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Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome and Announcements (Martha Larson) Introduction of Service and Speaker (Martha Larson) Centering (Fred Louis) Prelude "Heartsong by Mary Bopp Chalice Lighting and Opening Words "It may be difficult for you to accept that the seed of Buddha is in you, but we all have the capacity for faith, awakening, understanding, and awareness, and that is what is meant by Buddha nature. There is no one who does not have the capacity to be a Buddha." --Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of Buddha's Teaching Opening Hymn "This Is My Song" #159 Words: Lloyd Stone; Music: Jean Sibelius Led by Fred Louis This is my song, O God of all the nations, a song of peace for lands afar and mine. This is my home, the country where my heart is; here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine; but other hearts in other lands are beating with hopes and dreams as true and high as mine. My country's skies are bluer than the ocean, and sunlight beams on clover leaf and pine; but other lands have sunlight too, and clover, and skies are everywhere as blue as mine. O hear my song, thou God of all the nations, a song of peace for their land and for mine. Reading: "The Five Remembrances" (Fred Louis) Welcoming Visitors; Joys and Concerns (Martha Larson) Musical Response "Everything Will Be All Right" by Kay Gardner Performed by members of the Manchester Women's Sacred Singing Circle (MWSSC) Everything will be all right Day is day and follows night Everything will be all right Darkness flows into the light. Offering Words (Martha Larson) Offertory Music "Awake" by Mary Bopp Anthem Medley Performed by members of the MWSSC "Be Here Now" by Debbie Christo Now is the only moment, now is the only moment Be in this moment, breathe in this moment Love in this moment, be here now Be here now in this moment "Honor the Divine" by Linda Koehler I honor the divine that's within your soul, Please honor the divine within me. Each of us holds the source of all being When we all see this we shall live in peace "Amazed" by Linda Hirshhorn May I stay amazed, for all of my days At all of the ways of the world's turning Amazed at what I've got not what I've not, All soon forgot in the world's turning. "May I Be an Instrument of Peace" (unknown) May I be an instrument of peace, may I be an instrument of peace. Reflection (Fred Louis) Closing Hymn "We Begin Again in Love" #1037 Words: Robert Eller-Isaacs; Music: Les Kleen Narrator: For remaining silent when a single voice would have made a difference... Congregation sings: We forgive ourselves and each other, we begin again in love. N: For each time that our fears have made us rigid and inaccessible... C: We forgive ourselves and each other, we begin again in love. N: For each time we have struck out in anger without cause... C: We forgive ourselves and each other, we begin again in love. N: For each time that our greed has blinded us to the needs of others... C: We forgive ourselves and each other, we begin again in love. N: For the selfishness that set us apart and alone... C: We forgive ourselves and each other, we begin again in love. N: For falling short of the admonitions of the spirit... C: We forgive ourselves and each other, we begin again in love. N: For losing sight of our unity... C: We forgive ourselves and each other, we begin again in love. N: For those and for so many acts both evident and subtle which have fueled the illusion of separateness... C: We forgive ourselves and each other, we begin again in love. Extinguishing the Chalice and Closing Words (Marth Larson and Fred Louis) Thanks ( Martha Larson) Closing Circle May faith in the spirit of life And hope for the community of Earth And love of the light in each other Be ours now, and in all the days to come. Postlude "May I Be an Instrument of Peace" (unknown) Together - Martha, Fred, MWSSC and Congregation

Gathering Music Benjamin Elzerman, Bagpipes Welcome, Announcements and Centering (Rev. Josh Pawelek) Prelude "Which Side Are You On? by Florence Reece Doug Pease, harmonica Chalice Lighting and Opening Words adaptation of Romans 12: 4-8 by Rev. Josh Pawelek Opening Song #131 "Love Will Guide Us" by Sally Rogers Love will guide us, peace has tried us, hope inside us will lead the way on the road from greed to giving. Love will guide us through the hard night. If you cannot sing like angels, if you cannot speak before thousands, you can give from deep within you. You can change the world with your love. Love will guide us, peace has tried us, hope inside us will lead the way on the road from greed to giving. Love will guide us through the hard night. Remarks from the Emcee, Gymm Morey Song "From Many Different Pathways" by Bob Hewey Poem "Under a Colorless Sky" by Cory Clark Joys and Concerns Offering Offering Music "Twelve Gates to the City" by the Rev. Gary Davis Doug Pease, harmonica; Nancy Madar, guitar Song Original Song (to be announced) "Nick Glomb, guitar and vocals" Song "Summer in the City" by John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian and Steve Boone performed by Dan Thompson and Sandy Johnson Song "This Time Tomorrow" by Brandi Carlile performed by Pat Eaton-Robb "Roseville Fair" by Bill Staines performed by Joe and Nancy Madar Homily "A Bounty of Gifts" Rev. Josh Pawelek Closing Song #1064 "Blue Boat Home" by Peter Mayer led by Ben Elzerman Though below me, I feel no motion standing on these mountains and plains. Far away from the rolling ocean still my dry land heart can say: I've been sailing all my life now, never harbor or port have I known. The wide universe is the ocean I travel, and the earth is my blue boat home. Sun my sail and moon my rudder as I ply the starry sea, leaning over the edge in wonder, casting questions into the deep. Drifting here with my ship's companions, all we kindred pilgrim souls, making our way by the lights of the heavens in our beautiful blue boat home. I give thanks to the waves upholding me, hail the great winds urging me on, greet the infinite sea before me, sing the sky my sailor's song: I was born upon the fathoms, never harbor or port have I known. The wide universe is the ocean I travel, and the earth is my blue boat home. Extinguishing the Chalice Closing Circle May faith in the spirit of life And hope for the community of Earth And love of the light in each other Be ours now, and in all the days to come. Postlude "Jubilee" by Bill Staines performed by Nancy and Joe Madar

Gathering Music “Barcarolle” by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky performed by Dorothy Bognar Welcome and Announcements Centering Prelude “Salut d’Amour” by Edward Elgar performed by Dorothy Bognar Chalice Lighting and Opening Words Opening Hymn #298 “Wake, Now, My Senses” Traditional Irish Melody; lyrics by Thomas J. Mikelson led by Sandy Johnson Wake, now, my senses, and hear the earth call; feel the deep power of being in all; keep, with the web of creation your vow, giving, receiving as love shows us how. Wake, now, my reason, reach out to the new; join with each pilgrim who quests for the true; honor the beauty and wisdom of time; suffer thy limit, and praise the sublime. Wake, now, compassion, give heed to the cry; voices of suffering fill the wide sky; take as your neighbor both stranger and friend, praying and striving their hardship to end. Wake, now, my conscience, with justice thy guide; join with all people whose rights are denied; take not for granted a privileged place; God’s love embraces the whole human race. Wake, now, my vision of ministry clear; brighten my pathway with radiance here; mingle my calling with all who will share; work toward a planet transformed by our care. Introduction to the Service Musical Meditation Our First Poet: Molly Vigeant Musical Meditation Joys and Concerns Musical Meditation Offering Continuing our practice of sharing our gifts with the community beyond our walls, fifty percent of our Sunday plate collections for the month of August will be split among area food pantries (MACC, Hockanum Valley, and East of the River Mutual Aid). Offering Music “Eighteenth Variation on a Theme of Paganini” by Sergey Rachmaninoff, arr. by H.W. Eichhorn performed by Dorothy Bognar Our Second Poet: Bill Lautenbach Musical Meditation Our Third Poet: Cory Clark Closing Hymn #118 “This Little Light of Mine” Words and music: African American spiritual led by Sandy Johnson This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. Ev’rywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine… Building up a world, I’m gonna let it shine… Reflections Extinguishing the Chalice Closing Circle May faith in the spirit of life And hope for the community of Earth And love of the light in each other Be ours now, and in all the days to come.

Order of Service Gathering Music – Instrumental version of “This Is America” by Childish Gamvino Welcome – David Klotz Announcements – David Centering Prelude “The Times They Are a-Changin’” by Bob Dylan. Performed by Bob Hewey and Carol Simpson. Introduction to the Service Chalice Lighting – David Welcoming Visitors – David Joys and Concerns – David Musical Interlude – “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” by Pete Seeger. Performed by Ruth George, Kevin Gallagher, and Paula Audette. Participatory Reading – Kate Offering – David Offertory Music – “How Can You Keep on Movin’ (Unless You Migrate, Too)?” by Ry Cooder. Performed by Sandy Johnson. Readings – David Musical Interlude – “The Big Parade” by Natalie Merchant & Jerome Augustyniak. Performed by Meeting House. Closing Words – Kate Extinguishing the Chalice – David Closing Circle – David & Congregation Postlude – “What’s Goin’ On?” by Marvin Gaye. Performed by Meeting House.

OOS 07-30-2023 Gathering Music Welcome & Announcements Introduction to the Service Centering Prelude “Warm from the Oven” Improv by Mary Bopp Chalice Lighting & Opening Words Opening Hymn #175 “We Celebrate the Web of Life” Reading “Culture & Anarchy” by Adrienne Rich Reflection #1 Musical Response Joys & Concerns Reflection #2 Musical Response Offering Offertory Music “The Christians & the Pagans” (Dar Williams) Sung by Kate Howard-Bender Reflection #3 Closing Hymn #131 “Love Will Guide Us” Extinguishing the Chalice & Closing Words (Agnes Maxwell-Hall) Closing Circle

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the Rev. Josh Pawelek Unitarian Universalist Society East Manchester, CT July 23, 2023 I’m going to share my reflections on the Unitarian Universalist Association’s recent General Assembly—GA; specifically my evolving impressions of the similarly evolving proposed revision of Article 2 of the UUA’s bylaws. I rarely talk about GA because its impact on local congregations is usually quite minimal. This year is different because of the proposed Article 2 revision which, if you haven’t heard, was amended five times and passed with 83.6 percent of the delegates supporting it. As a reminder, Article 2 is the section of the UUA bylaws that names the seven principles of Unitarian Universalism and the six sources of our living tradition. The proposed revision would replace the seven principles with seven values—love, interdependence, pluralism, justice, equity, generosity, and transformation, along with covenantal commitments for living each of these values in the world. The six sources would be replaced by a brief paragraph entitled “Inspirations.” Because so many of us, myself included, have built our Unitarian Universalist identity and faith around the principles and sources (originally adopted in 1985), this is a big change. This year what happened at GA definitely impacts local congregations. Thanks to Ellen Williams, Anne Carr, Jean Knapp, Rhona Cohen and Carrie Kocher, who served as delegates from our congregation. Ellen and Ann were present in Pittsburgh, as was the Rev. Jean Wahlstrom who wasn’t a UUSE delegate. Jean, Rhona and Carrie were serving as remote delegates. There are two things I love about General Assembly that have nothing directly to do with Article 2. First, in all the years I’ve been attending GA—my first was in 1992—the collection of people who gather are far more diverse than what we find in most local congregations. Yes, the majority of GA attendees are older, white, cisgender people, mostly heterosexual; but there are significant numbers of Black, Indigenous and People of Color attendees, people with disabilities, transgender and non-binary people, gay and lesbian people. There are huge numbers of youth and young adults, hair dyed in all sorts of colors, and thousands of t-shirts with a wide array of messages: spiritual, social, political, cultural, humorous, serious, etc. We often talk about building an antiracist, multicultural, beloved spiritual community in Unitarian Universalism. In my experience, GA is the closet we come to that vision. Second, worship happens every day, and the worship music is phenomenal. No shade on Mary or any other local UU music director. GA has the resources to bring amazing and diverse music leaders, choir directors, singers and instrumentalists. The music is consistently compelling and inspirational, a reason in itself to attend in person. This year we elected the Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt as UUA president for a six-year term. This is exciting to me. I’ve known and admired Sofia for more than 20 years since we both worked at the UUA in the early 2000s. She has experience as a parish minister, a scholar, a writer, a seminary professor and dean, a UUA department director, a UUA interim president for three months in 2017, and recently as Resident Scholar and Special Advisor on Justice and Equity at the UU Service Committee. Her three priorities campaign priorities were communal care, collaborative leadership, and “facing the unknown together.” I want to pause on communal care briefly. During a meeting with clergy she was asked why church growth wasn’t one of her priorities. She responded—I’m paraphrasing—that Unitarian Universalism, like all organized religions, is still adapting to the disruptions of the pandemic. Right now we need to prioritize love and care for one another. Congregations that know how to do this are adapting well to the disruptions and growing. Congregations that don’t do this well are struggling. I needed to hear this. I felt she was affirming our reality here at UUSE. All through the pandemic we kept saying “Community, community, community.” It doesn’t matter exactly how we do worship during lockdown, focus on community. It doesn’t matter exactly how we do religious education for children during lockdown, focus on community. Community care mattered above all else for us. I continue to believe that’s why we are coming out of the pandemic in a really healthy position. It was good to hear our new president share that same insight. My reflections on Article 2 fall into three categories: language, process, and content. Regarding language, one of the primary concerns I heard at our Article 2 forums in May was that at least some of you don’t like the way the revision is written. Malcolm Barlow summed up this critique when he referred to the revision as “mush.” What he meant by that, if I understand correctly, is that the language of the current seven principles and six sources is simple and clear. The language of the proposed seven values and their covenantal commitments is not as simple, not as clear, not as memorable, and therefore doesn’t feel as powerful. The GA delegates amended the Article 2 revision in five places, but none of the amendments address this concern about the simplicity and clarity of the language. If you didn’t like the language of the proposed revision before GA because it lacks simplicity and clarity, you will likely still feel that way when you read the amended version which will be published soon. While I still balk at some of the language in the proposed revision—and while I still wish the language could be simpler and more poetic—I acknowledge it is growing on me as I spend more time with it. Regarding process, I’m not sure anyone, including UUA leadership, was satisfied with the process. I went to GA imagining the proposed revision would look significantly different by the time the delegates voted on a final version. I understood that the UUA Board and other denominational officials had the responsibility for sifting through the hundreds of proposed amendments and narrowing them down into broad categories. But I thought delegates would have more input into the final selection of amendments to be debated. We didn’t, and I still don’t understand how we got to the final 15 amendments. I know there was an official selection process; that it involved the UUA board, the Article 2 Commission, UUA lawyers and the parliamentarian; that it took into account delegate input from three online mini-assemblies in May; and that it was bylaw-driven, i.e., it was legal. I take our leaders at face value when they tell us this. I trust our leaders. I’m just not clear how they made their decisions about which amendments would be debated. I would have appreciated a more detailed explanation. One thing is apparent: they heard loudly and clearly that a significant number of delegates wanted a chance to vote on re-inserting the seven principles and the six sources into the Article 2 revision. Both of those amendments were included in the final set of 15. Both lost by significant margins. And this brings me to content. Even though I don’t love all the language of the revision; even though I didn’t love the process that led to the final version; I voted for it. I didn’t vote for it, as I some did, for the sake of keeping the conversation going for another year. I voted for it because I feel strongly that its content is the right content for Unitarian Universalism at this moment in our history. When I began my ministry in the late 1990s, I was concerned that Unitarian Universalism put too much emphasis on the individual and individuality, and not enough emphasis on community and the relational dimensions of our lives. I was trained to understand Unitarian Universalism as a covenantal faith, meaning that as we join together in spiritual community, we make commitments to each other, we make promises to each other, we are accountable to each other, we are obligated to care for each other. These things are central to our centuries-old tradition, and central to the practice of our faith today. Yes, we celebrate each individual’s uniqueness, gifts, creativity, experience and wisdom—that will not change. But we do that best in the embrace of a strong, healthy, vibrant community. I have been preaching some version of this message my entire career. The proposed Article 2 revision, in articulating—however poorly—our covenantal commitments to each other—by putting the emphasis on covenant—not only reclaims this essential part of our tradition (which was de-emphasized for much of the 20th century), but positions us to remain strong, vibrant and cohesive in the coming years which, we can predict, will be chaotic. This emphasis on covenant is an explicit reminder that our faith is more than a collection of unique individuals, that our faith gains power from the relational dimension of our lives; and that we are called to tend and nurture relationships within our congregations, among our congregations, with our friends and partners in the wider community, and with the Earth and all its creatures. I welcome the Article 2 revision’s emphasis on covenant. During Ministry Days prior to GA, the Rev. Ceclia Kingman delivered the latest Barry Street Essay, a long-standing, prestigious address to clergy. Her essay, “My Little Pony Was Right: Reflections on Fascisms Without and Within,” was a chilling report on the rise of fascism in the United States and a humbling reminder that here in little, blue, coastal Connecticut we are shielded from the worst manifestations of fascist trends in our nation. One of Rev. Kingman’s responders was the Rev. Elizabeth Stephens, minister of the UU Church of the Palouse in Moscow, Idaho. Rev. Stephens described her remarks as “a dispatch from behind enemy lines.” She said that at this point the state of Idaho is essentially under the control of fascist extremists. She talked about the criminalization of abortion, the criminalization of gender affirming care, legislative attacks on funding for anti-bullying programs, on libraries, on health care workers, on university faculties, and more. Idaho is also home to more right wing militias than any other state. She described one of their neighbors as a Dominionist cult. Their church, I’m sure, is a lot like our church. Moscow, ID, I’m sure, is a lot like Manchester, CT. But the social and political context is radically different. As she described the white truck that stalked her for weeks after she led the local women’s march, I feared for her life; and then wondered, could I do ministry there? Would I have the courage to say out loud in Idaho the things I say out loud in Connecticut? The proposed revision to Article 2 highlights and appropriately balances a tension in Unitarian Universalism between liberal religion and liberationist religion. If I may generalize, liberal religion supports the individual’s free and responsible spiritual search, interacts with the larger culture, takes seriously the results of scientific inquiry, promotes religious pluralism, and stays open to the emergence of new truths. Liberationist religion critiques power structures, challenges oppression, works for justice for all people. Since the founding of the Unitarian Universalist Association in 1961, UUs have been comfortable identifying as a liberal religion, less comfortable as a liberationist religion, though the latter is part of our spiritual inheritance. When I hear Rev. Stephen’s description of the social and political context in which she is doing ministry; and when I hear again and again from UUs and non-UUs here and around the country who are people of color, black, indigenous, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and non-binary, immigrants, non-Christian religious minorities, people with disabilities, and women about how extremist powers are slowly chipping away at their rights, their freedoms, their well-being, their mental health, their sense of safety, their community cohesion, I realize we need not only the bedrock of our liberal religious heritage, which is clearly articulated in the Article 2 revision; we also need a clear call to ministries of liberation. In my view, the proposed Article 2 revision gets the balance right. It does not signify, as some critics allege, a pivot to more social justice work, which by itself would be an evasion of both the liberal and liberationist traditions. Rather, it positions Unitarian Universalism as both a liberal and liberating faith able to minister with inclusive, caring and courageous love in a context of rising fascism and climate catastrophe in the United States and globally. For me, such ministry includes opportunities for rest and renewal, prayer and study, grieving and mourning, individual and collective spiritual practice, cultural celebration and exploration, remembering and honoring ancestors, artistry and creativity, nurturing resilience, practicing communal care and deepening relationships within the embrace of our sacred covenants however imperfectly articulated they may be. And love lives at the center. I preached in February on my great joy that the Article 2 revision puts love at the center of Unitarian Universalism. That joy has deepened since GA. Whether we’re talking about community care, confronting fascism, teaching religious education to kids, supporting immigrant families, ensuring everyone gets to share their point of view at the book discussion, promoting progressive legislation with the interfaith coalition, welcoming visitors on Sunday morning, or offering a safe place for people to be their whole and true selves, love is what enables the liberal and the liberation traditions to succeed as religious traditions. The love with which we engage matters. The love with which we speak matters. The love that guides us matters. And it matters that Article 2 locates that love at the heart of Unitarian Universalism. Amen and blessed be.

Gathering Music (Mary Bopp) Welcome and Announcements Centering Prelude Chalice Lighting and Opening Words “Prayer for Artists and Creatives” by Atena O. Danner Opening Hymn #182 “O, the Beauty in a Life” words based on text by Bishop Toribio Quimada music: traditional Visayan (Filipino) folk tune. O, the beauty in a life that illumines honor anew, that models wise and gracious ways to every seeker; that every day shall serve in joy and do the right. O, praise the life whose beauty shows a justice true. Let not service of the good be confined to great saints alone, but every hour be part of all our daily living. Set not the hope of wisdom’s grace beyond our ken; how wide the path, how close the goal, which love has shown. O, the beauty of a life that illumines care of the soul, that knows a love that is for self as well as others, that every day embodies praise for every good, this is the faith to which we turn, our God and goal. Meditation “Wade in the Water” by Sofía Betancourt Musical Meditation (Musical Meditation) Joys and Concerns Offering Continuing our practice of sharing our gifts with the community beyond our walls, fifty percent of our Sunday plate collections for the month of July will be split among MACC Food Pantry, Hockanum Valley Food Pantry, CT Mutual Aid East of River Food Pantry. Offering Music Sermon “Emphasis on Covenant” by Rev. Josh Pawelek Closing Hymn #34 “Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire” Words: Hal Hopson, based on 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 Music: traditional English melody Though I may speak with bravest fire, and have the gift to all inspire, and have not love, my words are vain as sounding brass and hopeless gain. Though I may give all I possess, and striving so my love profess, but not be given by love within, the profit soon turns strangely thin. Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control, our spirits long to be made whole. Let inward love guide every deed; by this we worship, and are freed. Extinguishing the Chalice Closing Circle May faith in the spirit of life And hope for the community of Earth And love of the light in each other Be ours now, and in all the days to come.

Order of Service July 16, 2023 “Among the Trees” Gathering Music Welcome and Announcements Centering Prelude “Methuselah” By Mary Bopp Chalice Lighting Opening Words: Excerpt from “The Overstory” by Richard Powers For there is hope of a tree, if it goes down, that it will sprout again, and that its tender branches will not cease. Though the root grows in the earth, And the stock dies in the ground, at the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs. Opening Song “Standing Like a Tree” Plum Village Song Musicians: Mary Bopp, piano and Jeannine Westbrook, vocals Standing like a tree With my roots dug down My branches wide and open Come down the rain Come down the sun Come down the fruit to a heart that is open to be Standing like a tree Reading: “When I am Among the Trees” by Mary Oliver When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such hints of gladness. I would almost say that they save me, and daily. I am so distant from the hope of myself, in which I have goodness, and discernment, and never hurry through the world but walk slowly, and bow often. Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, “Stay awhile.” The light flows from their branches. And they call again, “It's simple,” they say, “and you too have come into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled with light, and to shine.” Guided Meditation: Lynn Dove Reading: George Jacobi, untitled, 2023, from the Joshua Trust newsletter Musical Interlude Joys and Concerns Musical Interlude Offering Offering Music “The Loveliest of Trees” By John Duke Musicians: Mary Bopp, piano and Jeannine Westbrook, vocals Introduction of the Speakers 1st Speaker: Emery Gluck Musical Interlude 2nd Speaker: John Hankins Closing Hymn #21 “For the Beauty of the Earth” Words: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint Music: Conrad Kocher For the beauty of the earth, for the splendor of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies: Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise. For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind’s delight, for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight: Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise. For the wonder of each hour of the day and of the night, hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light: Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise. For the joy of human care, sister, brother, parent, child, for the kinship we all share, for all gentle thoughts and mild: Source of all, to thee we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise. Extinguishing the Chalice Closing Circle

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Order of Service Gathering Music: Welcome & Announcements: Prelude: Morning Has Broken, by Pg. 38 in Hymnal Chalice Lighting: Be Ours a Religion by Theodore Parker Introduction to Service Opening Song: Waiting for my Life to Begin by Colin Hay Joys and Concerns Musical Meditation Offering: Offering Music: Don’t Stop by Fleetwood Mac Reflection 1: Job Expectations Musical Meditation Reflection 2: Dog Gone It Closing Hymn: Just as Long as I Have Breath, Pg. 6 in Hymnal Extinguish Chalice Special Thanks Closing Words