH OF OUR FRIENDS AND PEERS DYING, ENOUGH OF TURNING CLASSROOMS INTO WARZONES, WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH.THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> WE ARE CALLED. WE ARE CALLED TO BE OF SUPPORT AND TO BE LED BY THE YOUTH OF OUR FAITH COMMUNITY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WE ADULTS WHO ARE TIED IN KNOTS WITH WORRY AND CONCERN, FIND OURSELVES CALLED TO A GREATER STRENGTH, RESILIENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO THESE CALLINGS AND THE INHERITANCES, AND TESTIMONIES OF OUR ANCESTORS AND OUR OFFSPRING.FOR THEY ARE ALL OURS. NOW I INVITE YOU TO SETTLE YOURSELVES, TAKE A DEEP BREATH, AND LET US ENTER INTO A SPIRIT OF PRAYER, HONORING THE LISTENING TO EACH VOCATION OF THE LETTER AND SPIRIT E NO MATTER THE AGE AND STAGE OF LIFE - WITH THESE WORDS FROM THE REV. NORMAL CORDELL, WHO HERSELF WAS A RELIGIOUS EDUCATOR AND LATER PARISH MINISTER IN SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA, UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1999. THE CALLING. >> ALL ARE CALLED. REPEAT AFTER ME. ALL ARE CALLED. >> ALL ARE CALLED. >> TO THIS MOMENT. >> TO THIS MOMENT. >> ALL ARE CALLED. >> ALL ARE CALLED. >> IN MANY WAYS. >> IN MANY WAYS. >> HEARTS KNIT STRONG. >> HEARTS KNIT STRONG. >> BY COMPASSION >> BY COMPASSION. >> ALL ARE CALLED >> ALL ARE CALLED >> TO THIS DAY. >> TO THIS DAY. >> I SAY ALL ARE. YOU SAY CALLED. >> ALL ARE >> CALLED. >> ALL ARE >> CALLED. >> ALL ARE CALLED TO THIS DAY. >> ALL ARE CALLED TO THIS DAY. >> WE ARE CALLED. >> WE ARE CALLED. >> WE ARE CALLED. >> WE ARE CALLED. >> AS WE CONCLUDE THIS MORNING'S BROADCAST, WE INVITE YOU TO WEATHER THE STORMS WITH US AND TO WEAVE THE PRAYERS OF YOUR CALLING. THROUGHOUT THIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO DREAM, TO SERVE, TO UNRAVEL, AND TO REPAIR. >> FEAR NOT! WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. AND THROUGH THE AFFIRMATIONS OF OUR TESTIMONY WE GROW STRONGER AND MAY IT TRULY BE THAT IN OUR FAITHFUL, ACTIVE DAILY LIVING THAT OUR COMMUNITY BE THE MISSING REMNANT IN THE FABRIC OF OUR FUTURE. AMEN..ASHE...BLESSED BE...AND GO SHINING. [APPLAUSE] **********DISCLAIMER********** THE FOLLOWING IS AN UNEDITED ROUGH DRAFT TRANSLATION FROM THE CART CAPTIONER'S OUTPUT FILE. THIS TRANSCRIPT IS NOT VERBATIM AND HAS NOT BEEN PROOFREAD. TO DO SO IS AN EXTRA FEE. THIS FILE MAY CONTAIN ERRORS. PLEASE CHECK WITH THE SPEAKER(S) FOR ANY CLARIFICATION. THIS TRANSCRIPT MAY NOT BE COPIED OR DISSEMINATED TO ANYONE UNLESS YOU OBTAIN WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE OFFICE OR SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT IS PROVIDING CART CAPTIONING TO YOU; FINALLY, THIS TRANSCRIPT MAY NOT BE USED IN A COURT OF LAW. **********DISCLAIMER********** EVENT: B2018 0623 WORSHIP 8AM CAPTIONS PROVIDED BY: HEAR INK HTTP://WWW.HEARINK.COM PHONE: 314-427-1113