{"id":135349,"date":"2021-08-15T14:13:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T20:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=135349"},"modified":"2021-08-15T14:13:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T20:13:11","slug":"one-coming-out-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/one-coming-out-story\/","title":{"rendered":"One coming out story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7332\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-135349-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-08-15_Coming_out.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-08-15_Coming_out.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-08-15_Coming_out.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-08-15_Coming_out.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=135349-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-08-15_Coming_out.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2021-08-15_Coming_out.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Listen to the sermon by clicking the play button above.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Rev. Meg Barnhouse<br \/>August 15, 2021<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">When you meet a person who is LGBTQ plus, you immediately know that there was a time when they realized they were different. They were decisions that had to be made about whom to tell, how to be in the world, in a world that, until a few years ago, didn&#8217;t have a place for them. This is my coming out story.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Chalice Lighting<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">This is the flame we hold in our hearts as we strive for justice for everyone. This is the light we shine upon systems of oppression until they are no more. This is the warmth that we share with one another as our struggle becomes our salvation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Call to Worship<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">FITTED FOR THIS DAY<br \/>By Kimberly Quinn Johnson<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We are the ones we have been waiting for.*<br \/>We are not perfect, but we are perfectly fitted for this day.<br \/>We are not without fault,<br \/>but we can be honest to face our past as we chart a new future.<br \/>We are the ones we have been waiting for.<br \/>May we be bold and courageous to chart that new future<br \/>May we have faith in a future that is not known<br \/>We are the ones we have been waiting for.*<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">*the words of June Jordan in &#8220;Poem for South African Women,&#8221; which she presented at the U.N. on August 9, 1978<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Affirming Our Mission<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">Together we nourish souls, transform lives, and do justice to build the Beloved Community.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Learn more about Beloved Community at this link. &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thekingcenter.org\/#the-beloved-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The King Center<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Meditation Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\">UTTERANCE OF THE TIMELESS WORD<br \/>By Angela Herrera<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">You bring yourself before the sacred,<br \/>before the holy,<br \/>before what is ultimate and bigger than your lone life<br \/>bigger than your worries<br \/>bigger than your money problems<br \/>bigger than the fight you had with your sister and your aches and pains<br \/>bigger, even, than your whole being,<br \/>your self who is<br \/>part of<br \/>and trapped within<br \/>and blessed with<br \/>a body that does what you want<br \/>and doesn&#8217;t do what you want<br \/>and wants all the wrong things<br \/>and wants all the right things&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">You stand at the edge of mystery,<br \/>at the edge of the deep,<br \/>with the light streaming at you,<br \/>and you can&#8217;t hide anything &#8211; not even from yourself,<br \/>when you stand there like that,<br \/>and then&#8230;what?<br \/>Maybe you call your pastor and say,<br \/>What is this?<br \/>What am I looking at?<br \/>What do I do?<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">And your pastor comes and stands at the edge with you and looks over.<br \/>She can&#8217;t hide anything either, she thinks,<br \/>not even the fact that she doesn&#8217;t know the answer to your question,<br \/>and she wonders if you can tell.<br \/>She thinks of all the generations who&#8217;ve come there before you<br \/>and cast words out toward the source of that light,<br \/>wanting to name it.<br \/>Somehow, she thinks to herself,<br \/>the names stayed tethered to the aging world and got old<br \/>while the light remains timeless and burns without dimming.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Meanwhile,<br \/>the armful of worries you brought to the edge of mystery<br \/>have fluttered to your feet.<br \/>Unobscured by these, you shine back, light emanating unto light.<br \/>You, with your broken heart and your seeking,<br \/>you are the utterance of the timeless word.<br \/>The name of the Holy is pronounced<br \/>through your being.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Sermon<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Text of this sermon is not yet available.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"4\" width=\"300\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Most sermons during the past 21 years are available online through this website. Click on the index link below to find tables of all sermons for each year listed by date (newest to oldest) with topic and speaker. Click on a topic to go to that sermon.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/category\/sermons\/indexes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>SERMON INDEX<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Podcasts of this and other sermons are also available for free on iTunes. You can find them by clicking on the podcast link below or copying and pasting this link. https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/first-unitarian-universalist\/id372427776<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/first-unitarian-universalist\/id372427776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>PODCASTS<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the sermon by clicking the play button above. Rev. 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