{"id":135555,"date":"2021-11-14T17:26:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T23:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=135555"},"modified":"2021-11-14T17:26:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T23:26:31","slug":"using-our-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/using-our-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Our Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6901\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-135555-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-11-14_Using_Our_Voices.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-11-14_Using_Our_Voices.mp3\">http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-11-14_Using_Our_Voices.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-11-14_Using_Our_Voices.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?powerpress_pinw=135555-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinuuav.org\/audio\/2021-11-14_Using_Our_Voices.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2021-11-14_Using_Our_Voices.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 \/>November 14, 2021<br \/>First UU Church of Austin<br \/>4700 Grover Ave., Austin, TX 78756<br \/>www.austinuu.org<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Stacey Abrams, at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly&#8217;s Ware Lecture, said this: &#8220;I imagine what we need and then I demand what we must have and I don&#8217;t do it alone because doing it alone means I will lose every time.&#8221;<\/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\">Love cannot remain by itself &#8211; it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action, and that action is service. Whatever form we are, able or disabled, rich or poor, it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing; a lifelong sharing of love with others.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8211; Mother Teresa<\/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\">The prayer of our souls is a petition for persistence; not for the one good deed, or single thought, but deed on deed, and thought on thought til day calling unto day shall make a life worth living.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8211; W.E.B. 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