Deeper Patriotism, Rev. Kathleen Owens, Lead Minister, July 3 2016 Hillcrest sermon

• Centering Thought: “America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact - the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government, and human equality.” — Adlai Stevenson • Reflection Question: What will deeper patriotism look like in your life? • “Come, Come, whoever you are …” Rumi http://bit.ly/29n0ehl • Words on Statute of Liberty, Emma Lazarus (image) http://bit.ly/29d2yEK • Rev. Dr. William T. Barber o Speaking at UUA GA 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI-orXYl9l0. o The Third Reconstruction (book, Amazon) https://www.pinterest.com/pin/327707310368414041/ • The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander (book, Amazon) https://www.pinterest.com/pin/327707310355035388/ • The Sentencing Project o Website http://www.sentencingproject.org/ o Marc Mauer http://www.sentencingproject.org/staff/marc-mauer/ • Whole Foods to Drop Products Made by Inmates in Prison Labor Program (nbc news) http://nbcnews.to/29gjjSG • 1,000 mass shootings in 1,260 days: this is what America's gun crisis looks like (Guardian) http://bit.ly/29fe7xm • The Congressman Who Restricted Gun Violence Research Has Regrets (HuffPost) http://huff.to/29hYjsC • Changing the conversation: how to break the cycle of gun reform failure (A Guardian Investigation) http://bit.ly/29fGjDa • How Congress Blocked Research on Gun Violence (Slate) http://slate.me/29d9z83 • Moral Mondays (Wiki) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Mondays • Speaking Truth to Power at the San Diego County Board of Supervisors (Rev. Owens blog) http://bit.ly/29d9AsJ • Rally and Prayer Vigil for San Diego 33 http://bit.ly/29pjPz8 • The New Fusion Politics o http://www.uuworld.org/articles/new-fusion-politics o Fusion Coalition with  Christian Fellowship Congregational Church http://christianfellowshipucc.org/  Our Lady of Guadalupe http://olgsd.org/  Islamic Center of San Diego http://www.icsd.org/ Visit the First Church website at http://www.firstuusandiego.org To financially support our values, please go to http://bit.ly/k5NVRm. Thank you.