This Sacred Moment

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Stephen O'Bent, Minister of Music & Arts at First Congregational Church, Bellevue, has produced an original song and video for Pentecost. It can be found here.

:: Click here for the song "Glory" by Common and John Legend ::

Call to Worship:

I have privilege as a non-Black person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice:
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery)
I can go birding (#ChristianCooper)
I can go to church (#Charleston9)
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson)
I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)
I can play loud music (#JordanDavis)
I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant)
I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards)
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell)
I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese)
I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice)
I can sell CDs (#AltonSterling)
I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford)
I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown)
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin)
I can be a 10 year old walking with my grandfather (#CliffordGlover)
I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile)
I can get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland)
I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones)
I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher)
I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride)
I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans)
I can read a book in my own car (#KeithScott)
I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark)
I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo)
I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood)
I can run (#WalterScott)
I can breathe (#EricGarner)
I can live (#FreddieGray)
I can be arrested without the fear of being murdered (#GeorgeFloyd)
Amen.

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