A METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH PUBLICATION

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I was hungry and you formed a humanities

club to discuss my hunger. ', •••...
I was imprisoned and you crept off
quietly and prayed for my release.
I was naked and in your mind you debated
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the morality of my appearanc •
I was sick and you kn It and Lhank d G d
for your health.
I was homeless and you pr ach d to m
the spirirual shelter of God's lov
I was lonely and you left me alon
pray for me.
You seem so holy, so close
to God.
Bu~, I am still very hungry and lonely
and cold.

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I10ARD OF IcLOf:RS I'tJIIT.tCATION

~'I'MI'
ELDERS
i('V. Troy lJ. Perry, Moderator 1)""11111.10 . II C;llbert, REV. TROY D. PERRY
Rr-v , John Hose, Vice-moderator M • IIIhIlWII<ll,.,I·;ditors REV. RICHARD A. PLOEN
REV. JOHN H. HOSE
H"v. ItIchard Ploen, Clerk ClltCtJI.A'I'IIIN
MANA!:!)i MR. LOUIS A. LOYNES
Mr. 1.0111.0nes Mr. ,n'lI I. (11" •• 111
ADVERT IS LNG MANA(a',H
1'IIIlI.ICII'I'ION
C:()M~lr'rrlm Mr. Wayne Paul Dear Member Churches:
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Rr-v . T'r oy n. f' -r ry , I':l<l<'r Mr. Pat Rocco The First Annual General Conference of our Fellowship is
Il"aeon .Io s . II.Cllbert, Editor-in-chief CONTRIBUTORS now history. For that meeting the last "Amen" has been said, the
Mr. Willie Smith, Treasurer Mr. Paul Young, • j
last hymn sung, the last sermon preached and the last prayer
Mr . .Iohn Wild jr., Secretary Mr. B.C.Van Hecke uttered. And yet we as a denomination are just starting.
Our conference is a beginning.
IN UNITY Magazine is published monthly by Metropolitan Community Our move across America has begun. At the conference we
Church, Inc. Rev. Troy D. Perry, Pastor & Founder. Editorial and had representatives from our churches and mission in Los Angeles,
Advertising office, P. O. Box 8205, San Diego, Calif rnl 92102. San Diego, San Francisco, Phoenix, Hawaii, Chicago, Costa Mesa
Copyright 1970. Un Ivor sal F llowshl.p ( f Ml'tfOjllllllunCommunity and the missionary who was going to Dallas. And we had a good
(;hllrclll'H,
ll/,9~ N()rLhVlri\11AV('1I111',
I.IIIIAlIlI('I(,".
Cn ll f'o ru ln 90029 letter from our pastor, Rev. Brad Wilson of the Miami Mission.
All rillilillR""I'rVI'd, li"prlldlll'llllll
III Willlil'III' pllr without As Moderator of the Board of Elders, I set a goal for us of
pI'r,,"
I'lOll IIII'rohlhl'I'cI. twenty churches and missions by General Conference next year.
One month has passed and already we are moving towards that
goal. Our missions in Chicago and Miami are now churches. Growth
is being reported in all our groups. The San Francisco Church
is averaging close to two hundred in attendance and has just

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REV. TROY I). 1'1':IUiY, I'MJTOll
SAN FRAN I 'CU
P. O. IJOX 99)(\ , .''rATION0
SIIN FRANcrH O. CAl.lfORNIA 94109
RI':V.IIOWAIW WI':LLS,PASTOR
SAN IHEGD
P. O. BOX 8205
SAN DIP-GO, CALIFORNIA 92102
REV. TROY D. PERRY, ACTING PASTOR
. chunches ·
CIIICAGO (GOOD SHI::PHERD)
organized two missions ...one in Oakland and the other in
Sacramento.
We have received word that our Hawaii Mission has had a
1'. . BOX 285 full page article written about it in the Honolulu Press.
CII!CAGO, ILLINOIS 60690 We have received letters asking us to send information
REV. ARTHUR GREEN, PASTOR concerning starting missions in such cities as Boston, Denver
and even Buring, Arkansas!
PHOENIX (CHAPEL OF THE NOMADS) And the story goes on.
P. o. BOX 2357 God has, is and will continue blessing the Universal Fellow-
PHOENIX,' ARIZONA 85002 ship of Metropolitan Community Churches as long as we, the
REV. KEN JONES, PASTOR members of M.C.C. keep looking to our "Alpha and Omega", the
"first and last", the" I " as the head of the Church. As long
MIAMI as we look to "Him", we will live.
180 S.W. 9TH STREET, #7
MIAMI, FLORIDA 33130
REV. P. BRAD WILSON, PASTOR
DALLAS
P. O. BOX 5944
DALLAS, TEXAS 75222
REV. PAUL VAN HECK, PASTOR

COSTA MESA (CALIFORNIA) HAWAII

2232A PACIFIC AVENUE P. O. BOX 1116
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA KANOEHO, HAWAII 96744
REV. ROGER HARRISON, MISSIONER DEACON RON HANSEN Rev. Troy D. Perry
Mode'rator, Board of Elders
 Something unusual has happened in
the Universal Fellowship. A trend
has been bucked and a national pub-
lication has moved away from home
base. The status which might de-
Just a note
buy it, to subscribe to it. We need
volve upon the Mother Church by people in every congregation to
the publication of a denominalional contribute to it. We need your
organ has been scattered to all the patience. This issue is late. We
churches and missions of the Univer- hope each month to come out one
sal Fe llowship. With Editoria 1 staff week earlier until we publish at
in San Diego, correspondents in each the beginning of the month and not
congregation it can be a Universal the end. \-li th new beginnings we
experience. We need your help. We hope to grow in size. Only you can
need people in every congregation do it. Your Editor

a chunch heno
Reprintpd from The Prodigal what they mean by generation gap,
you never le r me fee1 there was any
VVe haven't run a "Church Hero" difference, you rascals," feels

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were
for awh i le . But while we
in Los Angeles we met one.
And Dallas is lucky enough to have
there is a generat ion gap. The simple
joy of seeing one of the Lord's
ministers give communion to one of
him. Rev. Van Heeke, (who's son his own children for the first time

VOCAl
incidently will be on the staff)
is as young as you and me and maybe
as old as time ...and just as wise.
"Oh:" he ~aid. "I'm so homesick I
miss you already." And, of course
he hadn't even left yet. He shared
of his wisdom throughout the three
days of Feneral Conference. Father
of three sons, he managed to make
us all feel like sons in the same
family. I don't suppose that anyone
who heard him say: "I don't know
in the life of either, the great
booming (slightly raspy) voice, the
grand corona of tufted white hair
all provide those who know or me t
him an indelible memory of unpre-
tentious saintliness.
VVe hope that Miss Robb Willis and
all the other new MCC family in
Dallas will learn from this wise
young man. Take care of him. We love
him as we know you will.
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 every Sun- individual believes that Christ is

\\" day Service, unless, it is not poss-

ible because an appropriate minister
indeed present and that the species
are no longer bread and wine or he
believes in the purely symbolic
~ is not present.
concept of Communion, he can still
Holy Communion is the perfect man-

-....~. " ...~·<···..'hat bib he mean ifestation of Christ' s love for man,
because it is part of his sacrifice
on the cross, and there is no
be certain,

receive
that when he takes the
bread and wine, he does indeed
Jesus and at ·that moment
better way for man to experience he can be no closer to his divine
that love than by receiving the Savior. Paul Young
On t.he Lr s .v en l ng r the pns a-
o v er , J(. US be f o rr- ('Ollng w lt.h It IN A
Ih body and the blood of Christ.
'ont mporary of Luther, Zwingli,
bread and the wine. Whether the •
apost1 s ook brc d, bl s cd and « Swiss theologian, who was ordin-
broke it, saying, "Thls i s my body. arily in substantial agreement with
Take thls and eat." Then, he took his fellow reformer, sharply disag-
the cup, gave thanks to God and reed on this subject. He believed

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gave it to them, "Drink from it, that Christ is only symbollically

lonely tono
all of you. This is my blood, present and that communion with
which will be shed for the forgive- Christ, in the Eucharist is only
ness of sins. Do this in remembrance through the faith of the recipient.
of Me." Anglicans believe that he is not
Wi.th this b r i e f ceremony, our Lord symbollically, but, really present
i n s t i t u t ed Holy Communion. or the in and under the form of bread and
I'm so damn lonely at times that I quiet desparation?
Euch ar i s t , the second of the two wine. There are hundreds of other
don't feel that I can survive the Jesus, You were lonely, too, when
sac rame n t s recognized universally positions held by Christians.
impersonal world for another day. You were dying on the cross; yet,
by Christians throughout the world Today, the Zwinglian view is pro-
~et, somehow I do ... You aren' t lone ly now ..• BECAUSE YOU
and history. And, at the same time b ab ly the mas t ac c e o ted bv Pro tes t-
~ou know, each time I go to the DARED TO LOVE.
he la id the found a tion for one of ants, including those Protesta~ts
bars, I'm always looking for some- Is that the problem? Am I more
lhe greatest theological contro- now members of Metropolitan Connnun-
one ... and if I r e a l ly think about concerned about being loved than to
versies argued by Christian bel- ity Churches.
it, I know that it's not just for love? Am I more Ln t er e s re d in passing
ievers. After almost two thousand Regardless of these various opinions
sex ... it's for companionship. myself off as a commodity to be
years of Christianity, the Sacra- regarding Communion, the words of
People smile and cruise in the bars, carressed and held than to be willing
ment, rema ins, and so does the con- Jesus are really quite clear.
Lord .•. and they laugh ... and swing to hold and comfort ... and love?
troversy, though, it is no longer He said, "This is my body ... this is
with the music ... Send me send me next door, into
very heated--the various points of my blood ... " He promises that he will
And they are crying on the inside, the next room, to speak somehow to
view have long since become polar- be there wi th whoever partakes of
just like me •.. they are just as a human heart beating alongside mine.
ized. Nevertheless. almost every this, the holiest of meals. He
lonely as I am. Send me to bear a mote of dignity
Chri.stian, still personally, at one promises, that whoever partakes
VVhat keeps me apart? into a subhuman, hopeless situation.
time or another, finds it necessary will receive.
"he tragic thing is that I know Send me to show forth joy in a 'moment
to re-examine his own views on the "My Flesh," He says elsewhere, "Is
what the results of my search will and a place where there is other-
subject. real food; by blood is real drink.
be, even before I hit the bars ... wise no joy but only the will to die.*
The Ca t ho l i.cs , for instance, Whoever eat s of my flesh and drinks
at best, a trick for the night, at Send me to reflect Your light in
believe in Transubstantiation---- of my blood, dwells continually in
worst, a terrible sense of despair ... the darkness of futility, mere
the doctrine that the species of Me and I dwell in him. As the living
and always, loneliness. existence, and the horror of casual
bread and wine are no longer that Father sent Me, and I live because
of the Fa'her, so ~e who eats me And even if I "succeed", that ache human cruelty. But give me Your
wh ich they appear to be, bu t , rather
shall live because of me. This is the in my heart, that feeling of mean- Light, too, Lord, in my own
are the body and the b lo;'d of Jesus
bread which came down from heaven ingless existence still lingers on; darkness and need, and I won' t be
Christ, wholely present in both.
and it is not like the bread which in fleeting moments I realize that lone ly anymore. Howard ue Ll s
Lutherans take anoiher view: that
the substance, or the inner reality our Fathers ate; they are dead, my 1ife is like an endless tread-
but whoever eats this bread shall mill that's going faster and faster, *No"e: from Malcolm Boyd' s "Are You
of the bread and the wine, remains
live forever." (John 6:55-58) and going nowhere. Running With Me, Jesus?"
together with the body and the blood
of Christ. This is called Consub- At M.C.C., Holy Communion is, even ()h, God~ Is this all there is to
stantiation. Others have argued by By-Law, considered to be such an life?
a different idea: Impanation --the essential part of divine worship Isn' t there any a I ternative to this
belief that the bread and wine co- that it is ce lebrated at every Sun- empty, superficial existence? Is
exist in a hypostatic union with day Service there any escape from my life of

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mcaco. cmcaco
Every Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the of the problems homosexuals face two became friends. On Sunday evening
Unitarian Church, 2500 pali Hwy. the are surprisingly similar to those at 7:00 PM, ninety five people at-
Hawaiian Mission of the Metropolitan faced by straight people." ended ehe worship service at the
Community Church meets for Christian Hawaii's Deacon has said he believes Broadway Methodist Church (3342
worship with their deacon, Ron he can help other homosexuals North Broadway).
Hanson. achieve a sense of self worth ••• to Flev. John Hose noted the deference
Flon Hanson, who represented his accept the fact of their homosexu- Chicagoans show for Rev .Arther Green
congregation so well at General ality. their pastor. Hose felt that this
Conference, tried to come to terms "Everyone who goes to this kind of was obvious ly due to Rev. Green's
with himself about being a homo- service for the firs t time wonders ability and skill in dealing with
sexual. That soul searching went what this is all about. They want T he Good Shepherd Metropolitan people. Of his two day visit, Rev.
on for ten years, all during his ·'0 shrink into a corner unnoticed. Community Church of Chicago, invited Hose had only one "complaint"--
attendance at a mfe s t onar-y school. I was that way the first time I went. Rev. John Hose of MCCLAto be their "They used white wine for Communion"
But after Ron had heard Troy Perry But when the serivce started, I guest for Charter Day and the fol- and it is not hard to feel Rev. Hose's
in Loa Ange les give his sermon res lly fe 1 t as though I was worship- lowi ng Sunday, Oct obe r 17 and 18. prob lem in identifying the wine w It h
titled "I'm Not Afraid Anymore" he ing God wHh fellow Christians." Flev. Hose, in a less-than-exclusive the Blood of Christ.
felt he had r.eceived a personal Christianity ..• not homosexuality .. interview (given to his seminary Ftev. Hose had a suggestion to the
message from that sermon. is the basis of the Metropolitan S ':udents) s ta ted his impressions Chicago family that is well to pass
" I'v come to realize tha t God Community Church. of Good Shepherd by saying,"Exhil- on to the other churches and members
looks at the inward man, not the In a recent interview with the erating was an insufficient word." of the Universal Fellowship. He
outward man. We as Christians are Religion Writer for the Honolulu He complained that Chicago is "the reminded Chicago (and us) that the
hung up in our ~Jritanical beliefs Advertiser, Deacon Hanson said: second larges t city in the U. S. and early Christian Church lived together
sbout what our bodies do outwardly'. 'VVe want to offer something that all r hey (Chicagoans) can talk about yet separated by distance through
The island group had it's first benefits homosexuals. But anyone are ehe problems of the National epistolary coromunt c a t i.on . "Papa
meeting at the home of Deacon Hanson, can benefit from it. We, who know Democra t ic Conven t ion, and abou t John", as Rev. Hose is fondly known
at which there were ten people. benefits homosexuals. But anyone being the 'Hog ButcherJ.ng Capital thought that MCCought to consider
Since then he has been able to use can benefit from it. We, who know of the World'." Butinfact, one of establishing "pen pals" throughout
the facilities of the Unitarian what it's like to be ostracized, the nat-ion' s larges t homophile comm- all the churches and their members.
Church. want to open ·our doors to all." unities also exists in Chicago and "Because," he said, "there are so
" I'm happy," he said. "People they are obvious ly ready to s tart a many beautiful people in our chur-
somehow think that a homosexual church. ches." And he must have had in mind
cannot be happy. i' t s taken me years On Charter Day, Saturday evening, ,at least in part, the many beauti-
to accept myse lf and what I am••• Rev. Hose spoke to forty five persons ful people he met in Chicago that
I even 'ried to change once. Most thirty of whom became members and Charter Day weekend.

LJ;FE IN THE STATES

DALLAS recently ordered four mar- SAN FRANCISCOhas organized a mid- The Cool-Aids, the youth group at
In MIAMI the MCCBenefit Perform- riage certificates. Congratulations morning Club for those who work in MCCLAhas been having dances nearly
ance of ''New Girl in Town" at the to someone. These have no assignment the evening. One recen t Thursday every other Friaay. The group it-
Upstage Theatre was one of the best of "roles" and are approved lor use A.M. saw Bicycling in Golden Gate self is for those between 13 and 20.
bargains in town. in this denomination. park.
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Jerry Wilson
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from the SAN DIEGO Thursday
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evening in CHICAGOis a l,« PHOENIXnow operates an answer-line
COSTAMESA points
to publish lists
out that we need
of our churches
congregation had the opportunity to ternately Bible study and discussion service in ''The Nomad". It's called . wi th real addresses and not jus t
worship recently with the HAWAII group-all in the Broadway Methodist ''Hope''. It's confidential and also Post Office Boxes. Correspondents?
mission. '. Church. informative. 7 Help!
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x.vxn: We cannot indulge in the luxury of

self righteousness when our hetero-
.-\I)"RESS _
sexual brothers and sisters are
CllY _ ZIP' _ bound in small worlds of bigotry;
ha "e , prejudice, and ignorance, when
parents worry thenselves sick by
One Years Suhscript ion
asking over and over, ''Where did we
$10,00 3rd Class go wrong?" and young homosexuals
511),00 1st Class learn to hate themselves, their
outsid e the l.',S, S13.00 parents, and God "for making me
.......................................................................... this way!"
We have only one commission from
our Lord ••• to acknowledge His Love
for each of us and to proclaim that
- We do not have time to worry about
trivial theological points such as
Love thr oughou t the land.
If eachofus will throw out his
how many angels can sit on the head own net of Christian compassion to
of a pin when young men are selling our brethern, those individual
their bodies on Selma Avenue in efforts will be combined into one
Hollywood. mighty force, emanating from this

I know!
We do not have the Luxury of debating fellowship, drawing those persons
whether a person shou ld be admin- who are Los r , tormented, lonely, and
istered baptism by sprinkling or frustrated into the arms of the Lord.
immersion when young homosexual Soon, the waters of life surrounding
teenagers, boys and girls, are this fellowship will become a stormy
finding themselves caught in a fro'h of spiritual activity as our
lonely world with no realistic moral numbers multiply and our individual
M.C.C.L.A.
guidance. and congregational efforts to do
home! God's wi 11 increase in effec tiveness.
We cannot: be so flippant as to get
uptight about how communion. is ad- As Christian homosexuals, we have
ministered or what hymns are sung the unlimited capacity to let the
at worship services when old homo- Holy Spiri t dwe1r and thrive in each
sexual men can gage how much love of us by encouraging a child-like
they can obtain by determining how fai ':h in the boundless Love of God
thick their wallets are. and by developing a mature Christian
We cannot afford the complacency philosophy grounded in responsible
inherent in achieving institutionism brotherly love.
and respectability as a church when If we consciously strive for such
our brothers and sisters are being a life style, each of us shall
fired from their jobs, thrown into surely touch the face of God.
jail, and beat up in the streets II A Sermon given at General
because of ~heir sexual proclivities • '\'\ Conference by Howard Wells

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 Congratulations on a job wcll done.
In a community with much need.
Mr. Dick Martin
formerly [rom Chicago, Ill.
Congratulations on the fine work that is
happening in M.C.C. and "In Unity".
Sock it to them. The world needs this work.
from: Thl'hcterosexual part of the
Van Hecke family - Las Vegas
Mr. & Mrs. E. D. Van Hecke
Mr. V. G. Van Hecke
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9804178
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:what is rt>
Would a masochist dressed in leather
regalia singing in the church choir
upset your nerves? If it would, you
have a long way to go to get where
you really should be. After all,
regardless of attire, a believer is
a believer. The essence of M.C.C.
is founded on this principle. It
herds all members of the community
to the altar raid and says: "You
are Mine." -Certainly a member of
the lea~her set can believe in his
God just as strongly as an elderly
widow grips her God to her bosom.
Thus, if a drag queen comes flitting
dovgIthe aisle some Sunday you should
be much more than circumspect •••
you should say to yourse-lf, ''Welcome
Brother." It is the drag queen, the
leather member, the butch dyke, the
transexual that makes up part of
Jesus, we are here for communion
with you.
Jesus.
Jesus, we are here in the imper-
fections of our shared and common
priesthood. We are here in the
ambiguities of our shared and
common response to you, and the
failures we have experienced in
discipleship.
Jesus.
Jesus, we would rather be selfishly
alone with you than sharing with
our brothers in your life. We would
prefer to dictate who mayor may
not be in this circle. We would
like to come here according to our
own wishes instead of being obedient
to you and 'h~ others.
VENTURA
Jesus.
We have abused our lives and those
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:hecommunity •••they are all members
and should be warmly welcomed.
The community, at larg~, is really
a perplexing thing. It is riddled
wi--hapathy, coa red w i t h frustration,
and charged wi ':hfear. Sure ly it
reac cs more like a group' of sheep
than the lion it can be. Do not .get
me wrong! I'm not knocking it! How
can I knock wha t I am part of, what
I helped create, what I am?But,I
must comment and criticize if ever
I can expect change to occur.
"God Loves You! You are as important
to Him as a straigh t person is!" if
the homophile community will take
that to heart how strong it will
become. Le t's ge t rid of the apa thy,
dilute the frustration and negate
the fear. Let's do it in our hearts
first ..an easy start is by accept-
ing your brother homophile regardless
of what sub-cultural mask he wears
and brandishing a kind and loving
heart. A smile is enough. That's
what M.C.C. is about
From an article by Ric Laconick
The Miami MCC Advance
of others. We have contributed to
the breaking of our society and
the fragmenting of our world. When
we smile, our hearts ache. When we
cry, we are ashamed for we do not
understand our feelings. We stand
close to one another in this circle
and in life, yet we do not
comprehend one another or ourselves
or you.
Jesus.
So we have gathered once again in
this community. We ask that we may
hear and receive your Word.
Jesus.
We ask that we may participate in
the outward and visible and also
in the inward and spiritual grace,
of communion with you.
Jesus.
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 0 PLACIDLY AMID THE NOISE &: HASTE, &:

8) ..
REMEMBER WHAT PEACE THERE MAYBE
IN SILENCE. AS FAR AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT
surrender be on good terms with aU persons. Speak your troth
quietly &: clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant;
they too have their story. ~ Avoid loud & aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with
others, you may become vain & bitter; for always there will be
greater & lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements
as well as your plans. ~ Keep interested in your own career,
however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes
of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world
is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there
is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full
of heroism. ~ Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity & .
disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. ~ Take kindly the
counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are
j,
born of fatigue & loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be
gentle with yourself. ~ You are a child of the universe, no less ~

than the trees &: the stars; you have a right to be here. And
whether or not it is dear to you, no doubt the universe is un-
folding as it should. ~ Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors &
aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your
soul. ~ With all its sham, drudgery & broken dreams, it is UNIVERSAL FELLOWSHIP OF METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHES
REV. TROY D. PERRY FOUNDER
still a beautifUl world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~