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"Relinquishment" (July 11, 2021) Worship Service As many of you know, John was Senior Minister at UUSF from 2014 until his retirement in 2017. He had earlier been President of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 1993-2001, among other posts in religious leadership. He first began pondering relinquishment as he gave up thousands of books before moving the West Coast. He was helped by his witty wife Gwen observing, “I’ve never yet seen a hearse pulling a U-Haul!” Yet some of our most difficult relinquishments are not about things – but about less material attachments. This continues to the very end. Still, we are spiritually wiser if we start the practice earlier. Rev. John Buehrens, Guest Minister Dennis Adams, Worship Associate Reiko Oda Lane, organist Giacomo Fiore, guitarist Maria Roodnitsky, alto Ben Rudiak-Gould, tenor Shulee Ong, camera Jonathan Silk, audio, oos design Stephen Kroeger, sound Joe Chapot, social media chat Thomas Brown, Sexton Judy Payne, flowers Alex Dar