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This Sunday’s service is our annual congregational meeting which celebrates our 5th Principle: The Right of Conscience and the Use of the Democratic Process Within Our Congregations and in Society at Large<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn our religious lives, the democratic process requires trust in the development of each individual conscience\u2014a belief that such development is possible for each of us, as well as a commitment to cultivate our own conscience. We could call it a commitment to the value of each person. In the words of\u00a0Theodore Parker, \u2018Democracy means not \u201cI am as good as you are,\u201d but \u201cYou are as good as I am.\u201d\u2019 My connection with the sacred is only as precious as my willingness to acknowledge the same connection in others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Rev. Parisa Parsa, executive director of the Public Conversations Project (read more from Parisa in The Seven Principles in Word and Worship<\/em><\/a>, ed. Ellen Brandenburg.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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