Rev. Rachel Lonberg concluded the Banquet program with this closing prayer, from the anthem “Go Out,” sung recently by People’s Church choir:

“Go out into the highways and by-ways and give the people something of your new vision. You may possess only a small light, but uncover it and let it shine. Use it to bring more understanding to the hearts and minds of men. Give them not Hell, but hope and courage. Do not push them deeper into their despair, but preach the kindness and the everlasting love of God.”