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Whereas,
the special days and moment of a people, the holy-days, provide the occasions
for community,
Whereas,
participation in the events of this community are critical to establishing a
sense of spiritual and moral purpose,
Whereas,
this denomination has been exemplary in teaching our children and adults the
customs, beliefs, and cultures of other religions through acknowledgment of
holy-days,
Whereas,
we have an obligation to create our common future and to hand-on the future,
Whereas,
we are a self-defining community, serving as cultural guides in our liberal
faith,
Whereas,
we have established principles which may be used to guide our celebrations,
Whereas,
we have a beautiful symbol to light the celebration in the time of winter
darkness,
BE
IT DECLARED: That the Unitarian
Universalist Church of Little Rock establishes the first Unitarian Universalist
Holiday, illUUmination, A Celebration of the Chalice, to occur annually from
Saturday evening to Sunday evening on the weekend preceding December 25, for the
purpose of celebrating our unique past, present, and future.
Be
it so declared on the eighteenth day of December, nineteen-hundred ninety-four.
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