06/22/19 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST GENERAL ASSEMBLY MORNING WORSHIP ‑ 8:30 A.M. PT CAPTIONS PROVIDED BY: HEAR INK HTTP://WWW.HEARINK.COM **********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********** KM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. IT IS A BLESSING TO BE TOGETHER. YOUR MUSICIANS THIS MORNING ARE CAROLYN BERKE ON THE PIANO. I'M EMILY JAWORSKI, MUSIC COORDINATOR, ELAINA RAMIRO AND SARA DAN JONES, WHO YOU KNOW AND LOVE. THROUGHOUT THIS SERVICE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MOVE THE BODY YOU INHABIT IN ANY WAY THAT FEELS GOOD TO YOU. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL INTENSE DAYS, YOUR BODY IS PROCESS BEING THINGS THAT YOUR MIND MAY NOT EVEN BE AWARE OF, SO WE TRUST YOU TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND GIVE YOURSELF WHAT YOU NEED DURING THIS SERVICE. >> WHETHER YOU RAN IN ON LITTLE FEET, WALKED IN BRISKLY, AMBLED IN OR ROLLED IN, YOU ARE WELCOME HERE. WHATEVER RELIGIONS YOU HAVE KNOWN, WHATEVER GOD YOU ACCEPT OR DENY, YOU ARE WELCOME HERE. WHOEVER YOU ARE, WHOMEVER YOU LOVE, WHATEVER BODY YOU YOU ARE WELCOME HERE. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY, ENTERING OUR COMMUNITY OF FAITH AND LOVE ONCE AGAIN. AND OPENING YOURSELF UP TO THOSE AROUND YOU. THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE, SOME HOLDING DEEP STRUGGLES AND PAIN, OTHERS BRINGING JOY AND FORGIVENESS. THERE ARE SOME THAT CARRY A LONGING FOR CONNECTION AND LOVE. SOME WHO FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BE OPEN AND VULNERABLE, AND SOME WHO FIND IT EASY. NO MATTER WHAT YOU HOLD OR WHO YOU ARE, WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE WITH US RIGHT NOW. TAKE A BREATH, SLOW DOWN, BE PRESENT. LET YOURSELF BE AUTHENTIC AND REAL. LET THIS BE A SACRED SPACE, READY TO WELCOME EVERYONE WITH AN OPEN HEART. >> PLEASE RISE AS YOU'RE WILLING AND ABLE AND JOIN US IN OUR OPENING HYMN, I KNOW I CAN. THOUGH DAYS BE DARK WITH STORMS AND BURDENS WEIGH MY HEART; THOUGH TROUBLES WAIT AT EV'RY TURN I KNOW I CAN GO ON. WHEN SORROW HEALS MY SOUL AND BURDENS MAKE ME STRONG THOUGH TROUBLES WAIT AT EV'RY TURN I KNOW I CAN GO ON. AND THOUGH THE JOURNEY IS LONG THE DESTINATION IS NEAR THOUGH TROUBLES WAIT AT EVER TURN I KNOW I CAN GO ON. >> THESE ARE THE WORDS OF PAUL YOUNG McGEE. WE LIGHT THIS CHALICE IN HONOR OF THIS MOMENT IN WHICH WE HAVE GATHERED TOGETHER AS A PEOPLE OF ONE COMMON FAITH. WE LIGHT THIS CHALICE IN HONOR OF CHANGE AND MOVEMENT, AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE CALLED BY THEIR FAITH TO CREATE JUSTICE AND PEACE IN THE HERE AND NOW. WE LIGHT THIS CHALICE FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE FLED THEIR HOMES FOR SAFETY REASONS. AND FOR THOSE AMONG THEM WHO HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES IN REFUGEE CAMPS, ESPECIALLY IN RWANDA, UGANDA, TANZANIA, AND KENYA. WE LIGHT THIS CHALICE FOR SEPARATED FAMILIES AND THOSE WHO FEEL LONELY AND ISOLATED. WHETHER ABROAD OR HERE IN THIS ROOM, MAY WE ALL COME TO FULLY KNOW THE LIMITLESSNESS OF LOVE. MAY IT MOVE WITHIN AND AROUND US SO THAT WE MIGHT BE CONSUMED BY IT. AND IN THAT RAPTURE, MAY WE GO FORTH AND SHARE IN IT WITH OTHERS AS IT HAS NO BEGINNING AND IS NEVER ENDING. PEACE. [SINGING "US"] [APPLAUSE] >> WE ARE A CIRCLE WITHIN A CIRCLE WITH NO BEGINNING AND NEVER ENDING. GOOD MORNING, BELOVEDS. I OFTEN USE THIS SALUTATION, BELOVED. I LOVE WHAT IT RECOGNIZES AND INVITES FORTH IN MYSELF AND THE PERSON BEFORE ME. AND YET BEGINNING TO NAME BEING LOVED WAS A NEAR PAINFUL REALIZATION TO EMBODY AT FIRST. IT WAS THE JUMPSTART OF MY JOURNEY OF VULNERABILITY AS A TOOL FOR LIBERATION. LET ME UNPACK THAT, WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, I BABYSAT A LOT. HANGING WITH KIDS IS A HOOT AND A HALF! I LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH CHILDREN WITH VARIOUS ABILITIES, AGES, AND PERSONALITIES. I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HUMAN BEHAVIOR, PARTICULARLY MINE. I LEARNED IF YOU WANT TO WITNESS MAGIC, WATCH THREE YEAR OLDS WITH ONLY ONE OR TWO ADULTS. HOW MANY HEAD ON COLLISIONS, TOY TO FACE IMPACTS, AND WIPEOUTS THAT COULD TAKE OUT FRONT TEETH ACCIDENTS THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN‑ SAVED BY HAPPENSTANCE OR INCREDIBLE TIMING‑‑IS WILD. IT'S SERENDIPITY ON HIGH SPEED. FROM THOSE EXHAUSTING AND AMAZING SHIFTS, I LEARNED THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HOLDS US IN RELATIONSHIP, WE AFFECT EACH OTHER, AND EVEN WHEN NOT MADE MEDICAL, WE ARE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER, WOVEN INTO A TAP ESPY OF SOMETHING. ANOTHER LESSON, I REMEMBER ONE EVENING I WAS HANGING WITH A KIDDO AND AFTER A TUMULTUOUS INVITATION TO CLEAN UP HIS ROOM, I REALIZED THAT CLEANING THE ROOM WASN'T THE PROBLEM. IT WAS THE FRUSTRATION AT BEING INVITED TO WHAT, TO HIM, FELT LIKE AN OUTSIDER'S BURDEN. THE STANDARD OF CLEANLINESS THAT I WAS IMPOSING. SO I CALLED TIME OUT AND I LED HIM THROUGH MY LIVED PRACTICE OF RUNNING TO AWARENESS AND ADDRESSING MY NEEDS SO I MAY PREPARE FOR RESPONSIBILITY. WE WENT TO THE KITCHEN AND HAD A SNACK. AND WE TALKED ABOUT HIS TODAY, WHERE HE'S COMING FROM, WHAT HAPPENED AT SCHOOL, WHAT HIS GRANDMA RECENTLY ‑‑ WE PLAYED AND EVENTUALLY WENT BACK TO HIS ROOM AND HE CLEANED UP WITHOUT THE ANGER EXPRESSED EARLIER BECAUSE HE ATTENDED TO HIS OWN HEART AND WE HAD MOVED THROUGH THE STICKY INSTEAD OF AWAY. LATER, WHILE TUCKING IN MY PAL THAT NIGHT, MY SWEET SEVEN‑YEAR‑OLD LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND SAID THANKS FOR BEING MY FRIEND, AND THEN WE PROCEEDED TO HAVE A 30 MINUTE CONVERSATION ABOUT US AND LETTING GO THAT HE INSTIGATED. FROM THAT EVENING I NOTED WHEN WE STAY CLOSE, WHEN WE MOVE WITH EMPATHY AND MOVING BOUNDARIES, IS WHEN WE SEEING TO UNDERSTAND HURT IN OURSELVES, WE CANNOT ONLY HAVE FUN AGAIN. WE CAN CULTIVATE THE GROUND FOR GREATER CONNECTIONS AND RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. WE CAN BE OUR OWN FRIEND. ONE FINAL OBSERVATION. AFTER HOURS LOCKED IN OBSERVATION OF BEWILDERED INFANTS, FRUSTRATED 11 YEAR OLD, I FOUND GENUINE CONCERN IS OFTEN OH SOURCE OF OBJECT OUTLANDISH REACTION, AND FOR THE JOURNEY TO UNPACK AND ADDRESS TENDER FEARS AND UNSPOKEN BELIEFS, HARSH JUDGMENTS WOULD NOT BENEFIT EITHER OF US. "ALSO REALIZE WE'RE ALL STILL KIDS. ESPECIALLY ADULTS WHO I JUDGED MOST HARSHLY AS A TEEN. THIS EPIPHANY OF THE EMPATHY WE CRAVE, THE RESPECT WE NEED, AND THE SELF‑AWARENESS HER RESPONSIBLE TO AND THE LOVE WE THRIVE ON NO MATTER OUR AGE FOLLOWED ME INTO MY LATE TEENS. I WAS NEAR THE BEGINNING OF MY MENTAL HEALTH JOURNEY AND ‑I CAME NOSE TO NOSE WITH A TERRIFYING, DAUNTING, GREAT IMPLICATIONS ATTACHED REALIZATION. THE WAY I THINK, CHEMICALS IN MY BRAIN, THE PEOPLE AND CULTURE I AM AROUND, WHAT I LISTEN TO AND BELIEVE CURATES THE MENTAL STATE I AM IN. SOCIETY, POOR THEOLOGY, AND MY OWN BEWILDERMENT TURNED RESENTMENT BURDENED MY SOUL. IT RIDDLED MY HEART WITH PIN PRICK HOLES WHERE MY SENSE OF WORTH, PERSONHOOD AND WHOLENESS WAS. THE KIDS I BABYSAT OR NANNIED WHO I RECOGNIZED AS DOPE HUMANS DESERVING OF LOVE AND CARE, WERE ALSO THE GREATEST HOPES I HAD FOR MYSELF‑TO BE RECOGNIZED AS WHOLE AND GROWING. [APPLAUSE] I AM, WE ARE LOVEABLE, FULL OF POTENTIAL, AND EVER SHAPING OUR WORLDS. LIKE THE FIRST LINE IN OUR CHANT, WE ARE EACH A CIRCLE. CYCLING AND MOVING. WHOLE AND SWEET. THE MOST NAKED I EVER FELT WAS WHEN I DARED REMEMBER ‑ I MATTER INHERENTLY. IT WAS A TOUGH COOKIE TO FACE WHEN I CHAMPIONED HAVING A RIGHT TO LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE FROM MY IDEA OF GOD AND MYSELF. THE VULNERABILITY TRAIN DIDN'T STOP THERE. I HAD HELP LEARNING THE JUDGMENTAL CLIMATE MY MIND AND HEART WERE IN THEN‑‑I NEED HELP, I NEED A VILLAGE, IN UNLEARNING IT AND TO START RE‑LEARNING GREATER TRUTH AND LOVE. THE AUDACITY I JUST TESTED OUT LIKE A SWATCH OF COLOR AGAINST MY ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLICATED, SIZED UP AND EXPANDED. I BASICALLY NEEDED TO DUNK MYSELF IN THE BRIGHT AND NERVE RACKING SHADE OF VULNERABILITY WITH A COURAGE PRIMER. WHEN I BEGAN THE JOURNEY, I WAS SURPRISED AND RELIEVED TO FIND THERE'S NOURISHMENT ALONG THE WAY. IT COMES FROM OTHERS ALSO ON THE PATH SHARING EMPATHY AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. IT'S THE INTERPERSONAL EXPANSION OF WHAT ZEN BUDDHIST MONK THICH NHAT HANH TEACHES IN EATING MEDITATION. WHEN EATING A FRUIT, HE INVITES YOU TO IMAGINE THE PEOPLE THAT PREPARED IT, TRANSPORTED IT, PICKED IT, PLANTED IT. IMAGINE THE SUN, MOON AND STARS THAT SHINED OVER IT. THE BREEZE AND ANIMALS THAT KEPT IT COMPANY. HE CONTINUES ON AND ON, SOON YOU TAKE BITES OF ANYTHING WITH INCREDIBLE GRATITUDE THAT TRULY THE UNIVERSE CONSPIRED FOR WHAT IS IN YOUR MOUTH, THE NOURISHMENT INSIDE, AND COUNTLESS LIVES INVESTED IN YOUR MEAL. MY LIBERATION DEPENDS ON GREETING MYSELF EACH DAY AND PRACTICING TO GREET ALL OTHER PEOPLE WITH SUCH WONDER. KNOWING I COME FROM A VILLAGE OF HUMANS WHO COME FROM COMMUNITIES OF HUMANS WHO COME FROM MORE HUMANS WHO COME FROM A LINEAGE OF HUMANS. WE GO ON AND ON REACHING FAR INTO ANCESTRY, LIVES LIVED LONG AGO. THEIR JOURNEY LINING UP TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS FOR MY OWN. I COME FROM A CHURCH, SCHOOL, CITY, SYSTEM WHICH WORKS WITH AND IN LARGER AND LARGER SYSTEMS EXPANDING AND COLLABORATING OUT. WE ARE CIRCLES AND WE BENEFIT BY REMEMBERING WE ARE WITHIN CIRCLES, AND CONNECTED TO OTHER STILL. WE ARE NOT VOID OR SEPARATE FROM THE SYSTEMS WE ARE SHAPED BY AND WE ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM THE TASK OF SHAPING THEM BACK. VULNERABILITY IS BURSTING OUR PRIVILEGE BUBBLE OF SEPARATENESS BY INQUIRING AND ADDRESSING OUR 6 OR LESS DEGREES OF SEPARATION TO OPPRESSIONS OF ALL KINDS. OPPRESSION IN OUR HOME IS LINKED ACROSS THE GLOBE. AGEISM AND ABLEISM ARE KNOTTED WITH HETERONORMATIVITY, GENDER BINARIES, AND UNCHECKED RELIGIOSITY AND PERFECTIONISM. DID YOU KNOW ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICE IS FIRMLY LINKED TO RACISM, CLASSISM, FORCED MIGRATION AND RECKLESS THEOLOGY. [APPLAUSE] ALL ISMS ARE TERRIBLY WOVEN INTO THE FABRICS OF OUR LIVES AND IT DEMANDS VULNERABILITY LACED WITH COURAGE TO ADMIT THIS, EXPLORE THIS, AND ADDRESS THIS IN OURSELVES AND IN COMMUNITIES. IT'S ONE THING TO PEAK AT THE EVER EXPANDING WEB OF CONNECTIONS WE ARE BOUND IN, AND IT'S ANOTHER TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH IT. WE AREN'T 'WOKE' BY SIMPLY ACKNOWLEDGING IT BRISKLY AND MOVING ALONG. WE DON'T ILLICIT JUSTICE OR EQUITY BY STAYING UNMUDDIED AND UN‑BRUISED ON THE SIDELINES PROTECTED BY THE ILLUSION OF OTHERNESS AND PURITY. WE ARE REVOLUTIONARIES WHEN WE DARE TO BE PROXIMATE AND CULTIVATE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP. WE MIDWIFE A TRANSFORMED WORLD WHEN WE ARE FULLY IMMERSED IN THE STICKY. WE ARE SHAPERS OF CHANGE WHEN OUR BASELINE IS PARTICIPATION AND COLLABORATION IN THE MASSIVE WORK AT HAND NOT COMMENTARY, DISTRACTION, OR AVERSION. WE ARE WARRIORS OF LOVE WHEN WE GET SO GOOD AT LOVING OUR HOLY SELVES AND ONE ANOTHER THE OVERFLOW TRANSFORMS THE GEOGRAPHY OF RELATIONSHIPS AND SYSTEMS. WE ARE WHO WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR WHEN OUR COURAGE OVERTHROWS THE ILLUSION OF EXCEPTIONALISM AND VULNERABILITY CULTIVATES THE GROUNDS FOR LIVING IN SERVICE TO A VISION, FOR A COMMUNITY AND WORLD THAT IS INCLUSIVE, WHOLE, DIVERSE, AND GROWING. WE ARE POWERFUL AND DIVINE AND WE ARE CALLED INTO COURAGEOUS AND VULNERABLE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE, SYSTEMS, AND INSTITUTIONS WE ARE WOVEN AMONG‑‑ESPECIALLY THOSE WE HAVE ENTERED INTO COVENANT WITH. SIMPLY PUT, WE ARE A CIRCLE, WITHIN A CIRCLE. I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE BALANCE IN THIS CHANT, AND OTHER EARTH‑CENTRIC TRADITIONAL LITURGY, WHERE THE MAGIC AND EXPANSION OF WHO WE ARE IS PRESENTED WITH THE EQUALLY IMPORTANT PRACTICE OF HUMILITY AND WONDER. SO A LITTLE PERSONAL. I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL I CAME ACROSS A UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST COMMUNITY AND JOINED FIVE YEARS AGO. I THINK IT'S PRETTY NEAT THAT I'M A MINISTER NOW, I'LL BE ORDAINED IN A COUPLE MONTHS AND HAVE ENTERED COVENANT WITH COLLEAGUES AND CONGREGANTS ANEW. THE EVER GROWING AND TRANSFORMING CIRCLE WE ARE, UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISM IS SO MANY THINGS I LOVE AND RESPECT BUT I WANT TO LIST THINGS WE ARE NOT. WE ARE NOT INVENTORS OF JUSTICE. WE ARE NOT THE ORIGIN POINT OF LOVE. WE ARE NOT SOLE REVOLUTIONARIES OR BY ANY MEANS THE ONLY GROUP OF BIG HEARTED DEEPLY CONVICTED PEOPLE COMMITTED TO COMING TOGETHER AND CREATING AT THE INTERSECTING POINT OF OUR PHYSICAL LIVES AND OUR HIGHEST TRANSCENDENTAL AND THEOLOGICAL ASPIRATIONS. IN SHORT, WE ARE NOT ALONE. [APPLAUSE] YES, I AM INVITING US, HERE TOGETHER AT OUR ANNUAL UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST GATHERING TO REMEMBER‑‑WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES DOING WHAT WE ARE DOING. NOW IF THIS IRKS YOU AS A BUMMER OR INSULT, THAN MY BELOVED FORGET NOT HOW RAD AND DELICIOUS EACH AND EVERYONE OF US ARE. WE ARE NOT EXCEPTIONAL BUT WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY UNIQUE. WE ONLY HAPPEN LIKE THIS, COME TOGETHER AND TRY LIKE THIS ONCE IN ALL OF HISTORY. EACH MOMENT IS A BLESSING. WE ARE THE JUICE THAT BRINGS PERSONALITY AND UNIQUENESS TO THE ARC OF HISTORY MORE GRAND THAN OUR MERE LIFESPANS. WE ARE CIRCLES, WHOLE AND DIVINE. AND IF WE ARE IN RELATIONSHIP, CLOSE‑PROXIMITY WITH OURSELVES AND OTHERS WE CAN APPRECIATE AND BE TRANSFORMED BY ONE ANOTHER. SO INSTEAD, MY ‑‑ [APPLAUSE] YES. SO INSTEAD, MY STATEMENTS OF WHAT WE ARE NOT‑ARE FREAKIN EXCITING! WE DIDN'T INVENT JUSTICE OR THE PRACTICE OF SEEKING LIBERATION? WE AREN'T THE ONLY BANK OF HISTORIES AND STORIES STRIVING TO BEND TOWARDS LOVE? THAT MEANS THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER CIRCLES, TRADITIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND PEOPLE WE HAVE YET TO GET TO KNOW, BE INFORMED BY, AND LOVE. THAT MEANS WE AREN'T THE FIRST OR LAST TO BE IN THE ARENA OF VULNERABILITY AND COURAGE, OF SOCIETY SHAPING AND SELF‑TRANSFORMATION. THAT MEANS WE HAVE COLLABORATORS, PARTNERS, EMPATHIZERS, FRIENDS, AND A BROADER COMMUNITY NETWORK YET TO TAP INTO AND FLOURISH WITH. THIS MEANS WE CAN KNOW HOW MIGHTILY VITAL WE ARE AND HUMBLY CHERISH GRATITUDE AND AWE FOR THE MOVEMENT MUCH LARGER THAN OURSELVES WE PARTAKE IN. GRATITUDE AND AWE! GRATITUDE AND AWE ARE ACTUALLY MUCH MORE SUSTAINABLE AND SWEET TO A LIFESTYLE OF ‑‑ NOT A FAD. A LIFESTYLE OF COURAGE AND VULNERABILITY THAN SAY, PRIDE OR ELITISM WHICH BURN FAST AND HOT BUT LEAVE YOU FEELING CHILLED AND EMPTY AFTER THE HYPE. GRATITUDE AND AWE, PUT US IN A POSTURE TO BE OPEN HEARTED TO GET IN AND STAY IN HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP. PRIDE AND ELITISM CONVINCE US TO ISOLATE OUR GENIUS SO WE CAN THRIVE UN‑POLLUTED‑‑ YET NOT REALIZING IT WILL CUT OFF OUR NUTRIENTS TO SURVIVE. WE ARE NO ISLAND, NO MYTHICAL HERO. WE ARE A CIRCLE, WITHIN A CIRCLE, WITH NO BEGINNING AND NEVER ENDING. PLEASE JOIN US IN THIS CHANT. WE HAVE UNPACKED EACH LINE. FROM THIS UNDERSTANDING OF THE DECLARATION AND COMMITMENT TO VULNERABLE AND COURAGEOUS BEING LIFT YOUR VOICE HOWEVER YOU DO. IF YOU WOULD LIKE, IMAGINE IN YOUR MIND'S EYE, A LOTUS FLOWER BLOOMING OPEN, TO REVEAL ANOTHER LOTUS FLOWER WITHIN, THEN THAT LOTUS BLOOMING. AN ENDLESS CHAIN OF LIFE AND DEATH BEGETTING LIFE AND DEATH. OR IMAGINE YOURSELF, YOUR LIFESPAN, AND BEFORE YOU HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, AND THEIR LIVES. AND AFTER YOU, WHETHER YOU PROCREATE OR NOT, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO COME AFTER YOU. NOT ONE OF US COMES INTO THIS WORLD OR LEAVES UNTOUCHED BY INFINITE LIVES. LET US BEGIN. PLEASE RISE IN BODY AND SPIRIT. WE ARE A CIRCLE, WITHIN A CIRCLE, WITH NO BEGINNING AND NEVER ENDING >> JOIN US IN SINGING PROFETIZA. [SINGING "PROFETIZA"] >> I ASK YOU TO HOLD HANDS WITH THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU IF YOU ARE WILLING AND ABLE. THE HAND IN OURS BELONGS TO A PERSON WHOSE HEART IS SOMETIMES TENDER WHOSE SKIN IS SOMETIMES THIN WHOSE EYES SOMETIMES FILL WITH TEARS AND WHOSE LAUGHTER IS A BEAUTIFUL SOUND. THE HAND THAT YOU HOLD BELONGS TO A PERSON WHO IS SEEKING WHOLENESS AND TRUSTS THAT YOU'RE DOING THE SAME. AS YOU LEAVE THIS SANCTUARY MAY YOUR HEARTS REMAIN OPEN MAY YOUR VOICES STAY STRONG AND MAY YOUR HANDS REMAINED OUTSTRETCHED. [SERVICE CONCLUDES] **********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********** KM 06/22/19 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST GENERAL ASSEMBLY MORNING WORSHIP ‑ 8:30 A.M. PT CAPTIONS PROVIDED BY: HEAR INK HTTP://WWW.HEARINK.COM