Today was the Service of Celebration of Ministry, which honors the ministers who have served for 50 years and 25 years. David Parke respresented those who were ordained in 1956 and Laurel Hallman represented those who were ordained in 1981. David was a church historian and his presentation was very much like a history lecture. I found David's sermon informative but Laurel's was much more engaging. There sermons will be avaiiable in an audio format soon.
The annual meeting of the Unitarian Universaiist Minister's Association followed immediately after the Service of Celebration. The Executive of the UUMA decided to feature a discussion of an important topic as central to the meeting, rather than reports from various exec members. In my opinion in worked, the meeting was much more interesting than the hearing from each portfolio on the exec.
I led a collegial conversation on the Special Review Commission in the afternoon. I will write more about that at another time. The afternoon was finished of by the Berry Street Conference, which was addressed by Bill Schultz, former UUA President and former Chief Exec of Amnesty International. That address was powerful and profound, but I will need to come back to it later as well.
Must run.
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