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David: I hope you'll agree that
it feels right to acknowledge

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all the good work that
we have done together

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over the last five days.

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[APPLAUSE]

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David: It feels right to
attribute worth, if you will,

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to the time we have shared.

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It feels right to worship.

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Our worship leaders for
these last few minutes

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are representatives of
the Unitarian Universalist

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Musicians Network.

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Our hope is that this
time of music and imagery

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will serve as the beginning
of your gentle reentry

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into the rest of your year--
that the sounds of the sites we

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share in this time might
remind you of the ways

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that this week has challenged
you, has empowered you,

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has given you hope, has
motivated you to act,

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has strengthened your connection
to our beloved community,

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and has reminded you
of the ways that you--

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and only you-- can help to
sculpt our community into what

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it might become tomorrow.

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Friends, your UU
Musicians Network

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invites you to join
us wherever you

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are in singing the words
of Samuel Longfellow.

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Would you rise in
body or spirit?

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[MUSIC - SAMUEL
LONGFELLOW, "AGAIN,

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AS EVENING'S SHADOW FALLS"]

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[MUSIC - "DRAW THE CIRCLE WIDE"]

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[APPLAUSE]

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David: When slaves
in the American South

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sang "Hush," they were warning
one another of danger nearby--

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a slave master or a bounty
hunter who could put a quick,

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or even a deadly, end to
a journey toward freedom.

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Most of us in this
room don't know

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the fear that
motivated these words,

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but we do need to
remind one another both

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that our work to reach out
in love is easily derailed,

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and also that there are
voices calling our names, even

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now, to continue in
our work for justice.

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[MUSIC - "HUSH"]

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David: Could you rise in
body or spirit with us?

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[MUSIC - "HUSH"]

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David: Just hum it with us.

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[MUSIC - "HUSH"]

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David: Would you be seated?

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[PIANO MUSIC]

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Amanda: In the Jewish
scriptures, the book of Genesis

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tells us that as Jacob
flees from the brother whose

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birthright and
blessing he has stolen,

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he collapses with exhaustion,
and dreams of a ladder that

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climbs to heaven, with angels
ascending and descending

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upon it.

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This vision convinces
Jacob that in spite

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of this questionable past,
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he has a holy purpose--
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all peoples on Earth
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The English Unitarian,
Sarah Flower Adams,

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reflecting on this
story, wrote a poem

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that spoke of
wandering in darkness

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and needing a transcendent
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Adams' text was translated
soon after into Spanish

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by Juan B. Cabrera.

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And it is Cabrera's lyrics that
appear in Las Voces del Camino,

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and that I invite you
to sing with us now.

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[MUSIC - JUAN B. CABRERA, "MAS
 CERCA, OH DIOS, DE TI"]

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David: We too can be
the vessels through whom

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all people on this
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as we are reminded by the words
of early American minister John

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Murray, who's gospel
of religious tolerance

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and unconditional love is as
relevant and refreshing today

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as it was during his own time.

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Our final choir anthem of
the 2014 General Assembly,

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"Go Out," bears this text
with the Universalist message

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beloved by people of many
faiths all around the world.

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[MUSIC - JOHN MURRAY, "GO OUT"]

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David: Can we do that, friends?

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Can we go out and
let our lights shine?

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Audience: Yes.

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David: You'd think that
would be a simple question,

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wouldn't you?

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Can we go out and
let our lights shine?

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Audience: Yes!

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David: I know that we can.

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It has been a
tremendous privilege

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to serve as your GA
Music Coordinator

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for these two years,

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[APPLAUSE]

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David: But it is time now
for me to hand the reins over

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to the person who will be
standing before you in my place

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next year in Portland.

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He's been shadowing me this
year and getting his feet wet,

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both behind the scenes and
on stage, and I tell you,

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I simply cannot wait to see what
worship looks like next year

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with this gentleman at the helm.

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Here to introduce our
final congregational song

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for the Unitarian Universalist
Association's 2014 General

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Assembly, please help me to make
very welcome from Knoxville,

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Tennessee, my colleague and
very, very good friend, Mr.

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Wendel Werner.

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[APPLAUSE]

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Wendel: I haven't
done anything yet.

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[LAUGHTER]

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David: Yes he has.

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Wendel: I said yes.

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David: (LAUGHS) He said yes.

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Wendel: Our teal hymnal,
Singing the Journey,

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includes a piece written
by Mortimer Barron when

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he was the Music Director at
Murray Unitarian Universalist

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Church in Attleboro,
Massachusetts.

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It's nighttime imagery may
cause us to skip over it

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as we plan for a
Sunday morning worship,

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but I think you'll agree that
this piece is a perfect way

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to end our time together
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I'll sing through
the piece once,

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and then I invite
you to sing with me

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as we repeat the hymn two times.

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I see it.

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[LAUGHTER] I

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Wendel: You're done.

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[LAUGHTER]

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[MUSIC - MORTIMER BARRON, "GO
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Wendel: Join us,
please, two times.

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[MUSIC - MORTIMER BARRON, "GO
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[APPLAUSE]

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[GUITAR MUSIC]

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