Our Gospel Reading is Matthew 5:1-11 (NRSV) on this 6th Sunday after Pentecost.
Promise, Reckoning, Hope: Historical Readings on the Occasion of the 250th Anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Excerpts and readers are as follows:
The Declaration of Independence (paragraph 2) by Trent WilliamsGeorge Washington: Letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, RI by Ruthie De LeonEmma Lazarus: The New Colossus by Kathy MillerFrederick Douglass: What to the Slave is the Fourth of July (excerpted) by Al BroussardAbraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address (excerpted) by Jill CetinaJulia Ward Howe: Appeal to Womanhood Throughout the World (excerpted) by Tracy HanMartin Luther King, Jr.: How Long? Not Long (excerpted) by Dan De LeonFor more information about our church and our mission, please visit friends-ucc.org