Episcopal Diocese of Albany

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2008 Diocesan Convention
June 6 - 8, 2008
"Press on to know the Lord"

The 140th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany
Bishop’s Address
By
The Right Reverend William H. Love

Dear Friends in Christ – Welcome! The 140th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Albany is now in session. Let us pray:

Almighty and ever living God, source of all wisdom and understanding, be present with all those who take counsel at this 140th Annual Convention of the Diocese of Albany, for the renewal and mission of your Church. Gracious Father, we pray for thy holy Catholic Church. Fill it with all truth, in all truth with all peace. Where it is corrupt, purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in any thing it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, strengthen it; where it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it. Teach us in all things to seek first your honor and glory. Guide us to perceive what is right, and grant us both the courage to pursue it and the grace to accomplish it. Grant that Your Word may be truly preached and truly heard, Your Sacraments faithfully administered and faithfully received. By Your Holy Spirit, fashion our lives according to the example of your Son, and grant that we may show the power of your love to all among whom we live. Inspire our witness to your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ, that all may know the power of His forgiveness and the hope of His resurrection, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. (BCP pp 816-818)

We come here this weekend, as brothers and sisters in Christ, representing each of the 123 parishes and summer chapels, located throughout the 19 counties and 20,000 square miles that comprises the Diocese of Albany. In a diocese this large, I realize many of you have driven several hours, often at great cost to be here. I am greatly appreciative to each of you for the sacrificial giving of your time and resources to attend Convention, representing your parishes and the Diocese. It is my sincere hope and prayer that the Convention and accompanying Youth Rally will be a blessing to all who attend, young and old alike.

One of the great blessings of Convention is the opportunity to meet and visit with friends and brothers and sisters in Christ not only from around the Diocese, but also from the wider Anglican Communion. This year we are blessed and honored to have Bishop Harold and Liz Miller with us once again from our sister Diocese of Down and Dromore, in Northern Ireland: You might recall last year they were unable to come due to a prior commitment. Bishop Harold will be our guest preacher at the Sunday Youth Mass. Liz will be speaking at Saturday evening’s Healing Service. In addition to the Miller’s, we are also honored to have with us from Ireland, Archdeacon Philip Patterson, Rev. David Brown, Canon Robert Howard, Rev. John Pickering, Jonathon Beare, George and Eunice Newell, and helping with the Youth Rally, are David Lowry and Rachael Simpson. Welcome!

Also joining us are the Rev. Russ and Roz Parker. Russ is the Director of Acorn Healing Ministry in England. He is a very gifted speaker and author and has taught me a great deal about the importance of forgiveness in the healing process. He will be our guest preacher at the Saturday afternoon Eucharist, in addition to leading a workshop on "Healing Wounded Churches," and helping with the Saturday evening Healing Service. While the Parkers have visited the Diocese before, this is their first time at Convention. We are honored to have them and wish them a Happy and Blessed 4th Wedding Anniversary, which they celebrated yesterday.

Our next guest is a dear friend who I first met a few years ago at a conference in Colorado. He has been a real inspiration in my life and ministry. Archbishop Ben Kwashi is the bishop of the Diocese of Jos, Nigeria. He and his wife Gloria, who we are also blessed to have with us, truly know what it means to suffer on behalf of their faith. Several attempts have been made on their lives in recent years. Last year, Gloria was severely injured and nearly permanently blinded when a mob broke into their home, looking for Archbishop Ben. The Kwashis exemplify the theme of this year’s convention: "Press on to know the Lord." Despite the personal attacks directed against them and the attacks against the Church, they have remained firm in their faith and continue working to build up the Kingdom of God. The Holy Spirit is blessing their efforts and that of their people, with tremendous growth in the Diocese of Jos. It is one of the fastest growing areas in the Anglican Communion. Archbishop Ben will address the Convention tomorrow morning. In addition, he and Gloria will be speaking to the kids attending the Youth Rally as well as leading a workshop. Please help make them feel welcome.

I would like to extend a special welcome to Bishop David Ball, the retired 7th Bishop of Albany. Bishop Ball has been a real help to me this past year, which I greatly appreciate.

We also welcome Mother Miriam and Sister Mary Elizabeth of the Sisters of St. Mary. As always, we are richly blessed by the Sisters’ Spirit-filled presence and their unceasing prayers. This past Wednesday was Mother Miriam’s 25th Anniversary of her vows. Mother, you and the Sisters are dear friends of the Diocese. Thank you for joining us.

Having been away from my family as much as I have this past year, it is a blessing and joy for me, to have Karen and Catie with us at Convention. The patience, caring and support that Karen and the kids have shown this past year, is a gift that I treasure and give thanks to God for. Last year, Chris wasn’t able to be here due to an Air Force ROTC training commitment, this year he is in Montana meeting his girl friend’s family. I think we are getting very serious!

I wish time permitted for me to personally recognize and thank each of you who have come this weekend as well as those unable to attend, for the multitude of ministries you are involved in and for your many contributions to the life of your parishes, the Diocese and the larger Church. While I can’t, due to the time constraints, please know how much I appreciate and give thanks for you. The Diocese is all the more blessed because of you.

I would like to take just a few moments, however, to recognize a few people who are in key leadership positions and upon whom I greatly depend.

First, I think it only fitting to say a very special thank you to three highly organized and gifted ladies, without whom this Convention Weekend would never have been possible. Carol Drummond, Convention Coordinator, Micki Thomas and Sue Ellen Ruetsch Workshop Coordinator, have been instrumental in planning, organizing and carrying out hundreds of details involved in putting on this weekend. Fr. Shaw Mudge, Secretary of the Diocese, also played a key role in organizing the business aspects of the Convention. Stephen Hasslacher designed the Convention Logo. Fr. Ted Monica and his team of musicians helped organize and will provide our music. Dean Vang planned and put together the liturgy and service booklets. Working side by side with them has been the diocesan staff, members of Christ the King staff, and countless other volunteers. Thank you for all that each of you have done. I also want to thank our Assistant Chancellors, Tom Bell and Raymond Dague, as well as Deacon Chip Strickland who is filling in for Fr. Charles King, head of the Constitution and Canons Committee. Fr. King is officiating at his son’s wedding this weekend.

Turning now to those folks who work with me on a daily basis, ministering to the Diocese:

Canon Bob Haskell, my Canon to the Ordinary, and his wife Margaret, have been and continue to be such a blessing to me and our Diocese, working side by side and often behind the scenes supporting the various ministries of the Diocese, particularly helping me to better minister to the clergy and their families. As many of you know, Margaret has had some very serious health issues this past year, which by the grace of God, her doctors and your prayers, she is well on the road to recovery. Canon Bob and Margaret, thank you for all that you do. You remain in our prayers.

If there is anyone here who is most deserving of your pity and your praise for trying to keep me organized and out of trouble, it is Canon Jerry Carroll, my Lay Canon for Administration. Jerry is often at work late at night, long after everyone else is gone, dealing with the ever growing volume of calendar and administrative issues that come to the bishop’s office. Jerry, I give thanks to God for you and appreciate you more than I can adequately express. I also thank Fran, for sharing you with the Diocese.

It is my honor to introduce tonight our new Diocesan Deployment Officer, Beth Strickland. Beth has taken over for Canon Forest Rittgers who recently retired and moved with his wife, Sally, to Texas to be closer to their daughter. While very appreciative to Forest for his many years of dedicated service, I am now very honored to have Beth on the diocesan staff. She is already doing a great job.

Beth reports that we currently have 27 priests from outside the Diocese interested in coming to Albany. That is in addition to our new home grown clergy. We were blessed this past month with the ordination of 12 vocational deacons and 8 transitional deacons at the Cathedral of All Saints. In addition, this past winter, I was honored to ordain five new priests in the Diocese. Would all our newly ordained deacons and priests please stand. Thank you for answering God’s call. May He bless you in your new ministry.

Going back to the staff for a moment, I am very appreciative of Lorin, Kris, Carol, Joan, Sue, and Ray, the South Swan Street staff. Thank you for all your hard work and many contributions to the Diocese.

A person well known to many of you and a vital part of my administration is Canon Matt Baker, Director of Christ the King Spiritual Life Center. Matt, I thank you and Maggie and all the dedicated staff at Christ the King, for the outstanding job you do day in and day out ministering to the people of this diocese and the larger Church. In addition to Matt and the staff, I extend a special thank you to the countless volunteers and others who contribute in so many ways to the life and ministry of the Spiritual Life Center. When the Diocese first voted to go forward with the Spiritual Life Center it was a true act of faith, one which the Lord has honored. God is blessing and using Christ the King Spiritual Life Center to minister to His people and build up His Kingdom in ways that we could never have imagined. There is an update on all that is happening at Christ the King in your Convention Bag. Please take a look at it at your convenience. If you have never been to Christ the King, or haven’t been there recently, I invite and encourage you come and visit.

Greatly moved and impressed by all that the Lord is doing at Christ the King, two individuals who wish to remain anonymous, have each made a matching grant, one for $50,000 and the other $40,000, for a total of $90,000. To date we have received approximately $67,000 towards matching the grant. Enclosed in your bag is an envelope, for any of you who would like to help us raise the remaining $23,000. Every gift helps and is greatly appreciated.

As most everyone who has been there knows, an integral part of the Spiritual Life Center is the healing ministry. Fr. Nigel Mumford, Lynn, Sandra, and all the members of the Healing Ministry Prayer Teams at the SLC, as well as in parishes throughout the Diocese, are doing a phenomenal job, sharing the love and healing grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with all those who come seeking prayers for healing for themselves and their loved ones. Thank you for your faithfulness. May God continue to bless you mightily in your ministry, and may the Diocese of Albany be known as a place of God’s love and healing grace.

An important new dimension to the Healing Ministry at Christ the King, is the Welcome Home Initiative, geared toward ministering to combat veterans and their families. This is a greatly needed and invaluable ministry to those who have sacrificed and given so much in the defense of our nation and that of our allies. The next Welcome Home Initiative is scheduled for July 28 – 30th. Other than travel, there is no cost to the Veterans and their family. If you know of a veteran who could benefit from this ministry, please invite them. I think it only appropriate that we take just a moment now to thank all the men and women in the Armed Forces and their families for the sacrifices they make on our behalf. Thank you and may God Bless You!

One other vitally important ministry taking place at Christ the King that we need to recognize and give thanks for is the Beaver Cross Youth Ministry. Chris Copeland and Tina Williams and their staff are doing a wonderful job reaching out and ministering to the youth in our Diocese. The Beaver Cross Summer Program is growing by leaps and bounds. If the kids haven’t signed up yet for this summer, its not too late, but registrations need to be made soon. Scholarships are available.

Speaking of the kids, we are blessed this weekend to have a number of young people from around the Diocese with us for Vacation Bible School and the Youth Rally that is taking place in conjunction with the Convention. Thank you again to Chris and Tina and all those throughout the Diocese who give so much of themselves in support of our kids. I would also like to say a special thank you to all the kids. I realize there is tremendous demand on your time. I am proud of you for making time for our Lord, and sharing His love with your family and friends. May the Lord bless you richly in your faith.

While religious education is important for our young people, it is equally important for those of us who aren’t quite so young. Mother Laurie Garramone-Rohr continues to do a great job as the Christian Education Coordinator for the Diocese. In an effort to support our goal of promoting biblical literacy, she is actively working to bring several national Bible speakers and scholars to the Diocese. At this year’s Diocesan Bible Conference in August, we will be hosting the National Director of the well-known Kerygma Bible Program. There is a flyer in your convention bag giving more of the details of the conference, which will also include the Second Annual "Bishop Bill" Chili Cook-Off. Chili cooks from around the diocese are invited to enter your favorite recipe. Hopefully by the end of the day, you will be on fire for God’s Word as well as some of the best chili in the northeast. Mark your calendars and join us on Saturday, August 16th.

You will also find in your convention bag, a copy of "Encounter With God," a daily Bible meditation book, from Scripture Union Bible Reading Publication. It is an excellent bible study resource which I highly recommend. This is a more advanced version than the one you received last year. Studying Gods’ Word on a daily basis is essential for our spiritual health and well being. If you recall, at last year’s Diocesan Convention, I highly encouraged each parish in the Diocese to offer regular Bible studies. I cannot stress the importance of this enough. Bible studies don’t have to be on Sunday morning. They can be on some other day of the week, morning or evening, in the Church or in some ones’ home. The important thing is that you do it. God has gone to great lengths to give us His Word. May He give us the grace and desire to read and study it.

Along with studying the Bible, I encourage you in your daily prayer life. It is easy to get so overwhelmed by the day to day demands of life that we don’t take time to spend with our Lord in prayer. I know only too well those temptations. Yet, if we are too busy to pray, what does that say about our relationship with God and what is really important in our life? I am particularly appreciative to the Daughters of the King for their faithful prayer ministry throughout the Diocese. The number of daughters is continuing to grow. We now have 38 Chapters, 362 daughters, 22 daughters at large and 11 junior daughters. While I give thanks for each of the daughters, I want to say a special thank you to the Daughters of the King at Zion Church, Hudson Falls, for adopting me as their prayer project. You have your work cut out for you. God bless you!

The Brotherhood of St. Andrew is another ministry that is really taking off, and is a real blessing to our Diocese. I am particularly appreciative to Don Rohr, David Ruetsch and others who are reaching out to the men, inviting them into fellowship, to support, encourage and minister to one another. Not taking anything away from the wonderful job the ladies are doing, it is vitally important that we bring men back into the Church.

Reaching out to both men and women, Cursillo, has been and continues to be a very important ministry in the Diocese. I want to thank Ray Farrara for his past service as Lay director of Cursillo, and welcome Ron Edwards as the new director. We look forward to the Men’s Cursillo Weekend and the Women’s Cursillo Weekend, scheduled for this fall. If you have never been on a Cursillo, I invite you to consider going this fall. It has truly been a life transforming experience for many in the past.

Another diocesan ministry that has new leadership is the Mission Board. Mother Eileen accepted a call to a parish outside the Diocese. While appreciative of Mother Eileen’s past service, we welcome Linda Stevens as the new Mission Board Director. Parishes throughout the Diocese have been involved in a number of mission trips this past year, sharing God’s love and the Good News of Jesus Christ, domestically as well as overseas. Tomorrow, we will have a chance to hear from Fr. Shaw and Mother Julie Mudge, as they share some exciting news about their call to the long term mission field.

One last ministry which I would like to recognize at this time is the Franciscan Community of the Holy Cross. Mother Ellen Neufeld reports that the Order is growing and spreading throughout the Diocese. I thank the Franciscans for their faithful Christian witness in prayer and devotion to serving our Lord and His Church.

These are just a few of the many groups and ministries throughout the Diocese that the Lord is blessing and using to minister to His people and to build up His Kingdom.

As I look around the wider Church, I can’t help but give thanks to God, for this Diocese and all the Lord is doing here. I firmly believe Albany is one of the great dioceses of the Church and will be used by our Lord in mighty ways if we remain faithful, keeping our focus on Christ, trusting and following Him, remaining obedient to His call.

I was recently asked what my vision for the Diocese is. Quite simply, my vision is that Albany will be a diocese of disciples making disciples, through faithfully living the Great Commandment and the Great Commission: We are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our mind. And we are to love our neighbor as our self. We are to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything that Christ has commanded us. We are to do so, trusting not in ourselves, but rather in the One who has called us and in whose name we are sent, remembering that He has promised to be with us to the end of the age.

It is when we try to rely on ourselves, our own strength, our own intellect and understanding, our own sense of right and wrong, our own desires irrespective of others that we tend to get ourselves in trouble, creating chaos in our lives and that of our family, society and the Church.

Please don’t misunderstand what I am saying. God blesses us with different strengths and abilities, different interests and desires. He has blessed us with a mind and He expects us to use it. Yet He expects us to exercise these different aspects of our life in conjunction with Him, not apart from Him.

When asked by the disciples to teach them to pray, Jesus said, "Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." In this prayer, Jesus teaches us that we are to seek the Father’s will, above all else. As Jesus was about to ascend to heaven, He gave us the Great Commission referenced above. Note what He says, "Teach them to obey everything that I have commanded you." (Mt 28:20). The bottom line in all of this, it that what God thinks and desires, His will, is important and is not to be ignored, without putting the salvation of our souls at great risk. It is for these reasons that I keep stressing the importance of studying God’s Word as revealed in Holy Scripture and spending time with Him in prayer, that He may speak to our heart and soul and mind, drawing us ever closer to Him.

In II Timothy 3:16, Paul writes, "All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness…" If we want to know what God thinks, what better place to go than to His holy Word, as revealed in the Bible.

One of the great misunderstandings about the current crisis in the Church is that it is all about sex, more specifically, the appropriateness or inappropriateness of homosexual relations. While that is certainly an issue, it is really a symptom of a far greater issue centered on one’s understanding of Holy Scripture and its authority in our life.

Is the Bible really the Word of God, or is it simply a creation of man? Does it apply to us today, or was it simply for the people at the time in which it was first spoken or written? Does it have authority over our lives, or can we simply pick and chose the parts we like and ignore the rest? Depending on one’s answer to these questions, determines to a great extent how we understand the other issues that are dividing and threatening to destroy the Episcopal Church and the wider Anglican Communion.

In the next few moments, I am going to try to share with you my understanding of some of these issues and why I made some of the decisions that I have. I realize not everyone shares my understanding of the issues confronting us.

In the Episcopal Church, every man or women ordained as a deacon, priest or bishop publicly states: "I do believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God, and to contain all things necessary to salvation." (BCP) As your bishop, I take this declaration as part of the ordination vows very seriously. I believe that the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are not only the Word of God, but the living Word of God that continues to speak to us to this day and for all time.

In so saying, I am very much aware that the Bible as we know it today is a compilation of works, representing various literary styles, written by human authors over hundreds of years. While parts are intended to be interpreted literally, other parts are figurative, and some are poetic or history. Underlying all of it, however, is God’s inspired truth, as referenced by Paul in II Timothy.

To argue as some have tried, that whatever prohibitions God may have had toward homosexual behavior, as revealed in Leviticus 18 or Romans 1, only applied to the people to which the original text was written, and therefore does not apply to today’s culture, and modern societies’ enlightened understanding of sexuality, would seem to suggest that somehow God was limited in His understanding of human sexuality. I might remind us of the faith we proclaim every time we say the Nicene Creed: "We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen." If God is Almighty and if He created all that is, as we proclaim, and as Holy Scripture attests to, how can we say that we are more enlightened in this generation that God was when he first inspired Moses and Paul to write the words He gave them?

It is argued by some, that people, who identify themselves as homosexual in orientation, were created that way by God and therefore it is in accordance with His will that they live out their gift of sexuality in a same sex relationship. Others state that science has proven that people, who are homosexual, were born that way. To the best of my knowledge, there is no scientific study that proves that people are born homosexual. There is no genetic link that has been discovered. In regard to God creating people homosexual in orientation, Matthew 19 makes a strong case against such an argument. Jesus said, "Haven’t you read, ‘that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh?’ So they are no longer two but one."

The marriage service in the Book of Common Prayer makes reference to the same passage from Genesis that Jesus quotes in Matthew 19. The Church has always taught that marriage is intended to be between a man and a woman, and that such marriage is ordained by God. The current move to legalize homosexual marriages and make them equivalent to heterosexual marriages is a new development and has no scriptural support or previous cultural support. It is turning marriage into something, which I would argue, God never intended it to be. While the legal and societal ramifications of homosexual marriages is potentially devastating, the greatest tragedy, especially if the Church starts blessing such unions, is that the couple will be lured into believing that their lifestyle is in accordance with God’s will, even though Holy Scripture speaks against it. And as such they will be living in a state of sin, seeing no need for repentance, thus denying them selves of our Lord’s forgiveness – the forgiveness He made possible 2000 years ago on the cross.

God loves His people – All of them, regardless of sexual orientation, so much so, that He sent his Son Jesus Christ to take the sins of all the world upon Himself, offering Himself as a sacrifice for the sins of his people, dying on the cross for His people, rising to new life for His people, inviting us into that new resurrected life. He doesn’t want to loose a single person. The current debate is not about whether God loves people who identify themselves as being homosexual, but rather about one’s behavior and lifestyle. While God loves His people, He does not necessarily bless and approve of all our behavior.

Individuals promoting support of the homosexual lifestyle, often speak of this as being a justice issue. They often make reference to the prejudice and hateful treatment they have received by others. In many ways I would agree. People of homosexual orientation have often been treated shamefully throughout history. Unfortunately, the Church has been guilty of turning a blind eye in the past, not speaking out against physical, verbal and emotional abuse aimed at our homosexual brothers and sisters. In our baptismal covenant we pledge "to strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being." (BCP) Our homosexual brothers and sisters deserve no less.

Unfortunately, in our attempt to make up for past injustices, I believe some in the Church are going too far to the other extreme, by embracing and encouraging people in a lifestyle which, I believe God through Holy Scripture has spoken against. To do so, is doing them a great injustice, for the reasons mentioned above. We can love the person without embracing and blessing the lifestyle. As Christians, we pledge to support and uphold one another in our life in Christ. Sometimes, the greatest love and support we can show a person, is the hardest. To speak out against that which we believe is wrong is never easy, but often is the very thing that most needs to be done.

Tomorrow, we will have an opportunity to do that, as we consider the proposed additions to the Canons of the Diocese of Albany. As already stated, there is great confusion within the Church and society concerning the appropriateness of sexual relations other than those between a man and a woman within the confines of marriage.

The proposed canons are not intended to be divisive, although some have come to see them that way. But rather, they are intended to provide clarity, in a time where there is great confusion within the Episcopal Church as well as the Anglican Communion concerning marriage and sexual relations outside of the confines of marriage between a man and women. Please note that the proposed cannons apply to everyone, regardless of one’s sexual orientation. There is one standard concerning sexual relations by which we are all called to live. While recognizing that many heterosexual couples have chosen to engage in sexual relations outside of marriage, the Church will not bless such unions. We have only to look at the high number of unwanted pregnancies, abortions, emotionally scared unwanted children, poverty stricken single mothers, and a whole host of other societal concerns to see the potentially devastating impact of engaging in sexual relations when the couple is not committed to one another and prepared to take on the responsibility of caring for children. Not only do our people need to know what the Church’s teaching has historically been concerning these issues, but it is also important that the wider Anglican Communion knows where the Diocese of Albany stands on these issues. As your bishop, I have pledged to support and uphold that which was asked of us in the Windsor Report. I cannot over emphasize the seriousness of these issues and the current state of affairs in the wider Anglican Communion.

The proposed canons are consistent with past and current diocesan policy and are not in violation or contradiction with National Church canons.

Given the recent executive order issued by the Governor of New York, ordering all state agencies to recognize the legality of homosexual marriages of couples coming from other states and Canada where such marriages are legal, and the active move within New York to follow suite, I believe it is important that we act now, rather than later.

I realize we are dealing with very highly charged and emotional issues, in which there is a wide variety of opinions. Some of you have shared your personal struggles. I have seen the anguish in your face and felt the heaviness of your heart as you struggle with how best to love and be there for a child or brother or sister who is living in a homosexual relationship. I have heard the frustration, confusion and anger you feel. There are some who have suggested that there will be a floor fight as a result of the resolutions coming before us tomorrow. I hope those who might be looking for a fight, will be sorely disappointed, finding instead brothers and sisters in Christ dealing with very difficult issues in a loving and Christ-like manner. May God’s grace be with us as we move forward.

As important as the business session is, it is only a small part of our weekend together. In many ways, our Convention has become a Diocesan Family Reunion. May the Lord bless us in our time together, drawing us ever closer to Him and through Him, to one another. I am honored to call you brothers and sisters in Christ and to serve our Lord with you. May all that we do and say be in accordance with His will and to His honor and glory and the benefit of His Church and people. God Bless You.

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