A Service of Unity in Diversity
A special Northaven worship service, Sunday
September 25th
Plan to be in worship on Sunday, September 24, as
Northaven members celebrate the diversity of our church, and lament the
exclusion of our society. Our Church in Society and Worship Commission have
created a special worship experience, intended to be a spiritual response to
this Fall's "hate vote" on an anti-gay marriage amendment to the Texas
Constitution.
Our Public Witness Commission plans to make a public response to this dangerous and divisive constitutional amendment last this Fall. However, before making a public witness, it was decided that Northaven should first turn inward, spiritually, take care of "our own," and prepare ourselves for the struggle ahead.
To that end, the service will feature a litany of lament, the witness of two Northaveners, and the lighting of candles of hope. The lament will focus on the continuing injustice and exclusion of both the church and our society. The witnesses -- Shirley Cooper; and Jack Evans and George Harris-- will share their personal stories of both inclusion and exclusion. And Northaven families will be invited to light candles of hope as a witness to our own diversity, and our hope that the world might come to embrace a similar diversity one day.
Plan to be in worship for this special time this Sunday!
Our Public Witness Commission plans to make a public response to this dangerous and divisive constitutional amendment last this Fall. However, before making a public witness, it was decided that Northaven should first turn inward, spiritually, take care of "our own," and prepare ourselves for the struggle ahead.
To that end, the service will feature a litany of lament, the witness of two Northaveners, and the lighting of candles of hope. The lament will focus on the continuing injustice and exclusion of both the church and our society. The witnesses -- Shirley Cooper; and Jack Evans and George Harris-- will share their personal stories of both inclusion and exclusion. And Northaven families will be invited to light candles of hope as a witness to our own diversity, and our hope that the world might come to embrace a similar diversity one day.
Plan to be in worship for this special time this Sunday!
Posted: Tuesday - September 20, 2005 at 11:46 AM |
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