UCC - Comma celebration: Partygoers end Suncoast Saturday in Stillspeaking style

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UCC - Comma celebration: Partygoers end Suncoast
Saturday in Stillspeaking style

> Written by Diane Weible
> July 3, 2011

Room 21 of the Convention Center was packed with
voices Saturday night ? Stillspeaking Voices, that is.

Delegates and visitors wearing at least one

Stillspeaking article were admitted into the
party where they found themselves enjoying good
food, music, and an opportunity to visit with
others who shared their excitement about the
United Church of Christ?s Stillspeaking Ministry.

?It?s about celebrating Stillspeaking fun,? said
Felix Carrion, Stillspeaking Ministry Coordinator.

Some of the party guests found themselves rocking
to the music of United Voices of Praise, while
others stopped at the photo booth to pose for a
picture or two, while holding up UCC letters, a
comma and even a bubble in which they could write their own message.

Trivia contest winners received Stillspeaking
identity prizes for being the first with answers
to questions like in what year the Stillspeaking
initiative started (2004) and who is considered
the father of Stillspeaking (Ron Buford).

And, since most of the guests present had already
signed up for the new Stillspeaking Voices
initiative, which is an opportunity for UCC
members to renew their distinctive voices as
people of welcome, justice and passion for the
Gospel, prizes were also given to the first ten
people to show their Stillspeaking Voices pin.

?Tonight was an opportunity to celebrate

everything Stillspeaking in the United Church of Christ,? said Carrion.