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Our Licensed Practitioner's are
always available after Sunday services for a short treatment session, or
leave your prayer request at our Ministry of Prayer table on the landing
outside the sanctuary.
Or if you desire a longer session in
private surroundings they are available for a fee based session by
appointment, feel free to call and arrange a time / place for their
services.
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Remembering Matthew Shepard
Matthew Shepard’s tragic death changed the way we talk about and deal
with hate in America. Shortly after midnight on October 7, 1998, the
optimistic and passionate college student was lead to a remote area of
Laramie, Wyoming where he was savagely beaten and left to die in the
cold of the night. Nearly 18 hours later, he was found by a bicyclist
who initially thought he was a scarecrow.
Since his death ten years ago, millions have been challenged and
inspired to cease hate in all its forms. Although his life was short,
Matthew’s story continues to have a great impact on both young and old.
His legacy lives on in the thousands of people who fight to replace hate
with understanding, compassion and acceptance.
The poem Human Scarecrow was dedicated to Matthew Shepard at the
community candlelight vigil held in Boulder on October 13, 1998. During
the opening ceremonies of this year’s PFLAG Mountain West Regional
Conference in Boulder (on September 18th) a special framed copy was
presented to his mother, Judy Shepard, Executive Director of the Matthew
Shepard Foundation, for her perseverance in preventing LGBT violence and
embracing diversity.
HUMAN SCARECROW
By Jean Hodges
Human scarecrow tied to a fence . . . silent
In desolate isolation
On a wind-blown plain.
Speak to us of your dreams
Know that you are not alone.
Human scarecrow tied to a fence . . . blinded
With blood-soaked pain
Left to the black abyss.
Share your lofty vision with us
Lift our darkest sorrow.
Human scarecrow tied to a fence . . . inert
In bare feet and crushed skull
Abandoned to die
Let us walk in your patent leather shoes,
Your spirit born again in us.
Human scarecrow tied to a fence . . . crucified
For the sins of cruel strangers,
Rise above the violent murderers:
Teach us the way of unconditional love,
Your soul lives as legacy to us all.
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