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A Service-- and Sermon-- of Renaming

Started by Shana A, May 20, 2010, 08:50:40 AM

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Shana A

May 20, 2010, 08:50:40 AM
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
A Service-- and Sermon-- of Renaming
Posted by Cameron Partridge at 10:31 PM

http://blog.transepiscopal.com/2010/05/service-and-sermon-of-renaming.html

The week before last at my congregation, we celebrated in the context of the Sunday Eucharist the legal name change of a community member, Anderson Michael C. I put together a liturgy drawing from several sources, including Justin Tannis's book Trans-gendered: Theology, Ministry, Community, the Standing Commission on Liturgy Music's book called Changes: Prayers and Services Honoring Rites of Passage, and a prayer written by another parishioner who is working on a liturgy for people in transition.

In addition, Anderson preached the sermon and gave me permission to share it on this blog. Anderson also created the graphic (pasted below where it was in his original text) which he put on invitations to friends and community members, and which I also used on the cover of the worship booklet.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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